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In Reply to: RE: Knight KN2275 Speakers posted by heshtesh on June 23, 2014 at 16:51:09
I don't know offhand, but peruse catalogs at the links below to find it!
Many of the Knights featured very mediocre Utah or Jensen components; some featured better components from those two or Electrovoice.
all the best,
mrh
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I had a speaker with Utah driver parts. It was pretty good. I would say better than average for that era. But that was MY speaker!!!!!! Built under the Ultralinear name. A small brand (very small) at the time.
It used a sealed suspension system. But the tweeters were weird. Two similar, but yet NOT the same????
charles
Utah speakers are the Rodney Dangerfield of speakers. They just don't get no respect! Most peope who are critical have never had a listen, I think, and reject them largely on the basis that they are not a "boutique brand" with hardly any advertizing in High Fidelity or Stereo Review.I was always tempted to take my slightly modded MK 17's to a DIY speaker show, but never quite got up the nerve.
MOST Allied/Knight speakers from the mid-late 60s and very early 1970s were various versions of Utah speakers, but Allied also sold the Utah-branded versions at about the same price. The 12-inch three-way with cone mid and tweet isted at $100 ea in 1970 but half price deals were everywhere. Heck, the beautiful oiled walnut veneer cabinet was worth that. Then you had the big cloth-surround woofer with the alnico magnet that could play way low as well as up to nearly 3000 Hz. Maybe not perfectly flat but sweet and musical.
I had a pair of large homemade speaker with Utah 10" full range drivers, that had a very similar tonal balance to my Dynaco A25 speaker. But they were a lot more efficient. The sound was surprisingly good.
Dave
The sound was actually very good. Thick paper cone, nice big coil, solid contruction.
charles
The full-rangers had alnico magnets too. I think that Utah got a bad rap because often, they were put in sub-optimal cabinets.
Dave
Nobody likes a coward.......for 30.00 i'll take the plunge!:)
see link below... not obvious what components are used; I'm sticking with 'probably OK'... but manage your expectations ;-)
all the best,
mrh
...driven by a Fisher monoblock and Mac C-8 Record Compensator.
Later Gator,
Dave
I dont think that speaker is Utah based. I have never known Utah to use a dome tweeter. Their higher end stuff used horns. 1964 is a bit before the time period when Untah was buildng speakers for Allied, I think.
Apparently my definition of decent condition was not the same as the seller,i'll keep looking.
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