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Altec 604 in 605 cabinet?
Hello all.
I recently found what I believe is an Altec 605 cabinet with a 604 speaker in it. This was in the attic of the home we recently purchased and looks as though it
is a vintage collectors item. How lucky for me! This thing is heavy....160lbs????? How it got into the attic I will never know, but it's still there. Can anyone help me
with pricing on this bad boy. It does work and I'd love to keep it. I kinda like the design but the wife.....you know. I've seen pricing anywhere upwards to 10k for one of
these puppies. Is that true? Help me out if you can. See the photos below.
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Yes it is a 605 cabinet with probably a very early 604.Yes it is worth a lot of dough but not in the $10K range IMO.Probably closer to half that,still a lot of dough.What would concern me is the storage up in the attic, if it is anything like mine.It gets very hot up there. So my first concern would be dry rot of the cone,especially if it is still the original cone.
BTW - Welcome to the Board ! I think you would find this thread interesting.
http://www.hostboard.com/forums/f700...ell-these.html
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Only a fool would shed a true treasure like that. Put it in your mancave if the WAF is too high. If the cone is hit you can still get it reconed to pretty close to the original specs, If you use the 515 cones with the paper surrounds . There's a guy on ebay that sells them.
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Whose the guy on ebay? I just maybe a fool.
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Whose the guy on ebay? I just maybe a fool.
15" Paper Cones - Speaker Parts - Altec 515 | eBay
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Does anyone know the tonal qualities of these cones, are they up to original quality of the original 20409 cones ?
@ Gaspasser Would you be so kind to post some pictures of the inside of cabinet and especially the 604 and Crossovers... Thanks ! :smile2:
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Does anyone know the tonal qualities of these cones, are they up to original quality of the original 20409 cones ?
All I know is there was a 604C on ebay that he claimed had just been reconed, when I looked at it it had the paper surround so I asked him where did he find the cones at and he explained to me that they're the same cone he sells as the 515 he just doesn't advertise them as 604 cones because apparently he was bombarded by people telling him that the 604 cones had the accordion style surround and that he was misleading people with his advertising.
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@ Gaspasser Would you be so kind to post some pictures of the inside of cabinet and especially the 604 and Crossovers... Thanks ! :smile2:
Yeah, I'd love to see that hot mama!! (I'm getting wood just thinking about it!!!) and a shot of the tag too with the serial number. :)
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I'll try to get some better ones, but chew on this for now.
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Cone seems to be fine from this angle, what do you think. I saw this same unit minus the cabinet on ebay for 5,999.00.
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WOW!!! She's a real Beauty. Clean as a skeeters peter. I envy you my friend. :)
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Cone seems to be fine from this angle, what do you think. I saw this same unit minus the cabinet on ebay for 5,999.00.
Beautiful 604 ! FWIW Sellers can list them at any price, if it doesn't sell then it isn't worth it.I seen that I think.It was a RWB Altec from Australia IIRC. IMO that will never sell at that price.The fact that you have an original 605 Altec cabinet with yours makes yours more Valuable IMO.. The RWB's tend to bring more money though for the most part.
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Beautiful 604 ! FWIW Sellers can list them at any price, if it doesn't sell then it isn't worth it.I seen that I think.It was a RWB Altec from Australia IIRC. IMO that will never sell at that price.The fact that you have an original 605 Altec cabinet with yours makes yours more Valuable IMO.. The RWB's tend to bring more money though for the most part.
You lost me? How did you get RWB from it? I see a Black and gold label? not a Red White and Blue? Never mind I figured it out, you were referring to the one for 6 grand, yeah like that's ever gonna sell. And if it's this P.O.S. It's not gonna get half that price because it's been reconed with an E cone with an accordion surround!!! :rolleyes2:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/ALTEC-604-DU...item20c7490b09
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I saw this same unit minus the cabinet on ebay for 5,999.00.
Just because you saw it doesn't mean somebody paid that. Not that somebody wouldn't pay that but how long it will take to find somebody willing to pay that would be the question. There's a few sharks on Ebay just waiting for the right chum to come along.
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Well I'm going to sell this beauty. Should I repost in the for sale or just leave it here. Also thinking of putting it on ebay. Let's roll the dice I say. Thanks for all your help and link.
Anyone want a vintage speaker?
Aloha
