Great Plains Audio was formed in 1998 after the closing of the Altec Lansing factory in Oklahoma City. It was clear to Bill Hanuschak, who worked for them from 1980 until they closed, that there would be a need for someone to continue the maintenance of the large number of Altec acoustic products in use around the world. So, he went to EVI/Telex, who had purchased Altec Lansing, with a plan to purchase all of the tooling, drawings, and equipment Altec used to build and service their loudspeakers, and to become their authorized service center for all of the Altec Lansing products that were still under warranty at that time. In addition, GPA assumed repair duties for all of the older, classic products that had served Altec’s customers since it's inception with the parts manufactured from the original Altec tooling.
Today, Great Plains Audio continues the Altec tradition by manufacturing repair parts and complete products to the highest quality. Recently, GPA have re-released some of Altec's most famous loudspeakers under the Great Plains Audio name. These products called Classic Series, which includes products like the world-famous 515C-series Alnico woofer, and the new 288H-series Alnico High-Frequency Compression Driver.
Great Plains Audio also just agreed to become the source for original parts and warranty service for Altec Lansing Professional, which was a division of Altec Lansing Technologies. This includes all of their speaker products that were built through 2005. As always, these products will be repaired using the original parts made from original tooling and materials, thus assuring that their performance will meet original specifications.
Altec, Lansing, Altec Lansing, Voice of the Theatre, and Duplex are registered trademarks of Altec Lansing Technologies Corporation
Iconic, Tangerine, and Mantaray are registered trademarks of the Iconic Manufacturing Company, LLC
University Sound is a registered trademark of the Telex Corporation
Symbiotik is a registered trademark of the Altec Corporation