Altec Lansing
A7 Voice of the Theatre
Introduced 1954$800 MSRP
The most famous cinema speaker ever made, pairing a horn-loaded 15-inch woofer in the 828 cabinet with an 802-series compression driver on a 511B sectoral horn. Enormously efficient and a cornerstone of vintage high-efficiency audio.
MSRP
$800
Used market · Good
$2,800
+250% vs MSRP
as of Aug 16, 2026MSRP to used market
From $800 at launch to $2,800 today.
Specifications
- Type
- 2-way horn-loaded cinema/home
- Drivers
- 15in 416/803-series woofer in 828 bass horn cabinet, 802/808 compression driver on 511B sectoral horn
- Weight
- 150 lbs
- Dimensions
- 53 x 30 x 24 (each)"
- Impedance
- 16 Ω
- Sensitivity
- 99 dB
- Frequency response
- 40Hz-15kHz
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