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    What am I missing, early 604's vs newer models.

    I was just curious as to the boards thoughts about the early 604's. I have G's and H's but am curious as to the rage around the earlier ones. Some of the early specs don't look that great, do the prices reflect the sound quality of these units? Also the c's and e's sell for more than the g's sometimes, are they actually better. Thanks any info would be great!

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    Re: What am I missing, early 604's vs newer models.

    A real multicell horn with a significantly larger mouth area should provide more acoustic load down lower.

    1000hz XO, a bit closer to "realistic" given the limitations of the driver sections.

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    Re: What am I missing, early 604's vs newer models.

    Why Altec changed the HF horn on the 604 is beyond me as it was much better than the small one they started using with the C vaiant... Take a look at the difference in size..I can't find the side by side frontal view picture i had that really shows how much bigger it was..But anyway here is some more info..

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    Re: What am I missing, early 604's vs newer models.

    Read the comments for each model: Altec 64 Duplex Speakers and related

    Prosound web: Altec 604's - the various models
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    Re: What am I missing, early 604's vs newer models.

    Last edited by mah; March 21st, 2016 at 03:14 AM.
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    Re: What am I missing, early 604's vs newer models.

    Here is the translated page:

    604 MILESTONE

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