TAKE A LOOK AT THIS: Eames Stephens Trusonic E3

[a.beam.reach]

Take a look at this RARE speaker: Click here for eBay listing (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110169379559)

http://www.goods-byeauction.com/ebayimg/2625henderson091107/images/Capture_00001

[Pointsource]

wow, how neat!

[Steve Schell]

There was a pair of these on ebay about a year ago; they brought around $3,500. A few months later I noticed what were probably the same speakers featured in the ad of a vintage dealer in Stereo Sound magazine (Japan). The asking price was the equivalent of about $30,000.

[Steve]

Of course the "proper" way to listen to the speaker would be to be sitting in an original Eames chair.
It provides the absolute best listening position, comfort and atmosphere.
Now to figure out how to talk my mother into putting their "wired" Eames chairs up for sale. They already sold the plywood chairs years ago.

Then again a nice cold beer or two or three and feet up on the coffee table will work too.

There was at one time an exhibit at SFO airport of Eames goodies.
I remember, one of these cabinets was exhibited there.
If I remember correctly, one of Eames great contributions was the creation of a way to shape and form plywood for splints in the '40's that was used in WWII and of course other items, furniture etc.

I just did a google search for Eames...
From the Eames website
The pict on the website doesn't have the horn.

http://www.eamescollector.com/
go to "the collection" then to "speakers"



Stephens Speaker

In 1956, the Stephens Trusonic Inc. of California asked the Eames Office to produced a small line of modern styled speaker cabinets. In a project headed by Don Albinson, the Eames Office set about designing a home speaker unit that would fit in with the more contemporary furnishings used in America's modern homes and apartments. Available in three similar styles, the first cabinet was of molded plywood similar to other Eames cabinet designs done for the electronic television industry 10 years earlier. After further study of the goals and issues surrounding sound projection problems in radio and speaker design, the Eames' solution was a very contemporary answer for the hi-fi nuts who wanted no internal vibrations from the components or speaker mountings in their sound systems.
The Eames' new "Tru-Sonic" line of speaker cabinets was engineered to have reduced vibrations through its unique interior design. The speaker screen was made of woven plastic Saran fibers, designed to keep damaging little fingers from exploring where sound came from. Saran fibers had also been used as the upholstery fabric for the outdoor versions of the Aluminum Group of outdoor furniture, designed by the Eames Office in 1956. The speaker base, too, came from an earlier Eames' product. The speaker cabinet sits on the same aluminum base used for the ottoman in the Eames' new rosewood and leather Lounge Chair and ottoman. This same base offered the unique and innovative feature of being able to easily and stylishly rotate the speaker cabinet on a swivel base to project the music in any desired direction. A very unique feature at that time.
To compliment the new look of the speaker cabinet, the Eames Office also applied their design sense to the Stephens company's packaging graphics. Using a simple and low cost Eames-styled look, the new black and white logo layout includes a background grid taken from the grid pattern on the new speaker front.

[John]

There was a pair of these on ebay about a year ago; they brought around $3,500. A few months later I noticed what were probably the same speakers featured in the ad of a vintage dealer in Stereo Sound magazine (Japan). The asking price was the equivalent of about $30,000.

Hi Steve Do you think it sold for anything near that asking price?:biting:

[Zilch]

L88 mounted horizontal would do it, and I know just the horn and driver for the job.

Seems like the ottoman base would be too low, but the table base would work.... :yes:

[a.beam.reach]

I just did a google search for Eames...
From the Eames website
The pict on the website doesn't have the horn.

http://www.eamescollector.com/
go to "the collection" then to "speakers"

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Steve-

The picture on the site you reference, I believe is of the E-2, one of the first Charles Eames designs for Trusonic. Check out this link: http://www.hifilit.com./hifilit/Stephens/Stephens.htm

Trevor - a.beam.reach

[Zilch]

29-3/4" x 21-5/8" x 13-1/8", that's more like C38 Baron size. :hmm:

Don't like the E-4s so much, though they suggest L25 Prima, maybe....