Altec 816A & 3156 in close range listening

[Eino]

Hey everyone,

I recently managed to rescue two pairs of weather-beaten 816A-cabinets loaded with 3156-woofers. They had served their time stacked in open-air events, which might explain the supposedly odd cabinet-speaker pairing. However, I’d hope to restore one pair for a listening room setup, along with unidentified midrange horns hooked on HH Acoustics CD400 drivers. But before getting ahead of myself, I'm keen to hear your thoughts about gear's suitability for the intended use.

By judging from your personal intuition, how fitting a 816A-unit is for close range listening? And charging from the woofers' perspective, will I get a full potential out of a 3156 from a low-powered amp / on relatively low volumes? I'm still new to the horn game here, so any related thoughts regarding fitting amplifying, speaker positioning or general acoustics will be very much appreciated.

Thanks for the add to the forums, and thanks for your time in advance.

Best regards,
Eino

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