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What an awesome find!!! If you feel all tingly inside it's ok, It's normal. :) Glad to see them saved.

I bought a pair of these for 10 dollars a piece, they came loaded with altec 604's I love them they sound crazy good. :bouncy:
I wish that Heathkit AS101 manual was available online somewhere.

Thanks Altec Best, bare bones it's 18 x 18 x 34.5 I.D. which is about 6.5 cu/ft.
I have to recut the sides so I think I'll extend those to 20 inches just to keep it around 6 cu ft with the speaker...

Wish me luck.

Thanks Dave, your a good egg.

Awesome Buddy, Enjoy. :hurray:

Where does he hang out?

Does anybody know where to get the plans to build the Stephaens altec 604 dream speakers that are reviewed on 6 moons?
heres the link
http://www.6moons.com/audioreviews/altec/dream.html

Well that explains why most of the time when I see a speaker design where they are just hanging out in mid air in the back the baffle usually has a slight curve to it such as the Nola one in the link...

Agreed. when I was young (16ish I saw the inside of my brother in laws Klipsch Hersey speaker and I was amazed to see the birdcage like thin wall construction. I guess its all in the listeners ears...

well I don't know what I was thinking, I mean if a manufacturer would say that because they used the lowest quality of material available and claimed it to be the best for you it must be true, I mean...

Ok, so now that I know that the stiffer and less resonant the cabinet is the better it sounds I have my next question, does/is the cabinet supposed to provide some sort of back pressure on the rear...

Actually what I said was could you make them like new again..... I don't have long distance on my phone although I did use somebody else's phone today to contact them because I wasnt getting a...

I'll keep that in mind...I got a feeling I'll be saying that a lot.

I would try that if they weren't already on their way to Oklahoma. Besides I'm pretty sure I did that when they were hooked up to the optimus it didn't help. :o:

I'll check it but probably won't let you know if they were....I'll be too busy kicking myself in the ass. :blink: BTW They are spring loaded connectors.

I did turn the attenuator both ways and could hear a total difference when I did so it was doing something but turned way down where the highs are the brightest still sounded way lower quality and...

It just sounds way more quiet than the C at normal listening volume kinda like something shorted out would sound. at first I thought it was the hi Freq. but when I took the cover off and looked at...

Don't laugh but I'm actually mulling over a modular concrete 612 cabinet.....I love working with concrete. :leaving:

Just so you know what I'm working with. And I'm driving them with a Marantz 2216 16 watts per channel receiver.

I've noticed that a lot of speakers are up off the floor, and probably for good reason. Unfortunately the cabinets I have now would look like 2 old zenith tv's if I put legs on them. :D

I checked...

I packed them with a piece of 3/4 plywood across the face and plenty of 1 inch pink foamboard surrounding the whole speaker. plus I got insurance on them not that that is gonna help one of these...

Who is G.T. ? and what does BL stand for? see I'm learning. :)

Hi Dave, I have one 604 C and one 604 E, The C sounded great the E sounded horrible I switched the C network to the E speaker and it still sounded horrible I'm guessing that the E had a problem. Also...

Thanks Altec Best, I guess what I was thinking was that I would like a large volume cab without it taking up a lot of room and using a sonotube tapped horn setup would kinda help achieve this.
Bass...