Is it insane to pay that much for these?

[WhiteSE]

linky clicky!

What kind of cab size would be ideal....I have heard good things about that company on some DIY forums..

 

[WhiteSE]

damn, no one will this post here...lol

 

[geaugafletcher]

Only an hour has it been. Expensive on Audiogon everything is.

 

[WhiteSE]

yeah,,,but i figured less than new...;-)

 

[Billfort]

I've never heard this 'Iconic' version of the Altec 604-K but they are built by Bill Hanuschak of Great Plains and based on the 604's I have heard I'd say yeah, they are worth that much.

I believe the woofer parameters on these are very similar to my G's and my experience is that the best cabinet is 9ft3, tuned to 40Hz and using a wide 24" baffle - basically the Altec 620A or a variant. It's not that they sound bad in smaller boxes but you loose bass extension (which is about 40Hz in the big box I'm suggesting) and a narrow baffle kind of hurts the upper bass/lower mid balance which isn't a good thing with these - they can sound forward in the midrange. System matching does wonders for the mid balance but a wide baffle is an important element (IMO).

 

[WhiteSE]

Bill, do you happen to know off hand a cab I can look at online that matches your cab description? what kind of dimensions are we talking about.?

 

[Billfort]

Altec 620A cabinets are here and something based on these parameters, well, mine are.

 

[doucanoe]

I have spoke with Bill Hanuschak on a couple of occasions. He owns all the remaining tooling from Altec and manufactures the replacement diaphrams for Altec compression drivers. I think he was the last engineer/production manager there or something to that effect.

I wouldn't pay that much for the because Im too damn cheap, but are the worth $1350.00 or something around that? My guess would be yes.

RC