Should I go for this ?

**Phil-G** · June 24th, 2013, 06:32 PM

2 Altec A 800 Speaker System with 803A 802B and 808 Horn Big N800D 12 Ohms | eBay

thats a pretty awesome setup. you can bet it's not going to go cheap. but then again the auctions have been wildly fickle lately.
bid high and often

**Altec Best** · June 25th, 2013, 12:40 AM

Those are very nice ! How are folks still finding these treasures ? I guess it's location,location.location....

**sanhanul** · June 25th, 2013, 12:50 AM

Originally Posted by Altec Best

Those are very nice ! How are folks still finding these treasures ? I guess it's location,location.location....

I know. ^^ That's why I am looking at this again and again.

**Altec Best** · June 25th, 2013, 12:53 PM

My opinion as well... But can always put in new drivers in that system and put the originals in safe keeping for future resell or whatever..I have enough brand new drivers to fix them right up..

As most of them are just collecting dust ATM.

GM · June 25th, 2013, 02:12 PM

Originally Posted by Altec Best

.........put the originals in safe keeping for future resell or whatever.

I could be wrong, but I'm of the opinion that the 'ship has done sailed' [peaked] on the pioneer speaker collectible market since the next 'wave' of 'baby-boomers' grew up with KLH, Advents, boom-boxes, T/S, cassette tapes, etc., with then contemporary publications 'trashing' the 'ignorantly' designed monstrosities powered by glorified light bulbs before the 'age of enlightenment'.

GM

**Altec Best** · June 25th, 2013, 03:01 PM

Originally Posted by GM

I could be wrong, but I'm of the opinion that the 'ship has done sailed' [peaked] on the pioneer speaker collectible market since the next 'wave' of 'baby-boomers' grew up with KLH, Advents, boom-boxes, T/S, cassette tapes, etc., with then contemporary publications 'trashing' the 'ignorantly' designed monstrosities powered by glorified light bulbs before the 'age of enlightenment'.

GM

Quite possibly.. But i think gear like that will always have a following,kinda like WE gear...Your talking H808's with 802B's.. Those there are rare,and highly sought after and don't see that changing anytime soon..1940's gear.

**alancohen** · June 25th, 2013, 04:01 PM

I just threw a grand at it. I couldn't tolerate seeing $102 any more.

GM · June 25th, 2013, 04:25 PM

Originally Posted by Altec Best

Quite possibly.. But i think gear like that will always have a following,kinda like WE gear...Your talking H808's with 802B's.. Those there are rare,and highly sought after and don't see that changing anytime soon..1940's gear.

We'll see........before the J.A. Pan Co. got rich enough to drive prices up you couldn't hardly give this stuff away, especially large utility/prosound cabs/horns and why so few have survived. It's not like they were always rare. Most tube gear also, especially prosound/cinema stuff. What wasn't recycled/sold overseas wound up with HAM radio folks.

GM

**Altec Best** · June 26th, 2013, 08:54 AM

Originally Posted by GM

We'll see........before the J.A. Pan Co. got rich enough to drive prices up you couldn't hardly give this stuff away, especially large utility/prosound cabs/horns and why so few have survived. It's not like they were always rare. Most tube gear also, especially prosound/cinema stuff. What wasn't recycled/sold overseas wound up with HAM radio folks.

GM

Well I think the collect ability and value shot up the moment Altec went out of business.Now that you can no longer purchase these units/speakers new,that will certainly always drive up prices.Plus for their price IMHO Altec is the best, for durability,value, and sound for their price point.Altec has always been my Favorite speaker company ! And I don't see that changing anytime soon,and I grew up after the Baby Boomers...

I'm still trying to figure what extremity I want to give up for those 800's...