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The only reason I have brought this up is because it is interesting to me when someone with experience, manufacturing capabilities and capital tries to make the best speakers he can, and I have heard and noted the best he can do over many years. And...
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The Other End of the Single End: Modern Horns Done With Flare An Interview With Dr. Bruce Edgarby Dave Glackin, printed in POSITIVE FEEDBACK. 1996
Dave Glackin interviewed Dr. Bruce Edgar in his home, prior to the 1996 WCES. A follow-up on the speak...
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Again, moving the speakers last night I felt that I really would like to move the speakers closer to the mid of the room – the further the speakers from the back wall the more interesting sound. There is another “again” in what I felt last night. I t...
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Hi Samuel, I see that quite a few replies without much in the way of suggestions. Romy will not give you what you want, ie. a shopping list of speakers to audition, but I will give you one or two recommendations that I think sound quite good in...
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Amir, I suppose there are audio products I have not heard that do a good job, especially when we're talking about someone else's idea of a "good job". Speaking for myself, I would not be loooking for power and range from 2-way speakers, because my ex...
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Things look to be in good proportion. Perhaps you have already tried the speakers off the walls? I ask because that's how I've always gotten the best sound field/imaging, and generally the best overall sound quality; I move things around until I get...
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A friend in Greece started a company manufacturing and selling nice horns.He makes a serious attempt to use the best materials and highest quality finishing. Take a look!http://www.sonusaeterna.com/speakers.htmlBest Regards: Ulf...
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I think some of the best horns I ever heard were reconstructed "theater" speakers that had their amps wired directly to the voice coils, just as you describe, above. This was my first notion of the term "dedicated amp", because of th...
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As you can imagine, the ML2s simply surprised me. I thought only of optimizing my speakers, what might drive them to their best, to see what they could do with fewer amp-induced limitations. And the ML2s have done much of what I want...
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Hi,I am slowly building my own Macondo. I understand why the injection channel is there. It brings some kind of softness that the compression drivers lack. I am using a 12" JBL midbass driver (~100dB sensitivity) in a 50L single driver Marshall cabin...
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Like I said before, I found the silk domes best below the highest frequencies, just like your Vitavox, so it's another case of pick your poison. And I'm not sure about matching dissimilar driver types/efficiencies to mo...
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[quote user="mjloudspeaker"] Romy the Cat wrote:A could years ago here and there begun to pop up small SS class “D” amplifiers made with high-end pretence. They all sounded like shit but by the efforts of a number of typically deaf and stupid or just...
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Surely one of the objectives of this site is to allow people to be guided towards good sound by discussing the issues involved in getting there. Whether that entails discussing the merits of different recordings or performances or whether it entails ...
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[quote user="Stitch"]Magico started very fast from unknown brand to a very well known brand. They must have investors that they can afford the marketing (I guess). Family business manufacturers can not afford that, no matter how good their products a...
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And I do not mean this as a criticism.I had for some time an "original" Music Reference RM9, which was made by another well-educated genius, Roger Modjeski. The RM9 was AB PP with adjustable bias and feedback/gain, with 6DJ8 drivers and a ...
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ML2 is also making me hear my modified AI M3A pre-amp, not to mention I guess I could now benefit from all shielded cables. All this stuff was fine with the Wright 2A3s. Speakers: I built a version of Dick Olsher's 3-way Diamond...
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Dear CatThey do not shout or go hard when pushed.Metallic sounds such as cymbals and percussion instruments are the most life like.It also brings immediacy to the sound of speakers.Like you have said in another thread how speakers are the worst link,...
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... my only experience with newer, expensive Berillium diaphragm Goto drivers, has been a mix between "Wow, I'm listening to a +35K euros speakers system" and... "Gosh, music do not sound this way"... this of course was due to some crossovers tuning ...
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My room, is 16 to 17 feet wide, 27 to 28 feet long by 12 to 14 feet high with all walls splayed, with a combination of absorption and diffusion on the walls. All electronics are fed electricity by three pure power units originally recommended by Rom...
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[quote user="N-set"]Anthony, I'm sure you realize that air springs and bearings can only isolate from the structure born vibrations. Placing the tubes so close to the speakers you give them a great chance to catch strong airborne vibrations. Or will ...
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symbiotic diaphragms were never used in the 19's. this may be part of the "bad sound" that this guy was experiencing.they used the 802-8g driver with ultra light epoxy and aluminum diaphragm that allowed hf response up to 22,000 cycles when pairedwi...
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[quote user="Rewind"]Hi, I am slowly building my own Macondo. I understand why the injection channel is there. It brings some kind of softness that the compression drivers lack. [/quote] OK, but it is not how I feel about the service of injection...
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I believe that the Arum Cantus is typical of most ribbons in mirroring one of the principal failings of MC cartridges, a rising top end (over 20k), although I have not actually heard this - at all - with my own small Arum Cantus, and I just go n...
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It took some work, but I finally got a new phono stage (K&K) and a Bent TAP (transformer-based volume control) installed, along with some new cartridge clips (ugh!), and I put the "new system" through its paces Saturday and Sunday. I a...
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Jacky, so, you are the person who did that presentation at
the video was posted by xandcg a few days back and who presumably found the company,
welcome. Is the same internet forum account used by multiple people then it is
hard to differentiat...
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Perhaps the best use of Sauna excludes hi-fi, and any Music would be of the Other sort? If speakers, why not a TV, or a soft drink dispenser, or a computer terminal??Best regards,Paul S...
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Will try to answer all questions here.Romy: I understand why you do not wish to use the term “surround sound”, but it is the accepted term for what we are discussing. You may add other terminology, but it only muddies the debate until others accept i...
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I was beginning to wonder if I'd ever get the new listening room checked out electrically and the new system ground installed, etc., but I finished this work yesterday, including a soldered-rather-than-clamped ground wire-to-rod connection. ...
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[quote user="malinowski"]Jazz modulesoff the shelf for for under 10k id look at these.$4k.. and very interesting. inconsistent with the "rules" Romy has set forth for us...but then if you really want to go the route of the cat you'll need to ab...
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"]No one questions that shaping the magnetic circuits “might” be a prospective direction but would it be possible to learn about it from an industry participants?[/quote]The concept of the shaped magnetic current is intuitive...
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