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I've been following this sometimes acrimonious controversy from afar -- Florida, in fact. But I've not read everything. Now I have a suggestion re: solar. I have an ad for discount solar panels from http://www.harborfreight.com/ where they offer a 45...
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Being both fairly lazy and fairly cheap with respect to audio, I remain very interested in theFR SET/dynamic speaker dream. Also, I am generally both weary and wary of the extreme complexity/difficulty engendered/entailed by othe...
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It is interning that Zu Druids was mentioned in context of this thread. I have a local guy what lives a few blocks away have Zu Druids and I happened heard them quite a few times. They have reported 101dB sensitivity and more or less high impedance b...
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The one thing I forgot for 1 minute was my TT, and I forgot to set the "transit' screws that take the weight of the platter off the (saphire) thrust bearing while moving the TT. Oops! I used the subsequent trip back to Sota to up-date the platter a...
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[quote user="zako"]N-SET,,, Why dont I set your hair on fire,,??? Your about as brite as your mother,,,and just as ugly,,,As you get older and have more sense you,l find that the posessions of grand audio equipment never came close to the presentati...
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The aim was to try to reproduce opera in a room, which conventional speakers seem to do so implausibly, at least the few I have been exposed to. Why the SH50 gets closer than the others I do not know: perhaps it is coherence across the frequency rang...
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What even more interesting is the relation between sensitivity power. Evan a quadruple increase of power is no compensation for decrease sensitivity. There are many objective justifications why “power does not help”: flux modulations, thermo desertio...
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"]What surprises me however is why you have expressed an interest in the high power tubes? You are with horns and even you LF sections have over 100dB sensitivity. What will you do with 120W SET?[/quote]The subwoofer still ne...
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Romy, I'll bet everyone has been thinking like you all along (I know I have), but N-set has already dismissed simple "results-oriented" solutions as "ad hoc" and indicated that he is determined to work with his rack as it is and understand each actio...
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Adrian, I have not tried the top Deccas for many years. My last experience with them was as ever: I absolutely loved their unrivaled immediacy and presence, which I found totally addictive, and it also made other cartridges sound pretty pathetic by ...
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I'm sure it is the same box set. But what does "released" mean? Let me know if you ever see that set in U.S. stores Romy....
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The Model Two's manual states:Note: It is recommended that the Monitor Output Level be set close to +18 dBu to providethe best combination of digital resolution and analog output stage performance.Surely, it's just too much of a coincidence that a re...
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So little free time, so much to listen to and decide... Today I listened again to a close variant of the previous set-up, using several large-ish drivers basically piled +/- in place, along with a tweeter that will not make the cut. Even though all...
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Romy, I have been trying to explain to myself what happened and how I got to it and trying to recreate this wonderful boiling point.
I tried to make a write up of all the steps needed in order to make it happen, but it is ever so elusive. I ...
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With regards to the links, as it happens, I totally agree that 15in Tannoy Reds struggle to handle complex music. The crossover is too simplistic and the cones too hard to control with a low power amp. Reds can be lovely in a simple vintage system bu...
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Regarding combined driver diaphragm area for ULF: Romy wrote: "...I disagree that using a bunch of 10" drivers is some kind of compromised in way. The six 10” drivers give me a surface of 2.3 18” drivers..." I recognize the relative and impo...
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This week Romy was kind enough to invite me over for a few days for some Apprentice work and philosophizing. As I alluded above, my Apprenticeship contribution consisted principally of moving some audio gear, searching for some esoteric stuff hidden ...
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All those vintage speakers are not interesting. Among the contemporary loudspeakers, I also to do not know anything that I would consider unarguably worthy.
The main point off of this exercise is to let people to think about the opportunity or possi...
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[quote user="jessie.dazzle"]Romy wrote:"...The use of the Vitavox AK151 driver is very good. They went for 8-ohm coil. Well, this is interesting. Srajan promoted in his article Kevin and SET devote and then Kevin drops the AK151 impedance from 1...
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[quote user="drdna"] Oh, I see you are absolutely correct. I am very puzzled. As it says on the website, the mastering studios relocated to a new location. Maybe there was no room for the old set-up. I was only in the old studio a few years ago. I sw...
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Well, I think the short answer is yes.What the people over at Technical Support have told me is that this is due to the power supply design of the amplifiers that are being driven by the PP2000 and that it seems to be characteristic of certain types ...
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[quote user="Paul S"]I think it is fair to say that no big speakers are going to "work" up to their potential without some serious effort expended in setting them up. IMO, this is no small matter, and Wilson obviously agrees,&nbs...
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Dear Romy,I performed the following tests:Test 1.Digital CD source OFF;Digital Domain DD-2 processor OFF;Lavry DA-924 OFF;Sansui TU-X1 ON and set to FM output;Custom tube amplifier ON volume HIGH;ESL-57 speaker arrays ON;Result: no interference and n...
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[quote user="N-set"] That all will give 5 stages if I'm not overlooking some posibility: 3 filtering stages, with the first one bypassable, the driver being at the same time the last filtering stage [/quote] It is 3 stages total not 5. You do not nee...
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Hi Jorge.Firstly, be very careful if you're thinking about feeding a PP with a balanced AC input. It may be different with the North American PP units, but my UK unit did not like being fed by a balanced AC input. My balanced transformers already ten...
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This subject does not bother me too aggressively as I recognize absolutely no sonic demands or listening temptations to change anything in my playback. However, there is a theoretical and conceptual curiosity on my part and I would like to learn what...
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KOT, as you may know, the ML2 has a BIG transformer to make "36 Watts" at clipping; but even with this and the trick feedback it is not the first choice for large dynamic/OB drivers. Of course I mention this because of your remarks about the 6C33C, ...
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The rumors are that Warner has bought licenses of all Svetlanov's recordings and they are reissuing them now. So far the Myaskovsky set is available only in Europe
http://www.amazon.fr/Int%C3%A9grale-Symphonies-Nikola%C3%AF-Miaskovsky/dp/B000XCTD5S/...
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I have a new client who put me shitty office with no privacy of any kind. I am sitting in there like in Bagdad intersection – that sucks; hopefully it will not last long. To insult the injury right around me some a bunch of hoodlums with HR paranoia...
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I set up today the framework in which I will be testing my Vitavox 15 inchers. It is a wooden frame from my bathtub with a driver screws to it, the massive sliding doors that squash the driver from both sides and cardboard that cover the wholes. This...
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