H805 adapter

[Boli46]

Hi,

Here's a bit of historical reading ( in fact, a very early testimonial from the fall of 1937 ) talking about AGA Baltic testing out the new Shearer Horn system ( at the Palladium Cinema in Stockholm ) .

The article is in Swedish so one needs to use Google translate ( or similar ) .

( Click a pic ) ;



Some more reading from LHF showing an actual 1950's AGA Baltic driver ( for the above systems ) .





Fascinating stuff this ( at least to me ).

From the looks of it / AGA copied Stephens Trusonic or RCA ( more so than Lansing ) .







PS: ( an Italian maker of Cinema equipment )

Ah, the Palladium cinema. It was one of the best. I used to go there a lot in the old days. Nowadays it's a casino.

Your first picture I have seen in Swedish trade mags circa 1946. The Shearer horn and the Lansing Monitor 500A are still there but the Iconic is gone. The smallest speaker seems to be an AGA-Baltic design, but still with the H808 horn. In the late thirties the AGA-Baltic speakers were pure Lansing designs, but during WWII AGA-Baltic probably had to fend for themselves and do their own designs with influences from other manufacturers. I am very interested in the AGA-Baltic company, but information is not easy to find, even in Sweden. I am planning to do what research I can and I'll report my findings on this forum in due course. The fifth picture shows EXACTLY how my horns look. I only wish I had the adapter shown in the sixth picture.