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gabewg
03-29-2010, 01:06 AM
Hello All, hopefully this is the correct forum for this....
I purchased two pairs of Altec speakers this week at a yard sale for $200, and I am having no luck identifying them.

Both Pairs have walnut cabinets, one pair looks similar to the A7 Voice of the Theater... The drivers in it were 806-8A's with h-811b horns, and some white framed 15" Altec woofers....

The second pair look "kind of like" Valencias except they have a bigger cabinet that has a slanted front baffle, and Grille Clothes inlayed into the sides of the cabinet. These cabinets had 802D's with 511b's and Some JBL D130 woofers.
Here are some pictures...
http://i981.photobucket.com/albums/ae292/760ti/IMG_1049.jpg
http://i981.photobucket.com/albums/ae292/760ti/IMG_1050.jpg
http://i981.photobucket.com/albums/ae292/760ti/IMG_1047.jpg
http://i981.photobucket.com/albums/ae292/760ti/IMG_1048.jpg
http://i981.photobucket.com/albums/ae292/760ti/IMG_1043.jpg
http://i981.photobucket.com/albums/ae292/760ti/IMG_1035.jpg
http://i981.photobucket.com/albums/ae292/760ti/IMG_1036.jpg
grumpy
03-29-2010, 07:14 AM
The first set look like some sort of conference room or church-install A7's
with a musical-instrument driver...perhaps custom built (or at least modified,
per the slanted-down 811). The second set appear to be hacked up JBL L200's
with all the wrong components...

Parts value-wise, you did well... and they came with free firewood.:duck:
robertbartsch
03-29-2010, 07:14 AM
The rear vented silver framed woofers look like 411s from mid 1980s to me. The first set of cabs look like A7s to me also. I assume the second pair of cabs is not factory.
grumpy
03-29-2010, 07:21 AM
Well, the 411 did not have a pleated cloth surround, but the owner should be
able to read the model number from the backside of the driver.

... could be a reconed 421 or some other beasty.
scott fitlin
03-29-2010, 07:51 AM
Well, the 411 did not have a pleated cloth surround, but the owner should be
able to read the model number from the backside of the driver.

... could be a reconed 421 or some other beasty.421-8H Series II, with a paper dustcap instead of the aluminum that was used on the 421 drivers.
tomee
03-29-2010, 08:07 AM
I agree with Grumpy - The cabinets with the side openings are JBL L200s - cut up to mount the Altec horn.
hjames
03-29-2010, 09:05 AM
I agree with Grumpy - The cabinets with the side openings are JBL L200s - cut up to mount the Altec horn.

Ackk - some poor L-200s gave up their SOUL for that project ...
gabewg
03-29-2010, 09:49 AM
I am not sure but these seem
quite a larger than L200 cabinets...

Also yes they are 421-8H is the model number for sure... Figured they weren't from the same time period as everything else so they wouldn't help identify my new "firewood" :)
Mr. Widget
03-29-2010, 10:00 AM
Parts value-wise, you did well... and they came with free firewood.:duck:Pretty much my feeling... L200s might be salvaged, the A-7s look like home made oak plywood jobs to me.

I suppose with a fair amount of work both could be redeemed.


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gabewg
03-29-2010, 10:00 AM
After studying Some pictures... There is no way they are L200's. The cabinets are considerably deeper cabinets than the L200's... But definitely very very similar and that's what I thought they were too before I got them!
Mr. Widget
03-29-2010, 10:42 AM
After studying Some pictures... There is no way they are L200's. The cabinets are considerably deeper cabinets than the L200's... But definitely very very similar and that's what I thought they were too before I got them!I assumed it was a photo/lens issue... if they are as deep as they appear, I would agree with you. Even though the dust and focus makes it hard to tell for sure, but it would seem a very competent individual or shop made those L200 inspired cabs.

Hopefully they are built well enough that they can be cleaned up and not burned. :D Unfortunately, being DIYs they have almost no cash value, but I have always liked that design... if you do too, you might turn them into a pair of keepers.


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scott fitlin
03-29-2010, 11:39 AM
I am not sure but these seem
quite a larger than L200 cabinets...

Also yes they are 421-8H is the model number for sure... Figured they weren't from the same time period as everything else so they wouldn't help identify my new "firewood" :)The 421 series of woofers was Altec's musical instrument line of drivers. Series II, and the 16in frame is a mid to late 70,s creation, and these were manufactured then, and all through the 80,s.