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[quote user="Romy the Cat"] samuel33 wrote: …. I can't stop laughing when I read your comments about the audiophile mafia, you are so right.
Samuel, it is important, reading my self-obsessive rage about the industry, do not take the things out...
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Before I answer some of the points raised....I have recently updated my website with details of the microphone - pictures will tell much of the story.This will answer some questions and raise some more.The short version of the concept is this: by aco...
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I'm sure lots of us would be happy to trade halls with someone else, and I'll bet some us would swap without having heard what we're swapping for. I know I would, because I know the odds would be in my favor.The "funny" thing these da...
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I think for a start there are so many different ways of getting a sound that is acceptable to the listener it pays not to be too dogmatic.I am in the early days of developing my system with speakers from 4 different manufacturers running in active an...
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[quote user="manisandher"]Hi all, This thread has been a facinating read for me, and has prompted me to resurrect my old Celestion SL600 speakers. But their copper dome tweeters are looking (and sounding) rather worse for wear. Does anyone know where...
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Also, I need to mention that a very small monitor
made with a full range driver that I heard once was the most interesting sound
the I even hear in audio. It was not the most interesting sound overall but
there was one s...
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Auro can be set up for any number of extra speakers, from 2 to 14. One only has to set up for what he has available for ambiance speakers, from just two side or rear floor, to center, left and right side and rear, subs, to left right and center heigh...
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I recieved and accepted an invitation to hear an earlier version of the Cogent speakers, and I was subsequently asked for a considered opinion of the sound. I guess the designers had read from my posts various criticisms of horns in genera...
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Haralanov, I've spun this thread off the "Speakers for a Powerful SET" thread, as you suggested. I took a couple of pictures, but I can't figure out how to upload them, just yet. I'm also not sure what you could see from the outside, anyway.As for th...
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Thank you Romy, I wasn't aware of the 30 day trial...I though only PS Audio had this policy with power regenerators...The 25% load is a nice tip, thanks again, I trust you judged this value according to personal tests and measurements. The sad news i...
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Mani, I am not saying that any driver (let alone any collection of drivers...) will ever be entirely "correct" in terms of acoustical instrumental timbre, no matter the frequency range it attempts to address. I am saying that the sonic "weight balan...
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"]
manisandher wrote:As I alluded to before, I'm at risk of becoming a DSET convert - it's all very well having a nice low-powered amp, but what the hell do you use with it? Are there any decent high-sensitivity FR speaker...
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Mani, I am not talking about the Zu when I say that there is little chance of just buying and plugging in any given ready-made component into any given system and getting Music, ever. If anyone asks me, I always say, think of speakers-amps-room as on...
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[quote user="Paul S"]Don't worry about selling stuff you "don't like". To another Moron® it might be the Legendary Stuff of Dreams. Be honest about what it is; simply hold your current opinion.[/quote]I've just sold my Druids (took a £500 hit on wh...
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Romy,In response to your response to what I did not say but implied....I decided to put the question here instead, where the light of enquirey might shine upon several different facets of investigation.Firstly, I'm still interested to know if you are...
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Romy, perhaps your ScanSpeak arrays are a +/- natural fit for mid-bass? If you used them for that you might also push them down a little until you got your ULF solution. The "nice" thing about this is, you might use something relatively simple to d...
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OK, I have one foot back in the water again, a hand-me-down monoblock from a "well-respected movie sound producer", to whom I am connected through dear friends. Like most "sound professionals", he is fairly dismissive of the way "we" hi-fi nerds go ...
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[quote user="Paul S"]Yesterday a nice fellow drove off with "my" Lamm ML2s. Now it is really sinking in: How will will I find anything else this good, along with more power?These amps were like a PhD in sound, what might be done with hi-fi. Yes, I ...
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Thanks for alternate driver idea, Romy. Sounds interesting.I certainly do not need all the gain from the ML2 along with my AI M3A phono/pre-amp, so I will give the 5687 family a try once I figure out a decent, fool proof pin-out adapt...
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I have been running my nominally 8 Ohm speakers from the ML2s' 4 Ohm taps for quite a while, in order to keep the sound from getting squirrilly and to keep the bass strong enough.Today I used the re-capped/improved K&K phonostage as a source and ...
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Thanks for the encouragement, Jessie. Actually, a much larger "room" is available, but it is +/- "divided" by wing walls and an archway, along with a large side wall opening, that I know from experience would eff up the spa...
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No telling anymore how good these amps can get. Today the re-configured phono stage finally "burned in" and I used the ML2s for almost 5 hours. Although I have read that they keep improving as you use them, I was not really...
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I have heard hundreds and hundreds of audio systems and mine is by far the best. Honestly nothing even comes close. There is a scientific reason for this. MY system starts with a PERFECTLY tuned room...something overlooked by ma...
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Well, You really need to figure out what you want out of your speakers. There are some questions I would ask myself if I were in your position:1. You can eliminate a lot of speakers based on their size, since they should be mat...
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In impatient, ill-advised. manic efforts to "compensate" for the EFFECTS of bad power I have swapped ICs, used different output taps, re-configured grounds, swapped tubes, re-positioned speakers, adjusted VTA, messed with my BR ports. And ...
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[quote user="Paul S"]Merlin, won't you at least put your amp in some sort of meaningful context, because it is a waste to continue this thread if you just treat it like a pissing contest.What speakers do you use? What sources, etc?&nb...
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Hi everyone,First, thank you for all your advices. The university take many most of my time, so listen to speaker had been difficult.So......I come back with many things too tell, i have made some listening sessions to find a good speaker to work wit...
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Hi all,In my experience it is VERY hard to get anything resembling realistic bass from a vented box, particularly with a Q of around 0.9 or 1. There is too much stored energy in the system and too much overhang. The best bass I have heard...
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The "better" 5751s got here and I took advantage of wifey's absence to listen at night. It was cool and the electricity was pretty good, just a little "dry", but no "cotton". Lazy boy, I still haven't fixed my DAC, so I have had only viny...
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Anthony, I can't answer for Romy, but short cables are one (big) advantage of "centered" equipment. As for pulling speakers away from the back (and side) walls, don't most "big sounding" speakers require this, anyway? Sure, a "bass null" for equipmen...
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