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Did you buy the Denon?I'm curious because Denon D-M31 (speakers not included) is on a recommended components list by the Swedish LTS (Sound Technical Society). Things with zero or low detected coloration, after meticulous listening tests, end up...
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Actually, I was reminded of it, and am playing that Sibelius Violin Concerto right now (part of a little lot of Romy-approved records I once stumbled on from an eBay seller). For reasons of redecoration, it's playing through the crappiest little spea...
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I was listening to that Everest LP yesterday and found myself half laughing through the 2nd and 3rd movements."sarcasm and professional virtuosity" seems like a fitting description, although I haven't heard any other versions of the concerto.I got th...
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I heard the Array 1400 at a show: https://www.neomax.ro/produs.php?id=P:5737-S:336It has the aluminum diaphragm rather than beryllium.The demo music sounded very nice. Effortless and beautiful.The midrange tended to spit and shout a bit though, like ...
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"would it mean that your use the same type SS receiver for MF channels as well?"-Da! I'll do better. :-)I think my Fostex MF horns ought to be below 100dB sensitive though."The Fane8M driver are highly inductive load, still you should not have proble...
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"Still, even if I knew that you use very poor amps I would hardly anticipate that it should be as bad as you descried"-I could imagine one of them being faulty to this degree but not all three, and not at ALL sound levels!Those amps really drove...
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I put together a hot tube amp channel, and gone is the sound of shattered glass.All three of my receivers were distorting equally horribly.Beware of never-been-serviced vintage solid state, I guess!Anyone know if it is common for old SS gear to devel...
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Oh joy! :-)In my greed I'll attempt to get the "Flat / Hierarchy" exactly how I'd like it:One click on "Flat" or "Hierarchy" creates a cookie on the users computer, which stores the setting (for a loooong period ahead). The chosen mode will stick, an...
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Well..The only problem in my life is that I'm missing the thread-starts, because they don't turn up among "Recent replies".If "Recent replies" was "Recent posts" instead... What a wonderful world!I don't see the benefit of not displaying the first po...
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Hi Romy,I've noticed the following about my behaviour and the site design:When I drop in here, my eyes turn directly to "Recent Replies in All Audio Forums".There I expect to find everything that's been written lately, and forget that the first post ...
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Oh well.. I'd really like to save the horns. I appreciate your offer to help out!Still no measurements, but this can start the trouble shooting...CONSTRUCTIONFirst I refreshed my memory of exactly what I built. They certainly are far from being copie...
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This seems like an appropriate place to share my latest thoughts about Macondo copying!I thought I built almost copies of the Macondo upperbass horns, yet I've really only achieved quite questionable results. Impressive from time to time, but never f...
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Looks like TAD TD-4001 and TL-1601 or similar....
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"Spend a few days listening the horn and learn to hate it - it will be very over dumped"-I've been spending what.. a year now thinking that it was supposed to behave like that! :)Introducing a gap of 8-14 millimeters changes the sound from ...
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Every once in a while when I sit and listen to some Internet radio station I have to jump up from the sofa (like a wounded-in-ass-antilope) and record it so I can figure out what recording it was.Just wanted to share this little excerpt. Sorry f...
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I don't know if the company would sell raw drivers or if any or the speaker models are for sale yet.You can reach Bo Bengtsson through the info@... adress....
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Perhaps this scandinavian has a pair of tweeters to sell.http://www.transmissionaudio.com/ourspeakers.htmlYou'll be happy to read about the alternative ways to use some of his speakers:* two-way communication at an airport check-in* 3D-capacity Earth...
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I recorded a horribly beautiful piece (from Swiss Internet Radio) and would like to find the disc;Dvorak - Piano Quintet in A major Opus 81-02-Dumka, andante con motoDo you think you could identify the recording if I can transfer the 16Mb mp3 somehow...
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I'm curious about how you set up your horns in the room.From photos it looks as if they are fairly close together, compared to the wide setting you suggested I try, while our room dimensions are fairly similar?When I started pushing the horns apart a...
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Time to fall for the idler wheel propaganda? :)http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?eanlg&1075644493&read&3&4&&st0...
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Very interesting read. I like comfy!Now for ultimate comfiness: would you recommend an actual unit for prototyping?...A digital crossover that works OK, with >=2 analog unbalanced inputs and outputs, 2*3 channels output, possible 6db slopes a...
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Yes. For prototyping.I found out that Luxman built an 8-tube unit exactly like it.I borrowed a picture from the net: www.webbtjanst.se/temp/2003.jpeHowever I think it might be interesting to build one, with decent pots, 6dB filters and 6 buffers afte...
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Do you know if there is a gadget similar to this on the market?Line-level and 6dB/oct. Passive or Active....
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I too want a monitor speaker to play with, especially for amplifier experimentation.I put another 4" Fostex in a sealed "box" (globe actually) and crossed it over at 150hz to one SS 25w/8565 on the side. Wishful thinking? -Yes.About 88-90dB sensitive...
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Yes. That kind of placement was a giant improvement in all aspects!I'm pushing the speakers around in a big circle today./Ronnie...
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Listening to the horns, it seems that they indeed die somewhere below 120Hz. I was surprised, and a little disappointed that it seemed so steep. Good to hear that it's to be expected!!Yes, I'm using a 30-something-Hz 1st order high pass on them ...
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I'm moving my two finished LF boxes (connected as 1 channel) around the room, trying to set them up to play more frequency-flat than I've been able to make them with only one box per channel.Putting one in the ceiling and the other on the floor, both...
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I've had about 90% rock and pop music to play, but have saved lots of classical and mainly baroque music from Internet radio lately.It wasn't before a few hours ago that much of that downloaded material became interesting.Today I'm entranced by stuff...
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It seems that all my analog-missing-LF-paranoia can be blamed entirely on that original DG pressing.How could I know that I was using a superbly miserable pressing as my bass calibrator? It really made me give up on my turntables for a while there.&n...
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Not expensiveSmall sizeIrrelevant look and appearance ;)Don't know about the other specs. It would be easy to pull it out of the box and change to a bigger one with more inputs.I had to change the tubes, which were a bit microphonic, and the damn uns...
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