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Thread Number: 51998
Omnidirectional Stereo Speakers |
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| Post# 744033 , Reply# 2 3/21/2014 at 23:57 (3,685 days old) by retropia () | ||
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More Circle of Sound I found this ad for what I think are a later version of the Zenith speakers, with a bigger bass speaker directed out of the bottom. These might be ideal, but I don't know how hard they are to find. 
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| Post# 744125 , Reply# 7 3/22/2014 at 11:15 (3,685 days old) by retropia () | ||
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I'll check out the forum at audiokarma.com; thanks for the suggestion. If they are all about high-fidelity, though, I may just lurk instead of post. They might not appreciate my wacky preference of visual aesthetics over aural quality. | ||
| Post# 744169 , Reply# 8 3/22/2014 at 14:02 (3,685 days old) by electron1100 (England) | ||
omni directional speakers
hello Doug
Just to add a few more, Bose I think its 901 was a sort of omnidirectional speaker, in Europe the best known name to me are Sonab, standard arrangements with the bass units but a row of tweeters in an arc on the top spread the sound around. The zenith cylindrical speakers are very similar to one in the uk made by ITT KB The most stylish sort of multidirectional speakers I remember where made by Grundig and they were and still are a fashion icon and fetch silly money on epay, I cannot remember the name of the model but basically they are large orb atop a stylish chromed stand and chrome base. Ah yes another! Tandberg Facetts they were funky looking........... Phew my brain is empty now better go and watch some dynasty whilst it recovers All these sorts of speakers were very popular in the early to mid 70s in the uk, but it was fun then as various manufacturers would bring out there model claiming it was the last word in sound experience so if you end up with a really wacky pair with about 20 drivers in them, they certainly should be interesting and entertaining. | ||
Post# 744171 , Reply# 9 3/22/2014 at 14:02 (3,685 days old) by petek  (Ontari ari ari O ) |
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Post# 744173 , Reply# 10 3/22/2014 at 14:04 (3,685 days old) by petek (Ontari ari ari O ) |
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| Post# 744189 , Reply# 11 3/22/2014 at 15:29 (3,685 days old) by firedome (Binghamton NY & Lake Champlain VT) | ||
Of the vintage round/omni speakers sold back then...
the Empires were by far the best mentioned. The larger model 9000M "Grenadier" cost $220 in 1965, and had real marble top. Omnidirectional in general is tricky as it doesn't usually produce a coherent soundstage, something Dahlquist managed much more effectively with the Phased Array DQ-10 in the 70s, not exactly the round look, but they sound excellent.
If you want the '69 2001 Ho-Jo look what would be perfect are Saarinen "tulip" chirs and tables, and maybe a "womb" chair or 2. I have 4 tulip chair knock-offs that were made not by Knoll but by another office furniture maker, and there were less expensive domestic versions as well. You can still get the originals at "Design Within Reach", but they are hardly within reach of most people, at least the last time I looked at stuff in their store in Brooklyn Heights. | ||
| Post# 744204 , Reply# 13 3/22/2014 at 16:20 (3,685 days old) by firedome (Binghamton NY & Lake Champlain VT) | ||
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that chair
reminds me of the chair #2 always sat in in "The Prisoner", Leo McKern was particularly memorable in that role. The Saarinen Womb chair wasn't a sectioned sphere as in yours www.google.com/#q=saarine... but is an acknowledged design classic right up there with the Eames chair. As an aside we had one of those (Eames) and got rid of it because it wasn't as comfortable to sit in for long reads as an Ikea Poang chair at about $150! Amazing but true.
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| Post# 744218 , Reply# 15 3/22/2014 at 16:56 (3,685 days old) by firedome (Binghamton NY & Lake Champlain VT) | ||
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luckily
the Poang frame is very well made, and cushions are available in numerous fabrics, leathers and colors for very little... collect the whole set! And I sure didn't tell the Chicago Psychiatrist who paid crazy $ for our mint Rosewood and Dark Brown leather 1972 Eames w/ ottoman that the Poang is actually more comfortable!
