Tweeters used as part of a DJ setup: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A set six tweeters or speakers attached to a metal front plate made by Miyako. Each tweeter is secured to the plate by four screws (one screw is missing). The tweeters are visible through the circular cut-outs in the plate. The back of the tweeters shows their conical shape and in between each tweeter is a piece of foam. The back of each tweeter has two metal fasteners attaching red and black coated wires. At the base of the tweeters’ cone there is white text that reads: [MIYAKO]. There is a metal and plastic transistor attached to the back of the last proper right tweeter.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1990s
• Manufactured by: Also/Miyako Technology Co., Ltd., Taiwanese, founded 1991
• Used by: Angelo T. King, American, born 1959
• Type: loudspeakers
• Medium: metal with foam and wire with plastic
• Dimensions: H x W x D: 3 13/16 × 24 5/8 × 6 3/4 in. (9.7 × 62.5 × 17.1 cm)
• Place used: Bronx, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Hip-hop (Music)
• Object number: 2015.73
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the original DJ Tony Tone of the Cold Crush Brothers
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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