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It sounds like a lot of the circling has to do with which 2A3 "sounds better", outright. In any case, I'm guessing everyone would agree that it is specious to argue about which 2A3 sounds most like some internally-estab...
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Markus46, you are not alone in getting the idea that much fun is made at others' expense around here. But try reading on for a while and see if some of it perhaps starts to make sense as you expand your context.So much of "Audio" is not only ma...
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Sure, Romy, that's already obvious from all you've said, at least to some. However, it's also obvious that many still shop and shop and wait and wait for some "manufacturer" to "get it right" and offer to them something they can plug and play, and on...
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The TAP TVC does happen support a fully balanced topology, for whatever that's worth. I have not discovered anything difinitive about this for myself, however. I can say that I do not consider the unit's situational neutrality as anything...
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Anthony, this is a very smart installation, IMO, because you have not "over-committed" to areas where you have work left to do, and areas you have committed to are flexible enough to allow adjustments you will likely need to do. Also, you have made...
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"Best bass" is of course a matter of opinion based on experience and expectations. The (original) Hartsfield LF driver is certainly "designed for horn loading", like the Vitavox AK-151, whereas the AK-150 and the JBL D-130 are designed to be direct r...
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Thanks for all the suggestions. As it happens, there were no exhibitors at the Flemings Hotel this year. But I did pop into the Stax stall before listening to anything else.In general, I was pretty disappointed with what I heard. Most of the ‘convent...
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Hi Jorge,If $18,600 is the price of your 4-way horn system, even without knowing more about the sound and the choice of drivers, I think it is an amazing bargain by anybody's standards in the current high-end audio landscape. I hope you are inundated...
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Klaus, this thread is for Jessie's horns. My own speakers, if that's what you're after, are mentioned in my Lamm ML2 and K&K phonostage threads.This post will self-destruct in 24 hours.Best regards,Paul S...
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OK, decoud, here is a chance to help to put this into perspective. What music do you listen to, what sources do you use, what associated gear, and what do you like about the way these things deliver? So many big speakers like these seem to wind up ...
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No language barrier here.IDAT was heard in smallish "board" room off studio, their speakers and rock music off monitors, between takes, so think what you want.Based on too much experience with Meyer sound systems at outdoor concerts, however, th...
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Romy, I suppose you have to buffer when you split the front channels, and you have to gain 6 dB. How, exactly, are you doing the split now, from, say, phono stage to rear speakers?Best regards,Paul...
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90% of the owners of 4 way horn speakers are way below the level of those chrome bumper audiophiles you refer to. I would not concern myself with the levels , classifications and a desire to belong to the elite club. I already imagine you chasing tho...
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Maybe my output tubes are fading already because that seems like a lot of drift happening pretty fast compared to what I have experienced so far. I suppose there is a lesson in it, in any case.No fantasy about dropping the current fro...
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Why not try to build on/off the best one has gotten to date? Without some kind of a pivot, there is only drifting; plus, it's got to be nice to have a fall-back position. I'd be perfectly happy to just BUY the damned cable, believe me, if...
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A brief search for the Barefoot Sound speakers suggests that it is very important to the designer that the speakers be compact, which (if they are actually acceptable in terms of sound) might be a boon to apartment dwellers, students, teens, etc. Fo...
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Maybe TU-1x is different altogether and I did not try yamaha but every other SS tuner (kenwood, pionneer , nakamichi )sounded like you described -cotton ball ,pork fat salt and pepper . Because of that I gave up on SS tuners. The best tuner I heard s...
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Unicon, I have been effing with a "wide-range" Lowther for some time. I will soon post a report on my most recent attempts to tame its rather ragged response, to be posted in the "Speakers for a Powerful SET" thread.Best regards,Paul S...
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"Five Channels" in this case is still "normal" stereo, with a blended center channel and stereo subs; 5 channels. And each channel will have multiple large drivers. I actually know the original "Dr. Dynaco" guy; he bought my old Fulton speakers...
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David, perhaps you are simply advertising these speakers, in which case, good luck with your product. Or, perhaps you are hoping to find for yourself a hi-fi system that others will approve of. If the latter, you would be well served to spend some ti...
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I wonder if the new room, with its high ceiling, added volume and remote-from-the-speakers sidewalls, will accept "off-axis" presentations from the oops channels.Best regards,Paul S...
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I don't want to get off on a tangent here, but I have been using a sort of MF injection by default for some time due to OB backwash from my DX4s between 150 and 2,400 Hz, since I leave the back of the driver open. Yes, this is "out of pha...
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Well, it sounds like you have reached a few conclusions that, if you hold fast, will condition further development.My first thought was an autoformer; but I get that you would prefer the amorphous hard wired to the speakers, and I agre...
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Adrian, I agree that SETs generally have issues such as you describe, and moreso the small ones, especially at the frequency extremes, and at saturation, which tends to occur all too soon, IMO. But I have not sourced these problems back to...
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There is also something to be said for continuity, so one does not wind up with a lot of "optimized" parts. I wonder whether having a different tube "signature" for each "channel"/driver would work out. It's been a while since I multi-amp...
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It's nice having a view from the listening room, but I seem to naturally close my eyes a lot when really tuning in, and this is true for me even at the symphony hall. People love to put a fireplace smack in the middle of a view, and the TV above the...
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I hate when I'm listening to think of the composers, or performers themselves, in cases where their personal lives or politics were (are) vulgar, or even abhorant. Plenty of examples, unfortunately. As for Brahms, we have discussed here that not all...
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Alex,I tend to aim for Q's around 0.5-0.6 for my sealed boxes, but thats only because I prefer my listening in smaller nearfield rooms. If you have a much larger room, you *might* be able to get away with something closer to 1.the 18W works fin...
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I like them and use the quite extensively. As the comparing result between the headphones and the loudspeakers…. they are different. The best speakers sound-wide would do a similar result to what the headphones can do but the loudspeakers but will ha...
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Here's one suggestion, the VMPS RM/X Elixer at (I think) $22K, although for sheer value I would recommend the RM-40 at (I think) $5K. Both speakers have won Best of Show for sound at CES, for whatever that's worth.Go to http://vmpsaudio.com/&nbs...
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