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Travis
05-08-2008, 12:07 PM
I have had parts of an old Capehart record changer for years with the intention of restoring.

It has two amps, a pair of 5" speakers and one big 12" speaker. The small speakers look like the ones in some Scott radios. The 12" speaker looks like a Jensen, but it's labled as Capehart.

The only testing I did was to measure the coils which were good.

Anyone got advice on what these are?

sealforvr
05-20-2008, 06:38 AM
what are they?

valuable.

was it the Capehart Turnover Changer?

Brock

anden
05-24-2008, 11:31 AM
Capehart made high quality phono/radio consoles - Henry Kloss himself spoke of how nice they sounded and they were an early influence on him in the
1940's , peaking his interest in high fidelity when a young lad of about 18.

Don't know who made the drivers, but are likely of very good quality.

anden
05-24-2008, 11:38 AM
Just noticed a speaker that looks like your larger driver on ebay..bid to over $500. ! ebay nuber 200226246209.

toxcrusadr
05-29-2008, 02:36 PM
Yep these old field coil Capehart speakers are going for big bucks to the Asians for their 1-watt SET systems. I've seen nice consoles gutted to sell the drivers on ebay. You might have some of those.