Mini altec iconic?

[Alex Lancaster]

As Regis says, with patience You will come across decent priced 2235H's; I can´t think of an Altec that wil get close for sub use.

[Zilch]

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.

[doucanoe]

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

[Chas]

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.

[doucanoe]

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

[Zilch]

Looked it up, all sold out at PE....

And this forum got most of 'em.

Heh, heh....

[doucanoe]

JBL 2235H pair on e-bay

$375.00 and climbing

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...e=STRK:MEWA:IT
RC

[Chas]

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

Oh yeah, talk about rattling the teacups! 18 Hz in my room is no problem.....

[doodlebug]

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

[doucanoe]

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

[doucanoe]

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

[Todd W. White]

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...

[MartinV56]

In memoriam Zilch, thanks friend


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