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While Dima is cooking the Super Zarathustra I figure out that I would need some test speaker to be able to observe the preliminary results. I would not be able to drive the multi-channel Macondo with a single full range amplifier, so I need something...
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Actually I care less about the design philosophy in this case but rather about the result. Obviously the 150W-200W (200W?) of Zarathustra’s pure class A would be completely useless for my horns. I would like to have something to drive with that amp a...
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Well, the license of think this way was given to me by one mini-monitor that I found to sound “promising” for the objectives that I would like to achieve. In fact not even the monitor itself but the bass driver, the drive that in a way was unique cha...
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I would like to share some ides what I would like to do in my monitor project. This are just intention and I did not try to put it all together. Probably I will do it with the next few weeks.
I’m planning to use the Celestion SL-600 enclosure ...
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Yes, the "tape (or "monitor") loop" is where I (and everyone else...) always put them.Why not ask Guy how he would approach it, maybe get one-stop shopping and probably the best results, too, for both the "loop" and the "box".Would "passive" curves m...
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Zanon, I do not mean DEQ, but that is one way to do it. D[SET] is another way; and it can be done in real time, by a couple of means.If you actually settle on the mid-field monitor approach, you will want that sort of speakers installed before you g...
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Just to share with you with my ideas about the Scepter 500 clones. I´m not sure if I will use the w3801 bass drivers. I felt in love with Altec 416 and quite frankly I very much doubt that Onkyo would sound better or equally good. It surely doesn´t s...
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The interesting thing about the Bottlehead people is that they are pretty good guys. "High and outside" is I think Paul Stubbelbine, who is an expert at mastering. He remastered my girlfriend's last album. I was very impressed. His ...
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I occasionally read this thread, but I guess you're right and it would be fair to read it from the beggining. Will do !As a general rule and I guess it applies to everybody else, the playback of my system is better late at night although there are so...
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Thanks, unicon, I know nothing about the Wharfedale and I do not really looking for monitors anymore. In fact my monitor quest ended up to be catastrophe and if I know then what I know now I would not do it and would just buy off a pair of vintage ac...
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Yes, the main system often seems to require too much of an "investment" to make using it worthwhile, or even realistic.I confess I have let my mind wander in this direction:http://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&keywords=a5+audioengine&tag=googhydr...
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Ive tried various configurations but was unable to produce a recording that is similar to the fm transmission, although its not too terrible. I monitor the sound by using the same output of the Sansui that goes into the DAW. Replaying the file, I n...
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We did not have it in FM, it was a TV feed. I did not listen the Magnus Lindberg overture and I did not particularly care about the "Symphonie Fantastique". I was interested in the Messiaen’s songs with Renée Fleming and it was what I was watching a...
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If you are in DSET environment then do yourself a favor and build into your DSETs a mechanism that would allow you to monitor the gain of your channels. It might be in real time or in a special calibration mode but you will need and. If you do not in...
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Yea. In some systems, mostly trivial / conservative direct radiators in small monitor size, respond to the normal interpretation of frequency graphs very well. With more exotic and uneven dispersing systems it seems to get more difficult. I had it co...
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TJ, Meyer is a great example of quasi-modern "outdoor" sound reinforcement. This stuff is simply not suitable for home use, IMO, at least not if you want more than loud, articulate, dynamic sound. The closer you get and the more you try to tune in ...
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Romy, when you mention "dynamic sinking" of ribbons are you speaking of sub-8k Hz use of powerful ribbons like the Water Drop compared to 109 dB efficient compression drivers, or do you notice this dynamic sinking no matter how high you cross ov...
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This mystery that I would like to get answer….
Both Pacific Microsonics Model One and Model One have adjustable DAC output. Although Pacific claims the ultra-low distortion and super-high quality of their digital attenuation my negative positi...
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It is easy to calculate the lobes that are created when we use multiple drivers. That means we can mathematically derive the closest distance that all of the horns in the entire system will "play" together. When we are close to sound sources, the pro...
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Roman,[quote user="Romy the Cat"]T, also if you knockewd up a small monitor then let me give you a lead that you might or not might find worth attention.[/quote]I'm taking the opposite appraoch to speaker enclosures. I accept that enclosure resonance...
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My preferred type of speaker is a full range ribbon, though I've always had a monkey/Tannoy on my back which is surprising as I don't really care for box speakers. I've heard many over the years but I was never really that impressed but wan...
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Yesterday my machinist called me with apologies. His original estimate for the MiniMe material (I went for G10) were around $700- $750. It was no BS as we were looking is big fat book with the actual prices. He said that the price for G10 during the ...
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I asked Guy Hummel to put a headphones jack into my new unit. Guy put the jack, the switch that redirect signal to headphone or to the main output. It is so cool to have a headphone option – I have no idea why I did not ask him to do it before. In ad...
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Maybe no other hi-fi group has thought more about the cabinet's contribution to sound than the single-driver crowd. Many of them like the "immediacy", "integrity" and "purity" of the single driver sound so much that they endlessly hu...
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[quote user="Jorge"]If you put the Melqualdes in the basement you can put a smoke detector very close and maybe a camera and a monitor to keep an eye on them.NOw you cold also make a statement piece and put some sort of medieval looking cages around...
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Hi Domidaw, it looks like your amplifier is working pretty much correctly. The plate current in the output tube is a little below the recommended range (180 mA versus 200-280 mA in Romy's diagram) but too low is better than too high and you can adjus...
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"SO i read somewhere on the net if we have to mix ss and tube the combination should be tube pre----ss amp and NOT ss pre ------tube amp."Please don't take offense, but this is why I say what I say. No matter how smart you are or how long you've been...
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What did you know; I was in Barnes & Noble and bought a first for quite long time September TAS magazine. I do not subscribe audio publications but seldom buy them. Since I did not do it for as long time I though it will be entertaining. It...
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[quote user="behhl"]As well, it is 15 ohm, and one of the few monitors I can drive with my SET reasonable. All other monitors I know demand so much more amp and I still cannot understand why.[/quote]
behhl,
This is a part of bigger subject. T...
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I never heard Everests and I hardly feel that I ever will hear them in a reasonable installation as the people who would use Everests most likely will be the people of “different type”. Still, I wonder if the Everests are the JBL’s 21st century glori...
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