Altec Lansing 301 loud speakers

[Old Guy]

"Established" could mean a name change, or a new facility, a new Sparky Altec product, etc...... some point ALT wants to point to, rather than a lease agreement date.

Certainly could.

My experience though is flaky businesses generally claim the oldest date...the concept being longevity imparts legitimacy.

We may never know...and for now I'll say "around" the date of the bankruptcy. I just think it's important, especially in "oral histories" to keep events straight...

All I want is just to know one way or another, if somebody knows, I wanna know. But I wanna know for sure....

[Altec Best]

Russ,
You da man for telling it like it is.
I miss the old Altec. I miss my dad too.
But, in these times it is guys like us that keep these things alive.
God bless us and the good things we keep alive...


PS, I love your avatar...

My apologies to Toddreka also for side tracking the thread. But I just wanted to make a point here also I think that we as Altec Fans should also support Great Plains Audio.For making parts available for our beloved Altec's once we can no longer get quality Altec parts for our speakers I think you will see alot of them disappear forever.I think we can all blame James Ling for Altec's bankruptcy when he incured mass debt and when he spun off Altec from LTV after around 10 years Altec could no longer service the debt around the early 80's. If this debt had never been incurred onto Altec's book's there is no doubt IMHO that Altec Lansing would still be the 1 speaker Manufacture in the world today.Klipsch & Bose didn't have to take on ridiculous amounts of debt and that is why they are still here today along with Boses endless advertising for the wave radio.I think Klipsch's have some good speakers my Cornwall II's are a very good sounding speaker but my 19's are the Kings especially after the XO rebuild Merry Christmas Everyone Have a Great Holiday Regards ~ AB

[Mustang Marvin]

Too bad someone at GPA ( Bill ) does not participate in our forum. I'm sure they could answer many of our reconstruction questions. I know they are in business to make money, but they have a lot of knowledge about the products we use. IMHO anyway...

[Russnohio]

Too bad someone at GPA ( Bill ) does not participate in our forum.

Oh that would be fantastic!
Problem is.......he'd likely be hammered with so many pm's that it would end up turning him off!

Russ

[Altec Best]

Oh that would be fantastic!
Problem is.......he'd likely be hammered with so many pm's that it would end up turning him off!

Russ

And that is likely what would happen.The only way he could IMHO is if he was here as an alias.But we still have Todd and a few others that are very knowledgeable on Altec Lansing.

[Mustang Marvin]

This is a good argument indeed. BUT...
I also visit the Audiokarma forum, as I know many of us do, and I see where Terry Dewick assists many of us McIntosh users with their questions.
He is indeed bombarded with questions, but usually has the time to answer them.

I will not say anything discouraging about GPA. They have helped immensely and I couldn't have progressed with my A7 or my 846B projects without them. I will be the first to thank them for just being there to help us. After all, where would many of us be without their help. I just wish there was someone there that could assist us with some of our questions regarding their Altec or GPA equipment we are using in our projects. They are the only supplier of Altec type products we use. To my knowledge...
Sorry, just wishful thinking...