Bart Locanthi Was Here

[Elitopus1]

Man those are some sweet wood horns on the TAD's in the article. Its interesting he chose to use solid state power. I have slowly been getting away from tubes and using more solid state gear. I love the way my Ashly mosfet amps sound with my 817 cab/2360 horn setup.

[voice of the theater]

I'm using solid state these days too and my Model 19's and 14's never sounded better. Of course, all solid state is not created equal!

[Nickd]

I would also like to hear a bit more about Bart's time and influence while at Altec. Anyone going to chime in on that?

On the other note, good solid state is amazing indeed. I have a Forte model 1A that shocks anyone who hears it. It holds it's own against $20k plus amplifiers and betters some of them.

Most just stare with mouth agape upon hearing the Forte and say that thing should not be able to sound that good! But it does.

My latest acquisition is a Lyngdorf integrated amp with built in DSP correction. The silence between the notes is unsurpassed in my experience as is the crazy level of resolution. I think Bart would have really enjoyed playing with the technology available to designers today.