So I've had a pair of A7's in the living room for a long time. 8w DHT PP W5-M Heaths poweing them. Audio source was the TV variable audio out.

Pretty sad actually.

So I got a preamp/tuner....SS Mitshibishi DA-C20 I'm afraid to say (It is a classic though) in order to be able to tweak the bass and treble. Plus be able to hook the DVD player audio up for CD listening.
Better. Then I remembered what I never cared for with A7's. No low end, and a hump in the response around 200hz.
Dug out the old 12 band ADC EQ, tweaked it to my fav settings from days gone by, and what do you know!

I'm not going to say they sound great, but they do sound pretty damn good. The room is hard, and the positioning is not ideal. But dang. Altec through and through, and even with 8 watts per, will play damn loud and have solid bottom end.

And, with the front door open, I can easily entertain the neighbors!

I have had the Brian Setzer Orchestra in the player recently, if you like a combo of rockabilly giutar and big band, with some of the great classics, give this a try. It is quite good! and very well recorded to boot. Altecs were made for this stuff.

Later dudes!