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Title: Oh Yeah Lowthers in the house
Post by: tinpan on June 12, 2010, 12:20:39 PM

I attended the Capital Area Audiofest yesterday with a couple buddies. Gary Gill the organizer had a booth with some old stuff kicking around.

Low and behold I spied a pair of old I believe 1960s vintage Lowther Acoustas. They looked pretty rough so i asked him if they worked, I purchase a set of Klipsch Hereseys from him in the winter and he was spot on with his description of those. Anyway, he said yep i listened to them a bunch.

We arrived on a price and i loaded them up in my pick up. I didn't get to even try them untill 10:30 last night when I hooked them up to a Sophia Baby Amp. Sure enough they worked and sounded great until 11:30. My son informed me that it was close to midnight and he was trying to sleep....oh well. turned them off.

This morning I hooked them up to the Bottleheads I got from YSRACER and holy smokes they are awesome. Looks like a re org is in order for the 2 channel set up

(http://images12.fotki.com/v213/photos/6/111916/8324195/IMG_2421-vi.jpg)
The veneer is coming up in places but one speaker cover is intact. This is what they look like


(http://images53.fotki.com/v1609/photos/6/111916/8324195/IMG_2423-vi.jpg)
Here is the other cover..I'll have to find something close to this fabric somewhere

(http://images30.fotki.com/v477/photos/6/111916/8324195/IMG_2418-vi.jpg)
Here's the other speaker, classic full range Lowther driver set up


(http://images56.fotki.com/v1599/photos/6/111916/8324195/IMG_2419-vi.jpg)
Here's a close up of the PM 6 driver

(http://images54.fotki.com/v210/photos/6/111916/8324195/IMG_2415-vi.jpg)
Course i had to take it out and look at it, check out that magnet

(http://images116.fotki.com/v1596/photos/6/111916/8324195/IMG_2416-vi.jpg)
And the name plate on the magnet

The drivers are perfect and the sound is just stunning. I'd love to try these on a 300b SET amp sometime.

Anyway, that's my find of the week

Tinpan

Title: Re: Oh Yeah Lowthers in the house
Post by: SunnyDaze on June 12, 2010, 01:29:34 PM

That's awesome. Great find!

Title: Re: Oh Yeah Lowthers in the house
Post by: OCCD on June 12, 2010, 04:11:29 PM

Very nice!!!

This cloth may do you well.

http://www.parts-express.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?Partnumber=261-810 (http://www.parts-express.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?Partnumber=261-810)

Title: Re: Oh Yeah Lowthers in the house
Post by: thuffman03 on June 12, 2010, 04:20:32 PM

Those look pretty cool!

Title: Re: Oh Yeah Lowthers in the house
Post by: tinpan on June 13, 2010, 07:45:09 PM

Thank you very much, that is probably as close as I am going to get for grill cloth.

Man I am loving these speakers, I like them better than my KG4s, Epic CF-3s, Hereseys, Cornwalls, Snells and even my Abbeys.

Title: Re: Oh Yeah Lowthers in the house
Post by: mikey813 on June 13, 2010, 07:50:28 PM

Very nice  ;D ;D  ;D