colorlaser Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 Hi folks, got this speaker in a trade. My plan was to find a matching one and rebuild them. Now I believe it may be a custom home build, hence impossible to match... at least cosmetically. My first step is to figure out what I have. For this I beg your assistance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colorlaser Posted August 12, 2011 Author Share Posted August 12, 2011 Can't figure out how to get more than one picture per post. In this photo you can see (barely) three drivers at the top... One horn and two standard. I believe there is a woofer in the enclosure below - those wires must go somewhere! Gotta take it apart and I hate to, but no choice I guess. Everything I read says the Georgian has only three drivers rather than four. What am I not understanding? This was built in 1956 or early 1957 - the crossover box had 1957 newpaper in it. New York Times (for the curious). I looking it over, it appears that all components are properly connected. No loose wires etc. What I CANNOT figure out is where to connect the speaker wire. I'd like to know if they unit works at all. Info and suggestions appreciated! And if you have one like it, I am in the market! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark1101 Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 NIce piece of history. Can you take a clear shot of the crossover network and post it? I would expect the speaker wire should attach somewhere in that area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Richard Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 The bass cabinet and tops do not appear to be Georgian components, It seems like someone built a Georgian shell and loaded it with other stuff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colorlaser Posted August 12, 2011 Author Share Posted August 12, 2011 I opened the "bass enclosure" to find a 15BWK, down firing. The horn above is an 848HF. The T-35 that (I believe) one would expect is not there. Instead, they used two Magnavox S-332 drivers, which I assume to be tweeters. They are cross-wired from a single pair of wires from the cross-over, so it is really a three way cross-over with a "double tweet." Photo of cross-over attached. Micamold capacitors. Some GE components, and some unlabeled coils? Difficult to see, much less get good pictures, with everything mounted in the box. I would have to disassemble the cross-over to get it out of the box. Which will have to happen eventually I suppose. Also, I did discover the input connectors. Unfortunately, I also discovered a loose wire so I am not going to try to test this until I have that resolved. Could I maybe just use a generic three-way cross-over to test it? I am thinking now that I will just part it out, but if it sounds really great (HIGHLY doubtful) I would reconsider.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colorlaser Posted August 12, 2011 Author Share Posted August 12, 2011 I posted a pic of the cross-over. I especially like the use of cotton string to hold some of the components together. Hahaha! The use of newspaper to keep things from shifting was... ingenius? I am thinking the builder was a kick-*** skilled cabinet maker, but not so much on the electronics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pocket.change Posted August 14, 2011 Share Posted August 14, 2011 Looks like the only thing Georgian is the exterior. I've built a couple, none of them like your example. If you are wanting Georgians, KD2's are easy enough and worth the effort. I enjoy them daily. Thanks ALK for the new XO's. (I know you're lurking) p.c Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ironsave Posted August 14, 2011 Share Posted August 14, 2011 Nice cab. (exquisite). Too bad the rest does not have the right components....... Good Luck with whatever you do with it...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmofreddy Posted August 15, 2011 Share Posted August 15, 2011 Hi, 1st off, Your speaker is NOT a "Georgian". It's an EV "Centurian". An entirely different animal. The 15 BWK was EV's "Economy" woofer that made its 1st apperance in the Centurian.. This is NOT a K-Horn enclosure but a simple single folding path corner horn. Bass is good to about 50 cps & Dies quickly below that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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