Got me a free pair of old ugly Altec Speakers
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Anyone care to take a guess what they are from the picture. 
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Early 604s?
budgetaudio6
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look like a pair of rock laden DC's
Anyone care to take a guess what they are from the picture.
No. Sam made a well informed reply and received a coy reply in turn.
605s
If so you got yourself some pretty damned good speakers.
If so you got yourself some pretty damned good speakers.
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I had 605As for many years, in Barzilay cabinets. Bass was robust; deep and clean but with a bit of a bump. Midrange was quite lifelike with excellent vocal reproduction though the mids were a little mellower than that from other Altecs that crossed to the woofer lower. Highs were clean but not extended, a little shy. Clarity and dynamics were also excellent and the speakers played very loud with little distress and needed little power to do so. No. harshness or "zippyness"; no "earwire"---the affect that someone is twisting a wire in your ear. Tonal balance was smooth but on the warm side.
In the right room and with certain material they'd do the deep, wrap around soundstage thing and sound would appear to be coming from far behind the speakers and from far to the sides of them as well, some sounds even appearing next to me. Spooky. On older RCA Elvis recordings it sometimes sounded like Elvis was right in the room.
All in all I think they were VERY good speakers; not perfect but very pleasing.
In the right room and with certain material they'd do the deep, wrap around soundstage thing and sound would appear to be coming from far behind the speakers and from far to the sides of them as well, some sounds even appearing next to me. Spooky. On older RCA Elvis recordings it sometimes sounded like Elvis was right in the room.
All in all I think they were VERY good speakers; not perfect but very pleasing.
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Dayum! FREE!!!! Sounds like scroe of the year material to me....
Cool! Write down that bit of provenance and keep it with the speakers.
Is that the II that was sold in central NC earlier this year???
Heh, hard to forget missing a deal like that one. However, all is forgiven now that I have one of my own. I did pay a little more for it, but got the OEM tubes in as new condition for the extra dough....
