Ziggurat Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 (edited) Scored this beauty last night for next to nothing.... One only, but with a spare Altec 511b lens. Its one mixed up puppy - I wonder how it will sound?  Like I needed another project... Anyway, your ridicule is welcome 🤣         Edited July 1, 2019 by Ziggurat 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coytee Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 Do you know what bass driver is in there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziggurat Posted July 1, 2019 Author Share Posted July 1, 2019  9 minutes ago, Coytee said: Do you know what bass driver is in there?  No, not yet. The unit is due to arrive on a truck over the next couple of days - I will open it up and have a look then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonzo Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULjCSK0oOlI Â Hey Al! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziggurat Posted July 1, 2019 Author Share Posted July 1, 2019 1 hour ago, Bonzo said: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULjCSK0oOlI Â Hey Al! Â The greatest music video of all time, period. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonzo Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 I have to agree! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimjimbo Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 That's great, I had never seen it before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClaudeJ1 Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 He really like his bass player on that tune. At the 25 th anniversary of the Rock and Roll hall of fame concert he kept saying "Here come da bass." for that part. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziggurat Posted July 4, 2019 Author Share Posted July 4, 2019 Woofer reveal..... Vitavox! Yeah baby! Â 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonzo Posted July 4, 2019 Share Posted July 4, 2019 Interesting combination of components. I assume there is some type of dividing network in that box or at least a capacitor? I think that compression driver is rated down to 800hz which is probably a stretch. Do you have a multi-meter to check the DCR of the driver and woofer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avguytx Posted July 4, 2019 Share Posted July 4, 2019 Based on what a Vitavox K15/40 sold for on e b a y on 4/19, I think I know what I'd be doing. Selling parts and buying something new! But that's just me. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziggurat Posted July 4, 2019 Author Share Posted July 4, 2019 25 minutes ago, avguytx said: Based on what a Vitavox K15/40 sold for on e b a y on 4/19, I think I know what I'd be doing. Selling parts and buying something new! But that's just me.  Exactly! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziggurat Posted July 4, 2019 Author Share Posted July 4, 2019 Also came with these old things... presumably the previous owner never found an adapter for the 511b horn... Anyhow, nice to have a pair of '77 vintage K55's around the place. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blvdre Posted July 4, 2019 Share Posted July 4, 2019 Jackpot! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziggurat Posted July 5, 2019 Author Share Posted July 5, 2019 12 minutes ago, Blvdre said: Jackpot!  Yes.... I am feeling a bit pleased with myself. You need the occasional 'win' in life don't you? A pair of 511b horns, pair of K55's and a Vitavox 15/40 for beer money.... 🙂  Pays not to be too proud though, just in case irony kills me with an infected paper cut or something... or I get a black fly in my chardonnay..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glens Posted July 5, 2019 Share Posted July 5, 2019 Or the voice coils in all the drivers are toast... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziggurat Posted July 5, 2019 Author Share Posted July 5, 2019 1 hour ago, glens said: Or the voice coils in all the drivers are toast... Â Maybe... but they were all carefully wrapped up for protection so I'm guessing not. I will have a play with them.next week! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blvdre Posted July 5, 2019 Share Posted July 5, 2019 9 hours ago, glens said: Or the voice coils in all the drivers are toast... Â Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoff. Posted July 5, 2019 Share Posted July 5, 2019 Holy cow! Just googled the Vitavox K15/40. Â A little leg work and you could parlay all that into a decent pair of used Khorns. Â ...sweet... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziggurat Posted July 5, 2019 Author Share Posted July 5, 2019 3 hours ago, geoff. said: Holy cow! Just googled the Vitavox K15/40.  A little leg work and you could parlay all that into a decent pair of used Khorns.  ...sweet...  Yes... if only I there were two of the Vitavox drivers - then it truly would have been a scoop. Chances of finding a second one at sane money are slip.  Current replacement cost new from Vitavox in the UK is £3095 per driver..... yikes!  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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