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In the Thread: Macondo’s MiniMe or about Pilot Acoustic Systems

Post Subject: An olive branch?Posted by floobydust on: 2/20/2009

Sorry Robert,

Your opening line on "Good luck getting midrange from F120A for non annoying monitors." tended to set the mood for the rest of your post in a negative light for Fostex drivers, the F120A included (at least for me it did). While I will certainly agree that many of the FE series are hard to listen to, the F series is different in design and Fostex do not show anything beyond a very basic ported enclosure. The FE138ESR is suppose to be special, but reading thru the long DIYaudio thread on this driver has created a poor perception, coupled to the fact that Madisound has dropped the price yet again (probably trying to sell them off). The F120A has sold out 3 times in the last year despite price increases, some people are liking this driver, and not the FE138ESR.

So if I was wrong, I'll offer the olive branch.... I do have a pair of FE138ESR drivers waiting for me when I get back the US. At some point I will fire them up and hopefully be able to share some views and thoughts on them as I also have the F120A and the Feastrex D5nf drivers. I also have very nice 45 and 2A3 amplifiers to drive them with, and yes, you can find some lesser operating points on both tubes.

Regards, KM

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