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Hello guys,
I am trying to get this driver and I am betting on it having original cone. What do you guys think?
http://imageshack.us/a/img694/8827/416front.jpg
http://imageshack.us/a/img41/5941/416back.jpg
http://imageshack.us/a/img69/8696/416side.jpg
http://imageshack.us/a/img33/173/416ohm.jpg
Thanks!
Abe
Post the cone number stamped on the rear of the cone. It is often hard to see so have a close look.
I will ask the seller to look for it! Thanks!Quote:
Originally Posted by mah
Black damper, crayon handwriting on the cone, definitely a re-cone IMO. Perhaps a factory kit from the EV days(junk IMO).
When did EV stop using Altec supplied components in their recone kits?
21184-x will be an original 416 cone.
Not sure how the kits were put together during those EV years, the cone itself "might" be correct, but it should bear a silver ink stamped 21183 or 21184 IIRC that is the original cone number.Quote:
Originally Posted by mah
i'm not hep on the dates but i think there's a window from sometime 1981ish to sometime 1983ish where the 416-8C came with those same dampers. Among those who's knowledge and experience i trust those are felt to be the most inferior 416's made.
In the absence of a cone number I have to back Bowtie's assessment.
I think the original 416-8B's will show 21183, the 21184 was some how revised and followed, no clue where that cutoff is though.Quote:
Originally Posted by magnarc
I know that EV assigned their own numbers to Altec supplied components and supplied a cross-reference chart to service centres. I think this indicates that original Altec numbers were retained on the parts. I don't know how long this arrangement lasted.
All the 416-8B's I have seen had the 21184-4 cone number..Never seen a 21183 on a 416-8B. IIRC It was a different woofer..Quote:
Originally Posted by bowtie427ss
I'll have to sift thru some discs, i'm almost positive that the 416-8B's in my 846B valencias had 21183 on the cones, been a long long time. But, i have a pic somewhere showing the broken tinsel lead that helped me get them for a song, the cone number is in the background. I'll do some searching later.Quote:
Originally Posted by Altec Best
Thank you guys for all the useful info!
Abe
I know the 21184-x was present on the 15 inch variant of the 416s I had, and the 515B and 604E, plus my 416-8Bs are 21184-4. Maybe Bowtie yours were 21184-3? My E's have 21184-2.
Then again, Altec did weird things....., as we all know!