High impedance loudspeaker
With electromagnetic ("auto-dynamic") speaker system in walnut veneer cabinet on foot with a geometric coromandel wood cross.
A metal enclosure, containing a choke coil and paper capacitor is screwed on the loudspeaker. This construction serves as a DC filter.
The loudspeaker was sold in France as "Coffret".
The original price in The Netherlands was fl 65,-
The coromandel wooden cross was restored and the cabinet was refurbished by antique restorer Ruben Spelbos in Utrecht.
Data
Made in: 1930
Given to me in: 2017
Dimensions (h x w x d): 42.5 x 42.5 x 19 cm
Serial number: 19887
Diameter cone: 26 cm
DC resistance: 550 (choke coil) and 1800 ohms
Weight: 4.5 kg

What was broadcast in 1930?

 

Listen to "Happy days are here again" by the Show Band of the Casino de Paris, recorded in 1930

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Advertising for the Philips 2030 from 1930

Advertisement for Philips loudspeakers in Philips Bulletin of May 1931. Designed by Jan van Wees (1902-1986). De loudspeakers from the top down: 2040, 2007, 2030/31, 2110/11, 2120/21, 2024/25, 2108/09, 2112/13, 2088/89, 2018/19.

This page was last edited on 05.09.2017