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Author Topic: Drive-in Speaker Question Jay Glaus Expert Film Handler Posts: 123 From: Pittsburgh, PA USA Registered: Dec 2010 posted 01-18-2014 12:16 PM                        As I'm sure some of us have already heard, Speeco has gone out of business. While it's a sad time, it also makes it difficult for anyone who maintains a field of speakers, such as myself. I can still get the cones from Projected Sound, and cords I can make myself. But I'm curious if anyone knows where I can get the volume controls for the speakers, and transformers for the junction boxes on the poles? I know the volume controls are potentiometers, but I'm not sure what exactly I'd be looking for. And I am thinking the transformers are still manufactured (even if not for the specific purpose of drive-ins) because the last order of transformers I got looked too new to be sitting for years in a stock room. If anyone has any advice on this matter I'd really appreciate hearing it! Thanks, Jay  |  IP: Logged Justin West Master Film Handler Posts: 271 From: Peoria, IL, USA Registered: Jul 2001 posted 01-20-2014 07:01 PM                     Jay: I would suspect MOUSER Electronics would have pots and transformers but while they are pretty good, overall, on prices, I am not sure what bulk prices could be reached to make a mass rehab project on your in-car speakers fit within your budget. Perhaps someone out there could suggest a low-cost bulk source or sources of these as well as of replacement speakers?  |  IP: Logged Louis Bornwasser Film God Posts: 4441 From: prospect ky usa Registered: Mar 2005 posted 01-20-2014 08:15 PM                        Projected Sound will surely have any common part such as cable, pot, hardware, transformers. Louis  |  IP: Logged Travis Cape Expert Film Handler Posts: 122 From: St. Louis, MO, USA Registered: May 2000 posted 01-20-2014 09:27 PM                     Projected Sound is still in business, but doing other things. They don't have any other drive in parts. I replaced over 100 speaker cones for a friend of mine last year. It's not economical anymore to have speakers for use. That's just a reality of the changing business. I wonder how many of my rebuilt speakers walked off last year. I am kind of afraid to ask. I mainly just wanted to see a digital projector connected to a tube amplifier. Speco was bought out by a guy that sells drive in speaker parts on ebay for nostalgia. Those parts are priced at a point that no drive in could afford to order them.  |  IP: Logged Justin West Master Film Handler Posts: 271 From: Peoria, IL, USA Registered: Jul 2001 posted 02-07-2014 02:16 PM                     Travis, so what is the best price you have found for cones? As SPECO snd other supply houses have shut down, I've lost track of the market price (besides, remaining sources). Thanks.  |  IP: Logged Travis Cape Expert Film Handler Posts: 122 From: St. Louis, MO, USA Registered: May 2000 posted 02-07-2014 05:01 PM                     I bought some 4 ohm cones from Projected Sound for $4.25 each. I also bought some 8 ohm mylar cones for approx $5.50. The paper cones sound a little better, but I used the mylar cones at the drive in. If you want some of the cones from Projected Sound, I have 100 to spare. I doubt I ever rebuild that many speakers again. I should have listened to Louis!  |  IP: Logged Michael Cornish Film Handler Posts: 26 From: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA Registered: Sep 2011 posted 02-07-2014 09:15 PM                     You may want to check out Parts Express 725 Pleasant Valley Dr. Springboro, OH 45066 or MENDELSON'S LIQUIDATION OUTLET - MECI 340 East First Street Dayton OH 45402 1-800-344-4465 Retail - Monday - Saturday 8:30-5:00 EST Customer Service - Monday - Friday 8:30-5:00 EST Mike  |  IP: Logged

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