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 !!
