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In Reply to: RE: Looking for info on these Studio Lab speakers posted by Lofty Walrus on December 24, 2016 at 11:21:26
Doing a quick bit of google research I see these were marketed by a company called sonic international corp, from Portland Oregon. Notice it says "studio lab series ", this appears to be a model and not a brand.
Those phenolic ring tweeters were popular in the 70s, I bet they sound pretty good and will definitely be fairly sensitive. If you want a reality check in how legit these speakers are have a look a thing the crossovers. If they're fairly heavy cone complex you can be sure they aren't white van speakers.
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But theyre not well made and they are white van in a big way. Guaranteed.
ET
"If at first you don't succeed, keep on sucking till you do suck seed" - Curly Howard 1936
Nice looking pair of Sonic speakers, Lofty Walrus. Wuz told back-in-da-daze those Sonic speakers were considered a poor person's Pioneer. Since they were cheap-n-plentiful (though not as fancy lookin' as your bud's), you could replace the woofs with Utah Cadence drivers from Ratio Shaq, & upgrade internal wiring to 16 gauge (they usually had Temple crossover caps, so they stayed put). You'd then have a decent pair of rock monitors if you couldn't afford those behemoths from Fisher, Kenwood, Pioneer, and/or Sansui. ... If you'd like to make a project out of those speakers, replace woofs with 8 ohm Jensen Mod 12-70s (since that wattage indicator indicates they go up to 60 watts, you'll have 10 watts head room). Wire those mids in series, & upgrade mid-n-tweet caps to polyprops. Along with replacing stock internal wiring with 16 gauge, also. They might look white van, but they'll be worthy of that studio monitor moniker. Plus they'll sound great for home theatre duty, too. Happy Holidays para Sactown
Wow! Great recommendations! Thank you for the advice. I'll pass it along to my friend who owns them.
- LW
good point. the xover would be the give away
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