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**Old Guy** · April 28th, 2010, 02:31 PM

Altec 9861 speakers - eBay (item 260593467131 end time May-04-10 17:21:28 PDT)

**analog addict** · April 28th, 2010, 02:39 PM

Nice! Never seen those before....

ALTEC LANSING Model 9861

**Altec Best** · April 28th, 2010, 05:25 PM

Very Nice, cabinets are in beautiful shape wonder what they will go for, they are quite rare.

**Old Guy** · April 30th, 2010, 01:39 PM

Not quite as interesting, but good starter set?

Altec Lansing 9842-8D Studio Monitors W/Hangers (x2) - eBay (item 140403269168 end time May-05-10 12:46:32 PDT)

**DSauro** · April 30th, 2010, 02:53 PM

Would really love to have a pair of the passive three way crossovers from the 9861's, 1200hz & 8000hz.
Seems 1200hz is a little steep for 411-8A's.

**analog addict** · April 30th, 2010, 10:51 PM

These are pretty interesting to me too for selfish reasons. I want to know what 288B's are going for these days....

Pair, Vintage Altec Lansing IPC LU -1104 Horn Driver NR - eBay (item 260592722315 end time May-03-10 11:09:46 PDT)

**Art J.** · April 30th, 2010, 11:25 PM

Originally Posted by DSauro

Would really love to have a pair of the passive three way crossovers from the 9861's, 1200hz & 8000hz.
Seems 1200hz is a little steep for 411-8A's.

1200 seems extremely steep for a 411. That speaker had me scratching my head
the last time it came up. Seems to have been built with all left over parts from
other speakers. The xover was a simple first order band pass between 1200 & 8000.
How 101 can you get...................

**DSauro** · May 1st, 2010, 12:58 AM

Originally Posted by Art J.

1200 seems extremely steep for a 411. That speaker had me scratching my head
the last time it came up. Seems to have been built with all left over parts from
other speakers. The xover was a simple first order band pass between 1200 & 8000.
How 101 can you get...................

These were one of the things the Japanese market wanted. The 902-8A with 811B would be much better replaced with a large format driver (say, a 288 w/511E),IMHO, if it would fit. The cabinet is probably not deep enough without cutting the backboard for the driver (sans early 846's w/ 804/806 & 811). A 500 or 800hz crossover seems fitting for the 411 in the 9861, as in the 873A Barcelona. Maybe the horn load yielded some civilization for 1200hz.
1200hz & 8000hz works for my horn loaded 515-8LF's w/ 288-8G/511E, & 802-8G (A7-500WII).

**artlab** · May 1st, 2010, 03:48 AM

Originally Posted by Old Guy

Not quite as interesting, but good starter set?

Altec Lansing 9842-8D Studio Monitors W/Hangers (x2) - eBay (item 140403269168 end time May-05-10 12:46:32 PDT)

In his ebay add "one is not responding". Any idea what might be wrong with it? I can't find any specific specs on what's inside to "have it gone through" at GPA. I'm about a 90 minute drive from him and was considering buying them.

**bowtie427ss** · May 1st, 2010, 07:02 AM

A 500 or 800hz crossover seems fitting for the 411 in the 9861, as in the 873A Barcelona. Maybe the horn load yielded some civilization for 1200hz.

I'd wager the 411 behaves quite differently in that setup than it does in a 5-8 ft3 sealed box. I wonder if some high pass filtering was needed to prevent over-excursion in the lowest octave?