Altec Beefy look

[juniper]

Cool looking speakers, I have been looking for a pair 9846 8-a's, would love to find a pair.. they dont seem to come up for sale that often, I wonder how they sound.. A single came up locally on ebay that was restored. It appeared there was a plug that went into the crossover? Is this normal?

[Art J.]

"It appeared there was a plug that went into the crossover? Is this normal? "

It might have been the "B" model with the phono plug input.
http://www.lansingheritage.org/image...-8b/page04.jpg

The 9846 was a commercial speaker that could be ordered different ways
depending on the application, like the B model bi-amp with the 21597 element
for studio use, all the way down to the Church A model with a symbiotic element for old church ladies.
Be careful of what's inside when buying.

"How do they sound?" Well, I have mine sounding really great but they were difficult to get right
because of the efficiency and characteristic differences between the horn and woofer.
If they aren't right, they sound muddy like 70's consumer speakers.
This speaker really needs the bi-amp route more than any other Altec as Rod Elliott explains so well.
Active Vs. Passive Crossovers

[Altec Best]

"How do they sound?" Well, I have mine sounding really great but they were difficult to get right
because of the efficiency and characteristic differences between the horn and woofer.

Right ! That is were the Altec 30904/30923 attenuator equalizer networks comes in... Did you use one with this application Art ?


Remember this one ?

[Art J.]

Right ! That is were the Altec 30904/30923 attenuator equalizer networks comes in... Did you use one with this application Art ?


Remember this one ?

Hi John,
Yes, my terrible photoshop work, but I notice it gets used a lot. I'm glad.
I used the attenuator with the bi-amp setup and its working well.
I used a better capacitor but I forgot what it was.
Some day I want to bias 2- 12uf capacitors with a 9v battery (charge couple) as I saw
over at the LH board to see if I get better top end.
I can't hear anyways but it might show on the scope..........

[Altec Best]

Hi John,
Yes, my terrible photoshop work, but I notice it gets used a lot. I'm glad.
I used the attenuator with the bi-amp setup and its working well.
I used a better capacitor but I forgot what it was.
Some day I want to bias 2- 3uf capacitors with a 9v battery as I saw
over at the LH board to see if I get more top end.
I can't hear anyways but it will show on the scope..........

Yes it does get used a lot.. It works well ! Thanks for your efforts on it..

[juniper]

"It appeared there was a plug that went into the crossover? Is this normal? "

It might have been the "B" model with the phono plug input.
http://www.lansingheritage.org/image...-8b/page04.jpg

The 9846 was a commercial speaker that could be ordered different ways
depending on the application, like the B model bi-amp with the 21597 element
for studio use, all the way down to the Church A model with a symbiotic element for old church ladies.
Be careful of what's inside when buying.

"How do they sound?" Well, I have mine sounding really great but they were difficult to get right
because of the efficiency and characteristic differences between the horn and woofer.
If they aren't right, they sound muddy like 70's consumer speakers.
This speaker really needs the bi-amp route more than any other Altec as Rod Elliott explains so well.
Active Vs. Passive Crossovers

Thanks ArtJ. and AB you are a font..