HISTORY:
Never heard of MORDAUNT SHORT? One of the better loudspeaker design and manufacturing companies formed in Great Britain (London) in the late 1960's and very proud of it! Mordaunt Short products were extensively labelled and marketed as MADE IN GREAT BRITAIN
Mordaunt Short (the company) was bought out by TGI around 1987, this is the same company that had also purchased Tannoy and Goodmans Loudspeakers.
Those who used and listened to their systems were not disappointed either, we had a nice Pageant system a LONG time ago and much later our studio guys wanted to listen to some MS20's to compare with their near-field Tannoys(mid sized bookshelf style) The MS20's were actually released during the period 1987 ~ 1993 in different "reincarnations" and I am pretty sure the set we had (and are now being offered as "organ donors") were from the early 1990's (TGI) period.
I have included a photograph of the rear label for identification purposes.
Rear ported, particle board sides/top/bottom and an extremely tight fit/secure polycarbonate/PVC front and rear - quite difficult to get "inside" and once there, I was stunned at the driver mounting used! It actually seems to be permanently embedded into the front panel! See my listing for the drivers to know more about what I found ...
I am clearing up ALL the ex studio and auxilliary equipment from our audio post production days, this MS20 SPARE PART is one of those items.
So what happened to the MS20's? (I hear you ask enquiringly)
They were often used by the sound engineer and "pushed" pretty hard, something that the MS20's don't like very much (much more suited to near field/lower listening levels) and as often happens, this resulted in one tweeter failing (burned out voice coil) After careful consideration I have decided that the usefulness of the MS20's was probably in the components it can provide rather than a complete non-functioning system, so here we go with this MS20 spare part ...
MORDAUNT SHORT - Loudspeaker Component ONLY
PART: Front Cabinet MS Labels (2 pieces)
There are TWO components to each name badge which make up each speaker cabinet name badge set, these components are a long name badge with the Silver text and a much smaller square name badge which has MS Music Series impressed into the Black plastic.
I am offering two of these sets, one set for each speaker cabinet.
Confused? If you take a look at the photographs I hope this will become clearer.
Material: Black Polycarbonate
The smaller square name badge measures 30mm wide x 28.5mm high, with a bevelled top edge
Stamped into the polycarbonate is the text/graphics
MS
MUSIC SERIES
A male plug on the rear fits into a socket on the much larger, rectangular name badge
Once the smaller name badge is removed (lift off with care, it is a friction fit) this exposes one screw (Philips head) which can now be removed.
This allows you to gently bend the longer name badge (two clips each end) and it comes away from the front panel.
The much larger (almost the whole width of the cabinet) name badge is also Black polycarbonate
This section measures 195mm wide x 42.5mm high
Raised stamping of the polycarbonate is used for the name, top filled with metallic silver ink and it reads
Mordaunt-Short
Removal of these badge components is necessary to allow for removal of the entire front panel which is advertised separately
COSMETIC CONDITION:
NO damage
NO discolouration
NO marks or scratches to the polycarbonate or metallic silver printing
Since taking the photographs I have now placed this set of two name badge sections into a sealed plastic packet.
