Anyone familiar with Altec 292 compression drivers? Good ? Bad ? o.k. ???
Think they're 3" diaphragms into a 1.4" throat. What's the freq. response and what kind of power can they handle ?
thanks,
Guy
Anyone familiar with Altec 292 compression drivers? Good ? Bad ? o.k. ???
Think they're 3" diaphragms into a 1.4" throat. What's the freq. response and what kind of power can they handle ?
thanks,
Guy
I have had 288's in the past and now use Great Plains 399 driver(similiar to 288-8K Altec).
I think the 292 might be higher power handling, but less HF response.
Todd White would know, maybe he will post some info!
Ron
Guy , Ron
- Yes, the 292-8a was a 3" (2.88) phenolic diaphragmed, 1.4" exit driver .
- It existed in the mid seventies up until the switch from Alnico to Ferrite magnets .
- It's closely related to the 290-4g paging driver . It differs in not having the the builtin matching transformer with the extra large back-cap housing / and / it's an 8 ohm diaphragm vs the 4 ohms type found in the 290 .
- It's magnetic structure was on par with the 288-8G ( ie ; extra weight compared to the older 288 designs ) . The gap was a tad wider ( like the JBL 2482 ) to accomodate the extra heat from its' increased power handling .
- Response and power handling were supposed to be the same as the 290 / though I've never seen a cut-sheet to verify that .
- It was a product aimed squarely at the M.I. business and the young growing S.R. industry . You can see a bit of info on it here on this 1975 catalogue page.
- I remember this "touring club system" from Altec quite well ( I was a working musician back then ). The 1215/1225 system was actually quite good (once it's high end was augmented with something to go from 7K and up ) . Typically JBL bullets were the UHF driver of choice back then . ( An unsanctioned and "unholy" mix according to both corporate entities )
<> Earl K
Well..., where the hell is figure 3? I want to see the comparison.
Widget
Okay ,,,
Here's the comparison .
Cool, thanks! I always thought those 2482s were a bit lacking up top...
Hold on... they are both on the same horn... isn't that a 1.4" horn?
Widget
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