Boxes and 421's in NC

**Altec Best** · January 15th, 2012, 03:42 PM

With a little elbow grease they could be money makers quite easily if you pack them with more desirable drivers.Very easily recoup the C-note.

**Panomaniac** · January 15th, 2012, 06:43 PM

You're killing me! Got nowhere to put them at the moment. Maybe Analog Addict should grab them. They are closer to his neck of the woods.

**analog addict** · January 16th, 2012, 01:57 PM

Heh, when it rains it pours. I might be interested in them, but I just the other day agreed to a pair of A7 cabinets delivered to the mancave for $50. One is black and one is grey, but my buddy HomerJSimpson from AK is throwing in the can of grey paint too. Then I'm closing out another deal on AK for a $300 set of 416-8A's and a set of $50 N501-8As.

Anyone see a pattern here?....

**Panomaniac** · January 16th, 2012, 04:09 PM

Not only a pattern, but a full cave.

**Altec Best** · January 17th, 2012, 10:27 AM

Originally Posted by analog addict

Anyone see a pattern here?....

Ah yeah I do ! Sounds so familiar to me,but I try not to think about that.My thoughts are to find more space to put them,while nobody's looking !

**analog addict** · January 18th, 2012, 11:36 AM

Here we go again...

Got a nice little bonus with them....

**Panomaniac** · January 18th, 2012, 11:46 AM

Yes, you are a speaker addict.

**analog addict** · January 18th, 2012, 02:23 PM

Originally Posted by Panomaniac

Yes, you are a speaker addict.

Amongst other things. Unfortunately as a married man, some of my favorite indulgences are in short supply....Ahem...

Anyway, I was thinking about setting up some sort of A7 combo and then taking them over to Dennis Had's shop and letting him listen to them for awhile. I'm sure he would decide that they could sound better, and then he would start tinkering with the crossover, and before you know it, us Altecheads would have a new and improved crossover to play with.

The plan is to fill the imperfections, sand and paint them, and then apply some of these repro VOTT decals a kindly source gifted to me. Then the question becomes what to load them with.

Assuming I can get the 416-8A's, it would be either those, or my spare pair of original 515's. I'd most likely add a 908-8A/511 combo for the midrange, and even have a set of EV "baby buttcheeks" for the high end.

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