I have Altec 9849-8A speakers dated Oct. 1979 on the back of cabinet. They have a 12" driver with a horn driver. I was offered $200 per speaker 12 years ago I turned it down & still have the speakers today. I was told that they sold $500 per speaker in it's day. Anyone know if this is true?
@JimsGeminiTube Altec drivers of the 1970s-80s were very expensive. In general by this time, main buyers were institutions and studios. Inflation adjusted, $500 could be very likely. Perhaps somebody quoted a MSRP. $500/ea sounds a bit high for 1979. The offer you receive was very fair, much more that you'd expect to see on eBay for any modern Altec 12". The 50s & 60s drivers are more respected, more tube friendly and quite a bit smoother. Hang on to them, they'll appreciate.
@HiFiTown Thanks for the fast comment back. I also had some A7 "The Voice Of The Theatre", klipsch la scala & QSC pro amp. I sold the A7's on ebay for $700 & klipsch la scala's for $1100. They were just too big to have around I still have the QSC. I worked as a projectionest 14 years ago & the theatre closed down I got to keep some stuff.
I have Altec 9849-8A speakers dated Oct. 1979 on the back of cabinet. They have a 12" driver with a horn driver. I was offered $200 per speaker 12 years ago I turned it down & still have the speakers today. I was told that they sold $500 per speaker in it's day. Anyone know if this is true?
JimsGeminiTube 3 weeks ago
@JimsGeminiTube Altec drivers of the 1970s-80s were very expensive. In general by this time, main buyers were institutions and studios. Inflation adjusted, $500 could be very likely. Perhaps somebody quoted a MSRP. $500/ea sounds a bit high for 1979. The offer you receive was very fair, much more that you'd expect to see on eBay for any modern Altec 12". The 50s & 60s drivers are more respected, more tube friendly and quite a bit smoother. Hang on to them, they'll appreciate.
HiFiTown 3 weeks ago
@HiFiTown Thanks for the fast comment back. I also had some A7 "The Voice Of The Theatre", klipsch la scala & QSC pro amp. I sold the A7's on ebay for $700 & klipsch la scala's for $1100. They were just too big to have around I still have the QSC. I worked as a projectionest 14 years ago & the theatre closed down I got to keep some stuff.
JimsGeminiTube 3 weeks ago
I had mine on a NAD 7240.I can't imagine any speaker sounding any better.And I've heard a lot of them.JBL comes the closes I loved them
hlmmoore 1 month ago
I had a set that I lost gambling. They were unbelivable
hlmmoore 1 month ago
there was actualy used for monitoring on US studio that's why there sound so Hifi ^^
the design was realy advance for the time. like the French Elipson speaker.
Meteotrance 7 months ago
epic sound,thanx for sharing
transdetendal 7 months ago
OMG! That thing needs to be treated with kid gloves. An 8" version of that today would be priceless! Can you imagine?
49kasey 11 months ago
holy cow man, thats crazy. sounds unreal
goatskindreams 1 year ago
Awesome :D
That sounds super clean on my KOSS UR29's!
ExpertOfSound 1 year ago
Definitly Hi-Fi if not better! Nicely done!
isethaitchison 1 year ago
Thank you for this video. I enjoyed listening to the speaker and learning about the vintage Altec 605 and 604.
MicroGuyChannel 1 year ago