Gauss speaker info

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I have a pair of old Cetec-Gauss 1841 10" speakers that I'd like to use
or sell, but I want to know what they are, first. I can find precious
little about the company on the 'net. I believe they were intended to
be guitar speakers.

Can anyone comment on these speakers and/or point me to a source of
specs or other information? Are Gauss speakers though well of today?
What happened to the company? Any idea of a fair asking price for them?
Are they appropriate for other use besides guitars? How about bass
guitar? PAs?

Here's some pictures:

http://rednoise.home.comcast.net/gauss1a.jpg

http://rednoise.home.comcast.net/gauss2a.jpg

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Nil wrote:

> I have a pair of old Cetec-Gauss 1841 10" speakers that I'd like to use
> or sell, but I want to know what they are, first. I can find precious
> little about the company on the 'net. I believe they were intended to
> be guitar speakers.

Maybe.

Gauss were possibly best known for PA speakers though. They also made tape
duplication equipment for cassettes too.


> Can anyone comment on these speakers and/or point me to a source of
> specs or other information?

Nope.

> Are Gauss speakers though well of today?

Not especially. They had a unique 'double suspension' system that increased
distortion.


> What happened to the company?

Went bust IIRC ages ( decade + ) ago.


> Any idea of a fair asking price for them?
> Are they appropriate for other use besides guitars? How about bass
> guitar? PAs?
>
> Here's some pictures:
>
> http://rednoise.home.comcast.net/gauss1a.jpg
>
> http://rednoise.home.comcast.net/gauss2a.jpg

No idea sorry. Google may be able to help if you have the part number.


Graham

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In article <r9tov05d7snb0qes2d44bs1510m2nel1e1@4ax.com>,
DeserTBoB <desertb@rglobal.net> wrote:

> On Sat, 29 Jan 2005 20:12:31 +0000, Pooh Bear
> <rabbitsfriendsandrelations@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> >Not especially. They had a unique 'double suspension' system that increased
> >distortion. <snip>
>
> The earliest ones did, after materials would stiffen unexpectedly
> shortly after manufacture. Later material changes got rid of that
> problem, and could actually outperform competing JBL cone drivers.
> Gauss really took a shot at JBL at the top end, however, with their
> "Big Tweet," an enlargement and refinement of JBL's 075/2402 "acoustic
> laser gun" tweeter. Those were selling very well to SR outfits, but
> then the company went bust about a year later. Cetec's exit from the
> business followed that of CTS (Chicago Telephone Supply, makers of
> cheap OEM drivers for "mid-fi" boxes) by about a year. CTS threw in
> the towel when the loss of samarium cobalt drove ceramic magnet
> material prices up, thus letting the Asians kick their butts pricewise
> in the cheap speaker market. They also had stiff competition from
> Pyle, Jensen and Heppner, of which Pyle was the lone survivor.
>
> dB

I have a Gauss 12, which works pretty well. I had another pair before I
moved from Boston to Colorado, but they were blown and thus deemed too
heavy and worthless to bring with us as I had the impression that they
couldn't be reconed. Was I laboring under a misapprehension? I do like
the JBL 12s I have, but I know that in the 70s, the Gauss were
considered the drivers to have (at least, so I was told). My personal
experience is that they sound pretty good, but are heavier and less
efficient than the "equivalent" JBLs.

Edwin

PS I am a bass player, so that's the context in which these judgements
were made. Phil Lesh used a couple of Gauss 15s and 12s in his rig and I
sure enjoyed his tone coming off the stage in the 70s. Of course, he
also had Mac 2300s driving everything and someone else doing the heavy
lifting.

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The gauss duplicators, I think are owned by a scandinavian company now. They
moved their operation from LA to some place farther north. They used to
assemble their speakers down in LA and I don't know if the speakers went
with the duplicators. If anybody knows the whereabouts of Bart Bingham, Don
King, Jim Williams or Mort Fuji, there might be a lead.
Nil wrote in message ...
>I have a pair of old Cetec-Gauss 1841 10" speakers that I'd like to use
>or sell, but I want to know what they are, first. I can find precious
>little about the company on the 'net. I believe they were intended to
>be guitar speakers.
>
>Can anyone comment on these speakers and/or point me to a source of
>specs or other information? Are Gauss speakers though well of today?
>What happened to the company? Any idea of a fair asking price for them?
>Are they appropriate for other use besides guitars? How about bass
>guitar? PAs?
>
>Here's some pictures:
>
>http://rednoise.home.comcast.net/gauss1a.jpg
>
>http://rednoise.home.comcast.net/gauss2a.jpg

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In article <ctn3rj$4ah$1@news.xmission.com>, bg <bg@nospam.com> wrote:
>The gauss duplicators, I think are owned by a scandinavian company now. They
>moved their operation from LA to some place farther north. They used to
>assemble their speakers down in LA and I don't know if the speakers went
>with the duplicators. If anybody knows the whereabouts of Bart Bingham, Don
>King, Jim Williams or Mort Fuji, there might be a lead.

Mort Fuji is with Fuji International in California, which is a big dealer
for the Greencorp bulk cassette tapes. I think mort at quiknet.com is
a valid e-mail for him.
--scott


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