604C Akron CL pair at 400 each

Vintage Altec Duplex speaker

Same fellow has MI VOTT's for 650 with 421 and 808

That's a good price depending on how they look.

I called the guy and everything has been re-coned..the 604's are about 5 years apart......different colors too.....

Bummer ! 604C's only came in green.So they must be different model #'s

I've seen D's the same color as C's

yes i think your right.B's are a dark green.E are white or gray.

B's are black crinkle, There's a black crinkle C on Ebay right now...must be a real early one. E's are white frame Gray Magnet.

altec vintage 604c duplex speaker | eBay

Heres the Green 604 D's

http://www.ebay.com/itm/ALTEC-604-C-...item1c2291b25b

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Originally Posted by cradeldorf

B's are black crinkle, There's a black crinkle C on Ebay right now...must be a real early one.

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Agreed ! I see it,and I will bet my bottom dollar that C was prolly one of the very first C's as they probably already had some frames painted when the C went into production(Leftovers from the model 604B run).This is the only one I have ever seen.

Reading an article about Fender (the guitar company years ago, an employee stated that as parts came in the went into bins. There was no effort to use them in order.

That is why, on a later instrument, you can see an older serial, as the serial is on a separate metal plate.

I think some of the same thing went on at Altec. I do think, as older parts were discovered at later dates, Altec made an effort to use them up primarily in OEM versions. Most of the real oddities I have seen came in cabinets, not retail versions.

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Originally Posted by Old Guy

Reading an article about Fender (the guitar company years ago, an employee stated that as parts came in the went into bins. There was no effort to use them in order.

That is why, on a later instrument, you can see an older serial, as the serial is on a separate metal plate.

I think some of the same thing went on at Altec. I do think, as older parts were discovered at later dates, Altec made an effort to use them up primarily in OEM versions. Most of the real oddities I have seen came in cabinets, not retail versions.

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I think you're spot on OG. Pretty sure we've seen evidence on several occasions.

Do you remember the pics i dredged up(from ebay maybe) of the gray and white 416's a couple years back?

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Originally Posted by Altec Best

Agreed ! I see it,and I will bet my bottom dollar that C was prolly one of the very first C's as they probably already had some frames painted when the C went into production(Leftovers from the model 604B run).This is the only one I have ever seen.

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Me too, maybe the last one I see.

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Originally Posted by bowtie427ss

Do you remember the pics i dredged up(from ebay maybe) of the gray and white 416's a couple years back?

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Yeah- that was an oddity fer sure.