Altec N800D
Little is documented about the Altec N800D. The research file for this model contains no confirmed fact sheet — no production years, no original price, no verified product type — so nearly everything about it has to be marked as uncertain.
The one period reference that turns up under this model number is a listing in the speakers/enclosures section of the 1961 HI-FI Stereo equipment directory. HI-Fi-Stereo-Buyers (1961, p.126) describes what appears to be a two-way loudspeaker system: a 12-inch woofer paired with a 5-inch cone tweeter, frequency response of 50 to 15,000 cycles per second, a 25-watt power rating, 8-ohm impedance, and a distinctive loading arrangement intended to reinforce the bass. The cabinet is given as 23 inches high, 14 inches deep, and 27 inches wide, in walnut, with a second finish option cut off before the scan fully names it. That is the extent of the substantive record. Other period fragments attached to this model — from Audio in 1954 and 1971 — are classified and reader-service pages that add no product information.
If you are trying to identify an N800D, the two-way driver complement above and those cabinet measurements are the only concrete clues on file.
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