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What is it on the next to bottom of the far left shelf? Appears to have possibly a single tube standing up and sockets on the top? ( or my imagination...)!

The carpeted Vegas are great speakers.... I had a pair that I got a bargain on and hung them from the rafters in my barn/garage workshop angled slightly down and inwards towards the workbench. They sounded great and could take a real beating! If I could only save one pair though...it would be the Altecs that I've owned for 40 some odd years.

Unfortunately no. These were kind of "plain Jane" systems with one or two 12" main speakers and mid rage and tweeters in a tower type large box....rectangular with no fancy curves or anything like that. I believe they were about 4-5 ft tall with a simple gloss lacquer finish and he had about 3-4 standard models with different numbers of main drivers and he hand built each of them. They were also very reasonably priced....all of them under $2k per pair and many of them in the $1k range. He had excellent reviews and would take custom orders to build for anyone wanting different sets of drivers in them. Perhaps it wasn't here that I read about them, but it was about the time that Kevin was talking about his Tektons that I ran across them. It is a one man operation.

No... They weren't that fancy looking....no wood grain finish.

I don't think it was those...thank you guys. It was a single guy who was making them and he had possibly three different stock models available and in different gloss lacquer colors, but they were (if I remember correctly) in the $1000-$2,000) range. I do recall at the time looking at the Tektons though in addition to the ones I'm now trying to find so it was in that time frame.

I've searched and cannot seem to find the maker of some speakers that were mentioned here on the site at one point in time. They were hand made by a guy who built them to order... I think he had several stock models....they were finished in a gloss lacquer of various colors and had 2-3 12" drivers with midrange and tweeters and were in the $1000-$2000 range if I remember correctly. He built them to order and the reports on sound quality were quite good. I simply can't remember who he was or what the name of the company was. Any help here?

All and any rap, hip hop, heavy metal, ultra modern progressive jazz....and oh yes...Taylor Swift! ( Gosh, I'm picky!)

Amen!!!

Altec 19's....no sub needed! ( I'm slightly biased...)?

@DaddyJT "Can you share the impedance of the volume pot? Remote volume is a deal-breaker for me, and curious of the possibility of modding it..." × Hi.... We use the ALPs 20K although we have also used a 100K with good results as well, although the 100K is a bit more sensitive at the bottom end and the 20K seems a bit more linear...no difference in sound though...only in the volume settings for the unit. We already have a remote kit that can easily be added to the unit and quite possibly our next model will include it, but the power transformer I had custom built for this unit already has extra taps at 6v, 9v and 12v for adding any options that might be needed. The remote we found has power on and off, mute and volume. It already has the motorized ALPs pot on it and it fits perfectly into our face plate. It requires 5 volts to run it and the 6 volt tap from our transformer will work perfectly since the remote board already has a 7805 5 volt regulator built in. The only thing that needs to be changed aside from the volume control is the main power switch that we have. It needs to be changed to a momentary switch instead of a latching switch. Fortunately we planned ahead on this and the switch we use is already available in both latching and momentary. Change that out and add the remote kit and one power relay which is controlled by the remote board (the relay costs less than $10) and there you have it. Easy squeezy. I'd estimate several hours to do the complete changeover.

Because of the delays we experienced with some parts and shipping boxes our initial sales got off to a rather late start...half way through the 1 month sale originally planned. I have convinced JG to extend the sale for another 2 weeks....until the 15th of April to make up for the 2 weeks of lost time at the beginning of the sale. Either JG or I can be contacted for more information. Thank you for the support we have so far received! FXB

Because of the delays we experienced with some parts and shipping boxes our initial sales got off to a rather late start...half way through the 1 month sale originally planned. I have convinced JG to extend the sale for another 2 weeks....until the 15th of April to make up for the 2 weeks of lost time at the beginning of the sale. Either JG or I can be contacted for more information. Thank you for the support we have so far received! FXB

The Alps pot you're looking for is the 27mm Size Metal Shaft Type RK271 Series ALPS and is available in many resistance values. We have used both the 20K and 100K and had excellent results with either. Do not order the stepped fixed resistor ladder type that you can get on eBay for about $6. The steps were too wide apart for our purposes and it was not always possible to get the exact volume that we wanted with it. One step might be too low and the next step would jump to being too high. It might work just fine for your use though. The ones we use cost about $10-$15 on eBay and there are only a few sellers in the US who stock them. Most sellers have the cheaper stepped units. They look very much alike, but the stepped units usually have a fixed loudness tap on them giving them 4 terminals for each section. They're still quality pots, but lack the flexibility of the infinitely variable Alps which only has the normal 3 terminals per section. There are also fake ones out there that are not truly made in Japan. Check feedback on whoever you purchase one from! We order ours directly from the manufacturer to ensure that we have the real deal. We do have some stepped units here that we originally purchased since I normally like fixed resistor "ladder" typed volume controls. We can sell you one at cost if you think you'd like to try one. It might be fine for your purposes.

I think you'll find that the silver anode 6N2's are going to sound as good or better than any 12AX7 you can sub in it, but I'll be very interested in hearing what your experiences are! They have a lower floor noise and lower microphonics of most 12AX7's and are rated at up to 10K hrs of use. The bottom end is also supposed to be better as well. The single 6N1 can be directly subbed with a 6DJ8. We tried several brands including Bugle Boys and the 6N1 sounded better...( to us anyway). Interesting thread here...... https://www.diyaudio.com/forums/tubes-valves/65548-6922-vs-6n1p-bass-response.html

I just started a thread about these adapters and their use that includes some info about the 6N1 and 6N2 tubes and rolling tubes in the preamp.