Anyone ID these floorstanding speakers?

ThisIsWeird

Apparently no maker's name or other ID on them.

Poor photos, sorry, but they are 4-way, with bottom-side-mounted woofers, by the looks.

Distinctively shaped grilles with sides concaving towards the top, and possibly convex-curved towards the bottom (I think they have one upside-down).

Looks as tho' the front panels of the cabinets are slightly sculpted as well.

A bit far away just to view, but would consider the drive if I knew what they were

Murmansk

I've no idea but I sent a link to your question to my nephew who I'd trust completely in matters of speakers and he said the following 

Generic unbranded speakers… probably not up to much!  You don’t really need that many drivers in a domestic hifi cabinet!  I don’t recognise them- and I used to follow the richer sounds catalogue closely! 

Lots of Chinese manufacturers made speakers like this late 1990’s onwards… tested with Chinese music- so likely sound dreadful!  Sold on Tottenham Court Road! 🤣

DullGreyGuy

Murmansk said:
You don’t really need that many drivers in a domestic hifi cabinet

Its has 4 drivers... KEF Muon (a snip at £180,000 a pair) have 8 drivers per speaker. Does anyone NEED that? Its only got 1 more driver than my current KEF floor standards and that ignores the fact that one driver is technically two in one so actually 4 drivers too. 

To the OP - do you have the link to eBay or wherever they are listed? The fact they are unbranded from the front doesn't bode well but there are some where branding is removable - the mechanism for removing the woofer's grill suggests it probably isnt though.

Olinda99

if you removed one of the drivers you might find a makers name on the driver itself which might give you a clue

ThisIsWeird

Thanks all.

There is, indeed, that possibility, Murmansk! You see a lot of tall floorstanders with long columns of speakers, and selling for next to now't - so clearly a gimmick.

Link is here: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/256188761402?

The seller has removed one driver, and that has a serial number, but it leads nowhere.

It's a conundrum. It could well be a generic Chinese cheapy, but the cabinet appears to be pretty solid from the pics, and also has the sculpted features which must surely add to the manufacturing cost, so I wouldn't expect that if cost were the main driver.

Heedtheadvice

They do strongly resemble B&W CM7 speakers.....

.......at the front and grill mounting and drivers.

But that's probably as far as it goes. The CM7 does not (as far as I know) have side facing woofers. Are they separate woofers though not on the sides of the main speakers?

Had they been B&W they originally retailed at £1000 and, as attested by many  a review, not perfect just excellent.

As per Murmansk's nephew probably a similar cheap 'copy'....but if they were not would possibly be a good set.

(Note I am biased through experience and have the newer superb B&W CDM7NT for many a year. They are definitely  not those)

ThisIsWeird

Cheers.
The CM7 I see look quite different? 'My' speakers have matching mid range drivers, and the tweeter doesn't physically overlap. Also, no sculpting that I can see on the CM7s. 
I think - assume - the woofers are part of the main cabinets, as it's just a 'pair' of speakers afaIcs.

DullGreyGuy

There are a few US brands with a similar top half of the cabinet and grill but with none does the bottom half of the front grill have the shaping. Similarly they dont have a basic pull tag sticking out the side of the speaker all the time for the side woofer. 

You'll be getting a lot of stuff for the price asked but not good quality. There are plenty of other places than China that produce unbranded budget items that are all fur coat and no knickers. Wont speculate on its country of origin but certainly looks like it fits in this description. 

ThisIsWeird

Thanks.

I've no intention of considering them further unless I can ID them first. And too far away to just check them out.