These 1980s Speakers will Light Up Your Life

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These 1980s Speakers will Light Up Your Life

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@mullinperformanceaudio5902 9 ай бұрын

Oh dang, those things were perfect when I stored them away. That plastic must be super brittle. Glad you liked them tho!

@Chris-B-Bassin 9 ай бұрын

Shipping probably 😉

@wilburnmiller1 9 ай бұрын

Led speakers only plays them with the lights fully on.....completely let me down

@terrysookhoo2528 9 ай бұрын

Yeah 40year old box

@FangOfTruth 9 ай бұрын

The woofers moved 300% more than expected.

@volvo09 9 ай бұрын

Those woofer magnets were way larger than expected. What a cool piece for the collection!

@HifiVega 9 ай бұрын

A pair on these on the back dash of a Cutlass… Couldn’t tell me nothing!

@Nickword1 9 ай бұрын

Yoo!! Those are actually pretty bad ass! i wouldn't mind having those on each corner of my room banging out for a few years on my main set up honestly! lol

@tjr4286 9 ай бұрын

I remember when Radio Shack sold these back in 85

@jonanderson4474 9 ай бұрын

I miss radio shack. Also I was born in '85

@boatdr.t5737 9 ай бұрын

Radio Shack only sold their Realistic brand . Pyramid was a fleamarket brand.

@Natetron1000 9 ай бұрын

Those are some awesome looking speakers!! Big ole magnets dang! 80s tech is cool!

@PatientXero607 9 ай бұрын

Everyone was getting into this speaker design in the '80's. Hitachi was well known for their 3D Super Woofer boomboxes. I had one as a kid, with the included surround speakers that mounted to the sides.

@neurologiccure6732 9 ай бұрын

Aww yeah I remember those I had got a pair of those in a stereo shop back in 93 I put them in my back window of my 89 chevy spectrum lol with a set of phase 3 10's sounded not too bad back in the day in high school I was pushing the 10's with an old linear 300 watt amp with a pyramid phase 3 10 band graphic eg running to the factory 5-1/4's in the front doors and those pyramid gold 5 ways in the back window man I was proud of lol thanks for the good memories being brought back ✌

@jaydawg4065 9 ай бұрын

Yesssssssss!!!! Pyramid!!!!!!❤❤ Thank you so much for all this awesome Pyramid content.

@cjmarsh504 9 ай бұрын

Reminds me of the Disco Boomboxes back in the day

@YRR_J 8 ай бұрын

The LED's are not as nice or dynamic as in something like a Vela Discolite, where they used incandescent bulbs. Also as far as I know, LED's add distortion and some other nasty stuff to the sound if they don't have some proper componentry, or being driven with their own signal and not being connected to same signal source as the speakers.

@georgebaloian8272 9 ай бұрын

Man those are just plain awesome! Cool vintage 100%!!!!!

@rich52569 9 ай бұрын

I really miss the 80' car audio. It was so much cooler than today's stuff.

@oipchung83 9 ай бұрын

When i was a little boy i remember a good friend of my parents had a pair of these speakers in his car, i loved looking at them when the music plays and the lights in the dustcaps lit up😅😅😅

@2matador665 9 ай бұрын

Parachute pants and a rattail haircut a must with these little gems on my 83 granprix

@StockA4 9 ай бұрын

Them joints hit! I bet you could float trash in your window with these!

@BaddDukk 9 ай бұрын

These boundary loaded off the back glass of an 80s Monte Carlo or Regal was the schiznitz. Toss in a booster-eq and you were ready to hammer your new Pyromania cassette. I know, I was there

@CarAudioEnthusiasts 9 ай бұрын

you have to understand that these were competing against some really cheap wedges, and pods. this type of speaker solution was very big in the 80s, as most cars and trucks back then had little to no speaker locations. this type of solution allowed you to have so many options! for example my little ford/mazda truck had only some 3 inch dash speakers..thats it!(and you had to go THROUGH the dash from underneath to get at them) being able to use something like this was game changing! also there were little wedge shaped things that could hold 4 to 6 inch speakers. you could mount them in the kicks, behind seat, on the roof, but sadly they were'nt very good. there were some really nice ones from Pioneer, some had square speakers! alpine and kenwood had some nice ones as well. ALL were very pricey. then you had Roadmaster, Jenson, and others that were cheap, ER but didnt sound very good.

