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This site seems to only want to take one pic at a time so here now is the last one under "What are these?"

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RE: another pic - Inmate51 07:41:07 06/21/12 (2)
I may have misunderstood... Are you seriously asking "what are these?"... I'd been waiting for you to tell us.

:)
- RE: another pic - normporter@shaw.ca 10:57:26 06/21/12 (1)
  After your scathing assessment of the looks of these speakers I didn't think you would even care.
  Yup...you caught on...The speakers are not marked with any name but the odd shape and 1/8th note symbol might have been able for someone to ID them.
  It was a simple request for information.
  As yours wasn't too helpful..thanks anyways.
  - RE: another pic - Inmate51 18:20:30 06/21/12 (0)
    Scathing? I only commented on what I saw, and added a tongue-in-cheek comment about Infinity, just for fun.
    
    In any case... sorry I didn't pick up on the sincerity of the question - I thought it was a bit of a guessing game, and that you were going to reveal the answer at some point.
    
    Please note that the only photo I see is the full front Monty - no 8th note visible anywhere.
    
    Still, my initial assessment stands. I really think it's an inexpensive speaker, intended to look like a mid-priced hi-fi speaker, and intended to boost store margins. Construction and drivers would indicate so. On the upside, many inexpensive speakers with very high margins actually sounded pretty good.
    
    So, was I correct regarding the "picture-wood" and strip around the edge?
    
    Thanks for replying!
    
    :)
RE: another pic - Inmate51 19:33:46 06/18/12 (0)
Particle board baffles, inexpensive drivers, unexplainable baffle paint job, picture-wood top with what appears to be a glue-on plastic edging strip. Too much assembly detail on the top and bottom to be home-brew.

Definitely an inexpensive commercial model.

Maybe Infinity? ;)

This is fun!
Allison Acoustics Model 1 ??? (early) - Rick58 15:41:24 06/14/12 (4)
the later ones had 3-ways (with dome midrange, I think).
Do a Google search ...
THis is just a guess, I don't really know if Allison made 2-ways, all the ones I see in a quick search are 3-ways.
Maybe these are knock-offs ...?
- http://www.tnt-audio.com/shows/maf03_e.html (Open in New Window)
Edits: 06/14/12 06/14/12
- negative - looks to me like an homage to (ripoff of) an Allison - mhardy6647 17:47:54 06/18/12 (0)
  The proprietary Allison drivers were a big part of the design.
  
  That thing looks to me like an out of focus cross between an Allison and the orignal DCM timewindow (but with cheaper drivers).
  
  A "real" Allison One (my pair came from my favorite audio emporium, no less):
  
  ... and a 'real' Allison One midrange (as damaged by Zappa the cat)...
  
  A butt-ugly DCM timewindow (I paid actual $ for this pair; fortunately not too much - and they do sound great):
  
  I am, truth be told, getting a "Synergistics" vibe. Synergistics was a value-leader (high margin!) semi-off-brand speaker sold, e.g., by Stereo Discounters in the mid-Atlantic. Not quite junk, but not really "high end", either.
  
  That said, I've never seen a Synergistics speaker quite like the one in the photo at the top of this thread...
  
  Here, FWIW, are a couple of catalog scans I have handy of a couple of 'real' Synergistics speakers...
  
  These are some of the 'better' models...
  all the best,
  mrh
- Yes, all Allison floor-standing speakers ... - reelsmith. 18:16:22 06/14/12 (2)
  ...were 3-way.
  
  Plus, that cabinet and those drivers are not Allison-like.
  
  Dean.
  
  reelsmith's axiom: Its going to be used equipment when I sell it, so it may as well be used equipment when I buy it.
  - RE: Yes, all Allison floor-standing speakers ... - middleground 18:34:54 06/15/12 (0)
    Nope, as an ex-Alison One user I can vouch for that fact.
  - RE: Yes, all Allison floor-standing speakers ... - hahax@verizon.net 20:51:49 06/14/12 (0)
    And they used their own drivers. The mids and tweeters looked like paper domes but were really inverted(convex) paper cones meaning the voice coils were not at the periphery of the drivers like a dome(focal tweeters use a similar voice coil location but an inverted dome shaped driver).
RE: another pic - delaney@rea-alp.com 11:42:56 06/14/12 (2)
No clue - but the tweeters resemble RTR and Marantz papercone tweeters from the 70's.
- RE: another pic - hahax@verizon.net 20:48:57 06/14/12 (1)
  inexpensive, decent tweeter by CTS. used by lots of speakers in their day.
  - true re: the CTS phenolic surround cone tweeter - mhardy6647 17:53:20 06/18/12 (0)
    Perfectly decent tweeter. PartsExpress is once again selling a knockoff version, in fact.
    
    CTS drivers, while mostly made to OEM specs and never terribly high-end, tended to be well constructed and formed the heart of numerous inexpensive but very respsctable-sounding speakers. The HH Scott S-15 three-way springs to mind (although it did NOT use the phenolic surround tweeter).
    
    The Marantz "Imperial" speakers used CTS drivers, too...
    
    all the best,
    mrh
All you need to do - kavakidd 10:31:24 06/14/12 (2)
to post multiple pics is to click "preview" instead of "post". You may then "browse" again
"Man is the only animal that blushes - or needs to" Mark Twain
- Pic - DanWilson 05:59:34 08/09/12 (0)
  Thanks for the info.
- Thanks for explaining that, I had the same problem..nt. - ABliss 11:28:41 06/14/12 (0)
  nt.

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