Anyone here know what the original cost of Model 19's? Just curious what they sold for in the 70's.
Anyone here know what the original cost of Model 19's? Just curious what they sold for in the 70's.
If my memory serves me(and it doesn't always) i think the place my brother bought his model 17's had a $795ea price tag on the 19's circa winter 1979-80, Klipschorns, were 1440ea at the time. Comparatively, Altecs are still as much of a bargain today.
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Apparently the price varied somewhat.
Around 1976 (if memory serves) I heard a pair of 19's in a stereo store in Berkeley,Ca.
It seems the list price was $2400 for the pair. It was fairly depressing because
it was by far the best sounding speakers I'd ever heard however the price was
insurmountable at the time. Little did I know that I'd be fortunate enough to have
my own pair of 19's eight years later.
I thought they were more than that like closer to $5000 are you sure Rontec that they weren't $2400 a piece. 35 years later and they are still selling as high as that.I feel I got my pair for a steal $909 these were absolutely Mint too.Not a scratch on them anywhere.The woofers still measure at spec.
How are those new cabs coming? Haven't heard anything about them in a while.....Originally Posted by Altec Best
I thought they were more than that like closer to $5000 are you sure Rontec that they weren't $2400 a piece. 35 years later and they are still selling as high as that.I feel I got my pair for a steal $909 these were absolutely Mint too.Not a scratch on them anywhere.The woofers still measure at spec.
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Well, it seems the pair was $2400 or $2800. But believe me that was a lot of dough back then. Around that time I bought a drivable 66' Corvette for $700 bucks. I ended up rebuilding the 327 and had to work on the interior. Sold it for a profit before I could get to the paint stage. (sure wish I had it now)
So for me $2400 to $2800 was a very expensive speaker system!
(but it could have been more)
And yet today when I see a pair of 19's going for $1000 - $2000, I agree with bowtie427ss and Altec Best, that's a bargain!Comparatively, Altecs are still as much of a bargain today.
With a little tweaking and tuning you can have one of the most efficient and dynamic speakers made.
I thought they were more than that like closer to $5000
I would be willing to bet a c-note that's WAY off.
A year or two earlier a pair of A-7 was about 650 dealer.
I would suspect at their introduction probably 2-ish list, some dealers may have gone as much as 30% off that. Alnico spiked due to the cobalt shortage, they may well have then gone to the 2500 list mentioned.
All this is nothing but an educated guess. I never sold Altec Hi-Fi only Pro.
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There's a pretty clear photo of an original sales receipt for a brand new pair of Model 19's purchased in 1979 in this ebay listing from Australia--enlarge the seventh photo (I love the search feature of our forum--I remembered a joke I made in a thread here about the original receipt being enough for Sparkomatic to honor the warranty, so I did a search for "Sparkomatic warranty" and the thread popped right up). It shows the buyer paid $2300 in Australian Dollars for a pair. Today an Australian dollar is worth $1.05 USD--not sure what the exchange rate was back then but I think this verifies that most of the estimates posted in this thread are at least in the ballpark. http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ALTEC-Lansing...-/130494350084
This listing was originally posted by magnarc in this thread http://www.hostboard.com/forums/show...ty#post1858061
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