Anybody need 411's?

[Old Guy]

ALTEC MATCHED PAIR 411-8A SPEAKERS FROM BARCELONA 873S - eBay (item 180585991132 end time Dec-10-10 17:00:35 PST)

Jeez, it would be something else to sit around till I never get to it...but for that price

[Altec Best]

Yes they have been selling cheap another pair that ended Tuesday sold for $199

Altec 411-8A 15 inch Vintage Woofer Pair Original - eBay (item 110607656788 end time Nov-09-10 17:56:42 PST)

[bowtie427ss]

What would a fella do with the surrounds, leave em be, or replace them with the later foam style?

[Old Guy]

I'm of the "if it ain't broke..." school.

If I reconed one I'd do the other to match.

[bowtie427ss]

I'm of the "if it ain't broke..." school.

Pretty hard to come up with a good argument against that.

Seems anytime i encounter a pair with this type of surround, at least one has a significant wrinkle or other anomaly, those look pretty good.

[GM]

FWIW, I don't consider a wrinkle in this type of surround a problem. Indeed, there's at least one excellent performing ultra-wide BW 'full-range' driver that are wrinkled by design.

GM

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Just drove 311 miles to buy these 411s. I basically thought the same thing (old guy), put them in my shop and stare at them for the next five years. Fact is though, they are almost perfect. The pictures on ebay didn't do them justice in the least. I pulled two tiny pieces of cork from the surrounds and they look new. I love what RonSS did with his, placing one in the 8ft. box, but then the squabbles about "to vent or not to vent" pipe in. GM says that with a monstrosity cab, it could work (vented)? I Have (had) perfect M19s till the new 'kitty' moved in and ignored the numerous expensive scratch towers and pads but thought how neat it would be to use the 416Bs surrounds instead. Ahh, if the 411s would only sound right in the model 19s...