bowtie are these the mcm woofer you mentioned?
MCM Audio Select 18'' Die Cast Professional Woofer - 700W RMS | 55-2984 (552984) | MCM Audio Select
bowtie are these the mcm woofer you mentioned?
MCM Audio Select 18'' Die Cast Professional Woofer - 700W RMS | 55-2984 (552984) | MCM Audio Select
Last edited by Phil-G; March 7th, 2013 at 10:55 PM.
Actually they don't make them anymore.Originally Posted by Phil-G
This is the woofer, same catalog number but now it has a smaller magnet and lower power handling. here also is a crappy photo of the catalog page of the ones i actually used, note the 100 0z magnet and 400/800 power handling:
MCM Audio Select 18'' Die Cast Professional Woofer | 55-1875 (551875) | MCM Audio Select
Not all vegetables make good leaders.
i've ordered some stuff from mcm. but i usually just order small stuff, like semiconducters from mouser. so anyway i'm getting a little in the weeds with the altec 15/16s can you clue me in to a set that would work with (the set of horns i might have, if the guy sends them.) 902 811s? and how does the horn in the port thing work out? seems like it would save space.
If you don't need high power handling, 416-8B would be the woofer of choice whether vintage Altec or new GPA production. They would also play well in a conventional bass reflex box, and they play well high enough to use a 1200 hz XO.
On a budget, it's still hard to beat the Altec 3156 OG mentioned. They're almost always available on ebay down around the hundred dollar mark, an Altec woofer for little more than a C note! New ones from GPA are 250 on ebay, and they have that wonderful new smell that will last several weeks. I wish i could afford some new cones myself, craving that smell, LOL!
Not all vegetables make good leaders.
i'm not above spending the money on the gpa's. but i do love the vintage sound. so the 3156s might have to do. i know the 416s are rated for lower wattage but realisticaly how much sound do they put out?
Enough to make you deaf in a very short time.
"how much" is precluded by "how good". In terms of sound quality, there's probably no better choice in an A7 than a 416-8B. It doesn't have the motor strength of the 515, the 515B rivals everything in terms of midrange and dynamic punch. But it won't play as low in a small VOT, and the 416-8B's mids come mighty close.i know the 416s are rated for lower wattage but realisticaly how much sound do they put out?
The 416-8B's will play loud enough to drive everyone out of your house and get calls into the local PD from 3 out of 4 neighbors. You can actually drive them quite hard, but i recommend a high pass filter and the awareness that they will break and were not designed with long term heat dissipation in mind. I don't personally know anybody that's broken a 416-8B in a home environment. But, i have bought several broken ones not knowing the story of their previous fate. So, somebody out there breaks them, or used to.
The other thing to consider is resale/return value. With genuine Altec components(and most GPA products), if you buy them carefully you haven't "spent" any money, you just "parked" the money in some Altecs for a while.
Last edited by bowtie427ss; March 8th, 2013 at 09:24 AM.
Not all vegetables make good leaders.
i have a flac version of pinkfloyd animals. it will fit on a dvd. sheep is over 250mb.
on a side note im getting a bit concerned about my horns. i haven't seen a tracking # yet. it's been 2 days.
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ok what's the skinny on this pair?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/2-ALTEC-Lans...item4171556a14
they look like they come from the same vintage as the horns i may or not end up with.
Last edited by Phil-G; March 8th, 2013 at 11:42 PM.
If you are not in a hurry I'd keep checking craigslist. I finished a task at work on Friday, didn't feel like starting the next project quite yet, checked some keywords on cl and there its was; posted that morning, 3 A7 cabinets about 1.5 hours away. They followed me home this morning. Total $ less than the wood to build 1.
They are all identical, appear to be factory built, such as it is/was. They were not built all that well. If you have any skills I suspect yours will be built and sealed much better than the originals. Also, mine have random nicks, scrapes, gouges, screw holes, etc. from past adventures.
I guess it boils down to your skills. I have very few with wood and decided that purchasing and fixing is easier than building. If you are good with wood these seem fairly straightforward with lots of room for improvement in bracing, materials, and construction.
Greg
Actually they don't make them anymore.
This is the woofer, same catalog number but now it has a smaller magnet and lower power handling. here also is a crappy photo of the catalog page of the ones i actually used, note the 100 0z magnet and 400/800 power handling:
MCM Audio Select 18'' Die Cast Professional Woofer | 55-1875 (551875) | MCM Audio Select
To get the same specs, 800 Watt,100Oz magnets you have to move up to the 21" woofer.
MCM Audio Select 21'' Die Cast Professional Woofer - 800W RMS | 55-2985 (552985) | MCM Audio Select
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