So how’d the inspection go?
On my end our foundation should be poured this week.
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DIY Altec 604E’s - A soon to be proud duplex owner.
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On my end our foundation should be poured this week.
We're in the midst of a garage build (I'm tired of parking my car outdoors). It'll be nice to have a space where my car isn't exposed to the elements, and where I can do some wrenching as needed.
Gonna hook up my Dynaco ST-35 and my Heresy X speakers up with a MoOde player so I can have tunage while I work, too.
Gonna hook up my Dynaco ST-35 and my Heresy X speakers up with a MoOde player so I can have tunage while I work, too.
Our inspection was a major failure and was not worth the $$$ to commit to the house.
We ended up going with building our own with a builder. I get a dedicated music/media room, so it is all good!
I am thinking of starting a thread for my new find. Went to go pick up some 612C cabs, without knowing exactly what was in the cabs. Most 612C's I have came across in person or online usually have 604-8G's. Well, they were no 604-8G's loaded in the cabs, but obscure/rare Altec 616-8A's. I am now in the process of figuring out how I am going to modify the XO to extend it's 12khz limit, which has been confirmed to be the XO's engineering.
The 616-8A is pretty interesting, giving that it was design by Bart Locanthi. It is built on a 411 frame, with a LE-15 vc/cone, with an 806-8A hf driver.
I am going to refurb the solid plywood cabs and run with them until after I move. I will be tinkering with the XO for a while it seems.
That’s awesome, glad it all worked out in the end. The speakers sound very interesting!
I’ll be driving by our property end of week to hopefully see sticks up.
That is exiting.
I have built two homes in the past and both times had my music room, so I hope you will enjoy.
Do you have plans to give the room its own power leg for the electrical outlets only from the main fuse panel ?
Most definitely, I believe I added one dedicated circuit if not two (chatted with @marantzfan on it that day). In my third garage (which will be my shop), I added a 50Amp source for a commercial grade saw or CNC?
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it is funny that you mention that... I have been reading/researching on what direction I should go and what to ask during my build. But I am definitely going to run dedicated power to my system.
I have a set almost exactly like that which will be put on my 614 utility cabinets (for the 808-8b/32c/414-z two-ways) at some point.
So this project is officially completed!🎉 The legs were the last piece of the puzzle and they don’t look half bad. Thinking about slapping a Lansing heritage” badge below the speaker but it feels like a cardinal sin with the beautiful wood grain🤔...
well, it’s time to enjoy the music now and boy is it enjoyable! Midrange is second to none 🎶....A big thanks to all the havenites who helped me through this long journey. And this great site that let me document it all.
Happy listenings fellow Havenites!
well, it’s time to enjoy the music now and boy is it enjoyable! Midrange is second to none 🎶....A big thanks to all the havenites who helped me through this long journey. And this great site that let me document it all.
Happy listenings fellow Havenites!
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Wow. Just gorgeous.
Sit back and enjoy my friend, you’ve earned it.
What are you driving them with for their maiden voyage?
What are you driving them with for their maiden voyage?
Currently the Thorsten Loesch Legacy amp (300b), I’ll be swapping the 2a3 paramounts soon. Effortless layers of music.
the wood grain is beautiful
how is the bass?
how is the bass?
Thank you. I’ll work on getting some readings later this evening.
Thanks, I was able to hand select the veneer at my local lumber yard.
The bass is good for 70% of the music I listen to (Jazz, Classical, classic rock). These speakers do what they were engineered to do for the music of that time (better than modern speakers I’ll add). That being said I will still be building a set of stereo subs and see how well they help with the low end without affecting the magical midrange too much.
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