altec a7 home version - Canuck Audio Mart
Interesting "homebrew" design--of course you'd have to hear them too see what they sound like! He's willing to trade so hopefully the price is negotiable.....
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altec a7 home version - Canuck Audio Mart
Interesting "homebrew" design--of course you'd have to hear them too see what they sound like! He's willing to trade so hopefully the price is negotiable.....
Am I missing something? They look like regular cabinets to me, just veneer with trim added.Quote:
Originally Posted by voice of the theater
a little fretwork and you'd be all set....
i think the price is low enough to compensate for a lack of grilles....
not super crazy about the load though..... for my uses
but i've only read about that driver load -- not heard it personally...
The top end is 802, nothing wrong with that. They aren't MI loaded. They do have 421 mid bass, in that box I refuse to call them woofers. Nothing a sub or pair of 416 wouldn't cure. At the price, off the 421's on ebay and buy GPA 416's, you will still have less than market value in them.
Were you thinking they had 808's?
i was... sorry for misreading it...
I'd love to hear that Pass on my Quad63s -- or my A7s!
Nothing to be sorry about, I've done lots worse, just ask the redhead...Quote:
Originally Posted by just me now
I know I've seen (and own) a lot less vintage Altecs than many of you. What struck me as interesting is that most of the A7 "home versions" (smaller/"finished" versions--A7 inspired home speakers) I've seen/heard or heard of (Valencia, Model 19, Flamenco etc.) have a basic bass reflex/ported cabinet design. I'm not used to seeing something that could be (loosely) categorized as a home version of an A7 (or A7-500) in such a small cabinet with a bass horn. Not that it's never been done, just not something I see every day so I thought it was interesting. Of course, there is the Magnificent for example--a home version of the A7-500 that has a bass horn design but that is (as far as the vintage Altecs I've seen) an exception, not to mention a noticeably larger cabinet than these..... Thought this was interesting too "this cabinet is designed by ingener of radio canada is a russian blaywood and srboryte finiching"Quote:
Originally Posted by Audio_by_Goodwill
I guess what's interesting to me isn't interesting to everyone else--who knew? ;)
That site also has a guy with a pair of home made horns with 416A s on the bottom and Lowthers on top - for $28,000 without the drivers!
$28,000 and no drivers!? Elizabeth--I'm coming Elizabeth! Do you have the link?
I must apologize. The price wasn't $28,000, it's $26,000
FL Horns for Lowther and Altec - Canuck Audio Mart
Ummm, still a little out of my price range. But you have to take into account that sheep fur ain't cheap! "Compression chamber damped by natural sheep fur"Quote:
Originally Posted by zelgall
I guess I think of it differently. In my mind there is only one "home version" of the A7, and that's the Magnificent. All the others are not in any way A7's.Quote:
Originally Posted by voice of the theater
Looking at the speakers in question, I assumed they were fullsize.
But, there are 2 versions of Magnificent.:DQuote:
I guess I think of it differently. In my mind there is only one "home version" of the A7, and that's the Magnificent.
Altec marketed and advertised (at least) the Valencia as a home version of the A7/Voice of the Theater. Even though that was an advertising/marketing move, I still can see some validity in their claim. It has the 416 and the 806 and 811b and 800 hz crossover---same configuration as one of the versions of the A7--but put into a smaller bass reflex cab designed for home use. So, not an A7, but a "home version" of an A7--A7 drivers in a smaller ported box.... Not a big deal either way, I just thought the cabs were interesting. Haven't personally seen any home made cabs advertised as made of Russian Plywood with Aborite Finishing that were designed by someone at Radio Canada..... I'll bet Pavement would sound great cranked up on those ;) (inside joke)Quote:
Originally Posted by Audio_by_Goodwill
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Originally Posted by voice of the theater
Half right. Not A7. Only the small theater system is an A7. Other VOTT go by other names
Home and MI systems sometime came under the VOTT umbrella, only ones with an A7 type cab should be referred to as A7.
You're right--they were marketed, sold (and some were even labeled) with the Voice of the Theater name. I mentioned A7 because that's what the Valencia, Flamenco, etc. have drivers in common with, but they weren't marketed as home versions of A7, just home versions (or MI versions) of the Voice of the Theater. Thanks OG for helping to put a finer point on this....Quote:
Originally Posted by Old Guy
No biggie. I got paid for being a detail man for years, old habits are hard to break.:p
One thing that really irks me is all woofers being called "subwoofers". Sub means below. Idiot eBay dealers have 20 dollar cabs with an 8 inch sub and a piezo... worth about the price of an 8 inch sub sandwich IOW 5 bucks...:D
But they really pump, man!Quote:
Idiot eBay dealers have 20 dollar cabs with an 8 inch sub and a piezo... worth about the price of an 8 inch sub sandwich
They got 600 watts and 4 ohms, really makes em kick!
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Originally Posted by Old Guy
Yeah, if it's a round driver and at least 12" in diameter, it must be a "sub", even if it's an old Jensen, Altec, or some other equally vintage driver.