Price high and he's wrong about the only 4" voice coil from Altec- only 4" coil WOOFER
Altec Lansing Barcelona's - electronics - by owner - sale
Price high and he's wrong about the only 4" voice coil from Altec- only 4" coil WOOFER
Altec Lansing Barcelona's - electronics - by owner - sale
Last edited by Old Guy; September 27th, 2017 at 12:27 PM.
Your neighbors called. They like your music.
Yeah, my 616 woofers also have a 4" VC.
Any others?
He says only 4 inch coil...the 594 driver has a 4 inch coil.
Altec 594b & 594-8C
Last edited by Old Guy; September 24th, 2017 at 05:05 PM.
Your neighbors called. They like your music.
Now that's an Altec I have never heard of. Cool!Originally Posted by Old Guy
So tell me more about the Altec 594 driver. Was this a low production driver, or did it ever go into official production?
With the 2" throat, I assume it was meant to compete against the JBL 2440/2441/etc. What did Altec use for horns though?
The JBL was an Alnico driver based on the Western Electric 594. So were the Altec 594 b/c and the Emilar 2 inch designed by Ex-Altec employee Jonas Renkus. They are all brothers, or at least cousins. Most of the Altec went to the military. A few have gotten into civilian hands. Emilar morphed sideways into Radian...even today 2 inch Radians accept JBL diaphragms.
Altec brass thought the 594c was unnecessary.
If Altec had put the 594 in production in the 60's they may not have been bankrupt in the 80's. The 70's explosion in sound reinforcement was won by JBL.
Your neighbors called. They like your music.
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