@Slane583 9 ай бұрын

My 91 Toyota Pickup I had in high school only had two 4" speakers in it and you had to completely remove the lower dash panels where the glove box was to get to them. I replaced the original speakers since they were blown with some cheapy blue coned Pioneers I got from Wal-Mart. I don't remember what the model was but I remember the cones had creases in them going outward like sun rays and the shroud for the tweeter always reminded me of an arrow-head. They sounded great for what they were but the tweeter needed taming. I remember having to turn down some songs since the tweeters would hurt my ears. :)

@madmax2069 9 ай бұрын

I remember these, i was always so interested in the green center dome of the speakers, they just looked so neat, even if the light in them didn't work (i actually preferred them with no light, just really liked the green center dome). With the advent of 3D printing you could probably just print another box for them seeing how the plastics of these old boxes are pushing up there in age and getting brittle.

@custommx3 9 ай бұрын

I had a set of these. I put them in my "boombox" and put some chritmas string lights in them because they were brighter. The holes in the grill would light up my room with dots. Thanks for reviewing these, now I know who made them. I was always curious as my neighbor gave me them, but out of the original housings. I specifically remember the green cones.

@tvelektron 9 ай бұрын

Actually i would not put them into my car, but i think i would like them a lot in the office or my hobby workshop to listen to some realy cool 80s webradio station while working on a project...

@acemobile9806 8 ай бұрын

Seriously ballin' back in the day with these screwed into the package shelf of your hatchback! Memories...... 😎 HNY Big D! 🎉

@Johnny-jr2lq 3 ай бұрын

Oh my gosh I think I FINALLY Found what my dad had. These were fairly loud from what I remember. When I was 7 that was in 1990 he picked em up at a flea market. But he was running them on a home stereo system. On top of the entertainment center. Thanks for posting this video it was driving me insane that I didn’t know what they were.

@Cale442 9 ай бұрын

I remember seeing that packaging during the late 80s also. Being poor and wanting a aftermarket stereo upgrade that was your first choice other than Kmart/Western Autos Sparkomatics (loved their 6X9s tho). Growing up in the Columbia, SC area Norton Stereo (original Two Notch rd location) carried Pyramid for the “budget minded” audiophile, I think I purchased one small pyramid amp and cassettes deck to go in my 1977 Cutlass S. The cassette deck was ok and pretty clear but the amp was horrible 😂. I didn’t find out about the flea market on US 1 until the early 90s.

@defaultdriftco00 9 ай бұрын

Those were legit! Ah, the good ol days!

@cgreenfield6655 9 ай бұрын

These videos are fantastic. Keep em coming!!

@cafe80s 9 ай бұрын

This reminds me of when I was a teenager and would connect maybe a 15 watt incandescent light bulb to the speaker outputs of my stereo so that it would flash to the music... A lot of fun back then 🙂

@DeadKoby 9 ай бұрын

Pyramid is always a hit or miss maker....... some stuff is OK, others very sketchy. These are kind of fun if nothing else.

@scuff433 9 ай бұрын

love seeing these videos, and it makes me appreciate what you can get for the money now a days

@TheManeliss 6 ай бұрын

These boxes want to have the same tech filters like Bose prods on this era! With just 2 dome tweeters it can give greater sound... Thanks to show us a better view of 80's good scrap! My best from France!

