Jeff wrote:

Stunningly original...I knew it reminded me of something. And this one is even aluminum!

😂

I can't believe someone hasn't mentioned this sooner. That speaker (or one like it) is hanging in every high school hall way in the US.

Mikipidia wrote:

Jesus, what do you read in your spare time?😎 how in the world did you find that? Lol

😁

Actually,  I stumbled across it in a link to the magazine it was in from a used hifi site that had a cool pair of 1953 Bogen tube amps for sale. And yeah, I thought of this when I first saw the Edge, I remember every school and also every admin building in every military base I'd ever been in having them, but had forgotten about it until I came across this magazine and the ad.

In case anyone wants to see the way cool retro tube amps, ca. 1953:

Evan wrote:

Jeff wrote:

Stunningly original...I knew it reminded me of something. And this one is even aluminum!

😂

I can't believe someone hasn't mentioned this sooner. That speaker (or one like it) is hanging in every high school hall way in the US.

MId Century Modern is still hot, so maybe the designers grandparents tipped them off. And I would assume these aren't "real" stereo, either. 

Still in use today:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wp1spnn1Nk8  --  one of them even toggles back-and-forth in the video (oops)!  Alas, our high school had those crummy down-angled trapezoidal boxes with the 1950's grill cloth made of flax, or iron, or whatever-it-was.

But that Lowell speaker is perfect for Kiran's ongoing B&O Home: "protected from dust and mortar".

[Edit: Forgot to mention they are still in business: http://www.lowellmfg.com/ .  But Lowell's LCB-8 (~$200 each), which is just the baffle for the actual speaker, is no longer listed on their website -- they have switched to square baffles now.  You can probably find old round ones in stock somewhere if you look around.]

poodleboy wrote:

Evan wrote:

Jeff wrote:

Stunningly original...I knew it reminded me of something. And this one is even aluminum!

😂

I can't believe someone hasn't mentioned this sooner. That speaker (or one like it) is hanging in every high school hall way in the US.

MId Century Modern is still hot, so maybe the designers grandparents tipped them off. And I would assume these aren't "real" stereo, either. 

Nothing a Chinese DSP board and Class D amp module couldn't fix!

Jeff wrote:

poodleboy wrote:

Evan wrote:

Jeff wrote:

Stunningly original...I knew it reminded me of something. And this one is even aluminum!

😂

I can't believe someone hasn't mentioned this sooner. That speaker (or one like it) is hanging in every high school hall way in the US.

MId Century Modern is still hot, so maybe the designers grandparents tipped them off. And I would assume these aren't "real" stereo, either. 

Nothing a Chinese DSP board and Class D amp module couldn't fix!

Speaking of Class D amps, wonder who uses ICE power amp since B&O sold them?

Good question.

@The Jeff-Poodleboy Duo

From the website of ICEpower:

’The Bang & Olufsen period has enabled ICEpower to develop into a high-quality amplification provider with high audio performance.’