Good points and sure many people love them, my post was a bit overly simplisitic, yet many who are actually desiging horns do not.
The variation I was targeting was if they are bass reflex and front horn loaded versus designs with a larger front horn load and some version of open rear wave. As far as I can tell several of your examples are the latter and hence are typically bigger- a big reason the VOTT cab has seen so much home use is its reasonable size with some LF extension. So when i asked I was referring specifically the Altec style flh+reflex not all flh. In some ways I answered my own question ( vott type is pretty small given efficiency and LF cutoff ) although you have prolific designers like Fitmaurice and others claiming to do everything a VOTT can do with smaller cabs. Just got me thinking.
Can you tell I'm planning a project
I am originally from the Philadelphia area and my family is still there. I hope to make it back there next year and would love to hear your system.If I may, I had followed Bonzo’s conviction and had Altec 817 built by PBN Audio, the rest of the speaker pretty much is an exact copy of Misho’s. All GPA drivers.
Initially I’ve used it with the Misho designed passive x-over, and now am trying Pass Labs active x-over and bi-amplification.
Overall the sound is miles ahead of my previous Avantgarde Duo Omega G2/ Lamm system.
In the last few days I’ve been glued to my chair. Everything sounds exceptionally engaging to me.
And that’s all that matters.
I couldn’t have cared less if Altecs are technically compromised, I’m sure they are. But that is of no consequence to me.
Is it known which drivers are installed?
... to two 288H per channel. This is in original altec metal horn with 18 cells ...
Yes sure. It is unique but not unheard of to use two midrange drivers. No, no pictures2x 288H per channel? Sure? Do you have pics of it?
Sure, Id be happy to hostI am originally from the Philadelphia area and my family is still there. I hope to make it back there next year and would love to hear your system.
Just a heads up that I have a pair of Transition Audio upgraded Altec 1570b amps in the classifieds here, in case anyone wants/needs that kind of big bottle tube power for a FLH projectI have a friend, Howard Swane who has these speakers. Or I should say a replica. He used EV drivers in rhe woofer. He uses the Chela multicell horn. Pretty amazing sound. He drives them with Altec 1570B to the woofers and Altex 1569 to the horn. Both amps modded. The 1570 by Transition and the 1569 by some other tech.
I would like just a little more low frequency by using all my 515s(4 a side instead of 2)… and secondly my wife doesn’t like the look of the “warship“ finish on the 817 cabinets.Very cool! Just to learn...what are you targeting for your new speakers to do that your current ones do not? (Nice system and room by the way!)
I would like just a little more low frequency by using all my 515s(4 a side instead of 2)… and secondly my wife doesn’t like the look of the “warship“ finish on the 817 cabinets.
I would like just a little more low frequency by using all my 515s(4 a side instead of 2)… and secondly my wife doesn’t like the look of the “warship“ finish on the 817 cabinets.