I am doing research on a pair of BBC LSU/10 Parmeko speakers.
I was hoping someone would be able to provide some information on them.
Cheers
Tom

In article Rc6Tf.5936$092.4953@trndny04, THOMAS GOULET
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I am doing research on a pair of BBC LSU/10 Parmeko speakers.
I was hoping someone would be able to provide some information on them.
Cheers
Tom



Their still around!, formed in 1927 they used to make a lot of
transformers and I've still got a few of 'em here. Seem to remember
having an old valve radio with their name on the speaker!....


http://www.parmeko.co.uk/html/contact.html
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"THOMAS GOULET" wrote in message
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I am doing research on a pair of BBC LSU/10 Parmeko speakers.
I was hoping someone would be able to provide some information on them.
Cheers
Tom


Only a small amount of information:- The LSU/10 used a Tannoy 15" driver and
Lorentz tweeter driven by a 12 watt amplifier. They were in use in 1962, but
I have no idea when they entered service or were replaced. This brief
description and a picture can be found on
http://www.oldsms.co.uk/gear/typeb.php


S.

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Serge Auckland wrote:
Only a small amount of information:- The LSU/10 used a Tannoy 15" driver
and Lorentz tweeter driven by a 12 watt amplifier. They were in use in
1962, but I have no idea when they entered service or were replaced.
This brief description and a picture can be found on

No - the originals had Parmeko dual concentric drivers. I think they date
from about the early '50s. The tweeter was added after FM started and some
home listeners were hearing things you couldn't on the LSU/10 which I
think cut off at about 10kHz which was fine for AM radio then. The amps
were either Leak or SoundSales. Cabinets were made by Lockwood who later
moved on from just being cabinet makers to produce their own designs for
recording studios, etc.

With the need for higher SPL for pop music sessions some were modified to
Tannoy units.

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The originals had Parmeko dual concentric drivers. I think they date
from about the early '50s. The tweeter was added after FM started and some
home listeners were hearing things you couldn't on the LSU/10 which I
think cut off at about 10kHz which was fine for AM radio then. The amps
were either Leak or SoundSales. Cabinets were made by Lockwood who later
moved on from just being cabinet makers to produce their own designs for
recording studios, etc.

Lockwood of Harrow were actually coffin makers. They build
a range of excellent infinite baffle enclosures for Tannoy 15inch
and 12inch dual concentrics, for studio use. The Major was the
most impressive of these.

They used the same gold handles on speaker cabs and coffins:-)

Iain

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"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message
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The originals had Parmeko dual concentric drivers. I think they date
from about the early '50s. The tweeter was added after FM started and
some
home listeners were hearing things you couldn't on the LSU/10 which I
think cut off at about 10kHz which was fine for AM radio then. The amps
were either Leak or SoundSales. Cabinets were made by Lockwood who later
moved on from just being cabinet makers to produce their own designs for
recording studios, etc.

Lockwood of Harrow were actually coffin makers. They build
a range of excellent infinite baffle enclosures for Tannoy 15inch
and 12inch dual concentrics, for studio use. The Major was the
most impressive of these.

They used the same gold handles on speaker cabs and coffins:-)

Iain
The Lockwood Major 12" was the 'speaker in the first studios I worked in.
The sounded wonderful, driven by Quad IIs.

They needed those handles, even on castors they were hard to shift.

S.

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"Iain Churches" wrote in message
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"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message
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The originals had Parmeko dual concentric drivers. I think they date
from about the early '50s. The tweeter was added after FM started and
some
home listeners were hearing things you couldn't on the LSU/10 which I
think cut off at about 10kHz which was fine for AM radio then. The amps
were either Leak or SoundSales. Cabinets were made by Lockwood who later
moved on from just being cabinet makers to produce their own designs for
recording studios, etc.

Lockwood of Harrow were actually coffin makers. They build
a range of excellent infinite baffle enclosures for Tannoy 15inch
and 12inch dual concentrics, for studio use. The Major was the
most impressive of these.

They used the same gold handles on speaker cabs and coffins:-)

Iain
The Lockwood Major 12" was the 'speaker in the first studios I worked in.
The sounded wonderful, driven by Quad IIs.

We had then at Decca, of both 12 and 15 inch types. I bought
a pair for the control room at RCA when I moved here.
I wonder what happened to them.

They needed those handles, even on castors they were hard to shift.

I heard that the Majors had poly sacks full of sand in the bottom.
I thought they were first class- we drove themn with Radfords.
I have never seen a pair on e-Bay.

Iain

S.

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Serge Auckland wrote:
The Lockwood Major 12" was the 'speaker in the first studios I worked
in. The sounded wonderful, driven by Quad IIs.

They needed those handles, even on castors they were hard to shift.

The only place I've heard them was in the original TMS (television music
studio) in Lime Grove which was previously Studio H which became the
experimental colour studio in the '60s. But those were the 15" versions.

My favourites of that time were the BBC LS3/1 which were a
transportable/OB version of the LS5/1. 15" bass unit and concentrically
mounted pair of HF1300. Superb stereo image and not so coloured as pretty
well every other monitor of the day due to a smaller cabinet than was
usual.

I've never been a fan of the old Tannoy units despite once having owned a
pair of Autographs. And those also put me off horn loading - for Keith G.
;-)

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THOMAS GOULET wrote:

I am doing research on a pair of BBC LSU/10 Parmeko speakers.
I was hoping someone would be able to provide some information on them.
Cheers
Tom


A quick look on the BBC website revealed only a passing mention on page 10 of this:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/rd/pubs/archive...nograph_78.pdf

There may be more if you dig deeper.

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