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In the Forum: Horn-Loaded Speakers
In the Thread: ... again on GOTO Unit drivers...

Post Subject: ... forgot to mention...Posted by twogoodears on: 11/6/2008

Thanks for your comments, Roman.

You're someway right... Goto foolishness;-))) maybe... also Mingsu wrote he "never" saw such a (Keith's - or mine) way to use S-150 mid-low horn... everyone's - me too, also with some doubt - copycatting each other, or, simply and lazy, doing like everyone's doing.

Flat Earth syndrome;-)

... I forgot to mention the following: after some months I only used a passive 4-ways crossover with a single WE 300B, transformers-coupled, I returned to multiamping and active crossover.

Months ago I left the old Pioneer D-23 active crossover on a shelf, after a direct comparison passive/single-amping vs. active/multi-amping, because I found the passive x-over sound more relaxed and natural.

Some days ago, I re-installed the Goto CF-1 active crossover (fixed x-frequencies: 220/1000/5000 hz) with the full plethora of my amps: 2 x WE300B/Partridge tranformers on mid-high horn, 2 x WE300B7274B7311B transformers-coupled on mid-low, WE421A on high and Hiraga 20W Class A on bass.

More than fiddling, sweating, puffing on speakers positioning, I, sort of, rediscovered the plus and joys of active multiamping... yes, it's a mess of double ON/OFF procedure, quite boring, BUT I hear more fluidity and effortlessly in sound, less blurring on large scale music (orchestral, Miles', ECM, etc.) and more clarity on solo music (lute, viola da gamba, etc.).

Let's go ahead...

Cheers.

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