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On Fri, 19 Nov 2004 20:16:19 -0500, (N.L. Eckert)
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Eisboch wrote:
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Man, talk about flashbacks ...
Back in the late 50's or very early 60's when "HiFi" was the rage my
father and a group of his friends got into building speaker cabinets for
their "systems". They all met 1 or 2 times a week after work at one of
the friend's garage because he had a well equipped wood working shop. I
still remember the cabinet design - V shaped with a tunable slot along
the rear for bass reinforcement. They took me along to the Radio Shack
in Boston to get the speakers and crossover components and I can still
remember the building and the original Radio Shack sign.

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Flashback is right!! I still remember buyng the plans from KLA Lab. in
Detroit to build the Electro-Voice Aristicrat cabinets. I think thats
what you're describing. It was called a "folded corner horn" and it was
best used in the corner of a room so as to utilize the walls to expand
the base notes. I used 2 EV 12" wide range speakers with a high freq.
tweeter that I got from Lafayette. I built a stereo integrated
amplifier that I got from
Allied Radio (later to merge with Radio Shack), then scrounged around
and found a Garrard turntable. My son still has the speakers and we
joke that they and he are about the same age. I recall building them
while my wife was pregnant with him.

Those were the days, eh what? :)

Allied was a great place and back in the day, made one hell of a
shortwave radio. They also made a QRP rig way back when. I worked a
guy using a 25 watt light bulb as an antenna with one of those. :)

Later,

Tom