I went rummaging through my towns annual electronic waste pick up. With the criteria working, no plastic enclosure, >40watt max power, 2way, Woofer over 5", magnet >10oz,
Still got a lot of stuff. All between 10 and 30 years old. All orig came with a dept. record, tape, or cd player. Minimal crossovers.
The newest most googlable thing are Sharp CD-DK890N. the other stuff is comparable but older (RCA, Samsung, Sharp and stuff with Sears/JC Penny rebranding). No specs other than max wattage and ohm.
...are these types of speakers always crap, or do they sometimes reach mediocre status? (ie better than the same size budget drivers from parts-express )
Still got a lot of stuff. All between 10 and 30 years old. All orig came with a dept. record, tape, or cd player. Minimal crossovers.
The newest most googlable thing are Sharp CD-DK890N. the other stuff is comparable but older (RCA, Samsung, Sharp and stuff with Sears/JC Penny rebranding). No specs other than max wattage and ohm.
...are these types of speakers always crap, or do they sometimes reach mediocre status? (ie better than the same size budget drivers from parts-express )
Pictures?
A lot if fun can be had with the drivers in some of those i bet.
Your power handling, and magnet size criteria are largely meaningless.
dave
A lot if fun can be had with the drivers in some of those i bet.
Your power handling, and magnet size criteria are largely meaningless.
dave
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Usually the woofers are High Qts drivers in too small of a box, but there are some surprising gems to be had... You need measurement capability to find them though. I usually ditch the cabs, keep only the drivers, plastic caps & inductors, and start from scratch from there.