Vintage 1970's Floorstanding Speaker
All pre-owned product is tested in our service department and have been passed for sale... and comes with a 90 day warranty!
In good condition for it's age. See pix for the flaws. But hey it's a vintage Altec...
From the 1971 Altec Catalog: This two-way speaker system features Altec's patented 15 inch Biflex® speaker with a 10 1/2" magnetic structure together with a cone-type direct radiator of 7.5 cm diameter tweeter. The uniquely styled cabinet is of contemporary oiled walnut with a composition slate top and is hand-finished on all four sides so it can be placed anywhere in the room. The system's impedance is 8 ohms and it can be used with amplifiers having continuous power ratings up to 45 watts. The system has high efficiency, wide dynamic range and excellent transient response.
A bit more for you Altec techies out there:
A 38 cm special cone type full range unit, 420A, is mounted in the low range. The 420A is called a bi-flex speaker. A large cone and a 16 cm diameter cone with different stiffness are combined by a multi-dumped corrugation. This makes it possible to play back with less distortion in the ultra low, middle low, and middle range included in the program source. In the center of the cone, a dome radiator made of light alloy covers the upper limit of the high range. The voice coil uses a 75 mm diameter voice coil with an aluminum ribbon wire edgewise winding. The magnetic circuit uses a 11,400 gauss, 4.9 kg internal magnetic type Alnico V. The magnetic circuit of Altec products is only excited up to the specified magnetic flux density, and the sharp decrease in holding force and uneven quality caused by the magnet excited up to the limit are suppressed.
A strong aluminum die-cast frame is used for the frame part to suppress distortion due to aging and resonance due to cone vibration.
New Idea in Speaker Cabinets For the first time, you can set a speaker system anywhere in your listening room and have beautifully hand-finished furniture in view. This 1s what the cabinet designers at Altec set out to achieve when they started designing the all-new Santana Speaker System. The basic design includes all-mitered corners, both sides and the back finished in elegant oiled walnut, a full-length-snap-on front frille, and a contemporary inset black composition slate top. The speaker connections are carefully tucked out of sight under the lip formed by the slightly recessed pedestal type base.The 879A is Altec's first to use a large-size floor type airtight cabinet. American pine plywood is used for the plate material. The original cabinet has a walnut finish and the top plate is made of marble. The top plate is handpolished Mexican raw stone.
Specifications include - Full Specs are last image
Frequency Response ...... 35-18,000 Hz
Power Rating .. ... 45 watts
Impedance ....... 8 ohms
Crossover Frequency .....2500 Hz
Dimensions: 25 5/8"H x 20 1/2'' W x17 ' D
Components .... 420A Biflex, and direct radiating tweeter
Original box and packing are not available, so these are LOCAL SALE ONLY. Bring big vehicle and friends - these are over 50 lbs each!
