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Title: 8" speaker identification help
Post by: mresistor on March 15, 2025, 12:56:52 pm
Hi all   this 8" speaker came to me in a 1966 Vibrochamp. It definitely is not what should be in the amp.


Codes on it are 58018-1  or -7   hard to tell     and 76733 (dot) 3  its a dot up near the top of the numbers


334 appears on the rim       334 is Wells-Gardner Electronics Corp.   but I think this is a speaker from another manufacturer   could be wrong though
  coil measures 3.6 ohms

Title: Re: 8" speaker identification help
Post by: shooter on March 15, 2025, 01:21:10 pm
the only thing I know about speakers;
Does it make the music sound good?
IF yes, keep, IF no, put it to use fishing the lakes
Title: Re: 8" speaker identification help
Post by: mresistor on March 15, 2025, 01:31:21 pm
It sounds like doo doo    (if doo doo could make sound)


I think it's out of a Magnavox console stereo thing or something from the late 60's or 70's.
Title: Re: 8" speaker identification help
Post by: scstill on March 15, 2025, 07:57:00 pm
isn't "doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo" what Doobie Brothers sang in Jesus is Just alright?
That always sounded good (great) to me....
Title: Re: 8" speaker identification help
Post by: mresistor on March 16, 2025, 10:39:22 am
the only thing I know about speakers;
Does it make the music sound good?
IF yes, keep, IF no, put it to use fishing the lakes


Shooter methinks you know a tad more than that.  I have found there isn't much information on this particular gem out there that I can find. It's that last statement that I find odd.  How does one "fish the lakes" with a subpar alinico speaker?
Title: Re: 8" speaker identification help
Post by: shooter on March 16, 2025, 10:46:15 am
 :laugh:
cut the "cage" down by 1/2, use 2 of the "supports" bent over as tie-points for 100' of  rope, drop into lake, troll slow until "tink" the line starts tugging


walla rusted tackle box from decades gone by
Title: Re: 8" speaker identification help
Post by: mresistor on March 16, 2025, 10:55:49 am
Imagine how much non-ferrous metal is down there with which the magnet would be useless. 


So   actual "fish" are not in the equation.   Sad.
Title: Re: 8" speaker identification help
Post by: shooter on March 16, 2025, 12:06:27 pm
 :l2:
FISH, that requires guvmint permission


haven't been magnet fishing in years but did pass on a 15" JBL with a 7" 12lb magnet, ran into the guy 6 months latter, he made about $100 cleaning up 'ol reels n lures n sell'n at flea-markets.


that reminds me, I have about 40lbs of junk CH-a-knees small engines I need to tear-down, guessing aluminum will be up now that it's tariff season.