Altec Lansing

[GM]

Greets!

You're welcome!

Thanks!

I have measured specs of originals, but don't have a clue what GPA is doing, so have no idea what his re-cone specs are.

GM

[60]

[60]

thanks to another forum member, who showed me how to post pictures.

[GM]

WOW! You're going to post this to the Altec Forum, right?

GM

[Zen Mod]

Originally posted by 60
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[Steve Mac]

Can...Can I have this speaker? Simply beautiful...lucky guy...

[Cal Weldon]

Oooh...'ems real purdy.

[buchhemi]

Thank you so much for posting those pictures of your Altecs. I've been trying to find a picture and some information for a pair of Altecs that my sister and her husband are giving me. That's the one!!! The cabinets aren't in the same condition as yours unfortunately, and will need refinishing. I can't wait to get them over to my house. I'll have to hire a moving company to bring them here I think.

[Justin Wake]

I've recently acquired a pair of 808-8A drivers and 511B horns that have seemingly been in a shed for quite some time now - there were spiderwebs and sucked-dry cockroaches in the mouth of the drivers! I'm hoping to clean them out and mate them with a pair of 414-16C 12"s that I nabbed off eBay a few months ago, and I'm not sure how best to proceed.

Do I keep the original diaphragms (or get new 8 ohm ones) and fix the impedances in the crossover, or should I look at 16 ohm diaphragms instead? I'm hoping to build something along the lines of a Petite Onken for the 12" and attach a suitable frame/cab for the 511B/808s on top, driving them from either a 8W SE KT88 SimpleSE or a pair of F4s (neither of which have been finished yet mind you - I tend to get a bit ahead of myself)

Also, in regards to rudimentary cosmetic repairs, is it safe to blow compressed air through the phase plug at the back (the metal concentric one, in this case) to try and blow all the powdered insect crap out of the mouth? Also, am I likely to cause myself problems giving the horn and driver a bit of a sand down and repaint to cover a few scuff marks and scratches?

Other than the crud in the mouth of the drivers they seem to be in pretty good condition - diaphragms have been replaced at least once (there's a non-stock, steel screw holding one of them in, which I can safely assume wasn't there to begin with), and one is showing a bit of scuffing on the dome but looks okay otherwise. The plastic frame of the diaphragm is coming away from the metal frame the diaphragm attaches to, however - I'm thinking I just glue it back together until I decide what diaphragms to replace them with.

Any help or suggestions would be most appreciated.

[buchhemi]

Would you happen to have any electronic copies of owners manuals, driver specs etc. for those Iconics? I can't find any info on them anywhere.

Much appreciated.