Model 19 cabs

[A7fan]

Close to Charlotte.The cabs are also available. 2 SUPER NICE ALTEC 416 8B 15 INCH SPEAKERS. WOW!!! | eBay

[voice of the theater]

Seller is another butcher. Parting out (apparently) perfectly good Model 19's! He's also clueless. He has an auction for 811b horns and seems to have no idea that the 802-8G drivers are not part of the horns. Probably because the 802-8G drivers that were installed in factory systems/cabs were unlabeled--he sees only one part number on the horn assembly (811b) and figures that's what the whole thing is called..... Starting bid $99--maybe they'll go relatively cheap and someone can at least get a deal on the horn/driver combo. He's also including the crossovers as part of the cabinets with a $599 BIN. Cabs look to be salvageable..... Woofers $475 BIN (surround goop looks "weird" but maybe just the lighting/photo?) FWIW, he says to make him an offer if you want everything--cabs, horns, and woofers--sounds like he'll cut a deal on the works. "JUST MAKE ME A PRICE ON THE WHOLE PACKAGE AND I WILL LET YOU KNOW." I hope someone does that and saves another classic Altec speaker system from being "cannibalized". Pano, that's your neck of the woods, isn't it? Anyone else who's "driving distance"--fill 'er up and step on it!

[bowtie427ss]

I think he's looking to generate some fast cash.

Just revised, woofers were 599 BIN 20 mins ago. He's come down too fast, i'll bet you can buy em for even less than the 475.

If he leaves it alone, the auction for the horns/drivers will take care of itself.

I think he knows the value of what he has as a whole, but not the individual components.

Thankfully, he's not taking apart anything that can't be fairly easily put back together.

[voice of the theater]

I think he's looking to generate some fast cash.

Just revised, woofers were 599 BIN 20 mins ago. He's come down too fast, i'll bet you can buy em for even less than the 475.

Yeah, and I bet he'll give a nice deal on the whole package as well...... Twenty four hour round trip drive for me But those babies would sure look nice in my garage!

[A7fan]

But those babies would sure look nice in my garage! ......I was thinking they would look nice in GM's HOUSE.

[GM]

Yes, they would and thanks for the thought, but the only place they would fit are where the existing cabs are and not to put too fine a point on it, there's no production Altec I would swap them for.

GM

[artlab]

...the only place they would fit are where the existing cabs are and not to put too fine a point on it, there's no production Altec I would swap them for.

GM[/QUOTE]
Now you have me wondering what 'custom' Altec you have! Please put a finer point on it!

[cradeldorf]

...the only place they would fit are where the existing cabs are and not to put too fine a point on it, there's no production Altec I would swap them for.

GM

Now you have me wondering what 'custom' Altec you have! Please put a finer point on it![/QUOTE]

My thoughts exactly.

[juniper]

I like where you guys are going with this!!!! Hopefully we will get some pictures too!!!!

[GM]

Nothing particularly exotic. The cabs are what we call today a ML-Voight pipe horn [aka ML-TQWT], i.e. it's an inverse tapered TL that over time I've changed the terminus to a vented one [hence the ML = 'mass loaded'] to progressively lower the tuning as lower frequency sources became available. Built like the proverbial 'brick outhouse' also with 3/4" marine ply over a 2x4 framework. Basic baffle framing is 2x6. Heavy duty, well damped casters on rear with grab handles to move them around since the calculated empty weight is around 245 lbs. The drivers are [4] spec matched mid '50s 515B re-cones done in '69 [~ 20 Hz Fs, 0.2 Qts, 20 ft^3 Vas].

Current horns are [temporarily] stock 511s with 802D with new GPA high power diaphragms yet to be installed. XOs are lightning blasted N501-8As modded for larger larger with and with a HF by-pass cap wired around the pot. My plan is to get a pair of 511/? drivers to make another dual horn pair to functionally get an 805's mids 'fullness' except with response out to 20+k Hz and a better vertical power response.

GM