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Bob Ludwig's Nineteens, used by Bob at Masterdisk from 1977 to 1988:
Here's another heavily Altec inspired studio monitor build worth investigation, I've posted this before but it was looooong ago so here's an encore:
Landmarks: Main Monitors, Sear Sound, Studio C - SonicScoop
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Ludwig's stands and wires - the secret to his success.
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Indeed.
I find curious, the baffle face surrounding the port.
Wondering if they experimented with blocking the ports off, or if they applied damping to control port "chuffing"?
Note also that one cabinet appears veneered in Oak while the other is Walnut.
The pic was taken from a "for sale" ad, and therefore includes no guarantee of authenticity.
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RE: Sear sound studio C.
In the article it says they used Emilar EH500 copies. Maybe the same Showco copies that Jeff uses? Anyways, I can't tell from the photo, but at first glance they looked like 811 horns. Might just be the light, since 811 and EH500 are around the same size.
So I am assuming they used an Altec woofer in the 816 cab, and some JBL woofers in the dual 15" cab?
RE: Bob Ludwig setup
I saw that ad on ebay too. They have been trying to sell those for a while. I think its interesting that so many people try to play around with the ports on these Altecs. I can understand trying to get rid of port chuff, but some people try to seal up the ports. I just don't know what they are trying to achieve.
In my younger days I always had PA speakers for my stereo. I remember sealing off the ports at different times to try and get more (and lower) bass. It never really worked for me.
Now if I wanted the same thing, I might try to retune the cab. Via the port size, or cab size
Last edited by Elitopus1; May 31st, 2017 at 10:01 AM.
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