As Regis says, with patience You will come across decent priced 2235H's; I canīt think of an Altec that wil get close for sub use.
As Regis says, with patience You will come across decent priced 2235H's; I canīt think of an Altec that wil get close for sub use.
Yup, last pair I bought were $300, and I considered them a bargain.
It costs that much to have a pair reconed now. Cone kit prices went up last month.
There's no substitute, really. Some others come close, but they're even more "dear."
I don't know what you paid for those cabinets, but a SINGLE B380 sub with 2235H in it in nasty condition would cost about what you'll pay for a pair of the drivers you'll need to make really nice subs outta these.
What ever the drivers end up being, I believe that I will be driving them with a Crown ComTech 200 or similar with a AMX PIP card set to correct room dim's and frequency.
I really like the idea of using the 2235H but having listened to the 4430 ( I believe thats what it was?) Im wondering if that woofer was designed to go as low as I would like it to go.
I might just end up with another woofer in altec cabs acomplishing the same result for less $. I have never built one of these or any speaker for that matter so I would hate to screw it up.
Im just getting started so there is time to figure the whole thing out.
By the way, I paid $150.00 for the cabinets with a pair of Electro Voice 8HD horns and 1828R drivers thrown in for good measure. Normally I would be reluctant to pay that much for cabs only but they matched my Iconics.
I was helpless!!
RC
I have no doubt a 2235H would work nicely. A SUB-1500 with the box sealed up and crossed over at 40Hz with no EQ would be lovely.
Holy Cow chas,
I wasnt sure what you were getting at when you were refering to a "sub-1500".
Looked it up, all sold out at PE but that beast looks like it goes about as low as low can go
Now that would be a interesting alternative.
Ron
And this forum got most of 'em.Originally Posted by doucanoe
Heh, heh....
JBL 2235H pair on e-bay
$375.00 and climbing
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...e=STRK:MEWA:IT
RC
Oh yeah, talk about rattling the teacups! 18 Hz in my room is no problem.....Originally Posted by doucanoe
a set of Altec Valencia cabinets. The external cabinet, that is. Internally, its clear that the speaker baffle is set up for a coaxial driver rather than a woofer and horn. The baffles in those aren't what I've seen for either versions of the Valencias. Is the front grille wooden or plastic and are they in good shape - as in no breaks in the mesh?
Cheers,
David
Doodlebug, The Iconics (valencias) I am running are in the left in the pic.
The cabs thet I am turning into subwoofers are the smaller cabs to the right.
Same design but much smaller.
Thanks
Ron
The grilles were not available for either set. The previous owner had done the grille (cloth) work himself. I just fine tuned his work.
The story was that their was a 15" Altec bi-flex in each one but who knows. If you look at the center rectangular port there are no fastener holes for a tweeter or anything for that matter. Somewhat of a mystery to me?
RC
I owned a pair of those at one time - they had the Altec 420A "Biflex" Speaker in them.
Sounded pretty good, actually.
And they're pretty...
In memoriam Zilch, thanks friend
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1968 enclosure plans
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861B enclosure
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