Altec Lansing A7's 50's model

Picked up a pair of Altec Valencia Bs about ten years ago,still have them. Same driver compliment,only 8 ohms. This started a fire in me and I am always scouring the used/consignment pro audio stores for bargains. The best one here in town does not recognize these for home use.I have since picked up a pair of Altec 902 drivers,Mantaray horns,JBL 2205 woofers and Apt supertweeters that I used to build speakers in a used pair of Altec Santana cabinets I bought on Craigslist.All told I have about $600.invested,I have seen the horn drivers alone sell for that.The biggest improvement came from biamping these.The had a used TDM crossover that had been sitting around for a long time,probably because it had rca jacks.Things like this are worth almost nothing to a pro audio store,so they are great places to look.Horns get a bad rap because they are very revealing of amplification,you should consider using tubes if you get these. Even the mighty Klipschorn will sound god awful with a cheap japanese receiver! I use single ended triodes on the horns and solid state on the bass. This may be a little more complicated than what you would care to go through,but you can have a lot of fun and the results are worth it.I assume because you are willing to put up with their size you are a bit of a putterer like me. I thank companies like Avant Garde and the Edgarhorn for the resurgence of interest in horns,even though they don't use compression drivers.They look cool! Certainly not as intimate and seamless as my Merlin VSM Ms were,but a whole lot more like live music!