Altec Lansing

[Pano]

And do you really want to lug them around from gig to gig?

[mthoi]

Greetings from Malaysia.

I am new to the forum and have finally read all 81 pages of the postings! I have recently upgraded my A5 VOTT withe a pair of 1505b horns for my Altec 288-8k.

http://i46.servimg.com/u/f46/15/66/34/86/dsc_0311.jpg

[theophile]

Originally Posted by mthoi

Greetings from Malaysia.

I am new to the forum and have finally read all 81 pages of the postings! I have recently upgraded my A5 VOTT withe a pair of 1505b horns for my Altec 288-8k.

http://i46.servimg.com/u/f46/15/66/34/86/dsc_0311.jpg

Those horns look brand new.

[Pano]

Very nice! I love the 1505s, my favorite horn. At the moment I run 1005s and 288s.

[DaveCan]

I wonder what the sound wave launch would sound like in a diy wood copy of a 1505 or 1005, but without the multicells ?

I know you've all seen these but man they're beautiful! Too pricey for me although I can appreciate the time it must take to make them:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/ALTEC-1505B-...item4395a660c9

[Zen Mod]

Originally Posted by Pano

..... At the moment I run 1005s and 288s.

Pano - that's Fugly! setup ...

[GM]

Originally Posted by DaveCan

I wonder what the sound wave launch would sound like in a diy wood copy of a 1505 or 1005, but without the multicells ?

I asked myself a similar Q way back when, cobbling together both an expo and conical variant, i.e. it looked like a tar filled one's shape, same as some RCA horns I’d seen. Both beamed, rolled off the HF way too much for my youthful ears, so tried a number of different [super] tweeter alignments, but found the audible two-tone delay too distracting, so ultimately opted for stacking dual 511/802 as a way to have the 805/288’s fuller mids with good HF performance and got more vertical pattern control as an unexpected benefit, which led me to experiment more about this aspect of radial design.

With today's digital delay, it's a viable option for putting the ST in the horn as proven by numerous prosound designs, though later experimentation convinced me that a conical WG design that ~eliminates throat distortion and accounts for this 'phase plug' is required for most accurate reproduction.

Now that some DIYers are documenting their attempts to reverse engineer some of DSL's Unity/Synergy multi-way horn designs, this is the way to go IMNSHO now that all but the worst of it is sorted out. Unfortunately, for now you’re on your own AFAIK if you want to use Altec compression drivers.

GM

[DaveCan]

Thanks GM for all the great info

Been doing so much reading lately in that massive Econowave thread at AK, but mostly the one at partsexpress "Flex Your PCD Mettle".. Looks like a EW was done for an Altec 414 driver I saw out there so far.. The more reading I've done around peoples impressions of the B&C 250 on the QSC WG, the more I seem to be thinking that may be a good option to try at some point?.. I sat down yesterday and read through all 70 pages of that PCD thread for the first time. Sure sucked to get more than halfway through it, and be engrossed by all the participants and info, only to come upon the time Zilch passed away

Well lots of good reading and most is way over my head, but I'm having fun a learning

[Zen Mod]

Index of /pdf/Duplex_Speakers_related_to_Altec_604

[Cal Weldon]

Nice find there ZM.
Thanks.