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"let's use Altec speakers!"

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mhardy6647

In Reply to: RE: a fun read on the Dead's Wall of Sound over AM coffee. John Curl, enjoy posted by rhyno on July 12, 2015 at 05:13:36

Yes... let's!

;-)

too bad the WoS was chockablock with JBL & EV drivers -- I think that the acid must've cooked their collective brains in the interim...

(I'm kidding! Honest I am... well, mostly)

all the best,
mrh

Follow Ups:

RE: "let's use Altec speakers!" - Inmate51 14:25:59 07/12/15 (5)
You put that phrase in quotation marks, as if you're quoting someone. But, you're the only person who wrote the phrase.

"(I'm kidding! Honest I am... well, mostly)".

Now, I AM quoting YOU. Which part were you NOT kidding about?
- It was a quote from the article - mhardy6647 15:40:20 07/12/15 (4)
  in context:
  
  ""There was no technology for electric instruments," Lesh told Rolling Stone in 2011. "We started talking about how to get around distortion and get a pure musical tone. [Bear] did some research and said, 'Let's use Altec speakers and hi-fi amps and four-tube-amps, one for each instrument, and put them on a piece of wood.' Three months later we were playing through Bear's sound system.""
  
  ... but in fact, Bear and the Dead moved away from the Altecs pretty quickly -- and (as the article notes) the drivers used in the WoS were JBL and EV. I attributed the switch to acid burn-out, facetiously, because I am an Altec fanboy and rather less so of the other two marques.
  
  There's a good book on the Dead's gear (instruments and electronics) that is cogent to this thread. I recommend it.
  
  all the best,
  mrh
  - RE: It was a quote from the article - A.Wayne 19:03:36 07/12/15 (2)
    Was never a big fan of EV stuff , JBL yes , Altec , was OK , but nothing like JBL ....,
    - E-V - Inmate51 05:50:24 07/13/15 (1)
      The E-V T350 tweeters that they used are killer.
      
      I use them in my current speakers, and dread the day when one of them fails.
      
      :)
      - RE: E-V - mkuller 08:16:28 07/13/15 (0)
        
        In Reply to: RE: E-V posted by Inmate51 on July 13, 2015 at 05:50:24
        
        ...back in about 1971 when I was in college there was a speaker company in Boulder that used E-V drivers and their crossovers.
        
        A buddy of mine and I listened to them and really liked the 3-way but couldn't afford them.
        
        We discovered they sold the drivers and crossovers in kits so we went in and took measurements of their cut-away speaker cabinet on display.
        
        My buddy built a pair in my basement and they sounded pretty good.
  - RE: It was a quote from the article - Inmate51 16:38:55 07/12/15 (0)
    Ah, I see. Sorry, I've read and have been told so much about the WOS that I only skimmed the article and read pieces of it in detail.
    
    If I can find the printed article from 2-3 decades ago, I'll scan it and post it.
    
    :)

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