843A Malibu Questions

[BigBusa]

A pair of these fell in my lap today. I'm curious if someone can tell me the difference between the A and B models?

I wandered around on the lansing site for 1/2 an hour but couldn't find any info on the malibu. Even did a search and got nothing!

Can you direct me to a website with info on the 843a?

thanks!

[Don C]

I have a brochure from 1968 that mentions the 843B Malibu.

"A beautiful, carved grillework-decorated speaker which projects an enormous volume of clean, solid sound and reproduces a wide dynamic range even with medium power amplifiers. Exceptionally fine highs areproduced by the 806A driver mounted on a 811B sectoral horn. A pair of 12" 414A low frequency speakers provides room shaking bass to complete a perfect balance of sound"

Frequency response: 30-22,000 hz
Power rating: 30 watts
Impedance: 8/16 ohms
Crossover frequency: 800 hz
Dimensions: 40" H x 25" W x 18" D
Speaker components: 2-414A, 806A, 811B, N-800G

The price list showed 417.00 (in walnut), effective march 16, 1968.

Sorry, I don't know the difference between the 843 A and B models.

[BigBusa]

Thanks Don, Great info!

I think mine must be from a different era. Later possibly ...because of the cane cloth grills and the different drivers. Mine have 414z woofers and 806a drivers.

[Don C]

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[scott fitlin]

You like these? they look nice.

[BigBusa]

Originally posted by Don C
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They sound good but I prefer my Klipsch Cornwalls. I think I am biased!

[Rolf]

Originally posted by BigBusa
They sound good but I prefer my Klipsch Cornwalls. I think I am biased!

Yes you are!

Rolf

[Mr. Widget]

Hey, we all are. If we all liked the same thing there would only be one speaker system.

Well maybe three or four at different price points.

[Botman]

Is there anibody still interested in the Altec Malibu843B?!?
Here are mine:

[Botman]

According to me they sound great! High frequencies are very loud. I drive them with a Mark Levinson M27 power amp.

[Ed Kreamer]

The 843 was the acoustic twin of the 9844 Monitor. I actually preferred it to the 9845, the 9844 had better bass. But then I'm just a poor dumb trombone player.

Info can be found in the Altec section of the library.

Ed

[Chas]

Also same as the Carmel, which had the same components but in a horizontal orientation. I always preferred the look of the Malibu.