I had a pair of the original Santana's back in the early 70's. Absolutely no top end whatsoever, except when coupled with a device I also bought which the salesman called an "energizer"...apparently some sort of dynamic processor I've never seen before or since. With that they sounded pretty good.

They were tough. For awhile, I had 'em stacked with my buddy's Pioneer R700's, and we sent the Pioneer's back to the shop a couple of times blowing smoke, while the Altec's just kept belting it out.

Overall, I think the R700's were better speakers soundwise.

Chas

Never heard them, but always thought they'd be bass heavy with that huge woofer and the tiny, paper tweet. But, get a nice supertweet to set on top and you might have something great.

Dave

No envy here, quite happy with this rig.

Nice, looks like those were designed for classical.
Hmm, looks like a 5 in hole there, put one of my pair of 375's in there, refoam the bass, and then produce nice music for your entire neighborhood to enjoy. :D


Carl

Thanks for the input everyone....that is nice system Merrylander....I have a 701 Pioneer at work right now it is a great deck.

I am having buyers remorse this morning since from what Charles and others have said they do not seem to be the best Altecs....I am taking a bunch of audio stuff to the SA if I find the receipt I might return them I have 7 days...

Carl what is a 375 a tweeter? are you talking about the tweeter dimensions or the bass port?

Robbin

They are JBL's that are more like a midrange.
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Carl

Wow....

I just might see if my RSL 3600 woofers will fit...since they are designed for a ported system (l100 clone)
they might work....and I have some Philip Soft dome tweeters too....nothing else going on this weekend.

Get the T/S parameters of the speaker and you'll be on the right track

Well, they aren't 19's, but they're still worth what you paid for them.

I had the 1st model Santana without the vent & adjustable crossover. They also had the 15" bi flex woofer. The tweeters should have been used in a Short-o-matic transistor radio.

Chas