Re: round speakers, I heard those Zeniths when they came out ca: 1968/9 and they didn't sound particularly good, it was a sales gimmick, basically. | ||
| Post# 744219 , Reply# 16 3/22/2014 at 17:03 (3,685 days old) by firedome (Binghamton NY & Lake Champlain VT) | ||
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btw really like the look... | ||
| Post# 744293 , Reply# 20 3/22/2014 at 23:52 (3,684 days old) by retropia () | ||
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Clairtone Project G Petek, I'd never heard of these before, but they are wild! If someone wanted a console stereo, this is about as contemporary as they came, I suppose. Those speakers look really serious. CLICK HERE TO GO TO retropia's LINK 
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| Post# 744303 , Reply# 23 3/23/2014 at 00:43 (3,684 days old) by beekeyknee (Columbia, MO) | ||
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Post# 744316 , Reply# 24 3/23/2014 at 03:00 (3,684 days old) by hydralique (Los Angeles) |
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Yes! Those are the Empires I remember being advertised. Very cool look IMO, I like them better than the wood octagonal versions. | ||
| Post# 744321 , Reply# 25 3/23/2014 at 04:03 (3,684 days old) by electron1100 (England) | ||
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Grundig | ||
| Post# 744322 , Reply# 26 3/23/2014 at 04:04 (3,684 days old) by electron1100 (England) | ||
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Grundig | ||
| Post# 744331 , Reply# 27 3/23/2014 at 05:54 (3,684 days old) by alr2903 (TN) | ||
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I really like the look of the room in reply #20, the man looks like "Dean Martin". alr
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Post# 744340 , Reply# 28 3/23/2014 at 06:21 (3,684 days old) by 112561 (River Park, in Port St. Lucie, Florida) |
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| Post# 744462 , Reply# 29 3/23/2014 at 12:40 (3,684 days old) by cfz2882 (Belle Fourche,SD) | ||
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Syd Mead sounds like you are going for a Syd Mead-ish look :) Watched the movie"who's minding the mint"(1966)last night and a clairtone project G was seen. | ||
| Post# 744476 , Reply# 30 3/23/2014 at 13:53 (3,684 days old) by twintubdexter (Palm Springs) | ||
Petek, you're in luck...
This has been re-listed on ebay for a second time but with no price reduction. I guess a BIN price of $23,500 is a little steep, although the last one of these I watched sold on ebay for $9,000 and the speakers looked like someone played basketball with them...badly dented.
CLICK HERE TO GO TO twintubdexter's LINK on eBay 
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Post# 744502 , Reply# 31 3/23/2014 at 15:16 (3,684 days old) by petek (Ontari ari ari O ) |
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| Post# 745037 , Reply# 34 3/25/2014 at 11:35 (3,682 days old) by whirlcool (Just North Of Houston, Texas) | ||
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How good were Clairtone's actual products? I've never heard of them before. Is it all based on appearance or is there actual performance beyond appearance? | ||
| Post# 745042 , Reply# 35 3/25/2014 at 12:00 (3,682 days old) by firedome (Binghamton NY & Lake Champlain VT) | ||
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most of the spacey looking speakers
probably including the cool Clairtone console, were more for design effect than audio excellence, but must admit they look way cool!
Doug, ouur chairs look very similar to yours but have white aluminum "tulip" bases, similar to Saarinen/Miller originals, blue-grey tweedy fabric seat covers, and came out of my wife's medical office. They were bought in bulk by a major health-care organization for waiting rooms when they owned the practice, and something like 20 of them were on eBay all at once about a year or 2 ago, when they cleaned out one of their warehouses! I was lucky that 8 were left in the basement when the practice went independent. I sent 2 to LA, 2 to Paris (shipping was killer!) and the best 4 went to my basement! Some Verner Panton chairs might look good in that Ho-Jo lounge of the future! | ||
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Post# 745047 , Reply# 36 3/25/2014 at 12:50 (3,682 days old) by ovrphil (N.Atlanta / Georgia ) |
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near the intersection of Cheesy Avenue and Bad Taste Blvd
LOL! What a great idea, Doug. I have the Zenith Circle of Sound stereo - speakers are mediocre, but fine for general radio and casual listening...wasn't my goal to buy it for quality.
I love the Saarinen chairs. Your look sounds like a Restoration Hardware store's perpective on color - monochromatic overall, with chrome and glass(assuming you're using glass for the top and bottom of that chromed unit pictured? Are you going to hang up some Syd Mead drawings? When I was in art school, one of my classmates collected photos, prints,etc..anything..of Syd Mead's. Great stuff! As a freshman, I thought the world would actually look Syd Mead'ish in the year 2000. So many cool surround sound speakers. These are a pair I missed by a minute; another guy just put them in his Goodwill basket..still there, way too much $$: atlanta.craigslist.org/nat/eld/43... I've included some chairs that would make great office additions for relaxing...if price wasn't an issue. Colors are not my choice, and you could do silver, black, or birch gray. I'm just puttin' stuff out there. Good luck and hope it comes together. 
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Post# 745512 , Reply# 40 3/27/2014 at 11:19 (3,680 days old) by petek (Ontari ari ari O ) |
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Post# 745538 , Reply# 41 3/27/2014 at 13:38 (3,680 days old) by ovrphil (N.Atlanta / Georgia ) |
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| Post# 745546 , Reply# 42 3/27/2014 at 14:24 (3,680 days old) by retropia () | ||
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Electrohome That's a groovy set - a chair with built-in speakers, and a cocktail table with a built-in turntable. In the future, all furniture will multi-task. The Electrohome name doesn't ring any bells. I wonder if it was primarily sold north of the border? | ||
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Post# 745559 , Reply# 44 3/27/2014 at 15:00 (3,680 days old) by petek (Ontari ari ari O ) |
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Electrohome was a Canadian manufacturer located in Kitchener Ontario. They made stereo's tv/s, home organs, radios etc.. They also owned the Deilcraft Furniture company which made high quality wood furniture hence their cabinetry for the electronics was always top notch, the electronics themselves were good but not as good as a high quality component system. There were a few variations on that circular stereo cabinet with different configurations. Basically out of business now like all the other manufacturers, a name only
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