10-31-2014, 05:15 PM
(10-29-2014, 08:12 AM)Liquids Wrote: What do the Altec 417s sound like? What are they most similar to, if anything?
What do you like about them?
Do they produce more highs than most guitar speakers?
Apparently they were "they best speaker" one could get at one point...but I'm not familiar with them.
The 417s are very clear sounding speakers. They don't impart a lot of character to the sound coming out of an amp, which is the reason many people don't like them.
I find the lows to be super big and tight. and the highs to be very clear and crisp. not sparkly like a alnico blue... but pleasant.
as for general frequency response, I think they are pretty flat.