Tightening up your Vott's

**Altec Best** · June 28th, 2014, 05:14 PM

I found this nice little .pdf that Jim Dickinson put together from 1989 and thought maybe it could help some DIY's who are building new VOTT's..

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4500648/Audio/smallVOT.pdf

**Phil-G** · June 29th, 2014, 07:36 PM

i guess i've done everything on the list with the cabinets i bought off the DJ from trinidad. 515Gs, bracing, foamed horn flanges, 902 8Ts (could use a pair of pascalites), wings.

**VolvoHeretic** · June 29th, 2014, 10:00 PM

So, how come my early two piece backed 825 cabinets in my A7-500's are made from 3/4" plywood and not 5/8" as mentioned in the article?

**bowtie427ss** · June 30th, 2014, 05:58 AM

Originally Posted by VolvoHeretic

So, how come my early two piece backed 825 cabinets in my A7-500's are made from 3/4" plywood and not 5/8" as mentioned in the article?

Little details and facts are not important to him. Be sure to count your fingers if you shake his hand.

**Altec Best** · June 30th, 2014, 11:37 AM

Originally Posted by bowtie427ss

Little details and facts are not important to him. Be sure to count your fingers if you shake his hand.

Well let's face it a lot of these cabinets have been built by contractors and not at the Altec factory.Most of the cabinets that I have seen built by Altec come with serial numbers. Whether on paper decal, stamped on the wood, or on a metal plate.If yours has none chances are they are home-brew.Yeah I know the paper decal could have fallen off.

**bowtie427ss** · June 30th, 2014, 11:47 AM

Originally Posted by Altec Best

Well let's face it a lot of these cabinets have been built by contractors and not at the Altec factory.Most of the cabinets that I have seen built by Altec come with serial numbers. Whether on paper decal, stamped on the wood, or on a metal plate.If yours has none chances are they are home-brew.Yeah I know the paper decal could have fallen off.

Not sure where the cut-off date is, but the genuine earlier cabinets i have seen had union labels on them.

**Altec Best** · June 30th, 2014, 12:02 PM

Bowtie you don't agree with or like Jim ? Be sure to count your fingers is a little harsh is it not ?

**bowtie427ss** · June 30th, 2014, 12:29 PM

Originally Posted by Altec Best

Tom you don't agree with or like Jim ? Be sure to count your fingers is a little harsh is it not ?

First hand experience AB. Let's not air it here. Please delete/edit the post if you feel it inappropriate. I stand behind my words and still possess the botched 604's as evidence.

**Phil-G** · June 30th, 2014, 12:40 PM

**Old Guy** · June 30th, 2014, 12:49 PM

Originally Posted by bowtie427ss

Not sure where the cut-off date is, but the genuine earlier cabinets i have seen had union labels on them.

Altec was a union shop. Later they were moved to OKC and the University facilty not sure about those. 70's MI cabs were 3/4' for sure. Got some straight from Altec, some assembly required, cabs shipped OKC and components from California.