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Altec Lansing Valencia: Improving a Classic

Great Plains Audio Posted on July 26, 2017 by GPAAugust 5, 2017
Altec Lansing Valencia

The Altec-Lansing Valencia 846B is an American audio classic that inspired the development of the legendary Model 19. It shares many similarities with the newer and larger Model 19. There were two versions of the Valencia: the 846A and 846B. … Continue reading →

Posted in GPA's Vintage Altec E-Zine | Tagged Altec-Lansing, Santiago, Valencia

The Altec Lansing Model 19-MR3: The Loudspeaker That Never Was

Great Plains Audio Posted on July 26, 2017 by GPAJuly 27, 2017
Altec-Lansing-M500-Maestro

The Altec-Lansing M500 Maestro is a largely lost and forgotten loudspeaker, but it is, perhaps, the best the company ever built. It arrived in the final days of Altec-Lansing, Inc., and production was cut short due to the sale of … Continue reading →

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Altec Lansing Model 19 Cabinet Plans

Great Plains Audio Posted on July 25, 2017 by Jeff MarkwartJuly 25, 2017

Follow the links below to download and print sections of the Vintage Altec Lansing Model 19 Cabinet Plans for use in your wood shop. Refer to the Model 19 Cabinet Plans page for NOTES that accompany the plans. Altec Lansing Model 19 Front View Altec Lansing Model 19 … Continue reading →

Posted in GPA's Vintage Altec E-Zine, Jeff Markwart's Corner | Tagged Altec-Lansing, Cabinet, Model 19

Altec Lansing VOTT from Sound Practices Magazine

Great Plains Audio Posted on July 25, 2017 by Jeff MarkwartJuly 25, 2017

Here are two articles I contributed to from Sound Practices magazine. They are reprinted here with permission from Sound Practices. Sound Practices, Vol. 1, #4, Altec “Voice of the Theatre” Speakers for Hi-Fi Sound Practices, Vol. 1, #9, Horns Revisited … Continue reading →

Posted in GPA's Vintage Altec E-Zine, Jeff Markwart's Corner | Tagged Altec-Lansing, Voice of the Theatre, VOTT

Altec Lansing Compression Driver Rear Loading Caps

Great Plains Audio Posted on July 25, 2017 by Jeff MarkwartJuly 25, 2017

In the spring of 2008 I was loaned a pair of Altec Lansing Super Duplex 604E for testing and research about possible crossover improvements. Unfortunately, one of the drivers had sustained damage to a compression driver binding post during shipment, … Continue reading →

Posted in GPA's Vintage Altec E-Zine, Jeff Markwart's Corner | Tagged Altec-Lansing, Compression Driver, Rear Loading Cap

Altec-Lansing 604E Super Duplex

Great Plains Audio Posted on July 25, 2017 by Jeff MarkwartJuly 25, 2017

I received an unexpected opportunity to perform electro-acoustic measurements on a pair of 604E Super Duplex speakers in early 2008 thanks to a long-time owner seeking improvement in their sound. He had been using the original Altec Lansing N-1500A series … Continue reading →

Posted in GPA's Vintage Altec E-Zine, Jeff Markwart's Corner | Tagged 604E Super Duplex, Altec-Lansing

Great Plains Audio 604-8H-III

Great Plains Audio Posted on July 25, 2017 by Jeff MarkwartJuly 25, 2017
GPA 604-8H-III-Rev-02

The Great Plains Audio 604-8H-III is a much improved version of the vintage ferrite magnet Altec 604 family, and is currently in production. Compared to the early production ferrite Altec 604-16X discussed elsewhere in these pages, the GPA 604 exhibits … Continue reading →

Posted in GPA's Vintage Altec E-Zine, Jeff Markwart's Corner | Tagged 604-8H III, Great Plains Audio, Review

Recommended Parts – Substitutions – Construction Hints

Great Plains Audio Posted on July 24, 2017 by Jeff MarkwartJuly 25, 2017

The parts and bi-wiring layout I have specified  here for building my various 604 and 605 phase correct crossovers are ones I have used successfully with vintage Altec Lansing drivers in the past. The parts are not inexpensive, nor the layout … Continue reading →

Posted in GPA's Vintage Altec E-Zine, Jeff Markwart's Corner | Tagged Crossover

Altec Lansing 604-8K Duplex Studio Monitor

Great Plains Audio Posted on July 24, 2017 by Jeff MarkwartJuly 25, 2017
Altec 604-8K

In early 2008 I had the opportunity to evaluate a loaned Altec Lansing 604-8K utilizing the CLIO system. The driver was an early unit (serial # 3403, date stamped DEC 1982) and was equipped with the original factory low frequency cone and … Continue reading →

Posted in GPA's Vintage Altec E-Zine, Jeff Markwart's Corner | Tagged 604-8K, Altec-Lansing, DUPLEX

Phase Correction for Altec Ferrite Duplexes

Great Plains Audio Posted on July 24, 2017 by Jeff MarkwartJuly 24, 2017

Ferrite Magnet 604s As I mentioned on the Home Page, horizontal separation between voice coil gaps for ferrite magnet Altec Lansing 604 & 904 duplexes is 2.8125”. This distance produces 112 degrees of phase shift between the driver’s acoustic centers at … Continue reading →

Posted in GPA's Vintage Altec E-Zine, Jeff Markwart's Corner | Tagged 604, Altec-Lansing, DUPLEX, Phase Correction

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