Great Plains Audio

About Us

Hello. My name is Bill Hanuschak. I worked for the Altec Lansing Corporation of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma from 1980 until Electro-Voice shut them down in 1998. During my years there, I was a loudspeaker production engineer, an acoustic design technician, and finally ended up as the only remaining in-house acoustic product engineer for the once-great professional audio company known as Altec Lansing.

I formed Great Plains Audio™ after the close of Altec Lansing for the purpose of helping sound contractors, institutions, churches, and end users of Altec Lansing professional loudspeaker products keep them alive and well. Contrary to what some salesman from the local sound company or music store down the street might tell you, there is no reason to throw away those great Altec or University loudspeakers!!!! Save yourself a lot of money and years of kicking yourself and saying "These new speakers just don't sound as good as our old Altec's did!"

We can rebuild them for a fraction of replacement cost so they can continue to serve you for many more years to come!

Whether you have an original Altec 288 high frequency compression driver made in the late 1940's, any of the newer large and small-format compression drivers, one of Altec's many outstanding low frequency loudspeakers, or even an old University outdoor paging horn, we can probably repair it!

In addition to most all of the Altec woofer replacement kits, we are now able to produce diaphragms for the vast majority of professional high frequency compression drivers that Altec built during it's entire history. Don't be fooled by imitators - NO ONE ELSE can manufacture diaphragms for your Altec high frequency compression drivers that perform exactly as the originals did! Our team of skilled craftsmen were all long-time Altec and University employees, so you don't have to worry about whether or not the parts we manufacture or the repairs we make will be right - THEY WILL! What's more, we use the actual materials and processes Altec used to manufacture their products to manufacture ours. We even wind our own voice coils to exact Altec specifications IN HOUSE! This combination results in replacement parts for your incomparable Altec Lansing high frequency compression driver that are SUPERIOR TO ALL OTHERS!

If you own an Altec Lansing or University Sound professional loudspeaker product manufactured prior to 1999, we are the ONLY service center capable of repairing your unit properly and bringing it's performance back up to factory specifications!

In addition to loudspeaker repairs and parts, we now have a full line of high-quality home, professional, and musical instrument loudspeakers that are perfect compliments to the old ones made by Altec! Check out our PRODUCTS page to see them, and let me know how we can help you have the finest in listening enjoyment!

- Bill Hanuschak

GREAT PLAINS AUDIO ™
7127 NORTHWEST THIRD ST.
OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA 73127
(405) 789-0221

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