Okay seeing how this speaker is now sitting in my Pod i think it safe to talk about it. I bought this speaker that was listed on the bay after it was listed for 9 days and 23 hours and the high bid was $500.00. Yes this speaker was listed on the eBay for over a week…you see, it was listed under Movie Memorabilia and even thou it had Jensen and Lansing in the title it was not picked up by the deep pocket buyers, and for next hour I was praying it would stay that way. I took my best shot and submitted my bid in the last 20 seconds of the auction thinking I’m just wasting my time. Bam I’m high bidder and with 5 seconds it rolls higher…WTF, I’m still high bidder.
Oh chit, what I’m I going to tell the Wife !?!?
Patent mentioned by Steve Schell in 2007 at LHF: (I wish he could of seen it)
“This patent issued to Samuel A. Waite describes a two way speaker with bass reflex low frequency section and (in one embodiment) a multicellular horn high frequency section. Mr. Waite's patent was applied for in October 1937, shortly after the introduction of the Lansing Iconic. We may never know whether Mr. Waite had any relation to Lansing Mfg. Co., or if he simply applied for a patent on the concept of the Iconic and later successfully negotiated compensation from Altec Lansing.”
Google patent
Application October 23, 1937, Serial No. 170,579
Application Approved January 10, 1939
When sound reproduction and amplification by the aid of electrical energy came first into commercial use, no particular attention was paid to the fidelity of reproduction over the entire range of audible sound. As progress was made in the art, refinements in apparatus and methods made possible a substantial improvement in this field; this progress in great measure was accelerated by the advent of talking motion pictures. In reproducing sound from recordings run simultaneously with the motion picture, the necessity of accurately and audibly recreating the recorded sounds became important; otherwise the audience finds the performance unsatisfactory.
Top hat consist of…
Lansing 285 with the tar filled 805 and unknown Lansing frequency network.
Bass cabinet hold a Jensen L18 field coil
Oh chit, what I’m I going to tell the Wife !?!?
Patent mentioned by Steve Schell in 2007 at LHF: (I wish he could of seen it)
“This patent issued to Samuel A. Waite describes a two way speaker with bass reflex low frequency section and (in one embodiment) a multicellular horn high frequency section. Mr. Waite's patent was applied for in October 1937, shortly after the introduction of the Lansing Iconic. We may never know whether Mr. Waite had any relation to Lansing Mfg. Co., or if he simply applied for a patent on the concept of the Iconic and later successfully negotiated compensation from Altec Lansing.”
Google patent
Application October 23, 1937, Serial No. 170,579
Application Approved January 10, 1939
When sound reproduction and amplification by the aid of electrical energy came first into commercial use, no particular attention was paid to the fidelity of reproduction over the entire range of audible sound. As progress was made in the art, refinements in apparatus and methods made possible a substantial improvement in this field; this progress in great measure was accelerated by the advent of talking motion pictures. In reproducing sound from recordings run simultaneously with the motion picture, the necessity of accurately and audibly recreating the recorded sounds became important; otherwise the audience finds the performance unsatisfactory.
Top hat consist of…
Lansing 285 with the tar filled 805 and unknown Lansing frequency network.
Bass cabinet hold a Jensen L18 field coil
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