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Fred Arrays, part duex.

 

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Ella push-pull amp.

Sexy.

 

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Stonehenge.

You could 'feel' the demo several rooms away. There is NO replacement, for displacement.

Fun speaker to listen to, a little bright on the top end for me - but nothing tubes might not solve.

 

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I'll refrain from drinking until the pictures are done next time.

Quality components, nice to see someone keeping these vintage drivers alive and well, and brought up to date.

 

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Iconic 164-8a.

Bass horns anyone?

 

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30 watts of Altec solid-state power, never serviced.

 

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Baby Quad's.

I wish I had spent more time listening to them. LOTS of potential.

 

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Quicksilver monos.

Makes my pants go crazy.

 

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Quicksilver tube line amp, and Vincent tube output CDP.

 

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All together now....

This is the rig Element Cables setup for us to enjoy, and we did!

 

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Might very well be the best $950 one could spend on a set of speakers. I'm NOT kidding.

Eminent Technology LFT-16 Planar Magnetic Hybrid.

45Hz - 20Khz
85db 1w / 1m
8ohm
23lbs each

 

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Eastern Minimax tube phono, line, and integrated.

Dynamic Contrasts 'Just A Rack'. Coolest rack I've EVER seen.

 

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AN Speakers, I didn't get to hear these before we left.

 

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The stunning amps to power the speakers above.

Something to look forward to next year.

That's all for me folks.....enjoy.

Cheers,
Russ

 

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I'm still wiping the puddle of drool from my keyboard.

Thanks for the pics !!

 

[mg196]

These pictures further prove that REAL wood and veneers is the only way to go. I, for one, will ONLY have speakers with that "REAL WOOD" look.

 

[RichPA]

Terrific pics, Russ! Thanks :thmbsp:

 

[Sandy G]

homminah, homminah,homminah.....Be still my beating heart..I don't know much about audio stuff...not nearly as much as most of the rest of youse guys...But I do know this is some SERIOUS gear..and prolly costs more than a mere mortal like me could afford in 3 lifetimes...Like lookin' at a Duesenberg...70 yr old car, but even the most clueless would have to say that this was no go-to-work special...-Sandy G.

 

[Billfort]

Great pictures Russ, thanks for sharing. It sure is nice to see the Iconic stuff finally out and in the flesh after SO long in the 'its coming, its coming' stage. Most of the promised crossovers are still not available but it's looking like pricing for these will be stratospheric anyway so I'll be pursuing DIY for my Altec projects.

As exciting as the prospect of some newly manufactured Bill Hanuschak drivers is to me, the one that most intrigues me is the 604 (sorry, 704) and it's really too bad it didn't demo so great at this show. If they are anything like the 604's I use, the prospect of listening to them in a temporary set-up in a live hotel room, using CD as source and SS (the horror!!!) at huge volume levels has my ears crying out in pain all the way from Toronto.

I hope I have the opportunity to hear these proper someday, I'd love to mount them in one of my cabinets and hear them at home.

 

[OkieSmith]

Nice stuff! I dropped by for a couple of minutes. I didn't really like the format of setting up in different hotel rooms - it was kinda strange pokin' your head in people's hotel rooms. I looked for the AK members but, with no visible name tags, I resorted to using the "AK" call - you know, a loud abbrieviated "Ack Ack - Ack Ack". I was referred to the "Mars Attacks Role Playing Conference"!!!