Altec 32343 Network Divider

[voice of the theater]

Oh i'm no expert here VOTT, but i am familiar with the 9849's as i've owned a few. AFAIK, the 9849 is the only speaker that was factory equipped with the 32343 XO, and the 23746 compression driver. Apparently the 23746 was made with both annular metal and radial plastic(tangerine) phase plugs, i think member RonSSS has examples of each. I currently have 9849-8D's with annular metal phased 23746's, those drivers "look" like an 802-8G with the same new style rear cover and rough cast exterior surface except they're the shorter body and smaller magnet of the 806. Here's a pic of one of my drivers from a while back.

Allen, does that look like your h.f. driver? (click to enlarge the photo) It looks similar to me but hard to tell from the angle and lighting of your (Allen's) photo. If that's your driver, I'd still recommend 414's since they were selected by Altec engineers to work with that h.f. driver and your crossovers.... As I mentioned before, your speakers would be very similar to Altec 9849's (which are great speakers) in (well made) home made cabs. With those woofers you'd have an amazing pair of speakers.....

The cabinet is well made from 3/4 inch birch ply and its outside dimensions are: 24" (H) x 16.5" (W) x 12" (D) with a 3/4" vent across the lower part of baffle board.

Allen