Stacking Speakers

**bowtie427ss** · July 11th, 2012, 05:47 PM

Originally Posted by tomt

i'm in favor of stacking speakers.

to infinity.

and beyond ...

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one of our fellow forum members posted this on another forum.

looks good to me -

I think Mr Locanthi would approve.

**voice of the theater** · July 11th, 2012, 08:09 PM

Originally Posted by GM

The short answer is all of them to a greater or lesser extent.

GM

Good to know that I'm thinking along the right lines....

**Altec Best** · July 12th, 2012, 02:20 PM

I'm a stacker !! Been a stacker for years...

**voice of the theater** · July 13th, 2012, 08:21 AM

Maybe it's my room acoustics, or psycho-acoustics, but I disconnected the Santana II tweeters and it didn't sound as good to me so I reconnected them. I'm thinking that the Model 19's, with the crossover pots set in the optimum position, have a pretty flat response as seen here:
http://altecpro.com/pdfs/vintage/Spe...r%20Manual.pdf

The Santana II's are rated at 45-20,000 hz +/- 5 db so hopefully with the crossover pot in the area marked "optimum" they have a somewhat flat response as well.
http://www.lansingheritage.org/image...home/page2.jpg
So hopefully when I'm playing both pair of speakers simultaneously, I'm getting a somewhat flat response since each pair on their own is "somewhat" flat.

Maybe I should bolt each 19 to a Santana II, take off the Altec badges, and attach Savard badges to them! (kidding)

**Altec Best** · July 13th, 2012, 10:08 AM

You just received 20 lashes Dave for reposting those darn Savards !

**VolvoHeretic** · July 13th, 2012, 08:40 PM

As a favor, how about puting the Santana's behind your listening area and tell me how it sounds in fake surround sound compaired to 4 in front? I use to have my A7's arranged that way with my freind's PA twin 15's and fiberglass horn in a 25'x25' vaulted ceiling room and when sitting in the sweet spot, it sounded great.

edit; and as you alls know, I think and have always had a gaggle of Piezo tweeters on my Altecs. They need and deserve them because I have the need for more cow-bell.