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Originally Posted by Cajundaddy
I knew those Altec VOT well. They traded smooth accuracy for astounding dynamics and 125 db SPL. Not a bad choice if rock music or Wagner is your thing.
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Originally Posted by aschen
Its a personal choice thing, so dont take this the wrong way: My dad has a set of VOT altecs since new. Compared to a nice set of modern speakers they sound terrible to me. No real bass and no midrange smoothness, and harsh highs.
I see those things are going for a couple K on ebay, I might tell my dad to sell his.
Then again old stuff is cool. The last Subaru sti econobox I had was faster and "better" than my 930 in every objective way.
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Like I said, they're not accurate, but they serve their purpose in the den where I play guitar. I have a '68 Fender Showman with 15" JBL's that they have to keep up with! They sound damn good when I want to play loud.
My living room system uses Vandersteen 2Ci's. Of course, those are much easier on the ears.