Quote Originally Posted by GM View Post
No and no. Frankly, I was stunned to learn how highly regarded it is among the ‘faithful’. Technically, it’s a poor ‘marriage’, sonically coupling the tail end of the driver’s break-up modes to the HF horn’s compression loaded BW. The 416, and especially the 515, are better than most WRT controlling break-up modes, but…………

Run the 416 full-range by itself and with various XO points/slopes and let your ears decide. Altec knew they needed to use either the 515 or a custom, but between budget constraints and the desire to keep up with the competition bass ‘thump’ wise…………

GM
Understood. Why didn't Altec cross the 19 around 700Hz...given the 511's LF range? Wouldn't this have solved the criticims you raise re HF distortion of the woofer....?