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    Altec firsts

    On ebay someone has a pair of 19's with the woofers mounted on the outside of the cabinet firing into the cabinet... what is up with that?

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    Re: Altec firsts

    Quote Originally Posted by juniper View Post
    On ebay someone has a pair of 19's with the woofers mounted on the outside of the cabinet firing into the cabinet... what is up with that?
    They're confused? Got a link? That must look pretty humorous.
    Last edited by fpitas; May 24th, 2013 at 08:41 AM.

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    Re: Altec firsts

    It looks pretty strange, for the time being they are on ebay under newly listed page 4. Maybe they were trying to make a subwoofer?

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    Re: Altec firsts

    If he reversed the leads to maintain absolute phase, it'd be a way to experiment with adding some cabinet volume.

    or to hide nasty looking cones???????????????????
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    Re: Altec firsts

    I had a theory about this, It's the fact that the cone in the normal position when it fires outward compresses everything in front of it where if you put the speakers the way your saying when it fires outward the cone sends the waves away from the cone. In other words cut a piece of 3/8 plywood into a small vee shape with the same angle as your cone, then set it in a cookie sheet pan and add about a 1/4 inch of water. Then tap on the point of the cone to replicate the motion of your speaker and you'll see all the waves firing inward and slamming together. now turn the vee around and tunk it in the vee and you'll see the waves moving outward and not colliding.

    Whether it's a good idea or not I don't know because I never tried it myself other than in the cookie pan but it's something to ponder. I would have tried it but being the 604's have the HF mounted the way they do It wouldn't really pan out. No pun intended.
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    Re: Altec firsts

    Quote Originally Posted by cradeldorf View Post
    I had a theory about this, It's the fact that the cone in the normal position when it fires outward compresses everything in front of it where if you put the speakers the way your saying when it fires outward the cone sends the waves away from the cone.

    Whether it's a good idea or not I don't know because I never tried it myself other than in the cookie pan but it's something to ponder. I would have tried it but being the 604's have the HF mounted the way they do It wouldn't really pan out. No pun intended.
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    Re: Altec firsts

    Last edited by cradeldorf; May 26th, 2013 at 08:15 PM.

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