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Why I will always buy "homebrew" speakers...

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Posted on November 4, 2009 at 20:07:34
Phil D
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 ...'cause you will never know what's inside!

I picked up a pair of homebrew speakers tonight....small cabinets that the owner said had 15" triaxials inside. Got 'em real cheap because that's all I could afford.

What's inside you ask?

Mint condition Altec 602D Duplex speakers with the N-3000-E crossovers!
Agreed..., posted on November 5, 2009 at 14:53:21
Gerry E.
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 There's nothing more exciting in vintage hi-fi than opening up an old, unlabeled or home-built speaker cabinet to see what's inside. I have found everything from the worst junk drivers to Western Electric.

The thing to keep in mind is that the quality or size of the cabinet doesn't always tell the whole story. In other words, don't judge a book by its cover.

Gerry

so true...., posted on November 5, 2009 at 19:00:19
Oface
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 I love it when I grab a set of unknown behemoths and lo I find some very nice components tuck inside.... same thing with some of the consoles I have found over the years,, some are duds, some are keepers....


-chris

nice score.......nt, posted on November 5, 2009 at 13:30:43
Oface
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Sweet.....nt, posted on November 5, 2009 at 11:50:46
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RE: Why I will always buy "homebrew" speakers..., posted on November 5, 2009 at 07:10:31
David Yost
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 Hi, Phil

I know what a 601 is, but what is a 602?

Best wishes,
David

The 602D is a ...., posted on November 5, 2009 at 12:18:47
Phil D
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Location: Cincinnati
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 ...15" "Duplex" (Coaxial) speaker with a multicell tweeter and N-3000-E crossover.

Very cool!

The guy who sold them to me made the cabinets himself way back when, and I am wondering how he thought they sounded good...the cabinets are way too small for these speakers! They are approx. 18" wide, 10" deep and 20" tall!

"...I am wondering how he thought they sounded good.", posted on November 5, 2009 at 12:43:42
JimL
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 Probably another example of Beranek's Law:

It has been remarked that if one selects his own components, builds his own enclosure, and is convinced he has made a wise choice of design, then his own loudspeaker sounds better to him than does anyone else's loudspeaker. In this case, the frequency response of the loudspeaker seems to play only a minor part in forming a person's opinion.

L.L. Beranek, Acoustics (McGraw-Hill, New York, 1954), p.208.
RE: Why I will always buy "homebrew" speakers..., posted on November 5, 2009 at 07:03:29
johnsonad
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 Nice find!

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