Just found a good deal on 5.25 Dual Cone 20 Watt Speakers

[Michael Bean]

Hey everyone, just found this, thought some here might be interested. 5.25" duo-cone, no specs unfortunately, but hard to argue with $1.99 each.

SALE! - 5.25 Dual Cone 20 Watt Speaker-Electronic Goldmine

Mike

 

[smbrown]

Hey, it looks JUST LIKE that Radio Shack speaker that was so popular a dozen years ago. Those things sounded great, by the way. I tried on Open Baffle, but BR was best IMHO. A Gary Pimm version with a front and rear facing speaker stole the show at the 2003 VSAC confernece. Can't remember the model number 1254 or something?

 

[sreten]

Hi, No it doesn't look "just like" the 8 ohm RS 1354, and not likely similar, and its 4 ohms, rgds, sreten.

 

[dumptruck]

One costs $1.99, but a case of 24 cost $142.80?

 

[smbrown]

Well my bad, but it from memory, very similar. In actual fact, I guess a few differences. Still, I wonder what the TS parameters are on this.

 

[Michael Bean]

One costs $1.99, but a case of 24 cost $142.80?

Not sure how you came up with that. When I put 24 in the qty box and submit it gives me $47.76
As far as specs go, they might not exist, but it's not really a very big risk at that price. Not into the full range thing myself, but I'm tempted to grab a few "just because".

Mike

 

[dumptruck]

I was just picking on their sloppy online store management.
5.25" Dual Cone 20 Watt Speaker (Box of 24)-Electronic Goldmine

I wouldn't expect anything from the driver, but $2 is $2. Might make a good ultra-budget 2-way with a plastic dome tweeter if it has any xmax to speak of.

 

[GM]

Yeah, at ~$3/ea. delivered it's really tempting even though I still have a number of 40-1354s for long since stillborn projects, though seriously doubt these will perform anywhere near as well. I imagine they're good enough with the $0.98 tweak for a small 'bargain basement' HT mains/surrounds set-up plus subsystem though.

GM

 

[xrk971]

If someone gets these and measures them, please post T/S parameters. I wonder how many are left? I like the fact that it is a cloth accordion surround. Probably a high Qts driver suitable for OB, or sealed use.Although I have gotten a lot of mileage with high Qts drivers in BLH, MLTL's, etc. So you never know.

 

[Michael Bean]

I like the fact that it is a cloth accordion surround. Probably a high Qts driver suitable for OB

Yeah, that's what I was thinking they might be good for, but without any specs it's still a small gamble.

Mike

 

[GM]

High Qts can be dealt with, the main concern for me is how low is Fs. If a true PA driver, then it's probably around 90-100 Hz and if car audio/generic HIFI replacement, then hopefully down around 55-65 Hz.

GM

 

[Michael Bean]

Many years ago a friend asked me if I could repair his son's cheap (K-Mart quality) stereo. It had speaker drivers that were visually very similar (which means little to nothing of course), but out of curiosity I connected them up to my real stereo and to my surprize, they didn't sound too bad, all things considered. Since then I've wondered how good something like those could sound in a well executed design. I might just grab some and check it out.

Mike

 

[sreten]

Hi,

For a well executed design you need parameters and frequency
response, after that it is relatively easy if its an amenable driver.
Fundamental is it a high or low Qts driver and a high or low Fs driver.

Foamboard is a current fad, but cardboard (box stuff) coated
with polyurethane is a good box or baffle for a $2 driver.

rgds, sreten.

 

[briansdad]

any progress?

I also see some similarities to the RS speakers. Has anyone done any experimenting that they can share?

Thanks in advance.