Altec 9356

Almost nothing is documented about the Altec 9356. The model does not appear in Altec's big 1955-1956 advertising campaign for its home hi-fi line, which promoted 27 separate units covering tuners, record players, and speaker systems. An advertisement in Hi-Fi-Music-at-Home (November 1955, p.19) listed tuners from $99 to $186, a record player at $225, and speaker systems from $99 to $525, with complete systems ranging from $324 to $1,180. The 9356 is not in those listings, and no other period source examined mentions it.

What the 9356 was - amplifier, speaker, tuner, or something else - is not recorded in the available literature. It may have been a short-lived or pre-production model, a variant for a specific contract, or simply a number that never reached the consumer market. No specifications, design details, or historical references have been found.

The current record supports only a short entry.