Somone had a post elsewhere stating that Altec 421-8H (15-inch bass speakers) were "offered as an upgrade to the JBLs during the Hendrix-SUNN era." Does anyone know if this is, in fact, TRUE? Anyone HAVE such a cabinet as proof?
Thanks.
Nope, I have no cabinet. I do remember reading in Sunn catalogs that Altec speakers could be installed instead of JBLs... however I doubt that they would have billed the Altecs as upgrades to the JBLs.
Is this a possible mixup? I mean... I know Harvey... dang can't think of his last name at the moment... sorry...
designed the D1xx series of speakers for JBL and then went to work for Acoustic Control Corporation where he was involved with the design of the Acoustic 260. Somehow in this arrangement, Acoustic Control was prohibited from using the JBL speakers Harvey designed in their amps.
This would not have extended to the other manufacturers of the time - Sunn as well as others like Kustom offered both Altec and JBL speakers as options.
However, I remember that The JBL option was always more expensive than the Altecs.
