Advice on speaker building? I have two Altec 811 horns, what should I mate them with?

[pete1729]

I have two Altec 811/806 horns. I'd like to mate them with some 15" drivers and drive them with my Mac 240.

While I would certainly like to clone some Model 19's, Altec bass drivers are a little pricey. I'd like to find an affordable and fairly efficient 15" bass driver and some already sorted cabinet and crossover plans.

I have two Utah 15's and could almost clone some Seeburg DSS1's, except that that would require two more Utah's. I have some T/S parameters for the Utah's but really need someone to run the numbers for me. I understand the basics, but I don't think I get how to run any of the programs for cabinet design. I end up with specs that seen to indicate cabinets the size of a refrigerator.

I have cabinet building skills and equipment. I'd prefer not to experiment, I would rather build something with a proven ported design.

Anybody got something up their sleeve?

 

[bowtie427ss]

JBL 2226 they will work in a variety of tunings/alignments and play well up to the 1.2khz XO point you really need to use with that horn/driver combination in most of those alignments.

Plans for the 846U valencia cabinet are also available online and that should be able to tune well for a 2226.

Altec N1201/1209 network clones.

 

[absolve2525]

I'll be watching this thread! I have the same Altec and Utah drivers in some Seeburgs. They're in storage right now, one 806 needs a diaphragm.

 

[wallacefl]

I have been looking at this Altec / Jbl marriage also...4550 compression driver will work but may need to do a 3 way!...Dayton Audio Pm 180 or such in the middle