ID 70's Altec

[Wet Dog]

Help. I am trying to identify the Altec Model with a 10 or 12 " woofer made around 1975 or 76. It had a dark walnut veneer cabinet. It was a 2 way I believe. Top and bottom edge protruded out about 1". Face cover was all foam. Can anyone enlighten me? Thanks

[Old Guy]

I can't do much on just that info. Here are links to home catalogs from that era. Good luck!

http://www.lansingheritage.org/html/.../1975-home.htm

http://www.lansingheritage.org/html/.../1976-home.htm

http://www.lansingheritage.org/html/.../1978-home.htm

http://www.lansingheritage.org/html/.../1982-home.htm

[Carl Bill]

That sounds similar to the 891A's I had that were pretty much replaced by the MOdel 5. Very similar woofer. 891A had a 1" phenolic ring tweeter. Model 5's had a cone tweeter with a small aluminum dust cap - similar to the Santana II's and the Model 9's only with a much smaller frame and magnet structure. In fact the Model 9 tweeter had a metal frame and the Model 5 had a plastic frame.

About all I can think of that sounds close.

[Carl Bill]

Also, the woofer cone was 10", but the frame was 12" on both the Model 5 and the 891A.