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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #47: Cetla 91 Light of the Altec 19++? by Romy the Cat on 2011-08-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Altec Model 19 in Boston. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  61 Replies 
I was sitting in my fireplace room; eating my freshly cooked oyster mushrooms and listening a master dub of Munch and BSO take on Damnation De Faust. No matter how primitive the setup was in this room the experience was enjoyable even sound was annoy...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Altec Model 19 in Boston. by Romy the Cat on 2010-03-13 
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Yesterday a local hi-fi guy invited me to listen his new speaker. He picked up Altec Model 19 - I am known not to be a big fun of those speakers but they have own sound in the scale of non-demanding, off-the-shelf monitors. Upon expecting the speaker...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #31: The 811b is junk by Romy the Cat on 2010-09-26 
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The 811b horn is an unfortunate junk; it has to be unconditionally trashed. I wrote years back at the Altec forum, at that time I did not know that all of them are idiots in there, that Altec use of this horn in Model 19 is disasters. The horn is hor...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Good speakers to cut sushi.... by Romy the Cat on 2010-03-13 
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[quote user="Paul S"]Romy, what exactly was bad, and how?Honestly, my knowlwedge and objectives were in infancy back then.  Also, it's been so long that my "memory" is probably crowded with parasitic ideas passing themselves off as memories.  But I r...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #53: I am a pain in ass. by Romy the Cat on 2011-10-10 
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It is over 2 weeks as the crossover parts for my Altec 21S modification are sitting in my house. It would be 30 min fix but I still did not do it – juts lazy. I want for how to keep the Altec low path crossover but I the crossover for MF I would like...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Prozac vs ProAc... according to Altec by Romy the Cat on 2004-07-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The funny Internet audio freaks in Audio Discussions  4 Replies 
Actually I just went to the site and I can conform that the cretin removed form my posts some of my explanations of the Model 19’s shortcomings but explicitly kept my replies (edited!!!) to the idiots who suggested that I am not familiar with Altec b...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Vintage Altec drivers / horns lingo. by Romy the Cat on 2005-04-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vintage Altec drivers / horns lingo. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  0 Replies 
LOW FREQUENCY DIRECT RADIATOR DRIVERS 411A –18Hz, 93dB, sealed box414A - 99dB, 30Hz, Alnico, cloth416B – Alnico, 97dB, 25Hz, cloth416C – 16” version of above with Ferrite416Z - 12" version417C – 100dB, 69Hz, Alnico, 1.3T, 12”418B – 100dB, 55Hz, Alni...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Altec 3000H by ayebee on 2005-06-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Multicells HF Horns. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  9 Replies 
Hi!You are probably familiar with this one... It's the closest to a multi-cell tweeter (well, maybe because it actually IS a multi-cell tweeter, but only 6 cells) I've ever seen...picture of Altec 3000hRegards,Anders Boman...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #75: What makes Vitavox S2 better/different than Altec 288C??! by morespeakers on 2006-01-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vitavox’s S2 Survival Guide. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  123 Replies 
If there is any info in this or another post about why the S2 is so much better than the Altec 288c please direct me. If not what makes the S2 drivers so different than a 288C? (I am talking about 288'cs that the 24 ohm diaphragms have been...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Give those old pot metal Altec horns a go! by Paul S on 2007-02-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Does horn surface porosity influence sound ? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  11 Replies 
Really, this is too funny!I actually thought that everyone who's seriously concerned with the matter knows that everything about a horn affects the sound, including the material the horn is made from.  Hell, that's one of the reasons I gave...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: A right midbass solution for Altec 515G. by Romy the Cat on 2007-05-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A right midbass solution for Altec 515G. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  21 Replies 
I had quite a number emails from different people who picked 515G or AK15X drivers and would like to build a midbass horn from 60-80Hz to ~500Hz. I played a lot with different 515 (B, E, D, A) and with different AK15X but I never went for the right h...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: Construction plans of Altec 1505 by be.audiophil on 2007-12-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Multicells HF Horns. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  9 Replies 
HI, Dietmar from Germany uses a diy multicellular horn for his JBL 077-tweeter http://chaudioroom.com/Photos/CH1505%20Dietmar-6m.jpg By the way, i´m searching construction plans of Altec 1505, 805 or 1005 for a complete DIY project. Any suggestions? ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #23: Altec phenolic drivers by el`Ol on 2008-02-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Open cell foam in horns and MF drivers in Horn-Loaded Speakers  40 Replies 
Just another paging stuff, or something serious?http://cgi.ebay.com/ALTEC-VINTAGE-290E-GIANT-VOICE-COMPRESSION-DRIVERS_W0QQitemZ170189928173QQihZ007QQcategoryZ73372QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Opinions on simple mid-bass horn for Altec 515 by RonyWeissman on 2008-02-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A right midbass solution for Altec 515G. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  21 Replies 
Can I have some opinions on a potential mid-bass driver for my Altec 515s, as pictured in the attachement?  What are the obvious or potential problems I should address?see attached photo: 120 Hz - @800 Hz.For the Altec 515 such a horn should be ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Altec 515-G mid-bass horn follow-up by RonyWeissman on 2008-02-18 
