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    it finally showed up..... The Rod speaker

    They are on the bay under new listings.. I have been waiting to see these forever, if I wasn't in audio heaven I would pay up to 7k for these beauties. Dual 416's, 288g's and 802d's. Wow they are cool!!!

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    Re: it finally showed up..... The Rod speaker

    Link would be nice !

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    Re: it finally showed up..... The Rod speaker

    Your neighbors called. They like your music.

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    Re: it finally showed up..... The Rod speaker

    So does this have the 511E for the 288 and run the 802 without a horn?

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    Re: it finally showed up..... The Rod speaker

    Sorry AB for no link, thanks OG for providing one, in your link on closer inspection, these are not in good condition, seems they have been reconed and Altec would have never put screws through the center of the cabinet baffle.... I am bummed I was getting itchy fingers....

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    Re: it finally showed up..... The Rod speaker

    If you read these are not Rod's but "just like"













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    Your neighbors called. They like your music.

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    Re: it finally showed up..... The Rod speaker

    Quote Originally Posted by juniper View Post
    Sorry AB for no link, thanks OG for providing one, in your link on closer inspection, these are not in good condition, seems they have been reconed and Altec would have never put screws through the center of the cabinet baffle.... I am bummed I was getting itchy fingers....
    No Worries Juniper ! Was looking forward to some pics but there was no link to click on..

    FWIW- I think this was listed before a little while ago.Yes zelgall that is a 511E/288-G.

    Yes I would love to own those as well... It's what I based my speaker project on...

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    Re: it finally showed up..... The Rod speaker

    Been on and off ebay for over a year.

    Heather posted ALL of the pics: Does Anyone have any Info on the "RodSpeaker" - Page 4
    Last edited by bowtie427ss; February 25th, 2016 at 08:30 AM.
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    Re: it finally showed up..... The Rod speaker

    Judging by the turntables placed just above the speaker I would think that Rod listened to LPs at a lowish level, using the tape recorder for loud listening.
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    Re: it finally showed up..... The Rod speaker

    I can tell you from first hand experience going back many years that if the speaker enclosures are acoustically "dead" enough, the turntable plinth/bearing/platter/tonearm system is acoustically "dead" enough, and the room/acoustic space cooperates it is possible to enjoy clean high SPLs while playing your favorite vinyl.

    While i don't recommend it as a set-up by any stretch, i used to like to impress our buddies by placing my brother's Kenwood KD-600 on top of one of his model Seventeens, and cranking Donna Summer's "I Feel Love" for them, and then send them home to try the same thing with their system. Model seventeen has an amazingly solid, and heavily damped cabinet made by Hill Craft. ..................... and the plinth on a KD-600 is also an impressive mass.
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