For E's that is very high. The E is considered less desirable than earlier or later ones. Personally I'd think $250 and less with cut frames.
The 16 inch frame has to be cut to fit in older 210's. Later 210's are widened.
What is a fair price for 515E drivers?
I know someone who has half a dozen that are generally in good condition. The only bad thing is that they have two opposite sides of the basket fronts cut down slightly to fit some weird cinema install that they were in. They are parallel cuts straight through the bolt hole so there is still enough basket to mount them well, I think.
I see them on ebay for $500 each, but this seems high. Does anyone really pay that? What would a fair (to both parties) offer be?
Thanks.
For E's that is very high. The E is considered less desirable than earlier or later ones. Personally I'd think $250 and less with cut frames.
The 16 inch frame has to be cut to fit in older 210's. Later 210's are widened.
Your neighbors called. They like your music.
e's in an 828 cab pound..i mean drive ya off the couch, type pound! so i bought another pair and loaded the garage pair of 210's. for what it's worth, the cut sides are strictly a cosmetic issue and wont effect sonics
"those sounds to which no definite pitch can be assigned are usually classified as noise"<br />harvey fletcher-1928
Which of the 515s are best and why?Originally Posted by Old Guy
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I never liked the E as well myself, if the unit will seal, the cut frame is mostly cosmetic. But it creates a weak point. And devices always fail at a weak point. I would pay less for cut frames.
Your neighbors called. They like your music.
There are at least two variations of 515E.
This type(some of us call them "flat magnet" style) pretty much sucks, in my next life i will try them loaded with 416 parts:
515Ea.jpg
This type(rounded magnet) ain't so bad, IMO as good as 515G in the small horns like 828, 816, and 817:
ALTEC515E1.jpg
I tell a similar tale about the 416C...........................
Not all vegetables make good leaders.
They are the rounded magnet type.
The tale is the same on the 416C, meaning rounded vs. flat magnets?
Yes, round and flat mag versions. Apparently, there were also differences in some of the 416C moving parts during the Telex/EV years.
The various incarnations of 416 i'm not familiar with beyond the B, but i've heard the 515E's of both types in 828 cabinets. I thought the round magnet E sounded nearly identical to 515G. The flat magnet E had the least low extension, and the midrange was dull and lifeless compared to any other Altec woofer, it was bested by 99 dollar(at the time) Dayton 400watt pro cast frame woofers from Parts Express(actually pretty decent woofers).
Not all vegetables make good leaders.
May well be I only heard the flat version and never bothered investigating further. IMHO they just plain sounded bad.
Your neighbors called. They like your music.
Maybe you heard a bad example?
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