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Up for sale/sale is a highly unique piece of premium pro-audio history: a Vintage Etone 12\" TA - Mk II \"Special\" Speaker Driver. Hand-built in Sydney, Australia, this driver represents the golden era of ultra-robust, heavy-duty cast aluminum frame speaker engineering.
This specific unit was pulled directly from a private collection (\"Dick\'s Collection\") and features an incredibly rare piece of provenance: an original 4-page Klippel Driver Large Signal Measurement Report generated by the Harman OEM Group laboratory.
The handwritten label on the massive ceramic magnet structure reads \"Tor Andersen Special 12\" Mk II,\" directly matching the diagnostic report generated on June 27, 2000.
Tested & Fully Functional:
Verified Performance: This driver has been benchmarked and verified using industry-leading diagnostic equipment.
Lab-Certified Health: The accompanying 4-page Harman Klippel large signal measurement report serves as absolute documentation that the voice coil, motor structure, and suspension system are performing exactly as engineered.
Ready for Deployment: Unlike typical vintage audio gear pulled from dusty cabinets, this unit has been officially tested under real-world load conditions, ensuring it is 100% functional, free of voice coil rub, and ready to be loaded into your enclosure or rig.
Features & Construction
Heavy-Duty Cast Frame: Finished in Etone’s signature textured grey hammertone coating. Built like a tank to eliminate frame resonance.
Premium Soft Parts: Features a heavy-ribbed paper cone with a treated multi-roll cloth surround, engineered for high mid-bass punch and longevity. Unlike foam surrounds, this cloth surround will not rot.
Massive Motor Structure: The Harman report explicitly highlights the unit\'s \"Very large magnet structure\" and showcases excellent force factor symmetry b(x) under large signal testing.
Proven Health: Included is the complete 4-page diagnostic report profiling the exact electro-mechanical parameters, thermal handling, and linearity of this specific driver.
Condition & Storage Wear:
This driver is a New Old Stock (NOS) unit that has spent its life stored in its original cardboard box rather than mounted and gigged. While the cone face is incredibly clean, uniform, and dark with the factory label fully intact on the dust cap, it does show normal signs of decades-long shelf storage:
The cork/cardboard rear mounting gasket has dried naturally over time and shows some minor chipping/flaking along the perimeter rim.
There is a minor paint chip on one edge of the cast aluminum frame legs exposing the bare metal underneath.
The terminal card is marked with a clear factory \"8\" indicating an 8-Ohm nominal impedance, and the solder lugs show minimal factory test tinning.
Includes the original heavy-duty shipping box with vintage Australian boxmaker stamps from J. Fielding & Co. Ltd. (Sydney).
Please review all high-resolution photos carefully to assess the cosmetic condition of the frame and gasket.
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