Philips "pancake" bakelite horn speakers

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General speaker questions for audio and home theater.

I have just obtained a Philips "pancake" bakelite horn speaker, introduced in Europe around 1926. This is more for the superb styling than any hopes of a hifi sound, although I would very much like to hear it. However, I am told that this sort of speaker shows 2000 Ohms to an amp. Thus most valve amps would face an open circuit. I suppose some form of OTL amp would be ideal, but could it be used with a transistor amp? I have seen a second one, and I am wondering about stereo.

I would just love to connect it to my computer, the computer sound is so bad that this could just warm it up a little.

Here is the speaker (copy these into your browser):
http://tinyurl.com/5a9fz8

http://tinyurl.com/5wywfc

http://tinyurl.com/5zjxz5

This could be the radio with which it originally functioned
http://tinyurl.com/6yuqr7

There are more details here:
http://www.qsl.net/vk2dym/radio/philips.htm

The only thread I found about this was here:
http://www.vintage-radio.net/forum/showthread.php?t=27866

Note the huge car driven speaker:
http://tinyurl.com/6gdjwb

Any advice would be welcome
Anthony

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Topic - Philips "pancake" bakelite horn speakers - 13D3Tube 09:45:29 09/10/08 (3)

RE: Philips "pancake" bakelite horn speakers - John Kalinowski 11:23:56 09/10/08 (2)

RE: Philips "pancake" bakelite horn speakers - 13D3Tube 11:56:23 09/10/08 (1)

RE: Philips "pancake" bakelite horn speakers - John Kalinowski 06:14:59 09/11/08 (0)

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