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    Re: Polk Audio Altec's?!

    Nifty!

    I am no expert (and stacks of horns are always great to see) , but seems like there is some FR redundancy there.

    In other words, I'd wonder if that was actually setup and crossed over with some intention, or, if just stacked up for visual effect. (?)

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    Re: Polk Audio Altec's?!

    I am wondering if those are 311-90's rather than 511's?
    Now that you mention it, their scale does seem a bit grand for 511's.
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    Re: Polk Audio Altec's?!

    Blew up the pic an the dividers are thick ala 311.:2thumbsup:

    As far as stacking, they prolly didn't know any better. things were pre computer and a lot less sophisticated then.
    Or could be the 203's were used to punch the vocal to the back. Common practice.
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    Re: Polk Audio Altec's?!

    The 203 was always my favorite 300Hz. Altec multicellular for living room horn mania. The imaging from the narrow pattern horn is really good.

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    Re: Polk Audio Altec's?!

    The ports on the 825's are, well, wide open as they can be.

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    Re: Polk Audio Altec's?!

    Quote Originally Posted by aeyb701 View Post
    The ports on the 825's are, well, wide open as they can be.
    Every one I saw back then was. No computer programs to figure tuning.
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    Re: Polk Audio Altec's?!

    Quote Originally Posted by Old Guy View Post
    Every one I saw back then was. No computer programs to figure tuning.
    In the picture the cabinets are missing the lower (in this orientation) baffle board, so the ports are larger than stock, Though. It looks like the board was removed to mount the horn, but then the horn wasn't mounted in the cabinet so the port ends up being extra large.
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