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    Henry----Well I wouldn't go so far as to say the Boleros are head and shoulders better than the small Klipsches, both are very good. It's a difference more of flavor than of quality.

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    Great report...

    Tom - thanks for the comprehensive report. Especially since you've put them in a bookshelf (proper) position - I didn't have the means to, and that would certainly enhance the bass response, as intended.

    Widget - I loved watching those 10-in phase inverters all through High School - the start of my stereo-addiction!
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    Corona: was there a bigger model?

    I've recently seen something Altec using what appears to be the woofer and tweeter from the "Corona" but adding a passive radiator in a "Bolero" design structure. As such, no horn driver or uniquely shaped -- per description -- woofers but similar in size and shape. (I don't recall a model number.) What gives? It actually just looks as if someone added a radiator to the Corona. Anyone know a model number and/or specs? Thanks!

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    Bolero 890A

    I just got a pair of Altec Bolero 890As... S/Ns 755 & 776

    one of the 406s had been reconed in '85 according to the gentleman I got them from... dustcap is different, but the cone seems almost identical, except darker (I will post pics next week)

    been listening through a Pioneer SX205 reciever to various XM radio channels...

    so far so good, I like them, expecially for "bookshelf" speakers

    very reminiscent to the A7 tone I have in the basement... but much, much smaller...

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    Quote Originally Posted by HenryW
    Dang it Tom - I thought we finally had you at the best bookshelf with the Heresy...

    I guess I'll wander up the road and look at a pair (with 3.5 pair of Heresy I guess another bookshelf won't hurt) of the Bolero. I may be a hard sell....
    Henry, have you gone out and tried these speakers yet? BTW, thanks for posting that site. I am a very green n00b in this vintage thang but things are moving fast. I am going to be bringing home a set of Altec Valencias this weekend and was thinking the Bolero may be a nice complitment to set up on the bookshelf.

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    My Boleros are presently being used to play an electronic drumset and digital piano through, also for some mono hi-fi listening. Using a little Behringer mixer, Teac T-amp and a rooty-kazooty Sony DVD-CD player.

    At first I feared they'd give up the ghost used this way but they're doing fine.
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    I thought they sounded better laying on their sides when I was listening to them... better HF dispertion IMO

    judging from the scuffed veneer on the bottoms (if they were oriented like in your picture), I guess the original owner had them oriented like yours...

    mine are going to be the "monitor" speakers in my home DJ set up.

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    Tom, how did the Chicago guy end up in Lexington??

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    Mike----After the Sox won the Series there was no more reason to stick around Chicago. ;-)

    My folks, 81 years old, live in Lexington and I wanted to be near. And I was tired of Chicago, 57 years was enough.

    Lexington is just right in size and very civilized, very nice place. And I got a new 3300 square foot house for $250,000, nice house too, my father went there every day and bird-dogged the builders.

    The only hassle is that us Long Knives have to watch out for Shawnees and other intruders from north of the Ohio. :-) Well, I don't have much hair left anyway, nobody will bother taking my scalp back to Detroit for the British bounty.

    We should meet at Parts Express some day, go out and get a loose meat sandwich.

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    You're too funny! I do like Lexington. Prior to my current unemployment, I went there monthly on business. I like Louisville, too. PE trip, good idea.

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