My A7-500s. A journey

**dominique-tanguy** · August 15th, 2011, 04:04 AM

Already got a first answer. It seems that the VOT were the property of Jean Hiraga. They changed their loudspeakers before stopping the business, when J. Hiraga left his position of chief editor.

**dominique-tanguy** · August 15th, 2011, 07:02 AM

We found them. This this the link to the website of the company where Jean Hiraga is keeping the A5:
SEMELEC
Dominique

**voice of the theater** · August 15th, 2011, 08:37 AM

Originally Posted by dominique-tanguy

We found them. This this the link to the website of the company where Jean Hiraga is keeping the A5:
SEMELEC
Dominique

Are his A5's currently available at Semelec for auditioning/viewing by the general public? How did you find out that they are there? I don't speak French so navigating the website wasn't easy for me but I did find these two photos there.....

And here is the English translation of Bill Hanuschak's text from the website (from google translate). The translation is a little garbled -- I suspect partly due to the fact that it was probably originally written in English and translated into French for the website and then I translated it back to English via google translate.....

"Hanuschak Bill worked for the company Altec Lansing Corporation Oklahoma City until it closed by Electro-Voice in 1998. During those years he was production engineer, acoustical engineer designer and ultimately remained the last acoustic engineer for products of this company was formerly known as Altec Lansing.
Bill has created Great Plains Audio after closure of Altec Lansing in order to help the professionals, institutions, churches and all users of professional speakers Altec maintain their amenities. SEMELEC our distributor in France can be restored with adhesives, the original components for a fraction of replacement cost and they can continue to serve you for years!
Whether you have an Altec 288 compression original dating from 1940 or a little compression format later, one of many serious speaker Altec range or even an old house outside of University Sound, we can probably fix it !
In addition to the repair kits for Altec, SEMELEC our distributor in France is now able to provide the diaphragms for the vast majority of professional cuts. Beware of imitations - No one but us can make the cuts for your Altec diaphragms with exactly the same performance as the original! Our workers are all specialists and are former employees of Altec and University. You no longer need to worry if the parts that we manufacture or repairs we do will be correct - they are!
In addition, we use to manufacture our products exactly the same as using materials and processes for their Altec. We bobinons even our coils to exact specifications in our factory Altec! All this allows us to offer to cut your Altec replacement parts superior to all others!
If you have a professional speaker or Altec University manufactured before 1999, we are able to repair your equipment properly and bring it back to the original features!
Added to this, our full range of professional Hi-Fi speakers that replace those produced by Altec perfectly at the time! Visit our products and ask us how we can help you maximize your listening pleasure!

Bill Hanuschak"

**dominique-tanguy** · August 15th, 2011, 08:45 AM

SEMELEC is the dealer for GPA in France. They were importing ALTEC before.

I can call them to ask if it s possible to arrange auditioning of the system, but not today as this is a public holiday in France.

Dominique

**stéphane Rame** · August 15th, 2011, 11:36 AM

The first photo is the auditorium of Mr KANEDA famous for these amplifiers.

St?phane

**dominique-tanguy** · August 15th, 2011, 11:47 AM

Originally Posted by stéphane Rame

The first photo is the auditorium of Mr KANEDA famous for these amplifiers.

St?phane

Bonjour !

Es-tu le Stephane du forum Melaudia ?

Dominique

**Panomaniac** · August 15th, 2011, 11:59 AM

Dominique. Merci mille fois for tracking these speakers. Good to know that they are still available to hear. I spoke with Philippe Viboud after he took over the Revue, but did not ask about the A5s. It makes sense that Jean Hiraga would take them with him.

That SEMELEC room is interesting. I think it's smaller than mine! It's not as wide, that's for sure. (looks like 3 meters wide) Hearing the A5s there would be interesting as I've never heard them in a room that small. I did use them outside and they were great there, too.

**stéphane Rame** · August 15th, 2011, 02:09 PM

Quote Originally Posted by stéphane Rame View Post
The first photo is the auditorium of Mr KANEDA famous for these amplifiers.

St?phane
Bonjour !

Es-tu le Stephane du forum Melaudia ?

Dominique

Oui

St?phane