Can the garage hold any more horns?

Guess I'm gonna find out....

What would be the smallest room I would need to really get the most out of these?

We are getting ready to build, mancave basement included, and at some point I'm gonna need to ask for opinions on how to get the most out of all of my Altec gear, which is really starting to accumulate...

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Almost forgot...



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Maybe the mower needs to go.....:D

the mower is deffinetely garage equipment, the horns need to go in the living room..
the big white horns altecs? vir? cutoff frequency? i can see those sitting right here in the living room..yep

Hey, that looks like mine.

Where are you going to build?

And a second on "what are the white horns?"

Looks like some tweets on top of the horns in the living room shot....??

the white ones are Altec, too. I don't have my catalog handy, but they are Altec. OOPS, catalog was closer than I thought. Could be VIR or VIT. They are in the 1990 catalog. Maybe other catalogs, as well. 400hz-16khz with 299-8a

Hey analog,

I know where there are 6 more of those MR horns in your neck of the woods with drivers and bass cabs.....


Altec Lansing Horn Drivers Speakers JBL HIFI Audiophile VOTT HUGE

If those cabs have what I think ,, that whole set is price right too.....I think he would work on the price

Thought about riding up there to grab them , but I all ready have 4 loaded 817's cabs and 4 MR horns with drivers not in use....


I talked to guy with the above speakers, but he hasn't told what the 15's are....


-chris

Here are the white horns....

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VIT's. Came with 299's and 2 of the 816VI's containing 515 16G HP's.

As for the tweeters on top of the MR94B's, they are Frazier horn tweeters, and so far they blend nicely with the different horn mid's I've tried.

As for that deal, that's actually where the 94's came from. All of his horns are now gone. He has 4 of the 291's left, and the bass bins, which contain an unknown woofer.

Can anyone ID the woofer using the code on the back of the magnet?

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The other pix of the woofers are here....EV's maybe?

Funny thing, the seller is the same guy I bought my M19's from quite awhile ago....

Wow! VIT's. Those are made for wide, constant coverage. Don't know how they'd work up close.
GM probably knows. Hope he sees this.

Well, if nothing else, one would prolly work pretty nicely as a center channel speaker. I'm getting ready to build a new house with a basement maybe 60' by 35'. The question will become how do I make the most of the components I have. Of course, by then, the garage may be even fuller if that's possible....

Once the plan is finalized, I'll start a design the optimal system given the space footprint thread.

Hey analog,,

If you get anymore stuff you will need to start renting out a storage unit....

Those woofers do look like some EV's.......


Maybe try posting on the woofer info on other forums and see what people find out.


Man that will be one nice sized home theater!!! 60'x35', wow!.....what are you gonna use for surrounds?


-chris

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Can anyone ID the woofer using the code on the back of the magnet?
The other pix of the woofers are here....EV's maybe?

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EV = 649, but that number sequence makes me doubt there's an EIA code in it. Are there any other number codes visible?

GM

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Wow! VIT's. Those are made for wide, constant coverage. Don't know how they'd work up close.
GM probably knows. Hope he sees this.

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In a typical size HIFI/HT app you'd be deep inside its near-field AFAIK, so I imagine they would put the performers 'in your lap', so a (mid) bass horn of comparable length/directivity through the XO BW will be required to get the best blend. Factor in its high throat distortion that has no distance of note for it to decay and I imagine it will be too highly 'colored' for me at least. Stuck up high in the ceiling corners of a converted barn, church or similar though............

GM

Thanks GM, that's what I was thinking too.

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In a typical size HIFI/HT app you'd be deep inside its near-field AFAIK, so I imagine they would put the performers 'in your lap', so a (mid) bass horn of comparable length/directivity through the XO BW will be required to get the best blend. Factor in its high throat distortion that has no distance of note for it to decay and I imagine it will be too highly 'colored' for me at least. Stuck up high in the ceiling corners of a converted barn, church or similar though............

GM

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As I figgered, they were a gamble for actual indoor applications, but for what I paid for them, I also figgered they were a can't miss investment.

One of the VIT horns is prolly worth what I paid for the whole mess....:Thumbs up:

However, I'm not in this for a quick flip. I'm gonna mess with them, cause that's half the fun. The next time I break out the Simplex W's, I'm gonna try both the VIT's and the MR94B's on top of them.

Maybe I'll have to sit all the way at the end of the driveway instead of the middle, but so what?....:D

Is 100" or so far enuff away, or am I gonna have to ask my neighbor for permission to sit in his yard????

Cool!

WRT the very high slot loaded 'two tone' (dual coverage angles) VITs, I don't know how to calc its 'throw' distance other than to 'walk it off' with an SPL meter to find its F3, F6 distance and use my ears to tell when throat distortion has been smoothed over distance. Ditto WRT the 94's throat distortion, though its F3, F6 distance should be ~the same as its multi-cell analogue, the 803. Unfortunately, my Excel SS for such info is corrupted and don't have time to mess with it, but for any speaker combo you can play a music scale and when you can no longer hear it move up/down between the two, but as a single source positioned somewhere in-between the two, then this is the beginning of its far field.

GM

Those indeed appear to be EV woofs...

I have old EV's with what appears to be 810 EIA code...I am wondering if EV OEM products were coded differently?

here's a pretty good list but not all....

EIA Speaker Codes

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... but for any speaker combo you can play a music scale and when you can no longer hear it move up/down between the two, but as a single source positioned somewhere in-between the two, then this is the beginning of its far field.

GM

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Ha! common sense strikes...great idea!

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Maybe I'll have to sit all the way at the end of the driveway instead of the middle, but so what?....:D

Is 100" or so far enuff away, or am I gonna have to ask my neighbor for permission to sit in his yard????

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HAHAHA!! I love it,, but I doubt you are really kidding of this one from what I have seen of your pics!



-chris

Have you read the book Flushed With Pride, written by Thomas J. Crapper? Serious! Lots of inspiration for the home constructor if you run out of audio applications. Not so serious.:)