Re: Altec 604 8G drivers....Rocking Now..!!!
You only assume that they have such philosophy and intent, rather than more practical and realistic things like budgets and deadlines.
I find that's something of a cop out, particularly as an after the fact modder so many years later with the technology gap spanning the distance and the fact that you likely haven't the same budget or the same deadlines. You should be able to offer that much more, arguing only to the technology limits themselves for all of the hardware available before you.
It's a different argument conflating what yesteryear's technological capability was limited to versus the limits of modern technology. If you're speaking in terms of limits imposed by one over the other, then it's clear you're not being fair to one of them somewhere, and probably where it gets misrepresented.
Where misrepresentation happens is in the fear mongering tactic employed in calling into question how it responds instead with a low Z output with high damping. Surely there must be a system somewhere that doesn't respond as well to being driven in this completely conventional manner, we just haven't seen the proof of it today, and certainly not for this particular one. More important that we hold loyal to what we surmise their original farts smelled like at the time of the design.
But so long as we take the extended cop out of it all being totally subjective anyway, then what value would proof have in the argument either way.
In this way, audio _Engineering_ is little more involved than your typical haut couture show, with all of the esoteric and eccentric flavors, and all of the backroom dealings.
Hi,
I think you are misinterpreting/misunderstood what I have said in other posts . What I have said many times is that when building systems around vintage speakers/amps it is better to be sympathetic to the design philosophy and intent of the original designers.
The old Altecs were designed with the low damping factor tube amps with high Z.(not so sure about the 604G but the earlier ones certainly were).That is not to say you can't use SS amps with them, but SS amps with high damping factors and low Z don't sound right to me with these type of drivers. This is my opinion but then different strokes for different folks.
I am sure Manav has done his homework when he committed to Kanwar's design.
Regards
Rajiv
You only assume that they have such philosophy and intent, rather than more practical and realistic things like budgets and deadlines.
I find that's something of a cop out, particularly as an after the fact modder so many years later with the technology gap spanning the distance and the fact that you likely haven't the same budget or the same deadlines. You should be able to offer that much more, arguing only to the technology limits themselves for all of the hardware available before you.
It's a different argument conflating what yesteryear's technological capability was limited to versus the limits of modern technology. If you're speaking in terms of limits imposed by one over the other, then it's clear you're not being fair to one of them somewhere, and probably where it gets misrepresented.
Where misrepresentation happens is in the fear mongering tactic employed in calling into question how it responds instead with a low Z output with high damping. Surely there must be a system somewhere that doesn't respond as well to being driven in this completely conventional manner, we just haven't seen the proof of it today, and certainly not for this particular one. More important that we hold loyal to what we surmise their original farts smelled like at the time of the design.
But so long as we take the extended cop out of it all being totally subjective anyway, then what value would proof have in the argument either way.
In this way, audio _Engineering_ is little more involved than your typical haut couture show, with all of the esoteric and eccentric flavors, and all of the backroom dealings.
