Listen to Historic Speakers - from 1924 to 1944 - Part 1

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Order: Jacobi Glockenlautsprecher, Gaumont Lumiére Haut Parleur, Telefunken Arcophon 8, Atwater Kent E2 Speaker, Körting Excello Konzert 2, Epoch

[@lineshaftrestorations7903]

Electro-dynamic speakers with their own magnet power supply is something new for me. Both vacuum tube and what looks like a copper oxide rectifiers is way cool.

[@Arabhacks]

On the Atwater Kent the problem is that the pole pieces are striking. This can be caused by several problems, bad or wrong diaphragm or misadjustment or weak magnetic field or just bent somewhere. Adjustment is done both with screw tension for fine and shim stock and spacers for a wider spacing. This speaker has little bass but no rattle when working well.

[@neodonkey]

That Telefunken sounds flippin marvellous!

[@EduardRitok]

that third speaker in the box has actually really great sound! :)

[@esroberto1]

These are so WONDERFUL. Thank you so much for taking these videos and for posting them!

[@2n918]

That Telefunken cabinet speaker is absolutely beautiful! Sounds great as well. The first one is a re-entrant trumpet style, still in use today as a paging/stadium looudspeaker. Very good video, well done. Thanks for sharing.

[@AllAmericanFiveRadio]

Very nice demonstrations. Just think of the history that came out of those speaker!

[@BruceCarbonLakeriver]

Haha imagine having two of the first one on your old heavy desk - no one would think those are speakers even if you play music through them LOL - but they look awesome :D

[@THEScottCampbell]

THANK YOU for creating and posting this!!!!!

[@TimePilot2084]

The Excello speaker at 4:05 is a monster. The amount of metal in that thing is insane. Talk about overkill! "They just don't build 'em like they used to..."

[@mumiemonstret]

Oh how beautiful they look! They surely bring the right quality to the old jazz. I wonder how they would sound playing contemporary pop music...

[@MisterTalkingMachine]

Many of these speakers can't hold bass properly, as you can notice on some of these. Modern pop music normally has a hell lot of bass, and it may even damage the speakers if not played at a low volume.

[@OmegaHellHound543]

I had an antique speaker like one of these, I don’t exactly remember what model it was or even the make. It fell off my antiques shelf during an earthquake. I was so sad.

[@Gez492]

Wow at 2.47 that puppy captured the true essence of a wind instrument the Oboe I think , was absolutely alive in my headphones

[@CassetteMaster]

Very nice speakers. I do notice some have rubbing problems, unfortunately. The one at 2:04 though is performing quite well, and has good sound. It's neat the see the apature and field coil units operating.

[@yondigroup7074]

Thanks for the retrospective!

[@Threemicsrecords]

great show

[@dustydee8342]

amazing history of speakers

[@shyleshsrinivasan5092]

Thanks a lot for this video !

[@theh0r5e90]

That Atwater Kent reminds me of Ma and Pa Kettle.

[@amb3cog]

So cool! Thank you.

[@nivaldopinheiro]

Adorei assistir a esse vídeo,realmente as peças são ótimas,mesmo algumas com um som um pouco ruim,mas queremos o que? são peças com muito tempo de fabricação,obrigado por nos mostrar essas raridades.

[@AXOU2203]

wonderful

[@speakerblowupmanlee5921]

Very cool, nice speakers!

[@thegameisgamer9438]

The second speaker looks cool but sounds a lil scratchy

[@histelek]

they are driven by a small tube amplifier with variable output voltages, Philips EL6411

[@td1238]

Several of your speakers are mis-adjusted, either with rattling parts or rubbing voice coils. The Atwater Kent and the last one with the white cone in particular.

[@jackpontiac52]

The one at 2:50 sounds GOOD!

[@newENIO11]

1st speaker with a cabinet has a giant balanced armature?

[@ciro589m]

wow! Cool

[@camasquil]

Telefunken speaker is the best!

[@mspysu79]

According to a Shazam tag, the song is Royal garden blues, from New Orleans blues Volume 2 by Chris Barber, the second song is Sweet Sue also by Chris Barber from the album The Best Of Chris barber, third song Stevedoors Stop same artist,

[@acronus]

@histelek Very interesting collection of vintage hi-fi. In these video's what are you driving them with?

[@transformingArt]

Very interesting video. By the way, what is the title of Music you are playing with these speakers?

[@ciro589m]

I want Telefunken speaker! LOL

[@christopherward5065]

It would be cool to get some engineers to build copies of each design and put them into cabinets so that we can test the ideas a bit more and maybe try them in stereo. The best ones were actually good and detailed.

[@mysock351C]

For what its worth they could never compete with modern technology, and the need to have a field coil is quite cumbersome. You can see one speaker at 6:32 needs to use a selenium rectifier to have a DC source to energize the field coils (AlNiCo and similar magnets were not widely used until the 40's). They would never be able to have the efficiency or linearity of a more modern permanent magnet speaker. The permanent magnet is quite useful as, in combination with a low impedance amplifier, allows both efficiency and for the back-EMF to help linearize the speaker cones motion with respect to the audio waveform. They are interesting historically, that's for sure! Quite instructive to see how things were done before anyone had an idea of what a speaker should look like or so.