@JamesPrill-hz1oj 9 ай бұрын

Remember seeing those at 7 mile fair in Wisconsin back in the 80s

@jterry211 9 ай бұрын

I would have loved to had those in my 83 Datsun

@SDS-1 9 ай бұрын

Having the Gold EQ amp to run them is perfect ❤️💗💓💓💓💓💓💓

@alkosmo2692 9 ай бұрын

I used to have those. We're really cool back when 😅. Also, didn't sound bad for my standards back then; also. Good throw-back D ❤brings back some memories 😊

@videorage 9 ай бұрын

Reminds me of the old discolite boombox

@jaymzstrader1945 9 ай бұрын

Pyramid made pretty good stuff back then

@TheLolo919 9 ай бұрын

Raleigh flea market mall ol man Jim in the back sold Pyramid remember these 💯

@thegametown1584 9 ай бұрын

very neat peice of history right there!! i bought a 1981 ford e250 clubwagon van that has not been ran in over 20 years and it has this exact system installed! head unit doesent work in that van so i never really got to hear them there also hooked up to a 250 watt exploder amp! engine is pulled out now but i may keep those for decent midrange if they havent already been fried. of course ill be adding in two 18s with a police siren for the highs lol

@defaultdriftco00 9 ай бұрын

I’d rock those today, fr😂

@warpedhifi1 9 ай бұрын

FleaMarket gold! Big D, you need to find some Roadmaster speakers and test them! I always though Roadmaster was as low as you could go speaker wise. Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family!

@Slane583 9 ай бұрын

Remember the old clear top VR-3 branded amps Wal-Mart used to sell in the late 90's early 2000's? I still have a single-din VR-3 head unit I bought off of an acquaintance years ago. I've switched it in and out of several vehicles over the years and if I plugged it up to a battery it'll most likely work. :)

@gavincurtis 8 ай бұрын

I am quite impressed. The two supertweeters (often piezo do nothings at best) are real horn loaded dynamic drivers. Piezo units would not use a capacitor either. Hat's off to Pyramid for 5 real dynamic drivers as advertised! :)

@bamafan-in-OZ 8 ай бұрын

I was going to say the same thing, they also look too bulky for piezo units though I don't think they are really 1 inch

@watchvideos9104 9 ай бұрын

I remember these things it was all the big Rave on these using “FERRO FLUID” I’m surprise big d didn’t mention anything on that Fun times with these❤

@bradgilpin9740 9 ай бұрын

Would have been cool to see a low end frequency sweep. Probably wouldn’t play very low but would have been cool.

@purplehazeffc 9 ай бұрын

Of course they are good. It's the "Gold Series"

@Leonard-hk1nf 5 ай бұрын

I had something similar in the 90s they were radio shack brand . At the time they sounded pretty good !

@kagin1235 9 ай бұрын

awesome review! its amazing to see these speakers still work after all those years and also still sounded good for the price tag. I wonder if it is also good using it as a portable stereo listening speakers or a surround sound speaker besides using it on a car?

@cordel666giglesworth6 9 ай бұрын

damn i was expecting fake tweeters but nope i was surprised

@joesshows6793 9 ай бұрын

Wow you got some flex action!

@krishanramsammy4349 5 ай бұрын

Sounds rele dang good ❤

@godzillasballs 9 ай бұрын

Good video. I remember the days I hooked up christmas lights to my panasonic all in one home system.

@mennims 9 ай бұрын

Love your videos

@HotRod-wv4vm 9 ай бұрын

would look cool in your street rod for the holidays 😅

@illuminatikiller1 9 ай бұрын

Thanks for putting up a vid on Thanksgiving

@mcribs7811 9 ай бұрын

At one point I almost went outside and spray foamed my tires cause I thought I had these to bump for the weekend. Then I woke up 😕

@pinsandscrews6459 9 ай бұрын

Gods...I can't remember all the Cameros, Mustangs, and any other 2 door Coupe that had them mounted in the back windows.

@RJSDZNS 9 ай бұрын

OK moving the streamer really surprised me!

@AudioThrift 9 ай бұрын

Well... Looks like we've got one more thing I absolutely need that I didn't know existed ten minutes ago... bummer about the broken corner. :(

@jaybird57 9 ай бұрын

Thoes things rock! Decent set of box fullranges for the cab of your mini truck!

@keithdilliplane 9 ай бұрын

I currently have a set of 44LEDs hooked up to my television goin through a lepai lp-2020a+ in front and a pair technics sb-lx70s in the rear. Better than most "sound bars", I'm sure.

