"Triffid" wrote in message
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Keith G wrote:
I am in a maelstrom of kit-shifting (and now computer-cleaning, it
seems!) and have finally got round to trying an old pair of homemade
standmounters that have dwelt in the 'speaker heap', in my garage,
for the last couple of years.

I've put 'em on and they sound quite amazing! (I'm cautiously
thinking they might be the perfect solution to my current problems
with terrible room acoustics - bass honk and resonance).....

They are paper drivers - both the tweeter and the bass driver. (What a
blessed relief after Kevlar cones - now sold!) But the mystery is the
bass driver - it's about 7 inches Ø and has a smaller cone about 3
inches Ø protruding from it whicjh is rather like the last inch of a
trumpet's, er, bell end! (Can't post a pic atm!)

Anyone ever seen the like?

I had a pair from an ancient Phillips stereo that had these things. 6.5in
across with foam surround yes?


Yes.


Made by Elac, used to cost pennies @
Wilmslow, sounded amazingly good. I kept the speakers for years after the
stereo, until I started using them as my bathroom system. Paper cones and
baths don't work that well though!


Bugger! Now that you mention it, I seem to recall seeing the name Elac
somewhere! These things are all fixed from the front (with Pozidrivs, so
they can't be that old) - I must have had one apart and forgotten that I'd
done it. They are playing right now - my 'Men In Tight Trousers' LP (OK,
'Los Tres Ibericos' - all acoustic with rich Latin baritone vocals) and the
sound is amazingly 'fresh' and direct. (Typical for paper cones, I find.)

Thanks for that.