Western Electric Horn Driver

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Western electric horn driver. My favorite feature is the use the ceiling as the horn mouth. 1941 our vintage reference collection was developed over 30 years with special emphasis on western electric theater systems. Western electric 757 system. Western electric driver western electric speaker western electric horn driver western electric amplifier altec horn rca mi western electric 555 jensen horn rca horn jbl horn horn speaker.

2vintage jensen mod h20 hypex projector horns for u20 or western electric driver. 755a 8 728b 12 754b 12 various versions of western electric and altec 755a. The resulting western electric model 555 w receiver was surprisingly close to modern high frequency compression drivers with its 0 002 inch thin aluminum dome diaphragm corrugated surround phase plug and threaded mount for fitting the driver on a variety of horns. Western electric alnico permanent magnet family.

The driver is of course the western electric 555w. Above two photographs are the dc power supply for western electric 555 driver. The western electric 32a with an appropriate sized driver like the 713 or gasp the klipsch k55 is the finest sounding of these horns to these ears especially in the vocal range. This is one of the coolest articles i ve posted in a while.

So total electric consumption by a pair of we 555 drivers are 3 0 amperes at dc 7 volts. For smaller venues such as the home the smaller diaphragms work very well for the vocal region. Above is built by tungar bulbs and below is built by selenium rectifier. The we 555 driver is worked at dc 7 volts 1 5 amperes respectively.

Western electric 728b. Aer loudspeakers single driver horns excenter bd4 jazz bbx window transparent lucy. A 1929 article appearing in wireless world documenting the building of a large 25ft no compromise wente and thuras style horn. Western electric ta 4151 15 electrodynamic woofer with tube rectifier.

Western electric 11a straight horn and 16a horn. Western electric 22a horns 16a horn very rare western electric dual concentric tab system using 18 jensen electrodynamic woofer with a coaxially mounted we555 field coil driver c. Western electric we 66a with fostex d1400 drivers and fostex ft96h super tweeters.