Today a super rare pair of 12" full range speakers were listed on a local classified site. These Marsland Canadian 1200 speakers.
I did a Google search on Marsland speakers and the only vintage ones that populate are the Imperial 1200 speakers,with a bell dome cover on the magnet.
Without a doubt, these Marsland speakers that were made in Waterloo Ontario, same place as some of my vintage Electrohome gear, are built to a quality standard that is rarely seen.
These have a huge cast basket with what I think is an Alnico magnet behind the magnet cover, I say this because if it was a ferrite magnet it would not sport the cover. The cover for the magnet seems machine made and precisely fitted.
I managed a small audition just propped up against the Audio Nirvana Baffles and was blown away by how great they sound. I feel these are best suited to a Single Ended Tube amp, as my push/pull sound flat with them.
I do not know much about Marsland and these speakers in particular as there is not much information out there on them. If you come across this post and have some knowledge, shoot me a message.
I will have to make special baffles for these as the basket profile does not fit the test baffles I have.
