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Loudspeaker R 31233

Electronica

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Unknown
Category
Components
Type
Loudspeakers
Documentation score
1/5
Last edited
03 OCT 2026

Specifications

Type
circular, hi-fi (midrange)
Rated power
40 VA
Impedance
4 Ω (type A: 8 Ω)
Frequency range
600–5000 Hz
Sound pressure
≥ 88 dB
Air-gap induction
≥ 10,000 Gs
Application
hi-fi speaker enclosures
Dimensions
Ø 137 × 102 mm
Weight
0.9 kg (type A: 0.8 kg)

Sources: [1]

Description

The R 31233 is a 40 VA hi-fi loudspeaker for the 600–5000 Hz range, made by Electronica in Bucharest; the R 31233A is the 8 Ω type [1].

Electronica made 14 type variants of power loudspeakers for speaker enclosures, with powers and fixing systems adapted to customers’ needs: R 20472 and R 20472A, R 20166 A and B, R 31233 and R 31233A, R 20505 and R 20505A, R 20450 and R 20450A, R 23052-020 and R 23052-040 [1].

From 1955 the loudspeakers of all Romanian radios and television sets were made in Bucharest, first at Radio Popular and then at Electronica – more than 20 million in all [1]. In 1955 there was a single type, a 130 mm circular loudspeaker of 2.5 VA; by 1989 the range had 18 circular, 11 elliptical and 28 outdoor types [1]. The early Alnico and Ticonal magnets were later replaced by ferrite magnets, made first at Electronica and then at Ferite Urziceni, and membrane technology improved after a Philips licence was bought in 1968 [1].

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References

  1. [1]D. F. Lăzăroiu, N. Millea et al. – „Electronica românească. O istorie trăită”, vol. I, AGIR, section II.6 „Componente, subansamble și ansamble conexe”, II.6.1 „Evoluția fabricației de difuzoare”, pp. 231–237, 243–244