[@westelaudio943]

@@mysock351C What people like about them is not their linearity... It's their non-linearity... Music from their era sounds more authentic through them, than through a sterile aluminium cone monitor speaker...

[@mysock351C]

@@westelaudio943 If that’s all you listen to then I could see it being desirable, which is why I did not make a definitive statement above. My late grandfather’s Magnavox Astro console did sound kinda cool with the older music, but it would be intolerable for modern recordings, even classical.

[@westelaudio943]

@@mysock351C You know you can have more than one set of speakers, right?... Most speakers are designed for the music of the era. And yes, classical is quite demanding, that's why most improvements in HiFi gear towards more linearity and lower noise were first marketed to listeners of classical. I think 1950s - 1970s acoustic suspension speakers offer the best compromise between that "old school paper cone sound", decent highs and lows, acceptable linearity and cozy looks. That's why the speakers I build are inspired by those designs.

[@mysock351C]

@@westelaudio943 Well _duh_ you can have multiple speakers but the audio is terrible from those in objective terms. There's only a limited scope of music that can be listened to and still have some air of credibility. The main issue is, of course, bandwidth. Same applies with the old school acoustic suspension speakers. Classic rock sounds ok on them, but it also sounds pretty darn good on the overhead PA system at the local drugstore. Its all they play, and I kind of like it. But this is due to the limited bandwidth of the recording. Its a bit like stereo AM quality broadcast. It wont sound any better over full digital as the bandwidth is limited. But for modern live rock, folk, and classical with their extended bandwidth and very low SNR, old speakers fall quite short.

[@bobroberts135]

It sounds like your over-driving some of these speakers! The cones shouldn't be rattling like they are. Can't you hear how they are distorting?!

[@beatleme2]

cool ! :)

[@theexploitsofficial7694]

That telefunken is great

[@MangMuang]

WOW! First and second speaker are awesome where do you get it?

[@Karlfalcon]

The diaphragm on :53 looks liable to fall to bits. Does anybody make replacements for those still?

[@timpadrick27]

How about from the front, on axis, at a proper distance?

[@roberte.andrews4621]

Hey, I just got a great idea on how to keep the neighbor's door from pooping in our front yard!

[@oleplanthafer7034]

Ole Planthafer for 0 sekunder siden Very interesting! Might have been even better with (any)HiFi sources, though, allowing for comparison with standards that regular people can relate to. That might make it easier to fathom the progression in speaker technology on their own terms...?

[@fredfungalspore]

As they say A Oldee But A Goodee.

[@ilovekfc2]

Mega bass

[@MangMuang]

Where can i get "EPOCH"? I love this

[@user-ru5ro1uy4q]

eBay英国から出品されていますよ

[@dave631bnetzero]

Amazing! The Jacobi Glockenlautsprecher is simply amazing. Gaumont Lumiére Haut Parleur is something that reminds me of a portable phonograph. Telefunken Arcophon 8 sound the best because it is still in its enclosure. The other two I think are missing the enclosure. I would love the hear them in a new enclosure. These are so old and very rare, I would not know how to construct a new enclosure for such special speakers. Fantastic video! (A former Bose employee)

[@JD-vl6ut]

damals gab es keine Gehäuse Berechnung

[@robfriedrich2822]

Seems that some of the items are damaged

[@brentfisher902]

Speakers are like a sword, a food portion, or a hug...bigger is better.

[@lionellinesfan]

are some of these speakers blown ? some sound really scratchy

[@MisterTalkingMachine]

The first four speakers are early moving iron speakers, (The piece that vibrates is an iron plate instead of a coil) they were used for radios mainly in the 1920's and barely can handle any bass (The third is going fine though) they weren't meant to do so, like many of these early speakers. The later recordings by Chris Barber featured here have too much low frequencies for this speakers, so the coil hits the bottom of the magnet if playing too loud, or the cone starts to vibrate in unwanted ways.

[@lionellinesfan]

thank you for explaining that, i never knew much about early speakers and that's neat information!

[@GrayWolfPaw]

@transformingArt the song is called 'Wild Cat Blues' from Chris Barber ;) watch?v=kjoTNrSjcVA

[@jarredwoods1448]

These speakers all sound like my laptops speaker 🔊 🤣🤣😆🤣

[@jbeatles99]

3:43 speaker FARTS!

[@Malte5279]

Old Fullrange Speakers

[@socksumi]

That last one sounds like it has a rubbing voice coil.

[@dondesnoo1771]

Does the second one kill flies cause not that good as speaker.😁

[@histelek]

1st from Ausrtia, 2nd from France

[@histelek]

Sorry, the cd is a copy, I don´t know the interprets

[@jungleking9703]

How would these set sound with modern music played on them? Why is everyone playing only classical music we already know these can handle classic music so play something modern instead.

[@pokemonjawatimurpro1]

Radio speaker

[@WhateverUre]

Book writer : prehistoric civilization

[@1ukjunglednbraver]

poor bass reproduction

[@superhussein]

is this music or these speakers related to nazis?

[@Simone-qr6mq]

next time use heavy metal or some modern music if you can .