'Crawfords' 604

[magnarc]

Vintage RARE Altec 604 Duplex Speaker Dimensitone Speaker Crawford's Inc | eBay

Lovely colour.

Not aware of this OEM use.

[GM]

Ditto, thanks for finding this.

GM

[bowtie427ss]

According to this, the whole duplex concept(at Altec) was the idea of an Altec dealer named Art Crawford: DUPLEX

Credit is also given to Crawford in the "Handbook For Sound Engineers" : http://books.google.com/books?id=zsE...0altec&f=false

[Old Guy]

Tempting at the price, just as a conversation piece.

[Phil-G]

Tempting at the price, just as a conversation piece.

tempting is an understatement. i saw that last night. i wonder how much he would ask if it were a pair. that would be a smithsonian level find

[rontec]

Yep...conversation piece and Smithsonian level find. And if you never match it up, how about a center speaker in a home theater system!

[Altec Best]

That article was written by Don Davis.Nice read.. Thanks Nat, very interesting 604. The diaphragm looks to be in real nice shape.The lead in wires have a very nice arc to them.

[Altec Best]

The reason for the lower price is a lack of interest IMO "No Bids" yet.

[bowtie427ss]

The reason for the lower price is a lack of interest IMO "No Bids" yet.

Lack of interest driven by obscurity/lack of popular knowledge.

If 604 enthusiasts knew the history and association of the Crawford name i suspect the price would need another digit.

[sanhanul]

Lack of interest driven by obscurity/lack of popular knowledge.

If 604 enthusiasts knew the history and association of the Crawford name i suspect the price would need another digit.

Yep,,, When I found the unit I thought It was reworked by some amateur and put his own label..^^