A friend has picked himself up an old stereo console at a yard sale and I'm trying to help him determine it's value. It has five Saba speakers, two 8", two 10", and an oval tweeter. How you make 5 speakers into a stereo system is beyond me
the tweet was in the center but connected to the right side only... the right side 10" has a different magnet than the left one too, odd little piece of gear. The maker seems to be Saba or possibly Freiburg? both names on it, the model is "Continental".
I searched around for info on these speakers, there were a couple mentions of them here and most everything else online is in german or japanese. There are also a few on ebay with high starting prices and no bids yet.
Does anyone know if the console is worth something as a complete piece? Always nice to know before you go hacking away at an old piece of gear. If it's not worth keeping together it has a nice power transformer with universal primary, a pair of output transformers, a few good telefunken tubes and a whole lot of handy bits and pieces.
codes on all the speaks read like 5898, ***, 002
Also a 19-200 code on the 8"
sorry I have no camera, but I popped them on the scanner. Here's the 10"
[IMGDEAD]http://members.shaw.ca/carlgigun/saba10.jpg[/IMGDEAD]
[IMGDEAD]http://members.shaw.ca/carlgigun/saba10b.jpg[/IMGDEAD]
amd the 8"
[IMGDEAD]http://members.shaw.ca/carlgigun/saba8.jpg[/IMGDEAD]
They're actually quite round, the scanner just distorts alot
My friend picked this up for $2. Any info/history/values appreciated.
I searched around for info on these speakers, there were a couple mentions of them here and most everything else online is in german or japanese. There are also a few on ebay with high starting prices and no bids yet.
Does anyone know if the console is worth something as a complete piece? Always nice to know before you go hacking away at an old piece of gear. If it's not worth keeping together it has a nice power transformer with universal primary, a pair of output transformers, a few good telefunken tubes and a whole lot of handy bits and pieces.
codes on all the speaks read like 5898, ***, 002
Also a 19-200 code on the 8"
sorry I have no camera, but I popped them on the scanner. Here's the 10"
[IMGDEAD]http://members.shaw.ca/carlgigun/saba10.jpg[/IMGDEAD]
[IMGDEAD]http://members.shaw.ca/carlgigun/saba10b.jpg[/IMGDEAD]
amd the 8"
[IMGDEAD]http://members.shaw.ca/carlgigun/saba8.jpg[/IMGDEAD]
They're actually quite round, the scanner just distorts alot

My friend picked this up for $2. Any info/history/values appreciated.