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[quote user="Jorge"] This is something I have been at for the last few years, I have tried a few drivers, at the moment some of my favorite are the vintage RCA MI 1443, yes filed coil and some funny cone diaphragm, they are used from 500 hz to 5 kh...
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...rather than something more culturally appropriate..."it's the bubbles of nothing that make it really something"Macondo + Melq, at least in my room unfinished and still mono, plays the silences between the notes so wonderfully. The notes themselve...
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At CES there were Viagra-junkie sized power cords everywhere for $5000. Around our room were $10k and $20k speakers that sounded like a wet jukebox. It was the land of delusion.Value per topology is one way to measure but let's instead start with a p...
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[quote user="Stitch"]… It is known for years, that the Raven has problems with motor(s) and is highly colored in reproduction abilities… [/quote] The subject of Turntables Motors is very tricky one and it turn out that Motors do affect sound very dra...
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[quote user="Antonio J."]Do you know of other renditions of this work worth the purchase?[/quote] This concerto is “lucky”, it well-performed and there are many good recordings. Some of my “honorable mentions” would be: Michelangeli with anybody else...
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London ffrr, CSA2216,; stereo LPI have always found the first movement of this symphony to be the most musically satisfying part of it, and nothing in the cited performance has changed this old bias. I have to give Solti credit here, however, fo...
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PS: The "best" DSP I have heard actually has a sort of smoothing/homogenizing effect, not entirely dissimilar to FM.Bingo. But I would quibble with the homogenizing aspects of FM through an excellent vintage tuner because many transients an...
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Well written article, I think, and he is good enough to share right away that he is a "vintage" guy, and an AN guy, which helps me contextualize his observations, even though he does not reveal the nature of the $$$$$$ "ultimate horn speakers" (...
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Yes, the car audio guys have addressed the space issues, for better or for worse, and this is why I keep revisiting that and the power "issue". Neither the Diatone nor the LE8 drivers are all that efficient, really, and both want large-ish (by moder...
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I did not see in your post any “sad truth about BMS”I would stick in the JBL 2440. It is relatively inexpensive. Has practically the same performance as the hipped JBL 375 and all together a good performer. It’s diaphragms are wildly available and it...
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Thank you very much Romy for sharing these beautiful thoughts! Resonates pretty much with my own experience. I've observed already quite some time ago that the bigger the tension, effort, in a sense of hard working through, and even anger while b...
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Obviously I have not carefully read everything you've written about Melquiades, mostly because I have just been stopped in my tracks by the ML2s, so I still have a lot to think about as it is. But if anything could "sell" Melquiades I'd guess i...
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[quote user="nl"] I don't know. Some people like …. supposedly mixing the appealing qualities of each [/quote] Well, I understated all of it but my mind works diffidently in audio. I do not feel that going for some kind of “magic” vintage tubes is a ...
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Very good, floobydust. They are exactly my thoughts about the “period tubes” as well. In addition to that I think that factor that call “Holly Ignorance” did take place with some vintage tubes. They might not have too high demands for the quality of ...
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Actually is not about rating Demo negative. I never heard this demo. I personally suspect that it might be interesting from very narrow perspective of capacity of WE drivers but it I have high confidence that it shall not be interesting from perspect...
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Ok, this article is about good thing in audio – the price. Yes, ironically nthere is ONE aspect of audio when price works very nicely. During the last few years a lot of publicity in media was spent to the recent Stradivarius revelation. Search and...
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[quote user="Joe Roberts"] Yeah, but plywood is cheap and the result is audibly noticeable. Baffle extensions were recommended for all of the Altec VOT cabinets too. Make a big improvement for cheap if you have the space.
As the frequency dec...
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Hi, I buillt the amp based on your circuit with the exception of the bias scheme. Currently I have CRCRC bias for the ouput valve and Lithium battery grid bias for the driver. I use the amps to drive low efficiency 2 way ported boxes and vintage Tann...
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[quote user="Bill"]You had that glorious sound with the 40 year old caps in the B2's and the Tannoy crossovers. Do you really want to move away from what they produced in your system. A good way of testing new vs. old caps would be to replace the tan...
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If the setup is semi acceptable, after ten years one should lose the evaluation part of listening experience and treat the system like a kitchen radio or car playback and simply enjoy the music. I think ten years is a minimum to achieve the position ...
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Several years ago I down loaded a print from a site long gone, only to find a modified version of it on Jeff Robinsons site. The print was for a folded horn of manifold sections loaded with a 12" speaker only , and the text is in Hungarian. The print...
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It is what I usually say – most audio people horns-wise are just Morons and the design ideas of their playbacks are a pure evidence of it. You have seen many installations where horns, drivers, and channels are pile brainlessly. The Morons do it then...
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I guess this is not really new. A well designed BMW V8 engine runs as smoothly and quietly as a V8, V10 or V12. Professional bike riders have a pace that gives them the optimum endurance and speed. Professional eaters pace their bites to get the "mos...
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Hm, I did not know that Dan Lavry has his son Marc working with him. For sure it has to be gratifying for Dan that son could take over eventually and Marc does have a large shoe to fill. Still, we as consumers faced ultimate question: would Lavry ...
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Thanks for that collection of negative information on the DSP effects on music, Romy. I'm not a contributor to your site but you always put me in wierd situations with your unusual findings. For example, I have always used a DBX digital crossover in ...
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Very wise, Roman... I - myself and my wallet - both must agree about your feelings and opinions... I've been into tube collecting since early '80s and what I guessed was dear (ITL 50.000 (about EUR 25) for an AD1 or "Luftwaffe" RE604 is now a TRUE ba...
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I was scanning around the net for interesting info and found this thread. Not only do I think this idea is viable, I own a version of this table. It is the J.A. Michell Hydraulic reference (also sold under the Transcriber brand name). It has been ...
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I have heard great recordings done and played back on +/- "portable" 15 ips machines, so I know it can be done. Also, there are so many ongoing QC issues with 30 ips that it about cancels the theoretical advantages, IMO. But if it ca...
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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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So the glossy magazines are pushing record treatment coatings-goop again?
More than 30 years ago a similar "LP preservative" called SoundGuard was billed in TAS as a "major breakthrough" in music playback technology. I bought into it (just like I...
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