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<blockquote data-quote="Mark DeArman" data-source="post: 57414" data-attributes="member: 950"><p>Re: Where the prototypes go to die.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>There has been some talk about it on and off over the past few years. This is just my personal collection the factory has an even larger quantity going back 20 years. Of course, the biggest problems are that a lot of it looks like products we make, only slightly wrong. Almost none of it has grills. The porting, driver positioning or bracing is normally off or crudely constructed. As far as the speakers, what I spend most of my time tinkering with, they are pretty recognizable as well. 99% of what we make are replaceable basket speakers which means the magnets are easy to cycle around. Basket castings can be recycled in a few minutes if they no longer serves any purpose.</p><p></p><p>So, when I have to spend a 90deg stacking boxes in the garage and pushing around big heavy cabinets, the thought does cross my mind. (That pile of OEM driver boxes is about 8 feet deep and 4 feet high with speakers from just about every country. A lot of the really bad ones just showed up unannounced. Most of them I wouldn't wish on my worst enemy 8O~8-O~:shock<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> </p><p> </p><p>There are really just too many downsides to the company to sell any of it. If we lost one sale because some yahoo from eBay is talking about his DIY McCauley rig and how "great" it sounds, it wouldn't be worth it. When I post pictures of my DIY fun projects I don't say they are McCauley projects because they are not. As soon as the cabinets or speakers get loose it's out of my control.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mark DeArman, post: 57414, member: 950"] Re: Where the prototypes go to die. There has been some talk about it on and off over the past few years. This is just my personal collection the factory has an even larger quantity going back 20 years. Of course, the biggest problems are that a lot of it looks like products we make, only slightly wrong. Almost none of it has grills. The porting, driver positioning or bracing is normally off or crudely constructed. As far as the speakers, what I spend most of my time tinkering with, they are pretty recognizable as well. 99% of what we make are replaceable basket speakers which means the magnets are easy to cycle around. Basket castings can be recycled in a few minutes if they no longer serves any purpose. So, when I have to spend a 90deg stacking boxes in the garage and pushing around big heavy cabinets, the thought does cross my mind. (That pile of OEM driver boxes is about 8 feet deep and 4 feet high with speakers from just about every country. A lot of the really bad ones just showed up unannounced. Most of them I wouldn't wish on my worst enemy 8O~8-O~:shock:) There are really just too many downsides to the company to sell any of it. If we lost one sale because some yahoo from eBay is talking about his DIY McCauley rig and how "great" it sounds, it wouldn't be worth it. When I post pictures of my DIY fun projects I don't say they are McCauley projects because they are not. As soon as the cabinets or speakers get loose it's out of my control. [/QUOTE]
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