Had the Altecs in the house for a few days now for comparison with my "other" speakers. Sadly they did not win. Will post in marketplace.
Had the Altecs in the house for a few days now for comparison with my "other" speakers. Sadly they did not win. Will post in marketplace.
I was afraid that might be the case. Horn-based speakers are simply NOT part of everybody's taste, experience, and accumulated expectations of how a speaker should sound. This is especially true of horn systems that have not been massaged to compensate for the very "forward" midrange frequencies. And that's no shame. It's just a matter of taste.
And that is exactly why I keep cone-based and horn-based speakers on hand, though my Altecs are out of the loop right now. My horn moods are filled by a pair of Heresies at present. Sometimes I'm in the mood for one, sometimes for the other.
Thanks for posting your adventure, Rob. I'm sure you'll be having some more speaker forays and I've love to see you post them here for all of us to enjoy.
GeeDeeEmm
Thanks GDM. Its not that they didn't sound good. The bass shook my innards but the mid highs were not as detailed as my current setup. Maybe I can find some 19's next.
I need to do some more studying before I attempt building a better crossover for speakers like this. At least whoever gets them will have an original speaker, sans grills, to start with.
Hi Rob! What a nice read ... Altec Valencias AND Sovreigns?? Nice finds!
I just snagged a pair of Heathkit AS101s (sort of Valencias) Saturday night - I'm still working out delivery details and such (prob uShip)
to get it to me in Virginia, just outside DC!
Think I'll be stepping down that crossover rebuild path once I get some time with the - I mean, I know crossovers suffer over 40+ years ...
Anyway, there are a lot of readers on the site who don't post - heck, I've been on this site a number of years with the JBL fever -
I'm just starting with Altecs as of some Model 15s I got in December! And I'll sell them off to fund the Heathkits!
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