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    Fiberglass A7's?

    Something different -- anyone ever seen/heard a pair of these? Styled after A7 cabs? Seller also has 511B and 811B horns to go with them (available separately).....

    ALTEC A7 Style A-7 VoTT VoT speakers Voice Theater horns bare, no drivers | eBay
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    Re: Fiberglass A7's?

    "Styled after" only if you use imagination, they are nothing like A7's. To put it another way, outside of material, horn throat, flare rate, and cabinet size, they are just like A7's.

    The seller originally called them "copies' after a conversation he changed it to "style'.

    "Would you be copasetic with "style" rather than "copies" ? I'd have no issue with changing the title.

    - phataural"

    FWIW the fiberglass flares could be start of a nice project...
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    Re: Fiberglass A7's?

    "Now before all the die hard ALTEC nuts freakout"...Oh No He Dint!!!!! >: (

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    Re: Fiberglass A7's?

    Any idea who's mold those came from OG?

    They sorta look like Heil. But, not enough to say "they look like Heil".
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    Re: Fiberglass A7's?

    Quote Originally Posted by bowtie427ss View Post
    Any idea who's mold those came from OG?

    They sorta look like Heil. But, not enough to say "they look like Heil".
    I get this vibe of Eletro-Voice or Bob Heil to me.


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    Re: Fiberglass A7's?

    Quote Originally Posted by Altec Best View Post
    I get this vibe of Eletro-Voice or Bob Heil to me.


    Actually the eBay ones pre-date either by a couple years. As I have mentioned, there were literally HUNDREDS of small manufacturers in the 70's. Most did not survive Reaganomics.

    First black/white cosmetics I saw was a fellow from Oregon building Shearer horns...we masochists of the time toured them. He did the outside in black epoxy and the inside of the horn in white tolex. My touring ones were basic black.
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    Re: Fiberglass A7's?

    Quote Originally Posted by Old Guy View Post
    "Styled after" only if you use imagination, they are nothing like A7's. To put it another way, outside of material, horn throat, flare rate, and cabinet size, they are just like A7's.

    The seller originally called them "copies' after a conversation he changed it to "style'.

    "Would you be copasetic with "style" rather than "copies" ? I'd have no issue with changing the title.

    - phataural"

    FWIW the fiberglass flares could be start of a nice project...
    I agree--other than the fact that they use a bass horn design, they are really different than A7's--different size, shape, port size, etc. etc. etc. That's why in my first post of this thread, I questioned (question marked) his statement "Styled after A7 cabs?" Interesting that they caught your eyes as well and that you already conversed with him as he originally had the gall to call them A7 copies!
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    Re: Fiberglass A7's?

    Haven't seen anything like that elsewhere Bowtie. decent chance an original design...

    He mentions DB Sound, such an original name should be easy to trace.

    OTOH Google found this....

    Volume dB Sound Meter - Android

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    Re: Fiberglass A7's?

    Could they be Sunn's maybe ?

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    Re: Fiberglass A7's?

    Quote Originally Posted by Altec Best View Post
    Could they be Sunn's maybe ?
    The big, white Sunn horns i've had were vinyl/tolex covered plywood.

    Odd thing is, i feel like i've seen these before. Obviously, my adventurous youth, and marital stress may have claimed a few brain cells that would come in handy at these moments.
    Last edited by bowtie427ss; April 17th, 2012 at 04:48 PM.
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