Sounds from the past. Sure if you can afford the three grand price tag. Back in the 50's you would have been cutting edge with a pair of these monsters in your room. The A7 was Altec's top Voice from the Threatre Line series and in demand as a studio monitor and home reproducer. In 1973, Billboard magazine reported that more Altec loudspeakers were being used in recording studios than all other brands combined. I bet you didn't know that - we didn't either but copy and paste is a wonderful tool.

Well not content making tinny speakers for Dell computers, the boys at Altec have re-issued the A7 to bring back the glory days when speakers were big, expensive and very ugly. The handmade construction consists of a 13-layer baltic birch plywood cabinet and takes around 10 weeks to make.

Let's just hope they don't plan on making a 5.1 surround set of these things.