help identifying some speakers (fane?)

John_P

I was just offered a cab with some old speakers in and wondered if anyone recognised them and had any thoughts  (might be tricky to tell but they reminded me of the fanes in the hiwatt cab  @gassage was selling..

http://i1332.photobucket.com/albums/w617/johnpinchin2/11672_10206409426338743_1242857292947289417_n_zpsu4wfaixr.jpg

meltedbuzzbox

fanes are notorious difficult to date and in some cases identify. 

Do you have anything to work with? Serial number? Markings etc?

ICBM

Yes, they're old Fanes - 'Pop 50s' - with the plastic covers missing (they often fall off). The exact frame and magnet design varied slightly, I think these are later ones from the late 70s. They sound quite good but won't be very efficient, and be careful with the power rating - even the 25W someone has written on may be optimistic, let alone the supposed 50W.

Those of us who have been around a while will remember that "they're called Pop 50s because if you put 50W anywhere near them, they pop". I would say they're a reasonably good 15-20W speaker, roughly equivalent to a Celestion G12S-20.

Aidanspaghetti

What's the printed codes on them? There should be a week/year number and then a model number... You can check out the vintageamps forum. They've quite a knowledgeable hiwatt community there! Cool speakers!

John_P

Sorry - I should have updated this.   The cab was originally advertised for 80 which looked a good buy and I'd take a change on the speakers but it disappeared then reposted a week later at 160, which seemed a bit high to experiment with.    

Wisdoms though - I'm impressed with the knowledge here once again  

ICBM

Even £80 was near enough at the upper limit for that. The speakers are worth about £20 each if they're definitely OK, and a homemade box isn't worth £50 really.