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Greetings and happy holidays everyone!
My buddy has had these Studio Lab speakers for about 30 years. Looking online I couldn't find any info on them. He checked with a company called StudioLAB in Toronto and this was their swift and kind response:
"The speakers were built by a different STUDIOLAB, in New York State somewhere I believe. The company closed down in the mid seventies so I guess that is a clue as to their age."
So, we'd really like to know more about them, such as when they were made, the company that made them, original selling price, that kind of thing. If you have any info, please share!
One thing really interesting about them is the "wattage indicator" LEDs that light up at 3,7,15,30,45,& 60 watts. Very cool.
Thanks a bunch.
- Lofty
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This is an old thread, but just to set the record straight, the pictured speakers were made by a company in Oregon called Sonic. They were NOT white van speakers. They were sold through one or two retail chains and could be ordered by mail. I had these exact speakers, and they were excellent sounding. I still have the cabinets, which are nice solid cabinets, but all the drivers have been replaced now because of kid and pet damage to most of the cones. They sourced their drivers from Pioneer (see picture of the box from the next size down in their product line which I recently purchased a set of). You can diss these all you want, but they sounded great, better than any pair of speakers I ever had (Realistic, Kenwood, Cerwin Vega), and they were so efficient you could drive them to uncomfortable-to-the-ear levels with just 3 watts rms.
Edits: 12/29/23
Thanks a lot guys. I'll see if we can get a look at the crossover.
- LW
couldnt resist
ET
"If at first you don't succeed, keep on sucking till you do suck seed" - Curly Howard 1936
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.
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
They look like "white van" speakers, years ago sold in large store or mall parking lots by younger people out of vans. They came with fancy boxes with inflated retail prices printed on the and where of low quality.
Unfortunately in NY and in the 70's there were a number of start up companies, or guys in garages, that tried their hand at speaker building. Some were trying to start a company while others were just making $$ selling custom made speakers to rich kids.
I actually bought a pair of those "rich kid" speakers. There was this guy that was building speakers. All the rich kids would buy the newest updated model he made. So last years speakers. and a lot of times audio gear, were up for sale cheap. That's when it was "a good thing" to live near rich kids.
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