From: bill@verdix.com (William Spencer)
Subject: ADDRESSES: speakers, service, etc.(long)
Keywords: parts, speakers, addresses
Organization: Verdix Corp.
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Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 21:32:42 GMT

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LOUDSPEAKER COMPONENTS
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Parts Express
340 E First St.
Dayton Ohio 45402
800 338 0531

Eminence (Cast, Regular, "Thruster"), Pioneer, Sanyo (CHEAP!), MG
("Professional" components, not credited to MG in catalog), a few Phillips
and Polydax components, Motorola (piezos)
Best prices within selection. Not "high-end" oriented. Also VCR parts and other
electronics, low cost boxes (including stage monitors).


MCM Electronics
650 Congress Park Dr.
Centerville Ohio 45459-4072
513 434 0031

Pyle, Electro-Voice (standard 12,15, and 18" only, at best prices), Pioneer,
MG, Pyramid. Also repair parts, meters, oscilloscopes. Reasonably priced
quality enclosures.
Caution, I have found some errors in specs given (1W/1M != 1W/1ft.)


Gold Sound
P.O. Box 141
Englewood, CO 80151
303 789 5310
Catalog $2

JBL, E-V, Gold Sound (serious), Audax, Morel, SEAS. Good prices. 
Serious about "pro"
components. Catalog includes tiny response graphs for most drivers.


McGee Electronics
1901 McGee St.
Kansas City, Missouri 64108-1891
[913] 491-5287.
Orders 800 87MCGEE
Catalog $2

More expensive but some good bits. Polydax, Pyle (full line), Motorola 
E-V (near full 
line), MTX.


Madisound Speaker Components
8608 University Green
Box 4283
Madison, Wisconsin 53711
608 831 3433

Peerless, Audax, Madisound, 
Eclipse, Morel, KEF,
Vifa, Focal, Dynaudio, Eton, many crossover components. A few good kits.
*Catalog includes graphs, etc. for many drivers.*  Woodstyle enclosures. 


Audio Concepts
901 S. 4th St.
La Crosse, WI 54601
800 346 9183
tech questions 608 784 4570

Kits, Dynaudio, Focal, SEAS (very limited selection of most popular pieces
on these 3), Audio Concepts (I called them, the JC12 subwoofer _really_ 
has an Xmax of 11 mm.!). Crossover components, speaker designs, info, 
Loudspeaker Design Cookbooks.


A & S Speakers
3170 23rd St.
San Fransisco CA 94110
415 641 4573

Scan-Speak, VMPS (complete speakers AND drivers), Eton, Dynaudio,
Audax/Polydax, Eminence (short list), Focal, Morel, Peerless, MB-electronics
(titanium dome tweeters), Phillips, SEAS, Nelson-Reed, Crossover parts &
assemblies, Woodstyle cabinets. Speaker designs.  


SRS Enterprises "The Speaker Shop"
318 S. Wahsatch Ave.
Colorado Springs, Co. 80903
719 475 2545

Pyle, Pioneer. Prices good.
Full Pyle line.


Carbonneau
609 Myrtle N.W.
Grand Rapids Michigan 49504
616 456 9528

3 lines of woofers: 20% graphite reinforced polypropylene cone with 
foam suspension, same with rubber suspension (lower frequency & efficiency),
and treated paper cone with rubber. Includes dual voice coil subwoofers.
Range 5.25" to 12". Good prices. Caution: my catalog has "preliminary" specs.


Zalytron Industries
469 Jericho Turnpike
Mineola, NY 11501
516 747 3515

Polydax, Siare, Vieta, SEAS, Dynaudio, Focal, Cabasse, Phillips, Zalytron,
crossover compenents, enclosures, etc.


Transducer Technology
(Division of Watters Sound Wave Co.)
4320 Spring Valley Rd.
Dallas, TX 75244
214 991 6994

Cabasse (full line of concave diaphram/dome drivers), Accuton (Thiel GmbH,
not the other Thiel; very neutral concave _ceramic_ dome mids and tweeters)
Vieta, Audiom by Focal (professional Focal line,
pricey), Stage Accompany (professional ribbon/leaf drivers, woofers, systems,
pricey), Tekton (sub-bass)


Phil Baker
546 Boston Ave.
Medford MA 02155

Manufacturer's overrun speaker cabinets. Low cost. NLM, AR, 3D, Burhoe,
Allison. Baffles cut. Real wood veneer. Some with grills.


Drexler Audio Systems
14 Rose Lane
Rosemont, PA 19010
215 527 6015

U.S. distributor for Bandor (England) aluminum cone loudspeakers.


Radio Shack

Includes Pioneer and Motorola parts. THe 7-11 of electronics. You can
do better, both in price and quality.
Crossover selection poor.


Fabric Stores: stuffing and other materials

Music Stores: Typically Gauss, JBL, Electro-Voice, Fostex "pro" components,
Celestion guitar speakers.

Speakerlab

Cerwin-Vega

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OTHER
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Antique Electronics Supply
(Antique Radio Supply)
688 First St.
Tempe Arizona 85281
602 894 9503

Tubes, high-volt capacitors *at reasonable prices*. Radio speakers to 12",
books, transformers, supplies relevant to tubes and old radios. 


