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: Bi-Wiring shorting plug
Part #: unknown
Material: Brass with polycarbonate handle (Dark Grey)
SPECIAL NOTE: the MS20 is a bi-wired system (split system i.e the tweeter and driver can setup as a "split tweeter and driver system") joined together back at the terminals with this shorting connector.
This plug is not exclusive to the MS20's and many other "higher quality" loudspeakers have the bi-wiring facility at the rear (look for the 4x terminals, not the normal 2)
DIMENSIONS:
PINS:
Straight
Solid brass (circular) 3mm diameter x 40mm length
Spacing between pins: 17.5mm centre to centre
HANDLE:
Polycarbonate, textured outer surface for easy gripping
10.2mm diameter x 35.25mm
ALL measurements made with a micrometer and these dimensions are very important if it is intended to use this shorting plug within a loudspeaker cabinet terminals "well", particularly the pin to pin distance and the handle width
This advertisement is for ONE shorting plug, I felt this provided the maximum flexibility for those who may be interested in these. If purchasing both, an automatic discount is applied
COSMETIC CONDITION:
NO damage to the shorting plug at all
Brass is clean and relatively "yellow" - not brand spanking new but useable exactly as it is (good conduction)
Since taking the photographs I have now placed this shorting plug within a sealed plastic packet.
