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    small altec woofers - 402 vs 406

    anyone have experience with both drivers, and care to share thoughts?

    not a whole lot of info on the 402...
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    Re: small altec woofers - 402 vs 406

    I wouldn't consider the 402 a woofer. It's more a "full range" sort of anyway. For HiFi I'd go 406.
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    Re: small altec woofers - 402 vs 406

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    Re: small altec woofers - 402 vs 406

    interesting....

    I have some 406, a user over at LHS recently acquired a set of boxes with the 402s
    and was asking....

    Altec Monterey/834A

    kinda interesting... quasi- fullrangers....
    IIRC, cabinets also sported sectoral tweeters without vanes...

    report was bass shy... I thought they could have been earlier variants of the 406....
    and commented that the 406 variants certainly didn't get that compliant ( bass shy)....

    makes more sense, the report.... now.

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    Re: small altec woofers - 402 vs 406

    I've got a pair of Monterey Jr.s, but I haven't had them hooked up for quite some time. They've got a single 402 with the surroundless tweeter......can't recall what that's called.
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    Re: small altec woofers - 402 vs 406

    Quote Originally Posted by Audio_by_Goodwill View Post

    with the surroundless tweeter......


    Altec, Monterey Jrs. -
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    Re: small altec woofers - 402 vs 406

    Quote Originally Posted by tomt View Post
    Oops, never mind..... I misunderstood.
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