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for the record -- this is an 846A Valencia

Posted by mhardy6647 on April 11, 2017 at 17:44:29:
Ported two-way design with 16 ohm Altec 15 inch woofer (416) and 16 ohm Altec compression tweeter (806, if memory serves) on an Altec 811B 1" throat (quasi-sectoral) horn.
Good sounding loudspeakers that complement a 2A3 amp very well.
The only problem with Valencias is that their LF extension is quite limited (and the HF is rather rolled off, too) -- but what you get does sound very, very good!
:-)
An Altec A7 Voice of the Theatre uses a more "sophisticated" loading scheme for its woofer, but in a larger (and uglier) box. The Valencia is much more housebroken.
There was a home version called the Altec Magnificent. These are neither common nor inexpensive, though.
Sorry for cluttering your thread with replies -- as you can probably tell, this is one of my favorite-est hifi subjects!