Vintage speaker cabinets
Along with custom vintage turntable plinths, my love of woodworking, music and vintage coalesce in the creation of custom speaker cabinets. My ever-expanding universe of vintage audio clients come to Bobland with ideas, beat-up original cabinets, schematics and vintage drivers to collaborate on cabinet upgrades that suit their personal tastes.
Shindo-inspired Baltic birch cabinets hand veneered in walnut for vintage Altec 601C Duplex drivers. Solid walnut legs were turned in-house on a 1940’s lathe. (Client: Robert Lyons)
Vintage Altec Lansing 601C Duplex driver.
A pair of worn and basic Altec Flamenco speaker cabinets were completely recrafted, but the signature wrought-iron inspired grilles were repurposed from the originals. (Client: Steve Brooks)
The main cabinets are hand-veneered baltic birch with solid walnut legs and trim framing the original filigreed grilles.
Solid walnut trim with scrollwork finishes the bottom of the front baffle.
The finishing touch.
In progress, a pair of beefy Onken Bass cabinets for Altec 416A drivers in 24mm (1”) Baltic Birch. (Client: Harry Zweban)
Onken Bass cabinet with an arsenal of tube amps powering the drivers in its version 1 horn configuration. The system continues to evolve.