Interesting Homebrews

[voice of the theater]

Am I missing something? They look like regular cabinets to me, just veneer with trim added.

I know I've seen (and own) a lot less vintage Altecs than many of you. What struck me as interesting is that most of the A7 "home versions" (smaller/"finished" versions--A7 inspired home speakers) I've seen/heard or heard of (Valencia, Model 19, Flamenco etc.) have a basic bass reflex/ported cabinet design. I'm not used to seeing something that could be (loosely) categorized as a home version of an A7 (or A7-500) in such a small cabinet with a bass horn. Not that it's never been done, just not something I see every day so I thought it was interesting. Of course, there is the Magnificent for example--a home version of the A7-500 that has a bass horn design but that is (as far as the vintage Altecs I've seen) an exception, not to mention a noticeably larger cabinet than these..... Thought this was interesting too "this cabinet is designed by ingener of radio canada is a russian blaywood and srboryte finiching"

I guess what's interesting to me isn't interesting to everyone else--who knew?

[zelgall]

That site also has a guy with a pair of home made horns with 416A s on the bottom and Lowthers on top - for $28,000 without the drivers!

[voice of the theater]

$28,000 and no drivers!? Elizabeth--I'm coming Elizabeth! Do you have the link?

[zelgall]

I must apologize. The price wasn't $28,000, it's $26,000

FL Horns for Lowther and Altec - Canuck Audio Mart

[voice of the theater]

I must apologize. The price wasn't $28,000, it's $26,000

FL Horns for Lowther and Altec - Canuck Audio Mart

Ummm, still a little out of my price range. But you have to take into account that sheep fur ain't cheap! "Compression chamber damped by natural sheep fur"

[Audio_by_Goodwill]

I know I've seen (and own) a lot less vintage Altecs than many of you. What struck me as interesting is that most of the A7 "home versions" (smaller/"finished" versions--A7 inspired home speakers) I've seen/heard or heard of (Valencia, Model 19, Flamenco etc.) have a basic bass reflex/ported cabinet design. I'm not used to seeing something that could be (loosely) categorized as a home version of an A7 (or A7-500) in such a small cabinet with a bass horn. Not that it's never been done, just not something I see every day so I thought it was interesting. Of course, there is the Magnificent for example--a home version of the A7-500 that has a bass horn design but that is (as far as the vintage Altecs I've seen) an exception, not to mention a noticeably larger cabinet than these..... Thought this was interesting too "this cabinet is designed by ingener of radio canada is a russian blaywood and srboryte finiching"

I guess what's interesting to me isn't interesting to everyone else--who knew?

I guess I think of it differently. In my mind there is only one "home version" of the A7, and that's the Magnificent. All the others are not in any way A7's.

Looking at the speakers in question, I assumed they were fullsize.

[bowtie427ss]

I guess I think of it differently. In my mind there is only one "home version" of the A7, and that's the Magnificent.

But, there are 2 versions of Magnificent.

[voice of the theater]

I guess I think of it differently. In my mind there is only one "home version" of the A7, and that's the Magnificent. All the others are not in any way A7's...

Altec marketed and advertised (at least) the Valencia as a home version of the A7/Voice of the Theater. Even though that was an advertising/marketing move, I still can see some validity in their claim. It has the 416 and the 806 and 811b and 800 hz crossover---same configuration as one of the versions of the A7--but put into a smaller bass reflex cab designed for home use. So, not an A7, but a "home version" of an A7--A7 drivers in a smaller ported box.... Not a big deal either way, I just thought the cabs were interesting. Haven't personally seen any home made cabs advertised as made of Russian Plywood with Aborite Finishing that were designed by someone at Radio Canada..... I'll bet Pavement would sound great cranked up on those (inside joke)

[Old Guy]

Altec marketed and advertised (at least) the Valencia as a home version of the A7/Voice of the Theater.

Half right. Not A7. Only the small theater system is an A7. Other VOTT go by other names

Home and MI systems sometime came under the VOTT umbrella, only ones with an A7 type cab should be referred to as A7.

[voice of the theater]

Half right. Not A7. Only the small theater system is an A7. Other VOTT go by other names

Home and MI systems sometime came under the VOTT umbrella, only ones with an A7 type cab should be referred to as A7.

You're right--they were marketed, sold (and some were even labeled) with the Voice of the Theater name. I mentioned A7 because that's what the Valencia, Flamenco, etc. have drivers in common with, but they weren't marketed as home versions of A7, just home versions (or MI versions) of the Voice of the Theater. Thanks OG for helping to put a finer point on this....