Brand new driver with Altec Sound ?

[nickthevoice]

HELLO :) !

I'm a big fanatic of sound quality, definition and the dynamic of Altec Lansing Midrange.

I've tried many brand of current speaker for found Altec speaker sound without result :(

If anybody know a brand with this sound please send me answer ;)

I search :
8" or more fullrange or widerange driver.
97dB and more.
If possible Alnico magnet.
for Open Baffle setup.

thanks in advance !

Nick

[Tom Brennan]

A pal used both ferrite and neo 10" B&C woofers and they sounded very "Altecish" to me; excellent midrange and upper bass. I don't know the exact models used though and they probably have too low a Q to work well as OB speakers; generally a sensitive speaker is not gonna be suited.

[nickthevoice]

When I was young I played and I listened many ALTEC DUPLEX 8 inch and 12 inch


Because my father was director of RCA Victor official ALTEC distributor in Canada in the 80's

I think the secret of ALTEC sound is thinness and rigidity of the paper cone and the B&C speaker doesn't have this specification but I'll try.

THANKS for your answer :)


Other choice ???

[JoMoCo]

Nick, take a look at the Great Plains Audio products for new...that being said, they also can rebuild restore vintage Altec products if, for example, you particularly admire something ie. 515b etc....:hmm:

http://www.greatplainsaudio.com/

[nickthevoice]

Hi !

Finally I've find very good specification speaker CIARE CH250 but the problem is to found distributor or reseller in North America.
Because this driver is at cheap price about 50$ but it's on Europe the shipping price to Canada is probably very expensive $$$$

If anybody in Canada or USA have 2 new or used CH250 for sale (in good condition) send me PM ;)

THANKS !

Nick

[JoMoCo]

http://www.assistanceaudio.com/08_CIARE.html

[Progneta]

When I was younger, I couldnt afford altecs, so I looked else where. With all my money wasted, never could I find speakers that could emulate that altec sound... I dont think that any company can reproduce that today. (not because they cant, but they just dont)

If you wanted new, GPA has alot of new speakers built to altec spec. Probably your only source of new "altec" sound.

[nickthevoice]

thanks for all your answer ;)

finally for the moment I place order to try CIARE CH250 dual cone fullrange 10" speaker.

thanks !

Nick

[Progneta]

If you have some spare coin and are looking in the coaxial area, try the GPA model 604-8h-II. This model has the larger horn, which I personally like better than the smaller horn.