Think Altec prices are getting high?

**cradeldorf** · January 27th, 2012, 08:25 PM

I stumbled into the Altec world...and I'm not Leaving!!!!

**tomt** · January 28th, 2012, 04:10 AM

Originally Posted by gearfreak

ooh. Tell us more about the EV W30's.

http://archives.telex.com/archives/E.../30W%20EDS.pdf

**bowtie427ss** · January 28th, 2012, 10:05 AM

Originally Posted by Nipper

I have to respectfully disagree with that....

I dont think most people want Altecs for any nostalgic reasons or consider them "collectible" due to their size, but I could be wrong.
Personally, I keep mine because they kick ass and I like the best. Once someone makes something I think sounds better, I will be done with them. They will go out like the turntable did.
I'm into Altec's strictly for the sound.

So how about some other opinions here... Why do you have a set of Altecs?

I actually have six sets, maybe more if i took a close inventory. They make me feel all warm and fuzzy inside.

But, i promise we're a very small niche group, same as those who still enjoy vinyl and their turntables. The majority have gone the way of the dinosaur and they're not coming back. Vinyl lovers and Altec lovers combined probably make up less than 1%(probably more like 0.1%) of the overall audio/recorded music market, and i'll wager that in a decade it's still less than that.

When the demand reaches a point where it becomes profitable for GPA to advertise their services in ANY popular publication where Altecs were originally advertised, then i might have to change my position. I'm fairly confident the trend will continue as it has for the last 30 years with only incidental spikes or dips along the way.

Consider that this is THE Altec User's Board, we have what maybe 10-15 regularly active posting members(the fewest i've seen in 6 years of being here) and maybe that many more fleeting visitors in a month's time. Hardly a dominating force in any kind of market.

Don't get me wrong, i've been an Altec lover since the 70's and will leave this world as one. But, i am also a realist. I'm very aware that without the role the internet, and especially ebay has played in making our domestic treasures available to the rest of the world, Altec values would not be half what they are today. We now see the result of corporate greed, and global economic reconciliation slowly muddying those waters, and beginning to stifle foreign interest in all but the rarest of the rare.

Again, i think model A's and tube radios are a good preview. Study the trends of those markets over the last 30 years. As the part of the population that collected and appreciated them dies off, so does the interest and value.

The native Americans had a saying that roughly translates to "only the rocks are forever".

Just my .02 for the sake of friendly discussion........................... no offense or argument intended beyond the constructive aspects.

**Cal Weldon** · January 28th, 2012, 12:05 PM

Hope you're wrong. I'm holding onto some of my gear for retirement.

**bowtie427ss** · January 28th, 2012, 12:12 PM

Originally Posted by Cal Weldon

Hope you're wrong. I'm holding onto some of my gear for retirement.

Not to sound self serving, but this is one reason it's important for us to be the best stewards of our interest group as we can be. It's our duty to "spread the love" to all those with interest and the potential to keep the love alive.

**Tom Brennan** · January 28th, 2012, 08:33 PM

I was a horny for a very long time and after various adventures with Altec, EV, Klipsch, JBL, Edgar, McCauley and other gear (in various combinations both stock and DIY) pretty much settled with plain old Altec gear.

Then I moved from a large house to a high rise apartment and sold all the horns and got Martin Logan stats. Now I'm moving to a larger place and Altecs and horns are still no longer on the agenda. I reckon I'm done with all that.

Although I do think once in awhile about that GPA 12" coaxial......

**juniper** · January 29th, 2012, 01:51 PM

Although this forum has few members, there is lots of talk of Altecs on other forums! I have read many times "I would just like to hear these altecs or have or find these Altecs" All I know is that with my 604's I can feel like I am in the recording studio and it is nice to know that many pieces of music of music I listen to were recorded with ALTECS very close by.

**Altec Best** · January 29th, 2012, 02:02 PM

Originally Posted by Cal Weldon

Hope you're wrong. I'm holding onto some of my gear for retirement.

Me Too ! Or I plan on opening an Altec Store !

**Nipper** · January 29th, 2012, 07:45 PM

Originally Posted by bowtie427ss

Not to sound self serving, but this is one reason it's important for us to be the best stewards of our interest group as we can be. It's our duty to "spread the love" to all those with interest and the potential to keep the love alive.

You have certainly done more than your share Bowtie.

**tomt** · February 11th, 2012, 08:04 AM

Originally Posted by Tom Brennan

I reckon I'm done with all that.

that sounds like a midlife crisis . (j/k)

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for a while i was listening to to 4 755's per side. on a flat baffle.

the most close speaker i had heard to that was a/the martin-logan cls.

tonal quality was the same almost exactly.

only real difference was the dispersion.