A few of you probably have seen the thread over in Dollars and Sense about the haul of gear I picked up last week. These 4 Altec Santiagos were part of that.
So far I have gone thru 3 of the 4 doing general clean up and checking the drivers etc. All will need new surrounds. Rick Cobb does not have any for the Altec 411-8A woofer so I need to find a supplier of the correct foams. GordonW though the JBL 2235 was something he had used previously. Looks like there are 2 ebay sellers with some they identify as being correct and good. Audiodogs and Springfield speaker. Any thoughts folks?
One of the woofers is bad and tests open unfortunately. Again reached out to GordonW to see if he thinks it is something that can be repaired. Otherwise I see a couple on the bay for too much $.
My plan is to get these in general working order and not do any major refinishing of the cabinets etc and pass them on. Grille foam is of course long gone but thee grilles are in-tact and each have the badge so that's cool. Caps look to be those black and red tip callins.
I had previously restored some Valencias including the new foam and they looked pretty sharp when done.
So far I have gone thru 3 of the 4 doing general clean up and checking the drivers etc. All will need new surrounds. Rick Cobb does not have any for the Altec 411-8A woofer so I need to find a supplier of the correct foams. GordonW though the JBL 2235 was something he had used previously. Looks like there are 2 ebay sellers with some they identify as being correct and good. Audiodogs and Springfield speaker. Any thoughts folks?
One of the woofers is bad and tests open unfortunately. Again reached out to GordonW to see if he thinks it is something that can be repaired. Otherwise I see a couple on the bay for too much $.
My plan is to get these in general working order and not do any major refinishing of the cabinets etc and pass them on. Grille foam is of course long gone but thee grilles are in-tact and each have the badge so that's cool. Caps look to be those black and red tip callins.
I had previously restored some Valencias including the new foam and they looked pretty sharp when done.