OT: Doesn't know what it is but wants a lot for it!

[mah]

I wonder if he missed the brass plate on the side of the body? I.D. anyone?

[Old Guy]

Hmm-which brass plate?

[mah]

Please excuse the Senior Moment.

Vintage Horn Compression Driver - Altec WE | eBay

[Altec Best]

No worries Marshall. You could always add the link to the first post,delete the 3rd.post, and no one will know the difference.

It's not Altec or Western Electric.Hmmm OG you know what it is ?

[Old Guy]

I'd go to Steve.

[Geekstar]

I believe it is a Racon. I also saw these branded IPC, and who knows who made them for IPC. Diaphragm looks quite like a WE555 part but mounting ring and terminals are very different.

[tomt]

I wonder if he missed the brass plate on the side of the body?

since he got a picture of it, he might have seen it.







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[Geekstar]

Well, I take it back about Racon!!

Racon did make PM 555 screwons that look a lot like that. No ID plate whatsoever on most of the Racons I've seen.

H'mm,.. Does WEL stand for Western Electric London? There is some very exotic (to me) WE London gear, which has nothing to do with WE. WE London did use some Western electronics and speakers though.

[Andywin]

I'm pretty sure is a rebadged Parmeko driver. The look of the phase plug gives it away. It's exactly the same as that of a single Parmeko unit I once owned (never could find another). Also the Parmeko LS1 dual 15" dual concentic had a smaller compression driver with the same type of phase plug. The VC on the diaphragms tend to be very fragile.

Film Industries Limited were a distributor of equipment for cinemas etc so it's quite feasible that they had products either made for them. I've seen mics with their name on.

[mah]

I did some Googling re Parmeko and came across these interesting links.

1950's Parmeko Co-axial 15" BBC speakers - diyAudio

Classic hi-fi components - Page 37 - The Art of Sound Forum

Unfortunately, nothing which identifies the CD in question.