Transducer use?

[Artifacts]

I found this in a box of things I inherited from a friend a while ago. I'm assuming it's a transducer but the xlr connector is female so he must have used it as some kind of a speaker? Could I use this as a sub kick or a weird stick on drum mic? Could I hook it up with a male to male xlr adaptor? I'd need to purchase that before I could start experimenting which is why I am asking.
Thanks

[winky dinglehoffer]

I inherited from a friend a while ago. I'm assuming it's a transducer but the xlr connector is female so he must have used it as some kind of a speaker?

Possibly. Transducers can generally be used to transmit or receive. Typically a spring reverb will a transducer at both the sending and receiving ends. And the Cooper Time Cube used dynamic mics as both speaker and microphone.

Could I use this as a weird stick on drum mic? Could I hook it up with a male to male xlr adapter?

I would say yes and yes. XLR barrels are cheap enough on ebay that I don't see any reason not to try it. Sub kick might not work, but it ought to function as a contact mic at the very least. If it doesn't work, you'll likely have learned a few useful things through your experimentation.

[digitaldrummer]

I agree with Winky. Looks like the larger one was at one time connected (or was intended to be) to a plate (or some other device) sending the signal into it, and the smaller one was possibly going to be used to receive the signal. but you can easily replace the connectors or use an adapter and try it anyway you want. YMMV of course.

[vvv]

Or use it azza speaker.

It can't sound worse than a Alexa, etc.

[Scodiddly]

Might be one of those things you stick to a pane of glass or that old style paneling to turn it into a speaker.

[Artifacts]

Thanks for all of your replies. I'll get a male to male xlr adapter to try using it as a mic, and I'll report back.

[Snarl 12/8]

Reminds me of this...

https://www.digikey.com/en/products/det ... d_source=1

[frans_13]

"exiter speaker" - you fix it to a window pane or a plate reverb and it shakes the thing - the other looks like a piezo contact mic to me and if you fix both to a plate you have a DIY plate reverb.