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Pioneer SCS-11 Vintage Speakers – circa mid to late 1960s?

April 29, 2013 · admin

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Pioneer’s SCS-11 are very cute and of 60s to possibly very early 70s vintage. The cases are an attractive wood veneer finish and a grill cloth with a unique and attractive stripe pattern.

The SCS-11’s are very rare, while you will generally always find a pair of SCS-12 models floating around on eBay, these I am yet to see there! Furthermore I haven’t been able to locate any information online regarding these at all?!

So what do we know about these speakers? Well I read the label on the back…

Manufacture: Pioneer Electronics
Model: SCS-11
Max Input Power: 18 Watts
Impedance: 8 Ohms
Made in Japan

They are fitted with the polarised speaker plug used in many late 60s and early 70s Pioneer Amplifiers and Receivers and are wall mountable. I suspect they have a single 6.5″ inch driver similar to the SCS-12, but I never opened them up so this is just a guess.

 

While obviously not a high-powered speaker, they are well matched to my Pioneer SA-5300 amplifier which is rated at 10-Watts RMS and together they produce a surprisingly rich and warm sound that was very enjoyable to listen to.

As you can see one speaker had some unfortunate damage to one corner.

 

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2 Comments

  1. Sam

    August 8, 2018 at 4:46 pm · Reply

    Just got myself a pair, yes a single driver, surprising good sound for the size, hooked up to an old Pioneer Receiver 2x15W

  2. Brad

    July 25, 2019 at 6:58 pm · Reply

    Hi albeit very very belated are you interested in a pair of SCS_11 average cond cosmetically

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