Nice setup here with stereo western electric 13a and 12a hand crafted by 13Audio. 13Audio crossovers get the horns playing in a cohesive manner. It will take sometime to get it all balanced. So for now? All fun…
Solid Wood Western Electric 16a
Why didn’t they make the 16a horn in solid wood 90 years ago? The Western Electric 16a horn was manufactured in steel yet the patent mentions wood, steel, or any other appropriate materials. However, steel was the only material known to have been used. From a mass production perspective, this makes sense; thousands of 16a…
15a cast iron castings
Back to the foundry, direction machining shop. all fun….
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Does the GIP 597 need top end help?
GIP 597a is my tweeter of choice with the large WE horns. Lacks top end? Lacks something? My 1st pair that I got were from a fellow audio freak in Australia. That was some year ago now. However they had unglued voice coils, someone had repaired or played with them? wiring was also out of…
Western Electric 15a throats
Brass, sheet steel etc..have been used to reproduce the western electric 15 horn throats. Only thing? Not good enough for me! The originals were made from cast iron. Brass is easy to cast due its lower molten point, after all brass and bronze are frequently used by artists to reproduce sculptures. Europe has no…
Solid Wood 15a horn going stereo, or dual mono. TBD
Solid Wood 15a horns (read more here) Serial number 001 and 002 being installed at home base. All fun…
Shaping horn wood
Shaping wood by hand for replica western electric solid wood horn, this one is for a solid wood 15a spoken about here Western Electric 15a “solid wood” Yes it’s work in inches as the originals made in USA. Wood? Well it’s from the USA North East. Again just like the originals. The replicas I make…
