Purchased Altec Santanas today...I like them, but -

[Storm]

I picked up a pair of Altec Santanas today.

Purchased from eBay for $375.00.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...MEWN:IT&ih=010

Hooked them up tonight and played Pink Floyd: Pulse and Fleetwood Mac and I can clearly say that there is a MAJOR difference between the Santanas and the Valencias. No wonder why they were cheaper - they have cheaper sound. They are great, but have nowhere near the "live" sound that I crave.

Anyone want to purchase them from me for what I paid?

I am willing to ship - Fedex Ground or greyhound would work and not that expensive, about $150.00 shipping for the pair.

Let me know, PM me.

Thanks!

If I had never come into the presence of the Valencias, these would be hands down the winner - but, the Valencias have that bass that is untouchable!

Just my $0.02 and should not be graded or plucked apart - just my opinion.

Thanks for letting me blab, it was fun.



Anyone else, besides SUPERBEE that has auditioned or owned a pair of Santanas? Would love to hear your opinions...

-Storm.

[Nightbrace]

LOL, why don't you and your Valencias get a room??

There's no substitute for Altec compression drivers and horns, not even another speaker made by Altec. Its ok to try something different., stop trying to validate the supremecy of your Valencias by comparing them to every speaker. If you are not satisfied with the Valencias, as you have mentioned in a number of threads, go with the 19's.

If you are truly happy with the Valencia's why change them? If you want to try something different I am totally for it, and you will eventually learn that only the Valencias will sound like Valencias. No reason to think another speaker will sound exactly like them..

[Storm]

NB -

I never said I was searching for anything else, but when the opportunity arises to go pick up a pair of speakers at a reasonable price in order to listen to them, I will always do that.

I was just simply stating that the Altec Santanas' woofers don't sound as nice as the 416's, that's all.

I was kind of hoping that I would like them so that I could sell the Valencias, but that is not the case.

I was not stating any facts, just my opinion and observation.

My Valencias sleep with me at night, literally. They are in my bedroom.



So, there is a huge difference between the woofers?? Is that why the 416s sound so much better?

Like I said, if these were never compared to the Valencias, I would be keeping them in a heartbeat. But, theres no reason to even keep these on reserve if I dont like them.

-Storm

[Nightbrace]

Its just a completely different speaker with different design principles. And yes it was a bit cheaper than the Valencia, but probably not by much.. And I wouldn't imagine the sound to be "cheap", just not the same as what your used to.

No need to defend yourself, we know each other well enough by now, just trying to point out some obvious things..

Your reasoning for trying the Santanas is okay, but its no use buying every speaker in the hopes of finding something "better" than the Valencias. You are not wanting to replace them or sell them, at least I don't think you are (even though you mentioned in a number of threads that you wanted to "improve" them) , so why try to judge another speaker against something you KNOW you want to keep? Every speaker I own sounds a bit different and in their own way are enjoyable. And as I said there's nothing wrong with only completely different sounding speakers.

Whether one woofer is better than the other is irrelevant. They are different and meant to be so.. For example, I perfer the 416-8c the most of all the 15" Altec woofers I've heard, does that mean its the best, not hardly, many prefer the 416-8b with the AlNiCo motor, and I can understand why, but that doesn't mean that either is the best.

[SUPERBEE]

Perhaps it is the CRAPPY music ( LATER Fleetwood Mac and Pink Floyd?) or you are just to myopic......

I had a set of very nice Santana's in my home for 2 weeks. Here is my "review"

Great bass but very "muddy" with little definition. Really lacking in the HF due to the fact it is a 2 way system with an inferior tweet. When you cranked the TREB up on your rig and adjusted the BASS they could sound very nice but no where near a good JBL. Sorry Storm, Save your money and buy a good JBL rig.

FANTASTIC looking cabinets. I LOVED having them in my house.

[Nightbrace]

Save your money and buy a good JBL rig.

Like a L300/4333? If he MUST go JBL that is.

[SUPERBEE]

I would recommend a L-300, The Olympus, Or the Sovereign for something REALLY kick ass

Like a L300/4333? If he MUST go JBL that is.

[Nightbrace]

I would recommend a L-300, The Olympus, Or the Sovereign for something REALLY kick ass

Not sure he's ready for that yet. The L300's should do just fine.

[JBLRaiser]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ALTEC-LANSING-SA...QQcmdZViewItem

[Nightbrace]

the Valencias have that bass that is untouchable!

Thats your opinion as opposed to reality. But its not about making me happy or anyone else, your the one that needs to be convinced and you have..

[UreiCollector]

played Pink Floyd: Pulse and Fleetwood Mac -Storm.

Nothing wrong with the program material IMHO.

Would it be wrong of me to suggest a good set of 604's, or even Urei's? Oh here I go again pushing the Urei's. Sorry.

A good set of 604's it is.