The 420 Y is essentially the Santana guts, with the CTS tweeter mounted on a brace across the center of the cone.Originally Posted by chuligan
Most I have seen strip off the tweeter.
The 420 Y is essentially the Santana guts, with the CTS tweeter mounted on a brace across the center of the cone.
Most I have seen strip off the tweeter.
Your neighbors called. They like your music.
thanks Old guy, but 420Y its "420A PLUS tweeter" or something "different"? I mean what SOUND it has compering to 420A?
Yes, pretty much the 420A plus tweeter
Your neighbors called. They like your music.
AS far I have interesting offer from BOWTIE (wait for deatails) and this acuction on ebay:
Beautiful pair of Altec 420Y 15" alnico biflex speakers - eBay (item 260436030281 end time Jun-30-09 22:35:56 PDT)
What do you think about it?
Drivers look different (front), i afraid it was repaired...
And additional question - room abaut 50m2 - speakers:
a) 420a + tweeter
OR
b)420a + tweeter + bass driver
Look like original equipment manufacturer (OEM) 420s to me, though I would remove the super tweeter/mounting bar and use a higher sound quality (SQ) horn loaded one mounted in the lee between it and a woofer in a very tight vertical MTW layout, ergo I choose (B).
GM
Loud is Beautiful if it's Clean! As always though, the usual disclaimers apply to this post's contents.
Here are a few pics Mikolaj, it was easiest just to post these here for now. These are close S/N's 8375 and 8380. I'll PM you late tomorrow with full details.
Not all vegetables make good leaders.
420A's came in both 15" rear mount and 16" front mount sizes. I have several of both models and I have good results in the largest boxes you can fit in your room. I ended up with 12cuFt cabs with a radio shack fostex tweeter for the highs.
The 420's have also worked well on open baffles - but once again large ones.
Many people discount the 420 series as novelty speakers but they sound great in the right box.
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