Anybody Ever Heard a Pair of These?

[voice of the theater]

These are less than an hour from my house. Anyone ever heard a pair of them before? Is there any literature on the web about them? He's asking $600 or "make an offer"--might be worth picking up if you're in New York, New Jersey, Ohio, Ontario, etc. I'm so used to horns these days not sure I'd be happy with the h.f. response out of those old tweeters but someone out there on this forum may have heard a pair and might attest to great sound (or not). Never heard of 420Y but that number sounds familiar for some reason.....

http://cgi.ebay.com/ESTATE-VINTAGE-P...item20b7c16741

Also a quick heads up on some duplexes (6 hours left) in original cabs for $799.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ALTEC-602C-DUPLE...item3cb618e630
Found this literature on 602C's (should we download it for our library?)
http://www.voiceofthetheatre.com/ima...02C.605A.2.jpg

And a nice looking pair of Model 14's currently at $300...
http://cgi.ebay.com/Altec-Model-14-S...item27b9a206e7

Lastly, I couldn't resist posting the link for these--look at the seller's last name? What do you think it means in Spanish? :snickerpup:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Altec-Lansing-mo...item27b9a719c3

[voice of the theater]

The Duplexes in original cabinets sold for $860. Someone got a nice deal! The rest of the items (above) are still available...
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...%252B8Z4o%253D

[Old Guy]

The 420 Y is only worth buying if cheap.

Google "Altec Santana" not Santana II

Santana is a 420 biflex and a tweeter. 420 Y has the tweeter mounted on a bracket.

I wouldn't pay more than 200. I'd prefer the Santana, easier to mod the tweeter which is the weakest link..

[voice of the theater]

The 420 Y is only worth buying if cheap.

Google "Altec Santana" not Santana II

Santana is a 420 biflex and a tweeter. 420 Y has the tweeter mounted on a bracket.

I wouldn't pay more than 200. I'd prefer the Santana, easier to mod the tweeter which is the weakest link..

Makes sense--thanks for the info--some good advice for any potential buyers out there too. I've also heard the the biflex speakers can't be reconed as biflex speakers--they have to be reconed as something like a 416 so when buying something like these I guess you'd want to make sure both 420's are in very good working order--no rubs, etc. since a 416 and a tweeter won't make a good combination. BTW, I did some searching for 420 Y and found this interesting thread about them--do you think these could be Altec Madrids? The thread has some familiar names like Bowtie, Analog Addict, Zilch, dgwojo etc. (in post 7 Zilch posts a photo of a huge "pile" of speakers and crossovers that gets some oohs and aahs--I think they're JBL's?) and the discussion between Tom Brennan and Zilch gets kind of "heated"......
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/sho...d.php?t=115591