Check JW Davis in Dallas. They may have a good full range 12" made for 20 watts or less. They have a website. WB5OXQ
----- Original Message ----- From: "John Coleman" <j...@pctechref.com> To: "Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service" <amradio@mailman.qth.net> Sent: Saturday, September 05, 2009 11:51 AM Subject: Re: [AMRadio] Hallicrafters R-12 speaker > Yes indeed Bob, > That is exactly what I meant about using a modern replacement. Those 8 > inch coaxial speakers will far out perform the old 12" speaker. There was > at one time some nice 12" coaxial speakers around but I don't see them > anymore except in ovals for cars. But, again, a guy could build a > mounting plate adapter, are use the grill, to make these fit into the old > cabinet, and have a very nice speaker system. > > As far as great sound at low levels, there are a number of computer > speaker sets made by Altec Lansing, Bose, and others that will just blow > you away for under $50.00. They have power ratings that are very inflated > in most cases, but they still sound great. > > Now for ham radio listening with QRM and noise, I prefer a narrower > bandwidth speaker. I have some small 4 inch speakers in little wooden > boxes, which can hardly be called HIFI. I can put one right in front of > my face and it is a lot like headphone presence. > > The Devil is the culprit of old age I'm sure. Don't believe in all that > golden years stuff. > 73,John, WA5BXO > > ______________________________________________________________ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Post: AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to amradio-requ...@mailman.qth.net with the word unsubscribe in the message body. This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
