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Show December, 1979 Ampersand mm MA) MSsfkuxry o iraiiaxtfte You get the full spectrum of sound and the most solid three-dimension- In addition, the Model 14 offers you al super-efficienc- y, stereo image highpower handling capacity and exceptional dynamic range, plus a new vented enclosure with a h bass you've ever heard. And since the sound doesn't diminish off center axis, the Model 14 42-inc- driver for a tighter, crisper low end. So that's how audio history is made. And it's all yours at a price that means the best enlarges your listening area, your "stereo sweet spot." 's As an extra benefit, precise sound focusing means your music goes in your ears not in your drapes, walls, and ceil Man-taray- Mantaray Horn Has American ingenuity taken a back seat to cheaper foreign labor? Not at Altec Lansing, where we've been inventing and building speakers for well over 42 years. Like the Model 14. It's so unique, that before we could create it, we first had to invent a whole new family of components. ings. Conse- quently, it's more likely than high-quali- ty 1 Conventional beaming narrows listening area. 1 Mantaray expands listening sweet spot. We began with a new type It's of horn. The Mantaray. the first "constant directivity" horn ever created. Conven- tional horns, cones and domes (including so-call- ed omnidirec- tional and reflective speakers) tend to "beam," that is, narrow their angle of sound radiation IT at higher frequencies. This m effect causes the stereo image to lose strength off the center axis and to actually wander. Mantaray, on the other hand, delivers a clearly-define- d sound wedge that keeps its strength regardless of the music's changing frequencies. IS. I S. and foreign patent!, pending Patent No. 405(1541 other speakers to sound the same in your home as , it does in your dealer's showroom. Then to give you even higher highs, we developed the first radial phase plug, the Tangerine Power Control In contrast to conventional phase plugs with two equidistant circular slots that block some frequencies, the Tangerine's tapered slots permit a free flow of high frequencies to beyond 20 KHz. Equally important to all this is our new Auto matic Power Con- O ii 4 J II jfe Tangerine J Unlike fuse-typ- sound value available for your home today. So the next time someone tries to tell you that American workmanship is taking a back seat, play your Altec Lansing speakers for them and prove how wrong they are. For a free brochure and the name of your local dealer, write: Altec Lansing International, 1515 South Manchester Avenue, Anaheim, CA 92803. The Choice of Professionals e devices or cir- cuit breakers, the system keeps track of the power pumped into the speaker, lets you know with a blinking light when power exceeds safe limits, and then reduces overloads automatically, but without shutting the speaker off. It's quite a system. 1 Altec Corp. |