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Was another one year only. The T-70 had an 8 inch driver in a labrynth, their only one ever I think, with a nice little soft dome. The two to the left had more sound but not better. We also didn't believe all three were 90dB sensitive so we tuned in a receiver to FM noise and measured all three with the infamous Shack SPL meter. I dont remember the numbers but the big tower was highest and also had the lowest DCR, something like 6.9 ohms as I recall. The middle one was a little more than the T-70. Still the T-70 sounded best.
ET
"If at first you don't succeed, keep on sucking till you do suck seed" - Curly Howard 1936
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but based on the design and the looks of it and the catalog blurb... it would have been interesting to hear a pair*.
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* Which is NOT the case with most of R/S's 1960s, 1970s (and later) loudspeaker systems :-)
all the best,
mrh
Yes their best sounding stuff was always two way since they used cheap crossovers. Hard to go wrong with an eight inch,soft dome and that box.
ET
"If at first you don't succeed, keep on sucking till you do suck seed" - Curly Howard 1936
Funny how RS had little gems tossed in there. Or another words rebranded gear like their head phones. I bought a pair of RS headphones in the 70's as a kid. And paid what a kid could afford. Headphones were big at the time both in popularity and size.
the little sticky label started to peal back and KOSS was underneath. Merry Christmas to me!
And I always thought that the Optonica brand was actually made by one of the larger companies of the time. Because I remember opening one up and thinking Geeze this looks exactly like a Yamaha or Pioneer (the actual one I've long since forgotten).
I think Optonica was Sharp.
Dave
Yes it was Sharp. But I think it was contracted out to another company. Either in design or parts manufacturing.
Any who - Optonica's were Excellent stereos. That didn't happen by accident because there is a learning curve on design and production. So they seemed to either been a very quick learn or had help.
charles
With all the vertical monopoly in Japan, it could have been a few companies. The arm on their turntables had sloppy bearings. I sold Optonica in the 80's.
Dave
If you ever come across a receiver or other electronic component snatch it up.
I don't know much about TT's. Only the cheap ones I always bought as a kid and the Gerrard my dad had that disappeared when my brother in law showed up (along with all the Dynaco stuff)
You're right. At that time I'm sure companies were all subsidiaries of other companies.
The 8" was a nice speaker. A friend had the dual 8s which were decent too. Boxes were chip board but nice looking veneer.
mt
Most any re-cone shop stocks genaric parts, or can order them.
Just don't expect the parameters to be exactly the same, which
can effect bass response. Cheaper to buy new woofers, but finding
a close match near impossible.
Reconed or just the surrounds? If surround buy them and DIY its not that hard. As to recone I don't think I would. I'd buy a replacement better woofer which would cost very similar.
ET
"If at first you don't succeed, keep on sucking till you do suck seed" - Curly Howard 1936
I guess maintaining originality isn't that important in these speakers? There are so few recone/VC places these days.
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