@kagin1235 9 ай бұрын

agree this is what soundbars would have looked like in the 80s

@JamesOKeefe-US 9 ай бұрын

Appreciate you Big D, hope you and yours have a great Thanksgiving!!

@oipchung83 9 ай бұрын

And i remember that equalizer booster too😂😂😂😂

@beemackin2316 9 ай бұрын

Nice ones

@kd7cwg 9 ай бұрын

Turn one upside down, and you have Johnny 5 🤣

@MuvoTX 9 ай бұрын

Purty cool Derek!!!... You can power an LED with AC current from a speaker amp circuit?.. I always thought leds were DC devices?

@SlinkyStoney 9 ай бұрын

Yes, you can. But only half of the sine wave.

@seanappleby3986 9 ай бұрын

WOW actually a 5 way speaker...

@ZoeyR86 9 ай бұрын

I kinda miss the old days of half din accessories. Aka amps, eq's processors etc. I actually have some Pcb's I designed that fit on the top of 3in and 4in poll piece. They have an inductive coil with a rectifier into a 10 stage ziner based crowbar with 1uf caps and a ring of smd leds for a ring style vu meter that hide under the dust cap epoxy to the poll and lives off the back emf from the coil. As setup, it starts around 300w and peeks around 6kW when stuck to the top of a my old recone SP4 15

@quandiy5164 9 ай бұрын

I'm betting the tweeters are dynamic and not piezo. They have iron backs which means there's a magnet and there appears to be a capacitor for high pass filtering. Piezos don't need those.

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@RayRayP2001 9 ай бұрын

They can't be piezo tweets, they got magnets bro. says ferro on the front of the box. Awesome looking speaks.

@NathanOakley1980 9 ай бұрын

They would sound better mounted vertically. As they are (on their side) the disperse sound well vertically….not what you want.

@robertoney5665 9 ай бұрын

The pyramid speakers are a vast improvement over the sparkomatic trash oh matic brand that gave me a bad case of treble deftness that I still suffer to this day.

@shawnk4517 9 ай бұрын

Light up my life!

@nickstalhood5380 9 ай бұрын

Not bad at all!!!

@Grommet2007 9 ай бұрын

Those tweeters don't look like piezos. Piezos don't need a metal backplate. Or in-line capacitor, at least not at the power level these speakers were likely to see.

@James-sir 9 ай бұрын

I have a 500 watt mono block alpine it’s like a 2016 and a 12 alpine R swr-12 d4 it’s 3000 wats peak will the alpine mono block run the 12?

@ChefVegan 9 ай бұрын

I wish I had them ❤

@EnejKokelj 9 ай бұрын

Can you even get a headphone amp Dyno like would the screen be bigger than the ressistors😂😂😂😂❤

@JustinGrosz 9 ай бұрын

Like everything else from that Era. They sound hollow or boxy. Almost like the sound is coming from inside the cabinet.

@ricardomiguelcunninghamel4468 8 ай бұрын

Kinda sounds like my Magnavox portable radio😂😂😂

@michaelfessenden8601 9 ай бұрын

I remember the gold series day's . I think I still have my pb300 amp somewhere

@MuvoTX 9 ай бұрын

Cool... i think i had a pb300 too!!... was it a 75x2? with slanted shape heatsink?

@michaelfessenden8601 9 ай бұрын

@MuvoTX Yes, black with side slanted and gold and red lettering 74×2 I think bridge max 300 w. but I think Big D dino'd one and did not do that. But it was super clean and pushed my two realistic 15" in a isobaric box .

@niklaskarlsson236 9 ай бұрын

How do the led light up?

@rimfire2642 9 ай бұрын

150 watts? not 15000 watts? If they were rated by Pyramid for 150 watts that means they were probably 10 rms! I had a some of the Pyramid 12" subs, the ones with the clear cone, they were OK they could hit pretty hard hear tthem blocks away and make cars next to mine shake (a little).

@ase-asksomeoneelse5584 9 ай бұрын

I had 3 of those clear pyramid 10s with the old pyramid 300 behind the seat of a 77 el camino. They hit hard for what it was.

