This time it's an "Altec"ish project... Wood horn and candy paint build

Tres bon.

Did the builder make the Yuichi horns or did you buy them elsewhere? (I've admired them for a long time, and I don't think I'm up to the challenge of building a pair myself.)
 
Those look magnificent, and I’m sure they sound the same.

Curious though, what is that on top of the horns?
 
Tres bon.

Did the builder make the Yuichi horns or did you buy them elsewhere? (I've admired them for a long time, and I don't think I'm up to the challenge of building a pair myself.)
He ordered them for this project. He is a custom home builder and has the machines just no time right now but he will be able to do them once he catches a break and sets things up I'm sure.
 
Beautiful speakers and workmanship. I've seriously considered building something using dual 15's with a single horn on top similar to this and along the same lines of the "theater speakers" that Klipsch, JBL, EV and some others make. I built a set of Klipsch Belle inspired clones from baltic birch covered in ribbon mahogany, which turned out great, but I find I'd rather have normally aspirated bass that doesn't have to come from a separate subwoofer.
 
Maybe I’m reading this wrong….but aren’t those a lot less (89db @ 1w) sensitive then your horns? How are you compensating?
Original woofers (414a) were to be no less than 99db says Altec. Yuichi wood horn with Altec (806a) are at 109db and the much nicer (orginal woofers were mint but one showed signs of rubbing so all were rebuilt including more robust voice coils than the tiny original) rebuilt woofers measure around 101db, custom xovers and mid/high L-pad adjuster dialed them in nicely. Less than half way opened up so far on the mid/highs and things are ...... well just glorious.
 
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Original woofers were 99db says Altec. Horn (806a) is at 109db and rebuilt woofers measured around 101db, custom xovers and mid/high L-pad adjuster dialed them in nicely. Less than half way opened up so far on the mid/highs and things are ...... well just glorious.
That’s awesome. I’ve got 802’s and 414’s together in a 9849esque build as well. Lovely combination.

My comment was in regards to that super tweeter. Based on the specs in that link, it’s about 10db down from the rest of your speaker.
 
The supertweeters seem not to be doing much (but then sometimes they do) and might not remain in this setup. I just put them in today.
 
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