My Dad bought these speakers in 1969. Aztec Loudspeakers of Denver Colorado, the model is the "Monet". I remember growing up with these speakers. My Dad was a professional musician at the time, these bad machines would play loud and clean...
...and he still uses them !... I recently gave them a listen and they still sound good. Sometime I will have to measure them with my omnimic and see what the frequency response is...
The cone tweeters have been slightly abused by grandchildren fingers...
...and he still uses them !... I recently gave them a listen and they still sound good. Sometime I will have to measure them with my omnimic and see what the frequency response is...
The cone tweeters have been slightly abused by grandchildren fingers...
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15 inch woofer, 8 inch mid, 3 cone tweeters of about 2.5 inch. I think they must be pretty efficient... for years my Dad drove them with a 60 W Sansui amp, and they played plenty loud... although our house was small with small rooms.
I have a pair of the Renoir III and for the life of me, can't figure out how to get the grill off without tearing it up - doesn't want to give. Back is screwed and glued. Want to redo the xovers and possibly replace the drivers - the cabinet is a tank. Any suggestions on getting inside the cabinet? Thanks!
AZtec 😉, out of Denver, Co.: https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/I.../HiFi-Stereo-Review-1967-05-OCR-Page-0026.pdf
I missed the recent postings on this thread...
I rotated the picture (smarter now). Above the speaker you can see a photo of my Dad's band, "The Intruders", circa 1966 or so... He was the guitar player. Their biggest hit was "Total Raunch"
The Intruders - Total Raunch (1966) - YouTube
GM - That is cool you found an old ad!!! Thanks
I rotated the picture (smarter now). Above the speaker you can see a photo of my Dad's band, "The Intruders", circa 1966 or so... He was the guitar player. Their biggest hit was "Total Raunch"
The Intruders - Total Raunch (1966) - YouTube
GM - That is cool you found an old ad!!! Thanks
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I would convert it into a kegerator 🙂
just kidding, when you measure them, make sure to measure of axis response in few angles, interested how it turns out
just kidding, when you measure them, make sure to measure of axis response in few angles, interested how it turns out
$250- was a lot of money in 1967
I just checked and with inflation that is the equivalent of $1,960- today.
I just checked and with inflation that is the equivalent of $1,960- today.
😀Indeed! I was 21, single and 'living large' on ~ $607/mo. net, which I know some families that spend this much just for all their electronic services. 😛
One local shop (Cameradio) sold the Aztec Picasso in fairly high quantity. The manufacturer actually was a Ski bum who had a wood shop and produced the loudspeakers when there wasn’t enough snow to go skiing.
He had a rather neat saw that had several miter blades in parallel so that a single pass through the saw would cut all the miters at once. Thus folding the panel into a box would result in perfect seams once the saw was tweaked in.
The plywood used usually was a decent walnut or similar veneer.
As to the sound quality, good enough was the goal. These were designed to meet a price point, a decent bit below the comparable name brand loudspeakers.
No idea where the actual drivers were made. I suspect at that time CTS or Eminence.
He had a rather neat saw that had several miter blades in parallel so that a single pass through the saw would cut all the miters at once. Thus folding the panel into a box would result in perfect seams once the saw was tweaked in.
The plywood used usually was a decent walnut or similar veneer.
As to the sound quality, good enough was the goal. These were designed to meet a price point, a decent bit below the comparable name brand loudspeakers.
No idea where the actual drivers were made. I suspect at that time CTS or Eminence.
Thanks for the details. I only kept mine for a year or two. I upgraded to the ESS AMT 4. I remember removing the grill of the Aztec and seeing a 10 inch woofer, a three (five?) inch midrange, and a horn loaded tweeter. They didn't sound great, but not awful either.