Heads up - 19's for sale

**Panomaniac** · August 9th, 2010, 12:59 AM

Wow, cool! Thanks for the update JH.

**bowtie427ss** · August 9th, 2010, 08:21 AM

So, ultimately, highly modified PA speakers could not "best" Altec's flagship hifi speaker?:2thumbsup:

Whodathunkit?:doh:

Why am i not surprised?:snickerpup:

**magnarc** · August 9th, 2010, 09:59 AM

Just out of curiosity what caps did you order and where from?

Anthony

**Altec Best** · August 9th, 2010, 02:43 PM

He used Solens. Hey John now just put a few watts into them and watch them really sing.

**Altec Best** · August 10th, 2010, 03:17 PM

Hey John did you have to change any of the resistors or was that just the caps and ground lug bypass ???

**SOOTSHE** · August 10th, 2010, 06:21 PM

Originally Posted by Altec Best

Hey John did you have to change any of the resistors or was that just the caps and ground lug bypass ???

I didn't change any of the resistors, except to put fixed resistors in place of the L Pads, (I'm running 3 ohm & 10 ohm) I figured they shouldn't deteriorate with age, although I'm prepared to be corrected by anyone with more experience with this.

And yes, the ground lug bypass.

Don't worry, I've hit them with a fair whack of power & they are just sooooo clean.

Just beautiful. I'm still bringing out material to listen to where I'm finding I'm hearing things I never knew were on there. These speakers now have such a palpable sound it's amazing.

**Altec Best** · August 11th, 2010, 10:42 AM

I didn't want to say "I told you so" but hey "I told you"

I told you they get better a lot better. :2thumbsup:

**Altec Best** · August 11th, 2010, 05:43 PM

Originally Posted by J Henry

I figured they shouldn't deteriorate with age, although I'm prepared to be corrected by anyone with more experience with this.

Well John 2 of the 4 resistors were out of spec on mine one of the 3.9 ohms and the 3 ohm needed to be replaced so I went ahead and changed them all.They are fairly cheap.

**SOOTSHE** · August 10th, 2010, 06:15 PM

Originally Posted by magnarc

Just out of curiosity what caps did you order and where from?

Anthony

I used Solen 400V from Parts Express, the same as AB. Good service & reasonable shipping rates to Australia. You could go the boutique cap route, but many knowledgeable people I have discussed this with tell me that the difference would be minimal, if even noticeable. (& the price could be up to 4,5 or 6 times more). It cost me A$100, including shipping to get these, so fantastic value.

Be that as it may, as you can tell, I'm more than happy with these.

**SOOTSHE** · August 10th, 2010, 06:11 PM

Originally Posted by bowtie427ss

So, ultimately, highly modified PA speakers could not "best" Altec's flagship hifi speaker?:2thumbsup:

Whodathunkit?:doh:

Why am i not surprised?:snickerpup:

Well I was totally floored....to be fair though, the modified LS has more accurate, cleaner, & punchier bass, which I still like very much. It's just that it's hard to go past that Altec growl. The mids & tops of the 19's however are on a different level again.