Very nice!
I keep telling my Lovely Bride that collecting vintage Altec, JBL and other horn drivers is a perfectly normal pastime.....
Just like baseball cards...only different.
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Very nice!
I keep telling my Lovely Bride that collecting vintage Altec, JBL and other horn drivers is a perfectly normal pastime.....
Just like baseball cards...only different.
je2a3
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Original 20275 alum voice coil diaphragms?
I tell her it’s an “investment”! I’m glad she hasn’t asked me to prove it yet.Very nice!
I keep telling my Lovely Bride that collecting vintage Altec, JBL and other horn drivers is a perfectly normal pastime.....
Just like baseball cards...only different.
Cheaper and more space-efficient than collecting vintage automobiles, too!Very nice!
I keep telling my Lovely Bride that collecting vintage Altec, JBL and other horn drivers is a perfectly normal pastime.....
Just like baseball cards...only different.
I tell her it’s an “investment”! I’m glad she hasn’t asked me to prove it yet.
Show her eBay auctions.
She knows that to be true: I started down that path at one point and, because I don't like to work on cars more than I don't like to solder, quickly came to the realization that I was personally putting my mechanic's kids through college.
So much for collecting vintage cars.
je2a3
Senior Member
Those look good! I don't see any cracks in the suspension. The DCR on the 20275 is typically lower than the 34852. I also prefer the midrangey tonal balance of the 20275 which is why I roll off the 414A with this diaphragm. But I can see why others would prefer the modern tonal balance of the 34852 - a bit thinner in the mids, shifts attention to the HF.
To be perfectly honest, this pair is destined for the auction block soon and that's why I have the pictures handy... :/ but I have another pair here that's in better condition overall.
If you look closely at the picture above, you can see that the diaphragms are slightly dinged and the leads have been repaired at one point. They test okay at 7.4 ohms or so, but I'll be listing them in "as is" condition.
If you look closely at the picture above, you can see that the diaphragms are slightly dinged and the leads have been repaired at one point. They test okay at 7.4 ohms or so, but I'll be listing them in "as is" condition.
Are you selling just the diaphragms? Or the drivers?
The whole shebang.
speaking of spacetime distortion -- my son sent me this link:
https://twitter.com/picturecats/status/957997523729375238
A little anti-matter will get that right out.
Has this become the 'whip out your nasty compression driver' thread?
Here's mine; Altec 288C in a lovely hand brushed shade of dirty cream. Maybe lush audio cream in the dark though - already gone through by Great Plains, re-charged and fitted with new aluminum diaphragms.
Thinking round tractrix for these with my Altec 416A s for woofers.
Here's mine; Altec 288C in a lovely hand brushed shade of dirty cream. Maybe lush audio cream in the dark though - already gone through by Great Plains, re-charged and fitted with new aluminum diaphragms.
Thinking round tractrix for these with my Altec 416A s for woofers.
Man I would kill for some Altec 288’s! That’s my holy grail at this point. Fitted to some of those Markus Klug wooden 1505’s or something like that..
I’m curious to try the Altec 803 woofers too.
I’m curious to try the Altec 803 woofers too.
Yeah, the 288s are incredibly sweet and smooth on (Altec) multicell horns IME/IMO... I'd have to sell a kidney to go that route.
Gary Kaufman's A5s remain among my all around favorite-est loudspeakers extant.
Gary Kaufman's A5s remain among my all around favorite-est loudspeakers extant.
They sure have a strictly business look to them, I’d love to see a nice fine all wood version. I wonder what size room might be needed to properly enjoy them?Yeah, the 288s are incredibly sweet and smooth on (Altec) multicell horns IME/IMO... I'd have to sell a kidney to go that route.
Gary Kaufman's A5s remain among my all around favorite-est loudspeakers extant.
ICTWoody
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ICTWoody
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Well yeah Woody, exactly like those.
I think they are going to work a LOT better in your space than my little room but...well, have to try someday.
As soon as I get my 416’s back from GPA I’ll find out.
- Woody
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