SUPER clean VOTT's Austin, pricey but gorgeous

He will probably get the 2 grand...

Vintage Altec Voice of the Theater Cabinets

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They do look really nice..... I don't think the cabinet paint is original, Though. They look a little too good for that.

ITS A TRICK OG!!!

Their fakes! There are no wires going to the horn drivers. :biggrin2:

PLEASE keep posting these deals OG. I WILL get a set of those one of these days.

Are those the proper components? I thought 421's were guitar amp speakers? and the 808's?
They are pretty though. :)

Definitely Restored specimens there ! The stickers look like they were just applied. Very Nice looking pair !!!

421/808 is the standard load for an MI version A-7. Have owned at least half a dozen pairs all straight factory.

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Are those the proper components?

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For the mid '70s 1208 MI series VOTT, plus with no rear vertical braces these appear to be original 1208s/828 cabs which initially was made out of 3/4" ply Vs the 825's 5/8", so the cabs would be relatively rare if true for these. Regardless, unless you want them for a retro rock band, not worth the asking price as it would cost too much to convert them to HIFI/HT use.

GM

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Definitely Restored specimens there ! The stickers look like they were just applied. Very Nice looking pair !!!

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I think the color may be off on the stickers, too....... unless that's just his-camera/my-monitor doing that. I don't have it in front of me, but the good sticker I have from a damaged cabinet, isn't that gold-ish looking that I recall.

The stickers being in good shape doesn't necessarily indicate a restoration, to me. I pulled a cabinet from a theatre that had one sticker in great shape...... the other had a hole burned through it, and the wood.

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I don't think the cabinet paint is original, Though.

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Wouldn't that indicate right there a restoration ? New paint ?

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I think the color may be off on the stickers, too....... unless that's just his-camera/my-monitor doing that. I don't have it in front of me, but the good sticker I have from a damaged cabinet, isn't that gold-ish looking that I recall.

The stickers being in good shape doesn't necessarily indicate a restoration, to me. I pulled a cabinet from a theatre that had one sticker in great shape...... the other had a hole burned through it, and the wood.

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Now to me again that would indicate a restoration IMO ! I have never seen a pair pulled from a theater with 4 perfect stickers not a scratch on the cabs either anywhere ! Whenever you apply new paint to anything it can be considered a restoration IMHO ! :wink2:

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Wouldn't that indicate right there a restoration ? New paint ?



Now to me again that would indicate a restoration IMO ! I have never seen a pair pulled from a theater with 4 perfect stickers not a scratch on the cabs either anywhere ! Whenever you apply new paint to anything it can be considered a restoration IMHO ! :wink2:

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You're mis-understanding........... I never said they weren't restored. New paint, yes a restoration*. Nice stickers, not a restoration necessarily. A cabinet that's been sitting undisturbed in a theater can still have nice stickers. The cabinet I bought from Studio 28 had a hole burned in one side, something heavy enough to crush it, fall on it, and it still had one nearly perfect sticker.

*assuming things are done well, if done badly, it's just something else to fix. I'd probably call a re-paint, a re-paint, and not a restoration since a restoration could involve much more....... but I wouldn't argue that point with anyone on something as simple as a speaker. It's not like a car.