@rimfire2642 9 ай бұрын

@@ase-asksomeoneelse5584 I remembered the series, they were Phase III Tenna. Yeah the 12s were pretty good. I also had the 10 band passive EQ and that was also pretty good. Later I had Pyramid Legacy 6x9s and those were really good.

@ase-asksomeoneelse5584 9 ай бұрын

@@rimfire2642 that sounds familiar now that you say it. Only been 30 years lol I think still have the 10 band eq. In the process of moving, maybe I'll find it.

@ase-asksomeoneelse5584 9 ай бұрын

@@rimfire2642 must have tossed that eq, would have been cool to reminis, and see if It still worked

@rimfire2642 9 ай бұрын

@@ase-asksomeoneelse5584 My EQ was stolen out of my car. Police had it, but would not return it to me. I can't for the life of me remember what happened to the subs. I have a Fultron amp, 70x2 from that era. I've thought about sending it to Big D and let him put it on the dyno, it still works.

@johnebuckland 9 ай бұрын

Cool

@jdlech 9 ай бұрын

I'm curious. How do you guys handle old and dried out ferrofluid?

@YRR_J 8 ай бұрын

If a tweeter can be dismantled easily, you have to carefully lift the assembly out of the magnet. Using heat is advised if the fluid holds the voice coil. Then one has to clean the whole assembly with care. After cleaning a proper ferrofluid meant for tweeters or midranges with the right viscosity and particle size is added. I don't have the specifics on how to properly add it, but the amount needed is very little. EDIT: I wouldn't buy ferrofluid from other than speaker repair shops. Basic amazon stuff is more likely meant for just demonstrations and basic science stuff and not for a speaker, as the particle size may be way too big.

@stevencarlson5422 9 ай бұрын

Big D Believe it or not the pyramid speakers have real coil type tweeters I had one apart recently that had that exact tweeters I thought originally the same that they were piezo electric but there not, you can tell this buy how it’s wired piezo ones are just directly wired where the coil type have a capacitor in line with it

@bayramoglumurathan925 9 ай бұрын

Thanks. İs this echolizer name Aciko?

@mathuetax 9 ай бұрын

I wonder how parasitic the green LEDs add since they are directly across the speaker terminals? Granted green LEDs are typically quite efficient but still.... 🙂

@javierrodriguez3896 9 ай бұрын

Can I send you an old school amp to get dynoed? If so send me info for shipping and everything else

@wesw9586 9 ай бұрын

Was this the main channel or the second and when did the name change? Lol i was two when these were made 😂

@nunyabizznizz7326 9 ай бұрын

straight from the swap meet......i know if you had pyramid gear in the late 80's, you'd get laughed at...atleast all the speakers were real and hooked up

@wijibo6772 9 ай бұрын

What does a submarine and a walrus have in common? They are both looking for a tight seal.

@atomatman3104 8 ай бұрын

PILES OF JUNK

@louvendran7273 9 ай бұрын

Damn, I'm seeing this after so many years. In retrospect they were crap. You were much better off building one with MDF and 6" or 6"×9"s.

@joesshows6793 9 ай бұрын

Yeeeeeeeah

@shawnsatterlee6035 9 ай бұрын

First thing first, disable the LEDs! Never liked any of that, its super corny! Unless its a straight up level meter, but LEDs in or around is a nope.

@quevicular 9 ай бұрын

those belong in the back ledge of cheech and chongs led sled chev impala sitting on top of fake puma fur and surrounded by fuzzy dice and left over roaches

@danielknepper6884 9 ай бұрын

They remind me of the lowrider that picked up Steve Martin and John Candy in planes , trains and automobile's. His lowrider taxi had lights going everywhere to the music.

@quevicular 9 ай бұрын

@@danielknepper6884 yah, mintness. Doobys taxi with the flashing eq in the back of the lowrider bonerville. Hilarious.

@CoolDudeClem 9 ай бұрын

The speakers are cool but the music choice is awful, that noise is the acoustic equivalent of vomit. When I see speakers like this I imaging hearing stuff like disco and 80's synthpop playing out of them, not modern garbage.