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Sony Speakers in Germany, 1978 |
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 Sony SS-G5 (From HiFiEngine) |
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My Sony SS-G5D speakers (1978?), bought in June 2020 as a project |
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Just arrived in Andrea Bedosti's shop |
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One of the two is not bad (left), but the other one is a mess... The tweeter has been broken, possibly in transit |
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Serial numbers showing that at least one of these speakers has been carelessly handled, possibly left in the open, during its 42 years of life |
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As the SS-G5 wooden enclosures were really too ruined to be restored, I decided to dismantle them and use their high-quality components for another enclosure. Doing this allowed me to appreciate the interior and the general quality of the box; it really shows how much care Sony put in these speakers in 1978. Too bad that during these years Japanese speakers, even of the highest level, were not thought to be worthy of an adequate care, and many were dumped or left rotting everywhere... |
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Those huge Carbocon woofers have a cast aluminum structure |
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26 July 2020: Another pair of SS-G5 |
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Serial numbers. Apparently, my SS-G5D are older than my SS_G5... |
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Usual warnings |
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The mid-unit combo is mounted on a heavy, rigid iron plinth with a cork back |
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SS_G5 Tweeter and midrange, front/rear |
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hifiengine.com is the best site for Sony manuals |
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