SoundSphere 2212-1 Omnidirectional Speakers, Pair – Made in USA

A pair of vintage SoundSphere 2212-1 omnidirectional speakers, made in the USA: the big white hanging spheres that fill a whole room with sound, with their steel cables for hanging from the ceiling. They have been cleaned up and thoroughly tested on our bench, and they are in good condition.

What it is

These are some of the coolest speakers we have had through our doors in a long while, and they are insanely impressive. A SoundSphere does not point at you. Each one is a sphere hung beneath a wide reflector dish: a 12-inch driver fires into the reflector, and four 3½-inch piezoelectric tweeters set around the sphere spread the highs, so the sound fans out through a full 360 degrees and down across the room below. SoundSphere calls it hemispherical dispersion, and the point of it is that the lows, mids and highs reach every corner of the room evenly. There is no sweet spot to sit in, and the sound stays balanced as you walk around.

SoundSphere, a division of Sonic Systems in Connecticut, has been building omnidirectional speakers since 1976, and its spheres were made to hang over gyms, rinks, restaurants and stores, where sound has to cover a big space evenly. The company says speakers from its earliest days are still in service around the world. The same idea makes these a showpiece at home: hung over a living room, a basement bar or a studio, they look like nothing else, with pure space-age style, and they sound like they own the room.

Each sphere is built from structural fiberglass with a gloss finish, and SoundSphere paired sensitive drivers with a high-efficiency enclosure: at 96 dB, these play loudly without needing a huge amount of power. The 12-inch heavy-duty woofer in these vintage units was often sourced from Electro-Voice. Each sphere is rated for 200 watts RMS into 8 ohms. This is the vintage version of the 2212-1, with a side-mounted 1/4-inch phone-jack input on each sphere, and the spheres connect to any standard amplifier or receiver. We sell the adapters (dual banana plug to 1/4-inch) for an additional $60 for the two speakers. Each sphere hangs beneath its reflector on three metal struts, and the matching steel hanging cables, with their shackles, are included; they attach at three points on the back of the reflector, the side that faces the ceiling. When the spheres are set down instead, as in our photographs, Radique Audio High Density Felt pads in our signature Magenta on the back of each reflector protect your floor.

The service it has had

Cleaned up and thoroughly tested on our bench before listing.

Condition

Good, with wear from use. These spheres served in a commercial space before they came to us, and we have cleaned them up. The white gloss spheres present well. The backs of the reflectors, the side that faces the ceiling when they hang, show scuffs and marks from use, and one of the spheres carries a “22” number decal on its front. The two are virtually identical, down to their matching steel cables, which are included.

SoundSphere 2212-1 Specifications

• Type: omnidirectional (hemispherical) loudspeaker, sphere with reflector, sold as a pair
• Woofer: one 12″ heavy-duty driver firing into the reflector disc (often sourced from Electro-Voice in these vintage units)
• Tweeters: four 3½″ piezoelectric tweeters mounted on the sphere
• Coverage: 360° around, 180° vertical
• Enclosure: structural fiberglass with a gloss finish, with a 4⅜″ access hole in the side of the sphere
• Power handling: 200 watts RMS
• Efficiency: 96 dB
• Impedance: 8 ohms
• Input: side-mounted 1/4-inch phone jack (vintage version); dual banana plug to 1/4-inch adapters available, $60 for the two speakers
• Mounting: hangs from three points on the back of the reflector; matching steel hanging cables with shackles included
• Finish: white gloss, with a grey trim band around the sphere
• Maker: SoundSphere (Sonic Systems Inc.), Connecticut
• Made in the USA
• Dimensions: 25 in high, with a 22 in diameter sphere and a 25–26 in reflector disc, each (635 mm high; 559 mm sphere; 635–660 mm reflector)
• Weight: approx. 40 lbs (18.1 kg) each
• Space-age looks, room-filling sound: a pair of the coolest speakers we have had in a while.

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