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I wanted to show off my new cabinets. These started life as altec 828 cabinets set up in an A7 configuration. They now have new 416 drivers from Great Plains. The Large horns are from a gentleman in Vietnam who builds replica altec 1505 horns from walnut. The smaller horns are from Markus Klug of Klugerhorn in Germany. The horn drivers are Altec 288 for the mids, and Faital pro HF10AK for the super tweeters. Tying it all together are custom 3 way crossovers inspired by the Jean Hiraga design, and built by Pete Riggle of Riggle Audio Engineering. They allow the super tweeter to be turned off via a toggle switch and the crossovers then function as a stock altec A5 setup. The Hiraga notch filter has a 0, 2, and 4 db reduction depending on the position of the switches.  I'm powering them with a Sun Audio clone 2A3 amplifier and it sounds quite nice.  The subwoofer is a GSG Devastator with a 21" Lavoce driver. It is going to the shop next week to be veneered. It is an amazing sub that I built from a flatpack. Thanks for looking !!  Adrian 

Added recent pic after we sold the JBLs, and got a pair of Altec model 19s and a second rack. You can’t see it in the pic but there’s a 110” pull down screen over the system and we use an Epson 4K projector. Also not seen, is the SVS PB16 ultra on the side wall !!
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Room Details

Dimensions: 16’ × 18’  Medium
Ceiling: 10’


Components Toggle details

    • McIntosh 7100
    • mcintosh C47
    • thorens td318
    • Dual 1229
    • sun audio clone 2A3, 45, 46 Single-ended Amplifier
    • Behringer 3000dsp
    • SVS PB16 Ultra
    • GSG Devastator
    • Kenwood M1D
    • JBL L200
    • Altec Lansing Model 15
    • Altec Lansing A5 500/8
    • Thorens TD124
    • Altec Model 19
    • Analog ethos Custom 2A3 monoblocks
    Using Sophia Electric 2.5v 300B blue glass tubes

Comments 19

Owner
@alan2  the model 15s absolutely require a subwoofer.  When they were the only pair of speakers that I had, I found a 15” klipsch sub was a good match as their output was similar in sensitivity. When we added the Model 19s and the A5s we tried an SVS PB16 ultra and felt it couldn’t quite keep up although it was close.  The GSG Devastator horn sub ended up being what we needed. The model 15s have a great midrange though.  They just lack deep bass which is typical for Altec

adrianleewelch

Fantastic what you have put together. A very good-looking system. The Altec Model 15's do they require a subwoofer? Happy New Year.

alan2

That cloned Sun amp looks great Adrian and nice that you did the chassis in black I feel like Sun amps are always silver chassis the black looks great. And do you mostly run 2a3's or swap 45/46 tubes in a lot?

jond

Owner
Yes Pete is a character. We spoke weekly for 3 months as he worked on them, addressing every aspect of the crossovers. He’s very meticulous. And the bottles up above are from my Vinyard wedding. They are held in place by 3m double sided tape !

adrianleewelch

Holy smokes! It must feels like being at a concert hall at your household. Amazing

giangtrant

Nice T Shirt, love Sublime even with Rome.

skypunk

 What is in the bottles on the shelf? How do you keep them from crashing down on the equipment below? An amazing no-holds-barred system, but clearly not designed to listen to chamber music!

dukeofdoowop

Congratulations on such an incredible system! Thanks for sharing, fellow sister.

mewsickbuff

Wow and more wow..Quite literally a beautiful system.

wsrrsw

Wow!
Rockin system 
Beautiful!

beolabrory8000

Stunning system!  Thank you for sharing!
-Dan

dangilbert

Nice to see a woman featured. 
Ellen

rinpoche

Those are some wild-looking speakers!

bob540

Beautiful rig, the real question is how can the dog sleep there?
Well done, I bet that sounds incredible.

captelee

Should I get a sleeping dog?
Does it improve the sound?
Nothing like a new tweak, haven't heard of this previously

clearthinker

Hell of a good job getting this all put together! It could only be better if it was sitting in my living room instead of yours!

I'd love to hear your horns with my 3C24 amp driving them. Did you have much interaction with Pete while having your crossovers built? He has a very sneaky, devious sense of humor at times. I wonder if you got to experience him at his worst (best). Enjoy you enviable system!

Best regards,
Dan 

islandmandan

Totally awesome! Love the horns and the zebrano? finish on the cabinets. Serious crossover too it must sound amazing!

jond

Very impressive... that's a serious system!

pdreher

Wow!!!!!!!! Those horns!!!!!!!!!! Your system is stunning.

adeep42

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