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[quote user="guy sergeant"]Some of it, (the current speakers and some of the amplifiers) are in my view, not outstanding. Other items, (the big preamp, phono stage, cartridge, MC transformer, silver cables and largest power amps are exceptionally goo...
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[quote user="guy sergeant"]There are many different web fora devoted to audio, sound reproduction and music. People use them to exchange views about all kinds of subjects including specific items of equipment. Unfortunately they are populated by the ...
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[quote user="guy sergeant"]I had dinner with Mike Harvey from Octave this weekend. Mike acquired the intellectual rights, tooling, drawings and jigs needed to manufacture the S2's. I believe that newly manufactured S2's will be available very soon. M...
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[quote user="guy sergeant"]Are this company thinking along the same 'Oops' lines?http://www.layeredsound.com/index.html[/quote]I have some experience with the 'Layered Sound' concept and although I haven't read all of this thread, I think that it doe...
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[quote user="guy sergeant"]Its interesting to see that RAAL are now representing Feastrex for many countries in Eastern Europe.
I wonder if they intend to create something using both types of driver![/quote]
I do see a lot of sense for RAAL to do ...
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[quote user="guy sergeant"]any chance of a similar climb down on the 'adequate but not exceptional' 834P?[/quote]Not really. The 834PT still holds ground and the more I hear different phonostages the more firmly it does. I can’t tell you if it is due...
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[quote user="guy sergeant"]Romy, besides via the radio, did you ever have the opportunity to hear either the 948 or 950 in a domestic installation?[/quote] I do not think that “via radio” would be very sane way to judge TT, would it be? I do not rem...
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[quote user="guy sergeant"].....There is a danger, when talking in elaborate language about audio equipment, that the sound quality of the software, a component or a system might be perceived as being somehow beyond or better than that...
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[quote user="guy sergeant"] How would such a time delay manifest itself in the resulting sound?[/quote]
It is like driving a car where one of the wheels is larger size and rectangular.
[quote user="guy sergeant"]Would the benefits of having a hornl...
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OK, first off all I have moved the latest posts to the “How to drive 6C33C” thread.
Regarding the operation point. My initial intention was to give Melquiades’ output as ML2 did: 175V, .310mA. What is important is to understand that for LF channel I...
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[quote user="guy sergeant"]Ok, so imagine I'm someone living in the US with a keen interest in playing my collection of CD's and LPs. I need some speakers priced between 5000 and 10000 dollars to go with my 25 watt tube amp. I won't buy Edgars becaus...
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[quote user="guy sergeant"]How did you find the 'shop' and the speakers?[/quote] The shop and the speakers were fine, pretty much at pair what I expected. I would like do not share my observations about Vox Olympians performance or Sound. All that I...
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...IMO, at least. I strongly believe the name of the publication game is entertainment and the vehicle is audio-visual hardware "news" & "opinion" & pictures.[quote user="guy sergeant"]I stopped paying any attention to the ravings of magazine...
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[quote user="guy sergeant"]After post #1 I was wondering how long it would be before post #5 appeared. It did not take long![/quote]I got the email with Sakuma’s film and posted it on my site. Are you blaming me that I am familiar with Saku...
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[quote user="guy sergeant"] It's polishing a turd though isn't it? I listened to the 834 quite a bit when it came out and thought it sounded poor, even for the price. imho, The circuit's just bad. If you do all that to it it isn't really an 834 anywa...
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"][quote user="guy sergeant"] I think it would be quite difficult for anyone to set up any sort of production of drive units and not become an 'industry' participant. It's quite remarkable that you manage to use a turntable, ...
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[quote user="guy sergeant"]Which would you rather try to get good sound from Romy? These or Magico Mini's?[/quote]
I realy do not understated the essence of this comment. If it is a good sound then what the hell different if it came form 73-year old...
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[quote user="guy sergeant"]Your first law of upgrading usually seems to be "identify what dissatisfies you in your playback before you try to change things" or something like that. Very sensible advice. What is it about the sound of your existing TT ...
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[quote user="guy sergeant"] I hope no one tries to build this based on the diagram above. They won't get much output from it! If you can't see what I suspect are deliberate mistakes, you definitely shouldn't be trying to build one.[/quote...
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[quote user="guy sergeant"] I'd agree with that. I wouldn't mind seeing the British PM being seen to support the manufacturers here (such as Avid & Naim!) in such a public way. However, such conspicuous consumption wouldn't be well received here ...
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[quote user="guy sergeant"]If you use the plastic surround S2's from 500-5KHz won't you still have the bulge that concerned you at around 1.2K? I thought you suggested that the metal suspension units didn't have this bulge.Otherwise it seems a nice i...
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[quote user="guy sergeant"]So Bill Fitzmaurice and Wayne Parham are perceived by some as experts. So what? How does that impact on what you do? There are many less than competent amplifier designer/manufacturers around aswell. It will alw...
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[quote user="guy sergeant"] Not this year they won't be, that show is in September.Romy, Kevin at Living Voice has been using 'your' S2 since 1992. I understand these speakers have the first of the new Mike Harvey S2's fitted.I'm not sure what the th...
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[quote user="guy sergeant"]Is there no way to smooth out the visible steps in the latter part of the horn's expansion or would you prefer not to?[/quote] This is very interesting one. Yes, there is a way to smooth out the visible horizontal steps. Th...
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[quote user="guy sergeant"]What are the pads you are applying, ie what material?[/quote]
I do not think, and I might be wrong, that material matters. Bud, doing his cone driver feels that deviation of mass maters and he “smears” the bouncing of the ...
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[quote user="guy sergeant"]On a secondary point Romy, since when did something have to be designed for serious audio use for it to find an application in a serious audio system? Did teams of Russians sit around listening to and fine tuning the ...
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[quote user="guy sergeant"]You might write a venous attack on Vitavox but it would be about 12 years too late! [/quote]
Why not write about the Vitamix instead then? It may attract an
Emm Labs Harmonizer so that it can produce music and chop veg...
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[quote user="guy sergeant"]*** I'm always amused by your concern regarding everyone else's ability to discern what might or might not achieve a successful result in the pursuit of good sound. It's remarkable given their limited criteria and compariti...
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As a little celebration of the Site’s Anniversary I would like to announce that 10 most active posters are granted with a free copy of “The Cat’s Good Music 2005” CD. The CD contains 16 selected cuts that the mentioned member might receive if they wi...
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[quote user="guy sergeant"]Hi Romy,My experiences with the SL6 and SL600 date back 15-20 years. My problems with the sound I could get from them related to their inability to recreate music with scale or drama. I found the subjective lack of high fre...
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