Quote Originally Posted by Old Guy View Post
They were never able to recover from being left with no cash by Ling. He spun them off with heavy debt.
He is the idiot I blame for our Beloved company's demise. I would have liked to spun him off (A Cliff) I have no doubt Altec would still be around today if it wasn't for James Ling ! The massive debt is what did them in,as they were still selling a lot of gear but couldn't recoup the debt.


BTW one of the world's most highly regarded speakers, Altec 755a, has a stamped frame. All a cast frame does is give a speaker more rigidity. The bigger the frame, the better idea a cast frame is.
FWIW It's not so much the stamped versus cast frame I have the issue with it is the thickness in metal that bothered me the most.

The Altec 755 is a very robust frame.One of the best Full ranges made.And is welded in several spots.The Jensen would disappear into a pool of molten metal with a arc welder it is very thin sheet metal.The 755 is 1/8" thick steel or close to it.