I just caught this post. I do have a digital camera, but its lens isn't quite enogh of a wide angle to encompass the entire system. Still, I could take a series of shots. If you would, send me a PM to "talk me through it," and I just might do what you ask!

Added a couple of Bass bins....American Acoustics Labs, 2-12" woofers in each. For the price of a tank of gas for a full sized truck, I just couldn't pass 'em up....

And here they are with some tweeters I had lying around....

Even running off a 12 WPC Sansui I have lying around, these get louder than I can stand, and sound remarkably good doing it....

Those green metal horns look like Altec 511 B´s to me, so they probably are fed by mid / high compression drivers, not just tweeters.

Those horns sounds a lot better damped in some way. You ought to try it, Allan.

How are you crossing them over to the bass bins?

Jorge

Heh, you don't seriously think I was calling them tweeters, do you Jorge????...
It would be like calling Simplex W's "woofers"....

As for damping, the efficiency of the bass bins is actually a very nice match for the 511's/806A's. I've actually now paid for 1 of my 2 promised A-7 cabinets, so, once the Simplexes get in, I will probably take the 515's out of one of them, and plop them into the cabinets to be able to get some more use out of them..... I'll have these 511's/806A's and the 1005/288 combinations to play with...

As for crossovers, right now it's K.I.S.S. a simple first order high pass crossed over at 10KHz using a 2 uF cap...Nothing fancy, yet they sound great!

Allan,

I meant damping the resonances of the metal horn, not the levell of the response.

Adding some Blutak or something similar is normally used for this purposes.

Jorge

Oh yeah, cutting the welds, caulking the fins, etc. I've heard of it being done, but haven't noted enough ringing on the horns to consider it...yet. I also want some of the more experienced Altec guys to hear my altec horns so I can get educated opinions.....

Yeah, I had my Smith difraction mid-horns made of real wood-veneered MDF just to avoid that.

Oh by the way, did I forget to mention these beauties?

And let's not forget the motor(s).....


Dig the amplifier stand.... 'faid that's all I'm doing with them for the time being...

you know its quite a collection of gear in one room when a big Klipsch is relegated to an amp stand.

Been awhile boys....

Life's been good!

My horns grow bigger!!!!

And STRONGER!!!!!

Oh and the Amplifier stands have found another home....

Got a new corner table or two that I like better....