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[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Merlin, Are you saying that your SET is not sensitive to load and a different plate load has no change to the harmonics of sound? Do you say that your output transformer does not straggle with inductance vs. capacitance bat...
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[quote user="Merlin"]My SET doesn't have an output transformer. Just four tubes direct coupled. Bandwidth at full power is 2hz to 35khz.[/quote] Well, your SET might be able to bypass fundamentals from 2hz to 35khz but unfortunately it is all the OTL...
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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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[quote user="Merlin"]If there's one thing I hate about internet forums it's people postulating about sounic characteristics and possible failing in equipment they have never heard.[/quote]Quite so. However, the approach here is simply to ask -- it do...
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Merlin here is the Stereophile measurements on the Lamm ML2.1http://stereophile.com/tubepoweramps/1004lamm/index4.htmlAs you can see the rise in distortion vs. frequency shows only a small rise in distortion even down to 10Hz. This is an indica...
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HiWell I am fairly new to active speakers. I've been in contact with Merlin and Guy in the UK about these type of speakers and their experiences. I'm just taking it all in and then going forward making a few mistakes and then learning about them!&nbs...
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[quote user="Merlin"] I took the 98db/w from the tweeter which will not be higher sensitivity in that implementation. If the other units are higher than that, then yes it is a moronic system![/quote]
There is nothing moronic in that playback in the ...
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[quote user="Merlin"]I certainly think you must use an active device for the bass/mid transition in any serious design at this level. Choice of amplifiers will be personal. I don't have the worry of output transormers.
[/quote]Don't I remember yo...
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It is a good question that I also asked when I saw this speaker. Afterall, everything being equal using the same materials for the drivers is more optimal from a coloration standpoint. My guess is cost. They already had splurged for...
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[quote user="pe1mmk"]Well Cat you can call me whatever you like, but you still did not answer my question. Both have a horn for highs, for mids and for lows, only the sub lows are handled differently. [/quote]
I do not think I called you with names...
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[quote user="Merlin"]I wonder if you could expand on that Romy? How is Kevin Scott employing the 703 and indeed in your wide experience, how could that be improved upon?[/quote] I have no experience was 703 driver personally and is therefore I could ...
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I do not want to go on tangent in this Cessaro Gammas thread, still what Merlin said deserves very much to be accented. I juts mention it once in here.
The first order on the bass units is NOT an “unacceptable compromise”. If your bass section, the ...
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"]
I do not want to go on tangent in this Cessaro Gammas thread, still what Merlin said deserves very much to be accented. I juts mention it once in here.
The first order on the bass units is NOT an “unacceptable compromise...
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Coops, Merlin
It looks you are familiar with 703 driver’s sound. Any thoughts that you find would be worth to share? I do not think that by listening this driver it would be possible to distinct the sound of Neodymium from sound of cobalt. Still, in...
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Merlin, I was under a strong impression that the “mortal compromise” 9as you call it) in this J-horn were already mentioned with this thread.
The caT[/quote]
Not so I'm afraid Romy. There has been absolutely no discuss...
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[quote user="Merlin"]Secondly could you explain which characteristics of the recording are destroyed, and what mechanism David Berning uses to acheive this? [/quote]
Actually it would be a reversed question to David Berning:
“What kind evaluation ...
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Merlin, early in the thread you seemed to be enjoying your position as the only person who knew what the hell you were talking about, and not much has changed since. Are you trying to share what you know or hold fast to some pre-conce...
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Thanks for the tech info, Merlin; it helps a lot, especially combined with the preferred music revelation, up the thread.I agree that the OPT figures in to the sound, all right, for better or for worse, and there is no mistaking the OTL "clarity" by ...
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Well, Merlin, it looks like I will have to take my lumps if I hope to get relevant information from you. Am I the first person you've encountered who feels you enjoy the idea that you always have something up your sleeve? I'm no...
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[quote user="Merlin"] Directly heated triodes …. It has fully regulated power supplies and absolutely zero AC filament hum. [/quote]
That bothers me tremendously is the half-ass approach of high-end products and the fact that for exuberant amount of...
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[quote user="Merlin"]... my own feeling is that David Berning's solution is both neater and more practical - the only impediment ot it's acceptance, the dogmatic approach of many thermionic die hards. My experience suggests it's their loss. [/quote] ...
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[quote user=""]...The most obvious problem is with the Bass drivers, which are left to radiate both to the front (via the horns) as well as to the rear... which in this case really means to the front!... The rear of the drivers are aimed upward at a ...
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[quote user="Merlin"] Absolutely inadequate for desiphering the subjective sound quality yes - all we can deduce is that the system has a maximum sensitivity of 98db/w at best, and quite possibly less. As do many fine loudspeaker systems.
All louds...
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Somebody “manuelgarcia66” wrote in the Yahoo Tannoy Group. I think it was the ONLY reply on SUBJECT among others that proposed that I was in ignorant troll who should not bother the forum:
"I?ve come to tannoys from different speakers-enclosures: Me...
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Merlin, I wonder why you need more information if according to you: “the solution that has not been heard and is not intended for your ears”. You migration from sightless denial to desire of self-education is very… I would say fast but st...
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[quote user="Merlin"] ... I often note that you describe TAD compression drivers as being not to your taste. Could you tell us which of their range of drive units you have direct experience of and on what horns? [/quote]
When I experimented wi...
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[quote user="enjoy_the_music"] Well I am fairly new to active speakers. I've been in contact with Merlin and Guy in the UK about these type of speakers and their experiences. I'm just taking it all in and then going forward making a few mistakes and ...
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Merlin, I have nothing against Bernings, in fact I found it all educational as I never had exposure to them. Well, perhaps I did hear them at some kind of hi-fi show but just did not paid attention. I hardly believe that I will hear Bernings as I’m l...
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[quote user="Merlin"] If they are modifying conventional drive units by hand, the labour costs alone can be prohibitively expensive. The fact that they are using heavy Alnico magnets and coating the diaphrams suggests that these units do not co...
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[quote user="morricab"] It is a good question that I also asked when I saw this speaker. Afterall, everything being equal using the same materials for the drivers is more optimal from a coloration standpoint. My guess is cost. They ...
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