820C 'eye candy'

[GM]

Pics begin here:
http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/showt...68#post1444368

GM

[Mike Gibson]

Those are absolutely gorgeous. Thank you for posting the pictures GM.

Mike

[Sounder]

OMG! I'm "falling in love, again."

They are beautiful.........sigh

John

[Old Guy]

There are two occasions when it's acceptable for a man to cry- when she's using her teeth, and when looking at speakers like that...

[ngccglp]

I'm really inspired to build the Laguna after seeing these pictures. There's a lot to learn on how Altec made cabinets fittings.

Just to confirm, the port for this speaker is at the bottom?

[GM]

Originally posted by Mike Gibson:
Those are absolutely gorgeous. Thank you for posting the pictures GM.

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Indeed! I didn't post them though, a new poster to the DIYaudio forum listed as being from the SF Bay area did and I prodded him to cross post here in the hope of getting some additional details, but apparently he wasn't interested, so I just posted the link.

GM

[GM]

Originally posted by ngccglp:

Just to confirm, the port for this speaker is at the bottom?

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">The Laguna has Altec's standard horn-in-vent except with 1" acoustic fiberglass insulation to damp it.

For the 820, it has a number of 1.5" dia. holes (13/side) in the bottom along with a triangular cutout at the rear combined with a fiberglass 'wedge' blocking off the opening to create a ~aperiodically loaded vent that's formed by the lower side panels and floor with the vent exit across the bottom front.

GM

[Fran604g]

Great link GM, Thanks.

Leaves me wondering when I'll be able to replce the 604's with some "Big Boys".

[Fran604g]

Great link GM, Thanks.

Leaves me wondering when I'll be able to replace the 604's with some "Big Boys".

[martyh45]

Man, that is gorgeous! I just love that mahogany case and oxblood grill cloth look. In fact, I love it so much I hope to simulate it on the cabinets I am building for my 604s I?m pretty sure that I?ve found the right grill cloth at AES (photo below) but I am still looking for a high quality scan of that logo. I?m thinking a little photoshop and some laserjet decal paper should do the trick. Can anybody point me in the right direction for a scan? Thanks,
Marty