Altec Lansing 15 Speakers for Sale

[RFuZna]

Two pair (4 total) for sale. $400.00 per pair and will be only sold in pairs. Buyer must pick up or arrange shipping. Inquiries: rforbragd@msn.com.

 

[Verdinut]

Two pair (4 total) for sale. $400.00 per pair and will be only sold in pairs. Buyer must pick up or arrange shipping. Inquiries: rforbragd@msn.com.

Altec made a lot of speaker drivers. What are they? 416, 803, 420? Are they in good working condition?

 

[TLS Guy]

Altec made a lot of speaker drivers. What are they? 416, 803, 420? Are they in good working condition?

This is what they are.

 

[RFuZna]

Altec made a lot of speaker drivers. What are they? 416, 803, 420? Are they in good working condition?

This is a quote from someone online regarding these speakers:

"These were in the Altec lineup for a short time starting in 1978. Each speaker consists of an Altec 802-8G hi-freq driver attached to a bent horn. 12" foam surround / ceramic magnet woofer sourced by Altec from RCA provides the bass."

These speakers are in excellent working order. We currently use all four (plus sub-woofer and center channel speaker) in our home theater. Excellent sound quality. We purchased these speakers new in roughly 1978 and have been using them since.

Here is link to brochure: https://greatplainsaudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Model-15-cut-sheet-1.pdf

 

[TLS Guy]

This is a quote from someone online regarding these speakers:

"These were in the Altec lineup for a short time starting in 1978. Each speaker consists of an Altec 802-8G hi-freq driver attached to a bent horn. 12" foam surround / ceramic magnet woofer sourced by Altec from RCA provides the bass."

These speakers are in excellent working order. We currently use all four (plus sub-woofer and center channel speaker) in our home theater. Excellent sound quality. We purchased these speakers new in roughly 1978 and have been using them since.

Here is link to brochure: https://greatplainsaudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Model-15-cut-sheet-1.pdf

As far as I can tell, the woofer was sourced from JBL. Those were a poor man's Altec Santiago. The latter had the Altec 411-4A and the multicellular horn from the voice of the theater series.

 

[Verdinut]

As far as I can tell, the woofer was sourced from JBL. Those were a poor man's Altec Santiago. The latter had the Altec 811-4A and the multicellular horn from the voice of the theater series.

No, the 411-8A woofer was a 15 inch real acoustic suspension woofer. I know quite a bit about Altec products. I used Altec "Voice of the Theater" components, and a pair of 604-8Gs before switching to more home friendly speaker drivers. It had a very souple foam suspension. You could put in on a table and the cone would simply touch the table top. Bruce,my best friend who died 2 years ago, managed two specialized audio shops in Montreal. One of them sold Altec products. We discussed about that woofer a couple of times but he never mentioned that JBL had supplied it to Altec people.

Altec made a few weird products in the period of their existence, one was the 3000 sectoral horn tweeter used for home audio; that tweeter was using a microphone diaphragm, one of their worst products.

Here is info on the Santiago system and more details on the 411-8A woofer used in it:

http://www.lansingheritage.org/images/altec/specs/home-systems/878a-santiago/page2.jpg

http://www.lansingheritage.org/images/altec/catalogs/1971-home/page25.jpg

 

[TLS Guy]

No, the 411-8A woofer was a 15 inch real acoustic suspension woofer. I know quite a bit about Altec products. I used Altec "Voice of the Theater" components before switching to more home friendly speaker drivers. It had a very souple foam suspension. You could put in on a table and the cone would simply touch the table top. Bruce,my best friend who died 2 years ago, managed two specialized audio shops in Montreal. One of them sold Altec products. We discussed about that woofer a couple of times but he never mentioned that JBL had supplied it to Altec people.

To my knowledge, Altec made a few weird products in the period of their existence, one was the 3000 sectoral horn tweeter used for home audio; that tweeter tweeter was using a microphone diaphragm, one of their worst products.

Here is info on the Santiago system and more details on the 411-8A woofer used in it:

http://www.lansingheritage.org/images/altec/specs/home-systems/878a-santiago/page2.jpg

http://www.lansingheritage.org/images/altec/catalogs/1971-home/page25.jpg

Sorry, I made a typo. I know the Santiago used the 411-8A. I have two of those 411-8A woofers in my collection. I have rebuilt one. I have not inspected them lately.

 

[Verdinut]

Sorry, I made a typo. I know the Santiago used the 411-8A. I have two of those 411-8A woofers in my collection. I have rebuilt one. I have not inspected them lately.

I guess you had to refoam it. Did you get the appropriate foam kit from Great Plains Audio?

 

[TLS Guy]

I guess you had to refoam it. Did you get the appropriate foam kit from Great Plains Audio?

Yes, including the factory shims to center the VC.

 

[carlthess40]

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