altec lansing 231a mixing console

**speedball** · January 16th, 2010, 05:21 AM

Anyone know anything about the 231a mixing console.
One sold today on ebay-
Looks to be from 1980s. Couldn't find very much info on the interwebs about this model.
I can only assume that not very many were manufactured.

**Old Guy** · January 16th, 2010, 08:55 AM

Almost certainly a rebadged DDA board. Most 90's Altec mixers were, if not all.

Might find info at the DDA website.

Probably a decent unit with no parts availability. Nice toy for an amateur home recording studio

**Todd W. White** · January 16th, 2010, 11:30 AM

The 231A was a relabeled EV/Tapco mixer. Can't remember the model number, but they were a really good mixer - I sold quite a few of them, and own one. Designed by the guy who formed Mackie (can't remember his first name), it was a really well behaved mixer. The neat thing about them is they were expandable in an era when expandable mixers weren't the norm.

**speedball** · January 16th, 2010, 08:06 PM

thanks y'all, i followed up and it looks like its C-12 model ev/tapco mixer, from the catalina series they put out in the late seventies early eighties.
greg mackie designed.

**whitebroncoii** · January 17th, 2010, 12:29 PM

Originally Posted by Old Guy

Almost certainly a rebadged DDA board. Most 90's Altec mixers were, if not all.

Might find info at the DDA website.

Probably a decent unit with no parts availability. Nice toy for an amateur home recording studio

Only one Altec mixer was ever designed by DDA. If I remember, it was manufactured by Dynacord and versions were sold as Altec Lansing, EV, DDA, and Dynacord. The model was called "Interface"

**Old Guy** · January 21st, 2010, 08:48 AM

Originally Posted by whitebroncoii

Only one Altec mixer was ever designed by DDA. If I remember, it was manufactured by Dynacord and versions were sold as Altec Lansing, EV, DDA, and Dynacord. The model was called "Interface"

Good info.

The Interface stuff is most of what I have seen, I was well away from Altec by then, so us oldsters need you younger guys input on those items.

Do you know who made the 9444b amps?

I've got an Altec parametric that has boards labeled KlarK Teknik...

**whitebroncoii** · January 21st, 2010, 02:23 PM

Originally Posted by Old Guy

Good info.

Do you know who made the 9444b amps?

I've got an Altec parametric that has boards labeled KlarK Teknik...

All 9442, 9444, and 9446 power amplifiers were designed and built by Altec Lansing in Oklahoma City. The 9441 was an Asian import (same insides as EV 7100).

KT made these models for Altec;
1905A Parametric Eq (5 bands)

Dynacord made these;
1742A Delay (1 x 2)
2400A DSP (2 x 4)
4024A DSP (2 x 4)

**Old Guy** · January 26th, 2010, 07:44 PM

What about the 3200 series? Were they Tapco also?

**Todd W. White** · January 26th, 2010, 08:04 PM

I believe they and the BK-series (EV label) were a TAPCO design. Seems like I remember TAPCO making them for a while, then they went off to Korea to get them built.