Tightening up your Vott's

[C.DARRELL FREEMAN]

Pretty much guaranteeing it's not a factory cab............probably done by a cabinet shop for whichever local distributor handled the order same as was often done here in Atlanta after shipping charges started climbing up with the decline of the transcontinental railway system. That, or DIY.

GM

gm,do you have any idea who built the cabinets when altec was in anahiem,ca. and then when altec was in oklahoma city,ok.. or did the altec plant build the cabinets?thanks,darrell in birmingham,al.

[GM]

Well, when I visited it the late '60s we passed a section I didn't pay much attention to beyond a worker rapidly constructing 825 horn flares amid huge stacks of them on a jig off in the distance, but I wasn't impressed with any of Altec's cab construction, so wasn't interested in seeing that area. I know the late, great Barzilay did a lot [all?] of their consumer cabs by that time, which were pretty much 'top drawer' for the price and considering the condition of various ones sold in estate sales, they've withstood the test of time pretty well.

No clue about OK, but there's some ex employees here, so hopefully they will chime in.

GM

[Mariolmb]

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..

Dropbox - 404

Where could we find this files.

As Right now, this host doesn't carry it anymore


Mario

[Elitopus1]

Welcome to the hostboard!

I'm sure someone here has the file saved.

There are some other good threads here about 825/828 cabs and how to improve them. From bracing and insulation, to changing the port size.

[wweigle]

They are easily found if you search the web for the following:

The Small ?Classic? ? Voice of the T h e a t er? by Jim Dickinson

Large Voice of theater systems by Jim Dickinson, Theater consultant


I tried to attach the files but it seems to exceed my limit of 1MB of attachements.

[GM]

Note that these articles were for prosound apps, so for HIFI/HT it's just a beginning...........

Semi-related site I wasn't aware of: Altec A7 Voice Of Theatre Speakers

GM

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Here's the complete Sound Practices Altec Archive, which includes these articles: Altec

GM

[Altec Best]

Try these links...

Dropbox - LargeVOT.pdf

Dropbox - smallVOT.pdf