Valencia To Onken Project Article

[voice of the theater]

Interesting article on the Valencia.

Is there an easy way to tell the difference between an "Iconic" Valencia and 846A model? What are the differences? From what I've researched, the horns/drivers appear to be identical (806A driver, 811B horn, 416Z 15 in woofer). I've seen the "Iconic" logo on the back of some Valencia's, but had heard that the inclusion of the label did not necessarily indicate the speaker was an "Iconic" model...

I'm not an authority on this but I believe the only difference between the two may be the year of production/labeling. The pair of "Valencias" that I owned said "Iconic" on the label/sticker on the back of the cabs and didn't say the word Valencia anywhere on the speakers/cabinets/labels/stickers. There were built in 1969 and also had "Ling" and "Altec" printed on the label on the back of the cabs. They were 846A Valencias, however, with the 806A h.f. driver, 811B horn, 416Z woofer. Here's what they looked like...