Jensen TF-25 (c. 1968–1969)
The Jensen TF-25, advertised as "The Enticer," is a compact loudspeaker sold by the Jensen Manufacturing Division of the Muter Company of Chicago. It shows up in period advertising from late 1968 through spring 1969. The ads describe a speaker with Jensen's newest horn tweeter in a dura-syn walnut finish cabinet. The cabinet measures 22 inches wide by 14 inches high, and the list price was $89.50. A smaller companion model, the TF-15, was offered at $44.40.
Jensen's advertising leaned hard on the company's own history. It tied the TF-25 to founder Peter Jensen and claimed a string of industry firsts - the first direct-radiator tweeter, the first bass-reflex enclosure, and the first triaxial loudspeaker. In an ad that ran in HiFi/Stereo Review (May 1969, p.53), Jensen quoted the Hirsch-Houck independent testing laboratories as finding the TF-25 balanced and uncolored, easy to listen to for hours without fatigue, never bass-shy, and solid and non-boomy in the low end. An earlier ad in Audio (November 1968, p.75) repeated the $89.50 price and the "Enticer" tagline.
Documentation on the TF-25 is thin. The archive has no confirmed full specification sheet, production-year data, or detailed driver information beyond what the advertisements state. Photos of the back panel, the driver complement, and any stamped serial numbers would be useful additions to the record.
- Model TF-25 ("The Enticer") — compact loudspeaker
- Jensen's newest horn tweeter
- Cabinet in dura-syn walnut finish
- Dimensions given in period ads: 22" W × 14" H (depth not stated)
- List price in period ads: $89.50
- Smaller companion model: TF-15, $44.40
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