Going to see them next week
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Going to see them next week
Maybe a 9844? Our theater at work has a pair.
Isn't that a Seeburg? Maybe a DDS1?
Voting with cradeldorf for 9844 not a Seeburg fer sure, as Seeburg would not have the Altec L-pad on the front.
Yes I agree as well 9844's they are very nice for small rooms loaded with dual 414's.
http://www.hostboard.com/forums/hbmc.../2013/02/9.jpg
http://www.hostboard.com/forums/hbmc...2013/02/10.jpg
To enlarge photo's click the link.And then click photo to expand.
http://www.lansingheritage.org/image...pro/page06.jpg
http://www.lansingheritage.org/html/...akers/9844.htm
I asked the guy that runs our theater if he ever decides to replace them to let me know.... He let me know right then that they would never part with them. He mumbled something about the crossovers needing rebuilding but they still use them for every play and love them.
Awesome, Thanks guys. Hopefully they are are not bastardized when I get there. Ive been wanting some 414s.
You guys were right they are 9844. Cabinets are trashed but the the components look good. For $75 each I had to own them.
Marty that's a steal ! Good Deal !Quote:
Originally Posted by martyh45
:) I figured the drivers were worth what I paid.Quote:
Originally Posted by Altec Best
Do you know the driver load yet?Quote:
Originally Posted by martyh45
These spanned a huge range of years from the early "844" with curved spoke 414's all the way into the ferrite years.
They look pretty early, curved spoke gold 414Z, green 806A and of course the green 811s from the photo.Quote:
Originally Posted by bowtie427ss
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Originally Posted by martyh45
And then some!! Nice score!
I should have realized from the green horns alone that they're "844's".
http://www.dvq.com/hifi/images/844a.pdf
Note that spec sheet is from 1965.
Just for giggles, check ebay over the course of a few weeks and see what a great investment you made.
You know when i was posting that spec sheeet I came across the 844's and wrongly thought it was another typo...:redface2:Quote:
Originally Posted by bowtie427ss
Anyhow they are essentially the same speaker WRT to performance it seems.
Looks like what they probably did was eventually add the prefix "9" to the models designed as monitors, purely a guess on my part though.Quote:
Originally Posted by Altec Best
I think that this may be the longest running model Altec made(EDIT; 2nd to the A7 of course), from at least as far back as 1965 to as late as 1984. The only changes made were simply the result of the evolution of the drivers and the color of the grill cloth.
I THINK the change came with the angular frames on the 414, it got new frames in the 60's where the 15's changed some 5-6 years later.Quote:
Originally Posted by Altec Best