Hidden Gems: Little Known nor Seen Dynaco Speakers: LMS and Phase Three Too Late to Save The Company

November 17, 2022

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Gentle reader, 

First of all, THANK YOU for reading my humble blog! I started doing it just as something different to do, but YOU began reading it, commenting on it and sharing it with your friends and now, all these years later, YOU still encourage me to come up with new (and old) things that interest you as well.

I came across this and another brochure on eBay the other day, the price was just five dollars. I had not heard of (I thought) these speakers of the Phase 3, so, I bought them both.

I had a hard time getting my scanner to scan the entire page of the front of the page, it finally did, thankfully. Because if you have ever tried to align your camera exactly with a flat object and make a straight photo of it, you know it is difficult.

I actually had seen photos of the Phase 3 speakers, since I put them in this article more than four years ago.

The Robb Collections: Dynaco: Panor for Short. History PART TWO Plus ODD Dynaco Speakers.

These two pages are the "gatefold" of the brochure. So, it makes more sense to read the top portion of the page above, then slide down and read the top portion of the page below.

If you do a search of "phased array speakers" on the Internet, you will find that MANY speaker companies made them and some still do. I personally have never encountered any (that I could afford) in the wild. So, cannot comment on whether it makes a difference in the sound.

But, the LMS and Phase 3 speakers were last-gasp efforts to keep Dynaco alive. Sadly, it failed. Below, are scans from a BLUE BOOK OF AUDIO which is, as the title states a book of audio equipment with lots of interesting information. They and others like them were made for pawn shops, insurance companies and other with a need of "value" of countless things. 

I put them original size so that you can easily see the individual items and if you choose to copy and save the photos for your own personal use, that is fine. 

The things highlighted are ones I have owned, if there are two options and I highlighted them both, such as FM5, it is because I did not know if mine was factory or kit assembled.

If you try and find "LMS" or "Model" under speakers, they are not there. Plus, of the three brochures I have, none have dates on them. Nor, prices either. Another thing which makes the Blue Book helpful is retail prices.

The three photos above, I just found by searching for Phase 3 speakers. None indicate which model they are.

These three photos I had gathered for the 2018 article. This one also did I see today, it is listed as Model 60.

One thing I found interesting in the Phase 3 brochure was that they filled each speaker cavity with fiberglass. It almost looks like solid pieces rather than loose fill or layers laid in. 

These are scans of the first brochure I found a couple years ago. It is "for the 90's" so, that dates it and is does list SLP on the far right. 

ONLY the A40 and A50 have ten inch woofers, which every original Dynaco speaker, save the A10, ALL had as woofers. The original A50 having two.

There is no A38 listed in the Blue Book, but the others of these are all listed. For a look at actual models of many of these, take a look at: 

The Robb Collections: Dynaco: Panor for Short. History PART TWO Plus ODD Dynaco Speakers.

This article, which is linked at the top of the article above, The Robb Collections: Dynaco Given a Second Life. Pan Orient Company: Panor for Short. A Photographic History PART ONE. does not have any speaker photos but is chock FULL of 1990's Dynaco equipment pictures, including ones of my equipment.

There are other links to Dynaco articles linked in PART ONE, plus, I updated the article later on with even more information and photos.

So, there you go. Some super rare Dynaco speakers you can lust after and seek out in the wild to have and enjoy.

Thanks again!

Scott Robb

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