[Gogar]

Capacitors can start to leak with age; I doubt a coil could go 'bad', but I suppose it's possible.

Mr. Webb is onto something: If the surrounds of the woofer have deteriorated, the low end will suffer considerably, making the speakers seem 'more bright', even if they are actually just 'less bassy.'


If you can hook up a known good set of speakers or hook up the altecs to a known good stereo maybe you can eliminate or include the idea that the amp might be messed up.