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 !!
@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
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?
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 !
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!
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!
