High Efficiency Speaker Asylum

for the record -- this is an 846A Valencia

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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 sectoral horn.

Good sounding loudspeakers that complement a 2A3 amp very well.

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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!

all the best,
mrh


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