Ok i have an idea. what if i used Altecs for a theater?

**analog addict** · December 2nd, 2015, 04:01 PM

Bowtie doesn't have to worry about his 210s. I took one off his hands last summer and will take the other next summer. However, if he needs to use it as a liferaft before then, he's welcome to it...

GM · December 2nd, 2015, 08:21 PM

'Sounds' like it has a pretty good reverberant field if a single 755 can fill the room down to 80-100 Hz. What about the BW above ~2 kHz?

Yeah, the more things change in my locale the more I want to 'get the hell out of Dodge!'

GM

**Phil-G** · December 2nd, 2015, 11:47 PM

pretty even acrosss the board and above 2k.
two 515 8gs , two 3156s, one 515 ghp with a 902 mr931*, two 420 8Bs. and a pair of 299s. should go a long way.

The walls are stuccoed concrete block. the arches are solid laminated hardpine. and are the main structure of the building. with a toungue and groove hardpine ceiling. about ten years ago they pulled out all the seats (that were ironicaly theater seats) and covered the terraza floor with carpet squares. the seats had a way of toning down the sound that the carpet doesn't. they also walled of the balcolny for a storage room. that used to tone down the sound that now gets reflected back.
that being said it still has a decent sound. i just need to be conservative with the wattage and spend time getting the placement just right.

mild winters here GM. and the yankees thin out the farther you get from the coast,, with the exception of orlando.

*yes i know,, it seems small but i'm barely pushing the 515.

**Phil-G** · December 4th, 2015, 10:30 PM

well looks like a bust. after getting everything together and ready to go. set for the afternoon of 13th,,, then killed in a meeting today. something about waiting till after the first because people will have class parties and such to go to.
i somehow don't see anyone wanting to see the original starwars after the premier of the new movie on the 18th. what a waste of time. im calling around to see if i can find another venue.

**bowtie427ss** · December 5th, 2015, 10:36 AM

Sorry to read of this turn of events, Phil.

This is where my gramma would have reminded me that no good deed goes unpunished.

You're doing something that most folks don't have a clue how much work goes into. I hope you don't let it minimize your enthusiasm in any way.

i somehow don't see anyone wanting to see the original starwars after the premier of the new movie on the 18th.

Maybe not the week or two following. But, i think the original is a flick that will remain quite popular and in demand for decades to come. Actually, i can see how the new movie might even revive interest in the original.

If all else fails, just roll with the later re-scheduled date, it'll still sound just as good.

**VolvoHeretic** · December 5th, 2015, 11:47 AM

I concur with Bowtie, and after JJ Abrams ruins the new Star Wars like he ruined the new Star Trek, the original will seem that much better even with old technology.

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**Phil-G** · December 5th, 2015, 04:12 PM

Originally Posted by bowtie427ss

If all else fails, just roll with the later re-scheduled date, it'll still sound just as good.

Yes, this is true. and honestly this may be a bad time of year after all. i just hope the new movie isn't so bad it runs people off.
but if i can find a place to set up before next weekend some people are in for a treat.

**Phil-G** · December 6th, 2015, 04:34 PM

i have to add that it's nice that they let me store my speakers and gear there. i like having a back porch to sit out on.

**tomt** · December 8th, 2015, 01:21 AM

Originally Posted by analog addict

Bowtie doesn't have to worry about his 210s. I took one off his hands last summer and will take the other next summer. However, if he needs to use it as a liferaft before then, he's welcome to it...

had he actually put some woofers in those, and listened to them, his priority's wood be Much Different ... (not kidding)

**bowtie427ss** · December 8th, 2015, 11:04 AM

Originally Posted by tomt

had he actually put some woofers in those, and listened to them, his priority's wood be Much Different ... (not kidding)

Actually, i've played with one in a mono set-up in my back yard, and in the garage. I did not get to hear it with wings, and i think the wings very important not just for their acoustic effect, but also for the structural stability they add to the horn sides. Without the wings a 210 has a LOT of floppy, unbraced acreage in the horn sides.

I'm not going to have the space for even my 828's soon enough to make it practical to keep storing them and moving them around, i ain't gettin any younger. Re-location is in my future. But, i'm not sure when, or if it will be right here in rural upstate NY, or outside of the 48 contiguous.

In my world big Altecs as well as other big speakers are easily bumped by more practical priorities these days, one of those being a little redhead that came into my life a few years ago, and has adopted me to guide her into her future. Lucky for her, i kinda like her mom too.