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[voice of the theater]

Saw this listing on ebay for an Altec 9861. Definitely NOT a 9861 (other than the crossover)--not even close!!

ALTEC LANSING MODEL 9861 STUDIO MONITOR SPEAKER | eBay

I'd never heard of a 9861 before so I googled it. Couldn't find any "official" info on it but I did find this. In spite of the poor translation, it looks like it could have been a nice speaker system--anyone ever heard one or have any info or specs on them?
ALTEC LANSING Model 9861

Altec 9861

[badtoby]

I've only heard that its an asian only 3-way. Could be wrong

[Old Guy]

Made for the Japanese market. Essentially a VOTT with an 411 andLZT

Here's an LZT in a monitor. Basically Altec's attempt to civilize the piezo design, Motorola driver on a Mantaray, with a crossover to tame it. Not bad actually. Altec had the phase plugs molded tangerine colored.

http://altecpro.com/pdfs/vintage/Spe...r%20System.pdf

I actually have a pair of the LZT's.

[tomt]

the jvc ribbon is worth $10.

if it works -

[bowtie427ss]

Made for the Japanese market. Essentially a VOTT with an 411 andLZT

That's not an LZT in the 9861.

It's an MR-902, look closer.

http://www.greatplainsaudio.com/vint...spec_sheet.pdf

A wiring diagram with component values of that network would be interesting.

[voice of the theater]

I'd love to see the specs of this speaker system and crossover schematic. Were the "for Japan only" speakers built in Oklahoma City by Altec Pro? Was there a whole line of these that are now pretty much forgotten over here in the U.S.A. (no specs, no schematics, very little info at all)? Anyone know the name/model # (or have any info/pics) of any other "for Japan only" Altecs? Were they primarily made in the mid 80's or were they in production during a different time frame?