The local junk shop --

mhardy6647
mhardy6647 Posts: 33,801
in Vintage Speakers
has a pair of Altec Magnficents on the floor.
Imagine my surprise.

They may or may not be for sale; I did get their owner's contact info.
Now I have to decide if I want to call the guy.

Freaking.
Altec.
Magnificents.

In.
Freaking.
Middle of Nowhere, NH.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,801
    edited July 2018



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    Borrowed image -- the Magnificent is a (barely) housebroken morph of an Altec Voice of the Theater. More or less an A7 in a walnut box.



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  • EndersShadow
    EndersShadow Posts: 17,590
    edited July 2018
    These are also hard to pass up.... if I had money and could make them work as my front three.... I would!!!

    http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/swap-meet/324283-altec-lansing-vott-a15-8a-speakers.html
    "....not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." William Bruce Cameron, Informal Sociology: A Casual Introduction to Sociological Thinking (1963)
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  • txcoastal1
    txcoastal1 Posts: 13,283
    That's a pair where you send the wife in she acts surprised

    "would love to get those for my husband....bucket list....blah blah blah" ;)
    2-channel: Modwright KWI-200 Integrated, Dynaudio C1-II Signatures
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    Gear on standby: Melody 101 tube pre, Unison Research Simply Italy Integrated
    Gone to new homes: (Matt Polk's)Threshold Stasis SA12e monoblocks, Pass XA30.5 amp, Usher MD2 speakers, Dynaudio C4 platinum speakers, Modwright LS100 (voltz), Simaudio 780D DAC

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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,801
    I likes me some Altec sound.
    Y'all knew that.
    It would be cool to have Magnificents.
    I think they're a little smaller (shorter) than my Duplex cabinets.
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  • lightman1
    lightman1 Posts: 10,788
    Do it!
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  • txcoastal1
    txcoastal1 Posts: 13,283
    You only live once

    And we ain’t gettin’ any younger

    Your drooling

    That means ...GO GET THEM
    2-channel: Modwright KWI-200 Integrated, Dynaudio C1-II Signatures
    Desktop rig: LSi7, Polk 110sub, Dayens Ampino amp, W4S DAC/pre, Sonos, JRiver
    Gear on standby: Melody 101 tube pre, Unison Research Simply Italy Integrated
    Gone to new homes: (Matt Polk's)Threshold Stasis SA12e monoblocks, Pass XA30.5 amp, Usher MD2 speakers, Dynaudio C4 platinum speakers, Modwright LS100 (voltz), Simaudio 780D DAC

    erat interfectorem cesar et **** dictatorem dicere a
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,544
    You want them.....you want them.....you want them.....you want them.....
    Political Correctness'.........defined

    "A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."

    President of Club Polk

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  • mlistens03
    mlistens03 Posts: 2,767
    Buy them ASAP.
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  • OleBoot
    OleBoot Posts: 2,722
    So I visit my local thrift/junk stores regularly, and have come away with some really good deals on pictures, furniture, tools - you name it. Bur never hi-fi. Is it regioanal, maybe? I'm in PA, 20 miles out of Philly.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,801
    I'm used to finding my hifi at the dump, but we don't have a swap pile at our nearest transfer station here :(
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  • westmassguy
    westmassguy Posts: 6,850
    You a crazy man. Must be the summer heat up here Doc. Get them already!
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  • 55LS70
    55LS70 Posts: 184
    I'll tell you what they told me when I was in the airborne. "Jump!" Go get 'em.
    Decware CSP3 Preamp, RCA 6DJ8, 2 X Rocket 6N1P-EV's, Cary SLA70B Signature V2 Amplifier: 2 X Mullard GZ32's, 2 X RCA/GE 5691's, 4 X Tung-Sol 6550's

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  • msg
    msg Posts: 10,013
    Per Advocatus Diaboli...
    Do you think maybe you have enough speakers?


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    PUHAHAHAHAHAAA!
    Call the guy!

    I disabled signatures.
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  • tonyp063
    tonyp063 Posts: 1,083
    Great Ghu @mhardy6647
    You *need* these. Stop waffling man! You made the decision when you posted here.
    Make that call
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  • machone
    machone Posts: 1,510
    Go for it!
    Mojo Audio Illuminati v3>>Quantum Byte w/LMS>>Rpi/PiCoreplayer>> Starlight 7 USB >> Mojo Audio Mystique v2 SE>>ModWright SWL 9.0 SE Signature>>Hafler DH-500 Amp+ (Musical Concepts Fully Modded)>>
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  • halo
    halo Posts: 5,616
    The speakers you looked at today may be the speakers someone looked at yesterday and are coming back to buy today. If you hesitate, they will be someone else's prize.
    Audio: Polk S15 * Polk S35 * Polk S10 * SVS SB-1000 Pro
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  • aprazer402
    aprazer402 Posts: 3,147
    Hop in the Bronco and fetch 'em! A young looking Doc H. driving here. :)
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  • ZaPHoN
    ZaPHoN Posts: 90
    Hahaha. You know he's teasing you all.

    ....I hope.

    You just sitting back grinning ear to ear aren't you? You already have them don't you?
    Home Theater & Listening

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    CENTER Polk CsiA4
    SURROUND LR KEF Cresta 30
    REAR Polk Monitor 5
    SUB Tannoy TS 10 Subwoofer
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  • lawdogg
    lawdogg Posts: 455
    Hope you got em. Love my A7s.
    <3 my 3.1TLs

    I will fix your shifted magnets for free. :)
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