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Hi romy,  mine are the 515-G drivers.  I will be x-ing over at 600hz to Vitavox S2's (2nd order, yipes!).  The S2s are in 320hz LeCleach horns.  I was kind of hoping for just a general reply like when you guys look at a pictu...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #16: Altec 210 by nl on 2008-06-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The European Triode Festival’s horns in Horn-Loaded Speakers  57 Replies 
Of course i am referring only to the horn part of a 210-type enclosure. Below the horn cutoff, perhaps around 70hz for the 210, the remainder is filled in with a wooly bass-reflex peak, which gives these boxes their characteristic fluffy, indistinct,...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Altec A2 by RacerXtreme on 2008-10-03 
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Hi.   First time here.   So this is where all the horn lovers go......My wife calls this my "man-cave"....I look at it as my "home stereo".  This photo is a couple months old.  Just add a freshly re-c...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #28: The T90A with Altec 288 by Romy the Cat on 2008-12-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Electro-Voice T350, T35, + Fostex tweeters. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  34 Replies 
Mark, It is hard to say. I owned T90A sometimes in 2001-2002. At that time I was going through the drivers like crazy and T90A was just one of them. Looking from now I do not think that I gave to many drivers a chance as I did not “work” them trying...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Tweeters for Altec 420y Biflex by MartinV56 on 2009-02-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Tweeters for Altec 420y Biflex in Horn-Loaded Speakers  2 Replies 
Hi, My first post, thanks, Hello to all the members of this forum, I have old cabins altec, the reference is 870B Speaker System, Serial 892, Number 391916, AL75. The woofer is 420Y Biflex. 15"Specifications http://www.lansingheritage.org/ht...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Jean Hiraga’s cooking of Altec 604 by Romy the Cat on 2009-08-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Jean Hiraga’s cooking of Altec 604 in Horn-Loaded Speakers  0 Replies 
I have to admit that I hate the Altec 604 in the same way I hate a few similar drivers other companies made in the same topology. Jean Hiraga made a loudspeaker around Altec 604, I have no idea how it sounds. People who read my site know that I d...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: A horn for Altec 515-8G by Romy the Cat on 2009-12-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: X-mas list in Audio Discussions  16 Replies 
[quote user="RonyWeissman"]A mid-bass horn for my Altec 515-8G drivers operating from 100-600hz [/quote] Rony, I think your wish to have mid-bass horn with 515G is a bit faulty. A mid-bass horn for 515G shall be 50-600 Hz. Let me to explain. T...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Altec Model 19 in Boston. by Romy the Cat on 2010-03-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Altec Model 19 in Boston. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  61 Replies 
Yesterday a local hi-fi guy invited me to listen his new speaker. He picked up Altec Model 19 - I am known not to be a big fun of those speakers but they have own sound in the scale of non-demanding, off-the-shelf monitors. Upon expecting the speaker...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Altec 811b Horn Mouth & Foam by DonM on 2010-03-14 
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Romy, Did the Model 19's have foam around the mouth of the 811b horns when you listened to them? Apparently the original foam normally deteriorates with age. I have noticed that there is a noticeable reduction of horn coloration (hon...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: Altec 19 in my home. by Romy the Cat on 2010-03-28 
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OK, I have the Altec 19 delivered in my second un-useful living room. I plan to do nothing with them now and will play with them sometime on winter or if somebody will come with pre-payment. Altec 19 has one (ONLY ONE) sonic positive quality (bes...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #17: Altec Went Down Hill by msaudio on 2010-05-18 
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Brad You are correct the model 19 does have the 802-g, but all of the 802 series drivers 802-b,c,d all outperform the 802-g. I have had everyone of them and have done real world tests with them with every type of horn and the plastic phase plug i...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #18: Did you make your Altec tattoo yet? by Romy the Cat on 2010-05-18 
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Msaudio, I also had all 1” Altec drivers and learned that what Altec does in those drivers it very good to sound reinforce Sarah Palin speeches during in her Midwest redneck rallies but they are hardly acceptable for serious music reproduction. Brad ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #24: Altec is stepping out of closet. by Romy the Cat on 2010-05-18 
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[quote user="msaudio"] Romy I have not herd so much doulble talk in a long time. Some of the best sounding drivers on the market in the last 60 years, were for sound reinforcement. [/quote] It is not my view. I wrote about it many times before...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #44: Altec 515 hf 'noise' by skushino on 2010-07-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The European Triode Festival’s horns in Horn-Loaded Speakers  57 Replies 
Interesting experience - thanks for sharing.Just yesterday I posted about this topic:http://goodsoundclub.com/Forums/ShowPost.aspx?postID=13892#13892I will first use a 6dB/octave crossover, but may need to go to a higher order slope instead.  I'm cro...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #27: Altec 19’s bass and continuously adjustable output impedance by Romy the Cat on 2010-09-23 
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Last night I was cleaning/setting the room where the hated Altec 19 were sitting and I decided play them for a while.  I used a few different amps. To drive Altec 19, especially in it’s default configuration, always was a subject of debates and disag...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #28: Altec 19's bass and continuously adjustable output impedance by DonM on 2010-09-26 
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Romy, I have also noticed a difference in the response of my Altec 416A's with various amplifiers. My best rated amplifier the Bryston B60 was the worst and I could not listen to the speakers. I have been using a ch...
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