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    Posted: 12 March 2009 at 10:30pm
A mate of mine has just picked up four working examples of the Altex 604E drivers.  For those who don't know them, they're a 15" driver with a co-axially mounted compression driver.  These are about 1965 vintage.

Datasheet here: http://www.voiceofthetheatre.com/images/604E.SuperD.1.jpg

We don't have any cabinets or crossovers but I'm sure we can do something exciting with them!

Any suggestions?
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Well apart from the obvious,put them on ebay and sell them for a fortune to some valve hi-fi nut.....otherwise i guess you could make four nice close floor monitors with them Chris?..im pretty sure they would be to fragile and to valuable for main PA use.
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I think we're more likely to use them for some kind of studio monitor.  Maybe we could use all four to make a surround sound setup!
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A co-axially celula horn very nice
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Keep true to olden-days ethics and get yourself a quadrophonic amp, built four basic reflex boxes and hey presto, a truly vintage white elephant surround setup!
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ive got two of these loaded in boxes, havent been able to get them to sound sweet at all yet.

are they worth a bit of money>!?LOL ill get a picture....
dub it up
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