On 28/07/2010 21:16, David Nebenzahl wrote:
On 7/28/2010 12:10 PM Ron spake thus:

On 28/07/2010 17:50, Arfa Daily wrote:

I've just been listening to a CD through them. They sound nice, and
very smooth with a very flat and stiff sounding bass. Quite easy on
the old lug-holes, but I'm not sure that I would rate them as 16
grand more easy than my home-built EMI 13 x 8 cabs from the 70's
... :-)

Ahh 13 x 8's did they have the whizzer cone in the centre?

Whizzer cones? Are you pulling our legs?

I always associated whizzer cones with the know-nothing, 6x9 oval weird
expensive speakers to throw in the back of your car market, not anything
near audiophool quality. Am I wrong?


Well, these were 13 x 8 " elipticals, often used in PA columns back in
the 60's tho they were still around well into the 70'. I don't think EMI
ever claimed that they were 'hifi'

However, you still see whizzers on modern speakers, Eminence still make
them. I was interested to see a speaker with a 'dual cone' in a modern
Mark Bass combo only yesterday.

Ron(UK)

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