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…
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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…
The Western Electric 16a
My 16a is from 1929 when it was installed in Pennsylvania. It was then taken down circa 1970 to storage. From that storage it found a European home back in early 2000. The 16a was only designed that way to comply to the physical constraints of multi purpose theatres. What happened is that those constraints…
Sometimes its worth just looking at these babies…
This setup isn’t completed yet but still it’s so nice to look at… This setup will have original western electric 555 drivers on the 12a horns, GIP 555w on the western electric 13a horns and GIP 597a tweeters. Upfront there will be all the necessary gear to make these babies sing…also carpets, furniture, etc….another nice…
Machining Western Electric 13a throat
No shortcuts : cast iron throat exact replica Heavy machinery needed to thread the end in which the brass insert is screwed, US thread obviously! All fun…
Casting model for 13Audio throat to travel in time?
This image was taken not in 1926 but 2018. Based on original casting models we have managed to fine tune the whole process. This takes time, devotion, patience and a few pennies. The only pursuit here is perfection. The whole casting process has been reworked. This entailed getting deep into the craft of casting methods,…
