Lots of attitude on this site- not unlike a pair of JBL speakers
Moldyoldy,
I was not making the arguement that T/S did not exist prior to the 9846's construction- just that Altec engineers seemed to completely side step the utilization of them. They used no T/S parameters in building the 9844- a VENTED BOX. I provided a link to the Altec T/S parameters, so what are you driving at?
Building with T/S, Golden Ratio, or what have you need not be mutually exclusive providing certain variables are constrained. Such can be stated for this notion of "old" engineering and it's opposite(?) "new" engineering. Such humor. Again, the two are not "one or the other". Great things came from "old" engineering and great things come from new engineering. I was merely suggesting the utilization of what we have available today vs what they had available then.
Ok.Originally Posted by moldy
I guess it depends on what you think qualifies as a 'proper system design'.
...some things are superior today, imo:
Materials, testing, tools, hardware, software, and a more demanding market are just a few of the things that come to mind. Yet I do agree with what you are saying for the most part.
I didn't know that. Thank you.Originally Posted by moldyoldy
You were clearly being rude, here. I forgot to mention the other place you can stick the horn, but you have stated you prefer to mount them. So...mount them.Originally Posted by moldyoldy
Yes, perhaps they did get lucky with the 9846! I know they weren't so lucky with other speakers...Originally Posted by moldy
Originally Posted by moldy
You consider the cabinets to be well made by any standard? Heath took many Altec drivers and delivered a vastly superior sounding end product, imo.
No one debated that. Here are a few quotes from my previous post:Originally Posted by moldy
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For the record- it was not my intention to throw down the gauntlet. I made suggestions and shared my opinion. I thought that's what a public forum is all about..no?