OK, here's our sad story. I'm a 55 year old man. Wifey is same age. I'm dum n she's dumer (I will deny to her I ever said that). Thats right, we were teenagers when 4 track tape decks were cutting edge tech and were proud of it. Our generation and it's music were special. You know, Hippies, Peace, Love, Prosperity. Music by Hendrix, Dylan, Stones, Iron Butterfly. Slogans like, "Down With The Man, Pigs (police) and the ever popular "Hell No We Wont Go" (Vietnam). Anyway, before I give myself a flashback I better get to the point. Were both very computer literate but when it comes to tunes were still in the cassette era. Hell, i'm thrilled to get separation on my cars cassette deck. Recently we purchased a sealed box at a Self Storage Auction. Inside was what I first thought was a large and very heavy boxed speaker. Well it wasnt and I need help in identifying it. I Hooked it up to my home CD player and 1 little old cheapie Emerson speaker in a plastic case and got fantastic sound. I've scoured the internet and think I've found the company that makes, or used to make it but all they make now is stuff for accoustic instruments, violins, guitars, etc. I dont know if its an amp because all the ones I've seen are shaped like my home tuner for AM FM, CD, Cassette, Patio Speakers, etc. Any info anyone can provide on it and it's value (so we know if we got a good deal) will be appreciated. A detailed description is below.
WEIGHT..30 lbs
DIMENSIONS.. 13"x13"x13" with four short legs which measure 1.5" ea.
COLOR and FINISH.. A flat black with a subtle wrinkle finish.
MATERIAL TYPE.. A very hard plastic.
On the bottom there is a circular plastic grill which is 9.5" across. Behind the grill is a speaker.
On the back next to the power cord is, AC120v--60Hz, 560w.
The upper left corner has the pos. and neg. left and right connections for 2 speakers and labled front speakers.
To the right of that are 2 identical connections labled, surround speakers.
To the right of that is a connection for 1 speaker labled, center speaker.
To the right of that is a jack plug labled, remote sensor input.
The upper right corner has 2 rows of plugs, one row above the other. There are 4 plugs per row. The top row of 4 plugs are color coded yellow and the bottom row of 4 plugs are coded red. The top row of yellow plugs is left and the bottom row of red plugs is right. Above the first yellow plug is "LD/DVD". Above the second plug is "VCR. Above the third is "TV" and above the fourth is "AUDIO". Above all of the upper right corner grouping is "AUDIO IN".
In the middle on the back is a lable which reads from top to bottom;
ACOUSTIC (A)
IMAGE
UL c UL listed 652G Audio Equipment, File No. E12237
MADE IN MALAYSA
Manufactured Under License From Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation.
Dolby, "Pro Logic" and the double D are trademarks of Dolby Licensing Corporation.
On the left and right side of this lable are metal fins (for cooling I suppose). They run up and down to the lable and are 5.5" in length. There are 10 fins on the left and 10 on the right.Each group of ten are 2" wide.
On the front in the middle is a plastic round cone that measures 4.5" across and concaves into the unit. below the cone is a plastic box that measures
4"x4". At the top of the box in the middle of it is a single power button.
Below the power button to the right is "ACOUSTIC IMAGE"
Below the power button to the left is a red led light labled "standby/mute"
Below these on the face of the box are 7 buttons and 14 red led lights with the following lables; VOL+, VOL-, 2CH, 3STEREO, PRO LOGIC, AUDIO, TV, VCR, LD/DVD, NORMAL, PHANTOM, WIDE, SOURCE, CENTER MODE,
TEST TONE, RESET, L, C, R, S. Across the bottom of the box, below the buttons and red led lights is the following from left to right;
"Xtreme F/X" DOLBY SURROUND-PRO LOGIC
Any info will be appreciated and thank you for your time.
D. Short
Del Rio, Tx.
