Rectilinear Research Corporation was a manufacturer of quality loudspeakers. The company was formed around 1966 and its principal was Morris I. Wiener of Plandome Manor, NY (alt. sp. Weiner). The first known main office location for the company (1966-68) was 30 Main St. , Brooklyn, New York, NY 11201. Some time around 1968, the company moved headquarters, manufacturing assembly, and service center to 107 Bruckner Blvd (AKA E 133rd St. ), Bronx, New York, NY 10454.

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  • 1966-01-01 00:00:00 (xsd:date)
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  • Jon Dahlquist, Marty Gersten, James Bongiorno, Richard Shahinian
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  • 1966-01-01 00:00:00 (xsd:date)
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  • Rectilinear Research Corporation was a manufacturer of quality loudspeakers. The company was formed around 1966 and its principal was Morris I. Wiener of Plandome Manor, NY (alt. sp. Weiner). The first known main office location for the company (1966-68) was 30 Main St. , Brooklyn, New York, NY 11201. Some time around 1968, the company moved headquarters, manufacturing assembly, and service center to 107 Bruckner Blvd (AKA E 133rd St. ), Bronx, New York, NY 10454. The company remained at this address until it was shuttered in 1977-8 . Jon Dahlquist (co-founder of Dahlquist Phased Array in 1978), Marty Gersten (Ohm Acoustics, founded 1971), James Bongiorno (Ampzilla, founded in 1974), and Richard Shahinian (later engineer designer with Harman Kardon and founder of Shahinian Acoustics at or around 1975) were at different times and at different stages working with the company to develop speaker models. The company launched its first model, the Rectilinear III, in 1966. The first known independent notice for the "III" is a retailer advertisement dated 12/4/1966 . This model, as did many later Rectilinear models, received many positive reviews by audio journalists in major audio magazines, including Stereo Review, Popular Electronics, Buyer's Guide Magazine, and Stereo & Hi-Fi Times. Three of the company's print advertisements were illustrated by the artist Rick Meyerowitz and ran in publications such as Rolling Stone, National Lampoon, and others in 1973 and 1974. Although formally this model always carried the name "III", it was colloquially often nick-named the "Highboy" following the launch of the "III Lowboy" (around 1970) in order not to confuse the two models. Both the III "Highboy" and III Lowboy are pictured here. By 1971, Rectilinear had expanded its product range to include the following speaker models (MSRP prices per speaker): III (3-way, six drivers) - 35x18x12" - $279 III Lowboy (3-way, six drivers) - 28x22x12" - $299 Mini III (3-way) - 19x12x10" - $100 VI (3-way, six drivers) - 25x14x11" - $239 (discontinued by 1971) Xa (3-way) - 25x14x11" - $199 XI (2-way) - 23x12x11" - $80 XII (3-way) - 25x14x11" - $139 Some of these early 3-way models featured 10" and 12" woofers manufactured by Jensen ("Flex-Air") and CTS (Chicago Telephone Supply), 5" whizzer cone squawkers manufactured by Philips Electronics of the Netherlands, and 2" and 2.5" cone tweeters by Peerless of Denmark. The Rectilinear speakers were typically, but not always, of ported design and finished in walnut with fabric or fretwork grilles. Many models featured one, or sometimes two, rear tone controls. The company offered some of their models as kits and "semi-kits". Later models (1971 - approx. 1977) include: .5 Disco IIIa IIIb X XIa XIb Although the Rectilinear speakers were distributed through a nationwide network of up to 400 dealers, most of their sales was generated on the East Coast. Distributor in Canada was H Roy Gray Ltd. , 14 Laidlaw Blvd. , Markham, Ontario, Canada. International and military sales were offered by Royal Sound Co. , 409 North Main St. , Freeport, New York 11520.
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  • Rectilinear Research Corporation was a manufacturer of quality loudspeakers. The company was formed around 1966 and its principal was Morris I. Wiener of Plandome Manor, NY (alt. sp. Weiner). The first known main office location for the company (1966-68) was 30 Main St. , Brooklyn, New York, NY 11201. Some time around 1968, the company moved headquarters, manufacturing assembly, and service center to 107 Bruckner Blvd (AKA E 133rd St. ), Bronx, New York, NY 10454.
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