AB8500 Subs?

Has anyone seen any of these?

Altec Lansing Acoustabass AB8500 Speaker Sub Subwoofer - eBay (item 200463554320 end time Apr-30-10 20:00:56 PDT)

Can I assume (I hate to assume) that these are 3156 15" subs in a fairly low end cabinet?

If my assumption is correct, can GPA recone these if they are DOA?

Would a pair of double 15's be superior to a single double 18 for home theatre subs?

These are too new for me to know much about them...

Any help is apprecated. I could make a trip to Normal, Il to pick them up if it came to that!

Carl Bill

There is a spec sheet on them at Altec pro

Your assumption doesn't look good.


I suspect either Gauss or EV 15's relabeled as Altec inside

I saw those too. I thought they were Chinese, at first.

When I look close at the drivers, they almost look like stamped steel frames with sheetrock screws holding them in the cabinets.

I do not think these can be 16" cast aluminum frames due to the front edges shown.

So they may not be worth the gas to pick them up! :O

I will keep an open mind until I find that they are for sure, not real Altec quality.

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I am currently looking for Altec (Great Plains) Home Theatre subs (projects), so any ideas are welcomed.

Carl Bill

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Yeah, I looked at a Google search and see that the Altec Pro website shows the replacement woofer as a "AB4500-RLF", so that tells me it is NOT Altec.

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Sad. So I guess I am back to the drawing board for a HT Sub. I do want Altec or GPA.

I may need to get serious soon with Brad and GM. I need serious support! :)

Carl Bill

Define 'serious'.

GM

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When I look close at the drivers, they almost look like stamped steel frames with sheetrock screws holding them in the cabinets.

I do not think these can be 16" cast aluminum frames due to the front edges shown.

So they may not be worth the gas to pick them up! :O

I will keep an open mind until I find that they are for sure, not real Altec quality.

:(

I am currently looking for Altec (Great Plains) Home Theatre subs (projects), so any ideas are welcomed.

Carl Bill

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Would Altec have built stamped frames in 1004?

They aren't 16 inch frames the woofer number isn't Altec.

I do know there were EV's relabeled as Altec, also some Gauss.

The power handling makes me think they aren't el cheapo woofers.

But they aren't Altecs.

Ask the seller to pull a woofer and snap a pic.

IMO, frames look thick enough to be cast but probably not heavy enough to be a Gauss casting, my wager is they're a facsimile of EVM-15B woofers.

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........my wager is they're a facsimile of EVM-15B woofers.

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Agreed, it has the same MI driver frequency response and appears to have the same T/S specs based on EV recommended cab size/tuning, so combined with what appears to be a similar/same frame material thickness about all that's missing from the front view is an EV logo on the DC.

GM

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Define 'serious'.

GM

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It sounds like he wants to propose to one of you :D

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Originally Posted by Carl Bill

Has anyone seen any of these?

Altec Lansing Acoustabass AB8500 Speaker Sub Subwoofer - eBay (item 200463554320 end time Apr-30-10 20:00:56 PDT)

Can I assume (I hate to assume) that these are 3156 15" subs in a fairly low end cabinet?

If my assumption is correct, can GPA recone these if they are DOA?

Would a pair of double 15's be superior to a single double 18 for home theatre subs?

These are too new for me to know much about them...

Any help is apprecated. I could make a trip to Normal, Il to pick them up if it came to that!

Carl Bill

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AB series low frequency systems were made by EV and forced into the Altec line by corporate. EV had their own version in black. The AB series are not subwoofers and barely go down to 70Hz. Think of them as very efficient mid-range systems.