	Marchand Electronics Inc.
	1334 Robin Hood Lane
	Webster, NY 14580
	(716) 872-5578

Elecronic crossovers: kits, boards, etc.


Mesa-Boogie      707 778 TUBE
 
Fast service on good quality tubes -- common types. Instrument speakers.
Tube guitar and power amps.


Triode Electronics
2010 Roscoe St. 
Chicago, IL 60618
312 871 7459

Tubes, transformers, enclosures, etc.
 

Old Colony Sound Lab                   Audio Amateur Publications
PO Box 243                             (_Glass Audio_, AA, Speaker Builder)
Peterborough, NH 03458                   PO Box 576, etc.
603 924 6371                            603 924 9464

Kits (parts & board), Circuit boards for _Audio Amateur_ projects 
components, design software


The $ensible 
Sound: 403 Darwin Drive, Snyder, New York 14226.  Ph. (716) 681-3513.
Subscriptions are $18 for a year (4 quarterlies). 


	Title:		The Trainwreck Pages
	Author:		Ken Fischer
	Availability:	Trainwreck Circuits
			PO Box 261
			Colonia, New Jersey 07067
	Summary:	Good info on Fender amps (but mostly Marshalls)

The Audio Critic
P.O. Box 978
Quakertown PA 18951
$22 Us Can Mex
$32 othw 
for 4 issues, one year if on schedule
State beginning issue: present, or #15 (includes CD overview),
or #11 (all "new" issues), #13 (beginning of Carver, Lipshitz, McGrath, Clark
Eargle "seminar" series).

The phone number of BMG CD Club. 
317-542-0414.

For the "HI-FI HERETIC"
P.O. BOX 2019
Yorba Linda CA 92686
One year subscription is $20 for 4 issues.


Audio by Van Alstine (AVA) 
612-890-3517.

	Back issues of American Splendor are available from Harvey Pekar,
PO Box 18471, Cleveland Hts., Ohio 44118.


Amp kits:
Mark V Electronics
8019 E. Slauson Av.
Montebello, CA  90640
orders: 800-423-3483
info: 213-888-8988


	A good source for generic high power supplies/transformers is
	Herbach & Rademan	(1-800-848-8001)


Here's some 800 numbers:

Musician's Friend        1-800-776-5173
Sam Ash                  1-800-472-6274
Thoroughbred             1-800-800-4654
Bill's Music House       1-800-828-0023
Los' Music               1-800-786-7302
Sound Southwest          1-800-342-4327
American Musical Supply  1-800-458-4076
Stewart MacDonald's      1-800-848-2273
Music Emporium           1-800-648-8460


      Paia Electronics, Inc.,
      3200 teakwood lane,
      Edmond, oklahoma, 73013
phone (405) 340-8300

Kits for almost every guitar effect
you can think of, and then some.  reverb, active direct box, limiters,
compressors, parametric and other equalizers, mixers, vocorders,
an incredible flanger, noise gate, envelope-controlled filter, several
very different overdrive/distortion units, octaver, plus all the various
projects from the craig anderton books (headphone amps, ring modulators,
filter units, boosters, phasers, etc.). 
Anyone who might be interested in purchasing modified Phillips players
from Jung-Childress or having a player modified (or in researching the
possibilities) might write to:
  Jung-Childress Audio and Electronics
  P.O. Box 36141
  Towson, Maryland 21286


The classic Thiel and Small papers on loudspeaker design are reprinted
in the AES anthology Loudspeakers, vol. 1.  There is also a vol. 2
covering papers after 1983.  Nonmember price is $30 per volume, or
$27 ea. if you order both.  Other anthologies of interest:
Microphones, Sound Reinforcement, Sereophonic Techniques.
Audio Engineering Society
60 E. 42nd St
New York, NY 10165-0075
phone (212)661-8528
fax   (212)682-0477

Penny & Giles Inc.
2716 Ocean Park Blvd
Suite 1005
Santa Monica, California. 90405
231-393-0014
213-450-9860 FAX

Burr-Brown Corp.
P.O. Box 11400
Tucson, AZ  85734

Product Services Operation
Philips Consumer Electronics Co.
PO Box 555, Old Andrew Johnson Hwy
Jefferson City TN  37760
615-475-0317 (general)
800-851-8885 (parts dept)

NEC Home Electronics Inc  (May have modified their name since out of
                           the home electronics business. But they do 
                           still support old products as of 12/90.)
1255 Michael Dr
Wood Dale IL  60191
312-860-9500 (general)
800-356-2415 (parts dept)

Sony Service Center
835 S Fidalgo
Seattle WA  98108
206-762-6500 (service)
206-763-8853 (parts dept, 1-5pm pacific only)

Kenwood Inc
PO Box 238
West Hempstead NY  11552
800-776-2626 (General)

PANASONIC:
TECHNICS:
QUASAR:
MATSUSHITA:
Matsushita Services Co.
PO Box 848
Arlington Heights IL  60006
312-981-4830 (general.  If they have an 800, I dont have it.)

COMB is at 800-328-0609 for orders; customer service is 612-654-4800.


  
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I have recieved prompt service from Madisound, A & S, Gold, Parts Express,
Antique Radio, Drexler and Audio Concepts; I have had some trouble with Old
Colony but have generally been satisfied.

Disclaimer: I am not affiliated with any supplier.
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