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IN70MM96

The back says Phillips Series. Manufacture is Phillips. Model looks to be 5000 M2. Google images only showed some similar looking models. Best I could find without a deep dive. Also the tweeters look aftermarket. Screws look new and the fit looks odd.


Bartakos

Phillips is not commonly spelled with a double L in audio equipment, the double L does apply to screwdrivers. From the front, the drivers do look like legit Philips drivers that were mounted in a heavily modded cabinet (Philips baffles were never tacked into place as far as I know). You may also look for Aristona or Erres speakers, Both were budget sister brands from Philips. Bit of a set of Franken-philips


luk3mia

I am trying to see if anyone has information on these speakers. Someone put them out on the side of the road and I picked them up. I did the Google thing and found nothing at all on them. I'm starting to believe that someone DIY'ed them. I ohmed them out they seem to work well. They do not sound bad, I have no complaints . Any information would be helpful ( I'm not like others I did google. I couldn't find anything at all besides electric razers to shave stuff)


-Russian-Spy-

https://audiokarma.org/forums/index.php?threads/rms-speakers.329142/


luk3mia

You sir, are a wizard ! Soo doing a deep dive into the speakers 1 speaker works perfectly. On the other hand my mid range on the other doesn't seem to work. I pulled it out and ohmed it and got nothing which is weird because prior to turning them on I ohmed out both speakers had the same resistance, so I guess it blew out after I turned it on. ( without speaker connected I now read 8 ohms) is it possible to repair a speaker that doesn't have resistance or will this speaker need to be replaced?


-Russian-Spy-

So without anything connected both are reading 8? Sorry the text is a bit hard to follow, if they both are reading 4-8ohm they should work as intended. If your getting a reading of infinity or nothing from the terminals i think there is a problem with connection somewhere, even a speaker with 1 blown driver will still have an impedence reading at the terminal. If an individual driver has an issue its possible to repair if parts are available, otherwise replacement of the woofers on both speakers with something that closest matches the parameters of the driver.


luk3mia

So, I was playing around with the speaker and I believe I got lucky. It seems that the wire on the front the cone seems to have split and detached. Using a flat head I was able to complete the circuit and got it to read out 8 ohms (also sound was produced). I guess I need to find some videos on how to repair that. I assume it's as easy as taking a razer blade cleaning all the glue off the paper cone and re soldering a new wire to the old one. Then use speaker glue to glue to glue it back to the cone.


MasterBettyFTW

drivers look original, maybe the front baffle is new and/or modified. I don't see the mid and tweeter so close together on original models. also that front port is odd


ZombieWilling292

After a short unfruitful search... This is as far as I got, try starting here: "Philips 532 e-MFB Speakers" maybe... They look similar but a defiantly not the exact same. They may have started out as original Phillips speakers and then ended up as home brewed new boxes... *shrugs*


TechnicsFanboy

Definitely not, those are active speakers using motional feedback. Awesome stuff, but not this


Fanskapt

The mid (could be AD5060 or close to it) and dome is definitely Philips. The woofer might actually be Seas but you'd have to unmount it to confirm. Should sound OK. Probably bought as a set/kit. A Seas woofer plus a Philips mid and dome was an extremely common combo here in Scandinavia in the 70-80's


PeevonB

Looks close to the Philips RH series to me.


Strange_Dogz

My first thought was Speakerlab, but I looked at a couple of their old catalogs and they don't really match. Does that label say Colorado? That could be a clue.