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THE BOZAK GUY SPEAKS

Posted by
Pat Tobin
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) on January 8, 2008 at 17:50:24

In Reply to: BOZAK SPEAKERS posted by phishnjosh on December 11, 2007 at
12:44:36:



> Hi Folks. Having just returned to 'the faithful' at AA, I want to tell what
> everyone should know about Bozak speakers.
> 
> I first heard Bozaks in 1954, as a callow youth of course. I worked at a shop
> that sold them in the late '50s.
> 
> In the early '60s, Bozak ran into a sales problem. The dealers were hollering
> that the Bozaks weren't 'first time' buys. Most new buyers chose a flashier
> sound than the ultra-smooth early Bozaks. After living with their first choice
> a while, many came back and said, "Uh...Could I hear those Bozaks again?" That
> was OK with Rudy Bozak, who knew he would get most of them eventually. But it
> wasn't OK with the dealers.
> 
> Bozak reacted to the pressure and 'tarted up' the sound so that it was a bit
> more flashy and would appeal to first time buyers. Problem was, in doing so
> they ruined the midrange smoothness and imaging. And there is a broad hump in
> the middle highs centered around 5 kHz (the artificial
> 'brightness hump'), but the upper highs roll off above 10 kHz. I'll never
> forget the first time I heard a pair of the 'new ones.' It literally made me
> sick with disappointment. They no longer had the real 'Bozak Sound.' I
> continued to use the older ones at home.
> 
> Some years later, in the late '80s, I found time to analyze what they had
> done. As a pro audio engineer, I designed the fixes to the xovers. My mods
> remove all the mischief that Bozak had done in response to lagging sales. (Sad
> to say, Rudy Bozak had passed away in early '82 and anyhow, the company had
> been sold in mid '77.)
> 
> Here's the clincher: Few, today, have heard the 'real' Bozak sound. With the
> world-class drivers free to sing, unemcumbered, in their full, natural voices.
> If you think you like the Bozak sound, "you ain't heard nothin' yet." You
> should hear them with the corrections. It is an amazing transformation.
> 
> I have been rebuilding/modifying Bozak xovers for several years as a service.
> Without exception, every user has proclaimed great satisfaction. But my mods
> are not secret. It was not my mission to help Bozak sell speakers in the '60s
> through '80s. But it is my mission to put them straight, free of the
> artificial bells and whistles which Bozak thought were necessary to sell in
> the day. I believe, to the core of my being, that if Rudy had not been faced
> with the problem of making speakers that were too good for the market, the
> xovers would have been done exactly the same as I now do. I do it not to
> 'correct' Rudy Bozak, but to honor him by letting present-day owners hear what
> those fantastic drivers will REALLY do.
> 
> My xover rebuilds are very moderate in cost. If you're interested, jerk my
> chain at the email address. For those who want to 'roll their own,' I am happy
> to provide the circuit and information at no cost.
> 
> BTW, it is a terribly erroneous myth that Bozaks are 'mellow.' They are
> whatever you feed into them, more so than any other speaker I have heard. They
> have incredible transient response if driven with enough power. The midrange
> driver, for example, has a motor (magnet and magnetic plate size, voice coil
> diameter etc.) the same size as that of the woofer. All that power to drive an
> extremely light. I liken it to putting a hemi V8 in a VW bug, the power to
> weight ratio is stupendous. If the recorded sound has bite and an edge, that's
> exactly what you will hear, without sacrificing any overall smoothness.
> 
> The 'mellow' judgment about Bozaks might be due, in part, to the B-207 2-way
> systems, an economical way to get into Bozaks. The midrange driver and full
> 3-way xover could be added when finances permitted. But some didn't, and the
> 207's, while very smooth and full, lack the brilliance and bite of the world
> class B-209B midrange driver. Also, the early paper-coned midrange and
> tweeters were not as bright and powerful as the later aluminum-coned ones.
> 
> I am happy to answer any and all Bozak questions. And I'm on Vintage and
> Amp/Preamp Asylums to talk electronic issues.
> 
> With best New Year wishes to all,
> 
> Pat Tobin

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>  * THE BOZAK GUY SPEAKS - Pat Tobin 17:50:24 01/08/08 (20)
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>     * Bozak Urbans - audiogatorjim 18:02:48 11/20/16 (0)
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>  * THE BOZAK GUY SPEAKS - Pat Tobin 17:50:24 01/08/08 (20)
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>     * Need to know - Danno 05:23:53 08/13/08 (0)
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