Jensens of the 1950s and early 1960s are an exceptional display of American Pragmatism... over time as they found their place in killer amps and early hifi setups, helping to define an entire era of sound. Jensen's like this are not overly complicated -- rather they're perfectly built, and the designers at Jensen were still listening back then, so they sound great with low powered tube amps.
Drivers of this era, were still designed for open back, open baffle or bass reflex cabinets of generous size. Their crisp, rigid cones are conrolled with strongest 12" size 10 oz Syntox-6 ferrite, giving them amazing efficiency and detail far better than most modern drivers.
Instrument players, using Fender, Vox and Ampeg owners will that have experienced genuine vintage Jensens like this know they have killer tone, crunch and the perfect breakup characteristics nicely suited to mid size tube amps.
Introduced around 1959 Jensen's early C-series, were made concurrently with the 1950s mindset P series, and you'll hear little change in tonal quality. 1950s-early 1960s Jensen was at it's APEX of quality standards in sound.
The C12 R featured a much higher quality cone, designed for super output at very low wattages, these speakers sound amazing, filling your entire room with the power from one single ended 6V6!
The molded cone, a straight sided type, with formed rings for rigidity uncommon in 12's of this era, designed to maitain clarity. The thick wool / linen cone is all original and has a nice smooth quality -- keeping it clean for both vocals and strings.
As the nice tall peaks at cone resonance indicate (see reports below), both speakers have very nice control thanks to the still strong magnets at their native resonance of around 80hz.
As the included test reports show (see Exhibit A,B,C) they're near perfectly matched, made sequentially back in 1963. Both drivers test perfect at around 6.4ohms DCR (see Exhibit A,D). They sounded wonderful with music, no rubs, buzzes -- no problems at all. Cones are nice and totally original.
These 50 year old speakers have the original silver paint, and special design badges, along with all matching codes and numbers. The frames have some dust and dirt, with a tiny bit of surface rust on one -- cosmetic only. Both speakers play wonderfully - and present beautifully still.
Vintage Jensens like this are the real McCoy. Don't entrust the nice tunes from your tube amp to anything else. Mondern speakers generally don't have the crisp tone, or spunk that early Jensen's do. If you need high quality, well tested full range Jensen 12" drivers, you won't see a better matched set anywhere. They're getting a bit scarce, so avoid a bidders war now. Nice original drivers with truly mint cones sell quickly!
... Genuine and about 50 years old. Nice cones and original Jensen silver paint (the factory left some overspray on the rear as you can see, this was very common back then -- iving them lots of character!), matching stamps labels, cones and original identification #s. This is an examined, matched & tested NICE set.
DCR also confirmed, and PERFECTLY MATCHED 6.5 ohm DCR coils on calibrated OHM-meter.
Impedance was tested with audio signal, found to be WELL MATCHED for both units. Sound is clean, clear, no rubs, buzzes or distortion. Spyder (dampers) are all centered, no sag (see reports exhibit C & D). The best, most throughly tested pair on eBay or anywhere else.
Very difficult to find in MINT Condition, all ORIGINAL matched cones, and completely tested. . This nice pair will sell QUICKLY. Buy now to avoid bidder's war.
QUALITY is EXCELLENT. Cones are supple, original. The real McCoy! Paper edges are clean and fresh ... strong & crisp feeling. These drivers, originaly found in HiFi open baffle, and musical instruments experienced light duty, and kept as a pair in an estate.
See reports (Exhibit A,C,D,E). These are the real McCoy -- in this early variety from the 1960s -- an excellent choice if you are using vintage tube amps in open back or OPEN BAFFLE configuration. From the early days of HiFi & tone cabinet use -- before mfr's dispensed with SUPERIOR DETAIL & voicing in favor of muddy LF extension and higher power handling.
For HiFi / audiophile uses:
If you are using vintage horns & drivers of any brand, with moderate power -- the high efficiency C12R, 8ohm version is a wonderful choice for midrange and LF. The high gauss syntox-6 magnet actuates rigid springy conepaper... amazing and exquisite detail in almost any cabinet. On open baffles w/wings, or almost any kind of projector baffle, many bass reflex too - - all good ways to use one of the nicest 12" units made in postwar America late 1950 onward For mids, and a bit of upper bass in your system, it's hard to do better.
The most throughly tested and nicest condition you will see anywhere! Buy now ... to avoid a bidder's war.
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