This auction will be interesting to watch. What a fine pair, will go for a whole lot of money. ALTEC 820 Iconic corner speakers ORIGINAL drivers. Excellent original condition | eBay
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This auction will be interesting to watch. What a fine pair, will go for a whole lot of money. ALTEC 820 Iconic corner speakers ORIGINAL drivers. Excellent original condition | eBay
that is a nice pair. I wonder if the guy lucked out in an estate sale or maybe bidding on one of those storage unit auctions...
Mentions being stored for years, could be some passed and the family put them away. Have a bit of trouble believing "original RCA speaker connection"..none of the sets I saw had that..If I recall just screwdriver terminal on xover...
And also mentions a 801 multicell ? :Can't belive it: From the photos it just looks like a 811 sectoral. IMO if they had the 808 multicell horns, they would have been worth a lot more money. They are however a very nice looking pair.
Good eyes AB, took another look and I can see the weld on the horn.
He calls it an "801 Multicell". It isn't, it's an 811 sectoral.
All the wires on the crossover are soldered. There is a separate small rectangular panel with screw terminals for connecting to the amplifier. You can see it on his earlier side panel that has the crossover and the screw panel mounted on it. On my 820s, the crossovers are mounted on the shelf above the woofers. On my 1955 model, the screw terminal is on the right side, and my 1957 model has the screw terminal on the left side.Quote:
Originally Posted by Old Guy
Both of mine have a number of differences from both of his. I wonder if they ever made two of them the same!
Bidding as of this posting is already at $3500 - with 4 days to go.
Hey cut me some slack..asking an old guy to remember 25 years ago is an art, not a science....:DQuote:
Originally Posted by wws944
No problemo. I'm 'gettin there' too...Quote:
Originally Posted by Old Guy
I am trying to document these things a bit for the archives. But gosh - it is like no two 820 cabinets are exactly alike! And considering that these were sold in the mono days, it seems unlikely anyone could find a truly matched pair.
My guess they were built in batches, improvements were incorporated into the next batch, so changes likely occurred more often than letter designations. The batches were small, since it was not high production...