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Thread: Got some vintage stuff for free today |
    
Bronze Member Username: Huskermike
Post Number: 23
Registered: Aug-05
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| Posted on Saturday, March 15, 2008 - 10:58 pm: |
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My girlfriend's father was cleaning out his basement today and found some speakers. He offered them to me for free, knowing I would take them off his hands.
He gave me three speakers: a great condition pair of vintage Electro-Voice SP8B 8" drivers, and a '60s-'70s 12" JBL Model D123 (the sticker says "James B. Lansing" and not JBL). It's got a dented dust cap, but otherwise is in good condition.
They all sound good, and they were free, so I can't complain. I think I'm going to work on making some cabinets for them and maybe use them with some old 12" RCA drivers that I got from his father awhile back.
If anyone's interested, I'll post some pics as I go. |
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Gold Member Username: Artk
Albany,
Oregon
USA
Post Number: 6543
Registered: Feb-05
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| Posted on Sunday, March 16, 2008 - 02:06 am: |
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Very cool...pics would be nice.. |
Gold Member Username: Nuck
Post Number: 9890
Registered: Dec-04
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| Posted on Sunday, March 16, 2008 - 08:00 am: |
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Pics are great, Mike |
Platinum Member Username: Jan_b_vigne
Dallas,
TX
Post Number: 12361
Registered: May-04
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| Posted on Sunday, March 16, 2008 - 12:08 pm: |
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You got 12" RCA drivers from James B. Lansing's father?!!!
Geez, who woulda thought? |
Gold Member Username: Exerciseguy
Brooklyn,
NY
United States
Post Number: 1832
Registered: Oct-04
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| Posted on Monday, March 17, 2008 - 08:51 am: |
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I had no idea what JBL stood for until now.
Wikipedia is wonderful. |
Silver Member Username: Dmitchell
Ottawa,
Ontario
Canada
Post Number: 724
Registered: Feb-07
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| Posted on Monday, March 17, 2008 - 09:36 am: |
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Too bad he didn't have an old set of La Scalas down there in the basement... |
Bronze Member Username: Huskermike
Post Number: 24
Registered: Aug-05
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| Posted on Tuesday, March 18, 2008 - 05:29 pm: |
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Finally got around to getting some pictures up. Go to http://members.cox.net/mwk206/index.htm to see them, but be warned: I didn't have time to resize them before I uploaded, so for now each picture is ~1MB and there are seven on the page.
Also, there's only one dent in the JBL dust cap; I just got pictures from two different angles. |
Gold Member Username: Artk
Albany,
Oregon
USA
Post Number: 6561
Registered: Feb-05
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| Posted on Wednesday, March 19, 2008 - 09:23 am: |
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That EV driver looks pretty cool. |
Silver Member Username: Dmitchell
Ottawa,
Ontario
Canada
Post Number: 735
Registered: Feb-07
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| Posted on Wednesday, March 19, 2008 - 09:26 am: |
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What kind of gear are you gonna be driving your newly acquired speakers with? |
