{"id":767,"date":"2018-07-01T20:23:21","date_gmt":"2018-07-01T19:23:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wiredwood.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=767"},"modified":"2018-07-04T10:30:47","modified_gmt":"2018-07-04T09:30:47","slug":"brief-encounter-with-voigt-domestic-corner-horn-speakers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.wiredwood.co.uk\/wordpress\/brief-encounter-with-voigt-domestic-corner-horn-speakers\/","title":{"rendered":"Brief encounter with Voigt domestic corner horn speakers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Carnforth railway station, and it&#8217;s clock in particular, are famous from the film &#8220;Brief encounter &#8220;. Correctly located in the corners of a large room in the visitors centre were a pair of these beauties.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_785\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-785\" style=\"width: 525px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-785\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wiredwood.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/voigt-horn.59-603x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"892\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.wiredwood.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/voigt-horn.59-603x1024.jpg 603w, http:\/\/www.wiredwood.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/voigt-horn.59-177x300.jpg 177w, http:\/\/www.wiredwood.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/voigt-horn.59-768x1304.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-785\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Voigt Domestic horn speaker<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><!--more-->Sadly they were not connected up to anything. I doubt they were in working order, as each had a red light bulb mounted within to illuminate the horn.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_784\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-784\" style=\"width: 525px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-784\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wiredwood.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/voigt-horn.24-821x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"655\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.wiredwood.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/voigt-horn.24-821x1024.jpg 821w, http:\/\/www.wiredwood.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/voigt-horn.24-240x300.jpg 240w, http:\/\/www.wiredwood.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/voigt-horn.24-768x958.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-784\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Voigt Domestic horn speaker<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>These were one of the first true HiFi speakers, but with their size, a concrete internal reflector, and obscene price tag for originals, you wont find many still in active service. It was still a treat to see a pair for real though.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>There is a museum dedicated to these beauties:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lowthervoigtmuseum.org.uk\/voigt.html\">http:\/\/lowthervoigtmuseum.org.uk\/voigt.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you like what you see, you can buy your own:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.itishifi.com\/search\/label\/Voigt%20Domestic%20Corner%20Horn?m=1\">http:\/\/www.itishifi.com\/search\/label\/Voigt%20Domestic%20Corner%20Horn?m=1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Doesn&#8217;t give a price, though..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Carnforth railway station, and it&#8217;s clock in particular, are famous from the film &#8220;Brief encounter &#8220;. Correctly located in the corners of a large room in the visitors centre were a pair of these beauties.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-767","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-loudspeaker"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.wiredwood.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/767","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.wiredwood.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.wiredwood.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.wiredwood.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.wiredwood.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=767"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/www.wiredwood.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/767\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":789,"href":"http:\/\/www.wiredwood.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/767\/revisions\/789"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.wiredwood.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=767"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.wiredwood.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=767"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.wiredwood.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}