[BC] BC] Sparta/Marti/Vega/Altec

[Danny Ray Boyer]

A have a mint set of Altec A7's that came out of a theatre in Central Mexico.  

They look just like the day that they were installed. 

Danny Ray Boyer 








Altec is now a part of Spark-O-Matic.  The same folks who brought you  cheap 
car stereos in the 1970s.  They have even reissued the A-7  loudspeaker. 
_http://www.alteclansing.com/legacy/story.asp_ <http://lists.radiolists.net/pipermail/broadcast/2006-December/_http://www.alteclansing.com/legacy/story.asp_> 
(http://www.alteclansing.com/legacy/story.asp)    I can't say as I know why, because they are not that great a  
speaker.  They were intended to reproduce optical film sound through a  
perforated movie screen, and have the presence peaks to prove it.  The new  version is 
incredibly expensive at about $4000 each plus $300 shipping.  I  guess they 
figure that there are enough people out there with cash in their  pockets. 
 
Cetec Vega was absorbed into the EV-Telex line. Somewhere in the  process, 
the brand name went away.  For a while a few wireless mics were  labeled 
"EV-Vega."   

Chuck  Conrad
KZQX Radio
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