Not bad but I would like to have been the one to have sold him the oak and black glass. . . . .They might sound great and you could live with their looks but as with most home projects you never get your money out of them. . .Limited more by only selling local. . .Actually he is not far from me and there are certain things I do like about these speakers. . . .But a starting bid of 1000.00 seems high to me. I might contact him if they dont sell and drive over and check them out.
Anyone care to take a stab at the logic of mounting a midrange/tweeter at floor level? Not to mention removing the lens from the horn so that the high frequency soundwaves stay in a tightly focused beam aimed at your toes.
That was my question Don. Except for the trimmings and the holes cut into the boxes they look like regular 604 8-G boxes to me, including the original BPs. I didn't see anything about crossover work either.
With that configuration, Bill should have built them upside down. As for price, I think he has always been high on his stuff. I asked him once about some Altec emblems for some cabinets he gutted and put on Ebay, he said sure I still have them and will sell them for $50. I respectfully declined and got a set for $29 from another seller that came on the grills attached to the cabinets.
The tweeters can be at ear level if you use these as bookshelf speakers. He forgot to mention this and that he was including an 8 foot stepladder in the deal so you could climb up and enjoy the view of the black glass on the tops!
But then there's still the issue of no horn lens as DonMcR aptly pointed out! I can't think it would be good for a compression driver to run it without the loading benefit of a horn lens either.
He should have left the 604's in place. Those drivers alone would have fetched his asking price!