gazzaw Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 Hi Any knowledgeable people on here know of any PA system (pref military looking) that would allow me to run music etc from IPODs or similar to help some of our WW2 events have background music etc. 4 speakers or more ideal but not essential Pref 12 volt or can run from a generator if need be Thanks in anticipation Gary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 Simplest is a modern system fitted in a couple of ammo boxes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g0ozs Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 Gary Maybe not quite so big is the "loudspeaker gun control" which has a built in battery and transistor power amplifier of the later larkspur era. These use a 600 ohm field telephone input so should be adaptable to a low power source such as the iPod. They are surprisingly loud for what they are but really need a 12V supply (the original battery was a 12V pack in a PP9 9V case). There is one pictured at top right of http://www.g0ozs.org/clansman/G0OZS/DSCN6255.html with the perforated grille. If you had more than one you could probably feed them in parallell. They work well from the remote output of a Clansman set which is how I use mine. There was a series of larger PA systems intended for a battery rather than a single gun under the "Apparatus Loud Speaking" name see: http://hmvf.co.uk/forumvb/showthread.php?10416-Apparatus-Loudspeaking-No-25-for-sale - I dimly remember that No. 23 was a bigger system with several speakers but cant find immediately accessible documentation on line. Regards Iain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Johns Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 (edited) I have a new boxed compact mono amplifier that runs on 12 volt or 240 volt think its about 25watt output, has several inputs, gain controls for microphone and tape/cd, I used a similar one for my mobile cinema it powered two speakers ok, bought this one as a back up unit but have never used it, its the type fitted to coaches, boats etc Edited May 21, 2014 by Nick Johns Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diana and Jackie Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 The frequency response of most speech telephone equipment is tailored to voice not music 300 Hz ~ 3Khz Diana Gary Maybe not quite so big is the "loudspeaker gun control" which has a built in battery and transistor power amplifier of the later larkspur era. These use a 600 ohm field telephone input so should be adaptable to a low power source such as the iPod. They are surprisingly loud for what they are but really need a 12V supply (the original battery was a 12V pack in a PP9 9V case). There is one pictured at top right of http://www.g0ozs.org/clansman/G0OZS/DSCN6255.html with the perforated grille. If you had more than one you could probably feed them in parallell. They work well from the remote output of a Clansman set which is how I use mine. There was a series of larger PA systems intended for a battery rather than a single gun under the "Apparatus Loud Speaking" name see: http://hmvf.co.uk/forumvb/showthread.php?10416-Apparatus-Loudspeaking-No-25-for-sale - I dimly remember that No. 23 was a bigger system with several speakers but cant find immediately accessible documentation on line. Regards Iain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ives Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ex-MOD-Field-Telephone-Loudpeaker-Unit-Gun-Control-Vintage-Military-Collectab-/281337008156?pt=UK_Collectables_Militaria_LE&hash=item4180fe101c this might work with a jack plug into a ipod Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g0ozs Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 David That is the loudspeaker gun control I mentioned earlier - thanks for finding the item on e-Bay ! Diana I doubt any ex-Mod equipment will be exactly hi-fi ? Having said that 1940s music would mostly be 78rpm gramophone or AM radio so probably only a little better anyway (I admit to having first listened to music in that format so almost anything seems hi-fi to me ...) Iain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ives Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 1 lad in a local group has a 1940's radio that has been gutted and he has a normal cd boombox hidden inside that plays the wartime music and ed munro broadcasts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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