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Old 06-29-2013, 07:38 AM
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I found some Altec Lansing Santana IIs for $54


I guess the cold war liberal gods were rewarding me for steadfastness
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.

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Old 06-29-2013, 08:56 AM
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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.

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thanks......I just hate the idea of refoaming but I guess it has to be done...I did not want to rub it in about the cassette deck I found yesterday...a JVC-KD-VR320....
No envy here, quite happy with this rig.
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Old 06-29-2013, 10:16 AM
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I found some Altec Lansing Santana IIs for $54


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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.


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Old 06-29-2013, 10:35 AM
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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?

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Old 06-29-2013, 10:41 AM
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They are JBL's that are more like a midrange.



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



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Old 06-29-2013, 11:10 AM
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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.
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Old 06-29-2013, 11:15 AM
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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
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Old 06-29-2013, 11:24 AM
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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
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.

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