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Recently there was probably nothing as low in audio as the BS surrounded Kharma loudspeakers. Each single step Kharma takes is further and further in-depth Kharma into the realm of bogusness. It is not that I find that “Kharma the Manufacturer” or “K...
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Measure the ceramic ball that is in the bearing and order the closest size avaiulable. I believe it was 0.25" but it has been a while since I rebuilt my bearing.Jam...
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"]
It is my long observation that PP amps are very bad for driver with Alnico driver, they usually eat all details. The ceramic drivers however, that are ordinary are horrible for HF, are very nicely work with PP amps…[/quo...
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I have had similar impressions to other speakers using these drivers. For example I found the top of the line Avalon Eidolon diamond to be similarly colorless and lifeless. Also a pair of Vaic speakers (designed by the guy from Lumenwhite...
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another horn speaker. time aligned!
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I don't know where this goes, so I'm just starting it as a new thread; please move (or even edit or delete) as appropriate. After reading too many wondourus reviews of ceramic driver speakers in general, and only having heard two pair, one...
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I have experimented with SS/SET and now DSEP for ceramic magnet horn drivers. I will agree that ceramic drivers with SETs that I have heard being suboptimal, but after a year of DSEP, at least for my use case, I am quite content. I cannot explain it ...
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[quote user="serenechaos"]I don't know where this goes, so I'm just starting it as a new thread; please move (or even edit or delete) as appropriate. After reading too many wondourus reviews of ceramic driver speakers in general, and only havin...
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Interesting, in my amp the whiteness of the 6C33C sockets never bothered me. I think if it bother you then you might located the socket slightly below the top panel, this way you will not see them so easer. If you use ceramic base then ceramic is pai...
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I have had similar impressions to other speakers using these drivers. For example I found the top of the line Avalon Eidolon diamond to be similarly colorless and lifeless. Also a pair of Vaic speakers (designed by the guy from Lumenwhite...
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[quote user="el`Ol"] Hello Romy, have you searched for explainations for these observations? Are there others who made the same observations and tried to explain them? Does the damping factor play a role?From my limited experience I can say that ...
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I would not call them “bad”. They use very different magnets and meant to be used with higher power (with all negative consequences). You see the ceramic magnets are more or less OK for LF application but when a driver goes up and hits upper midrange...
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Hi Angelo,Thanks for the kind words about our website.Hmmmm... it is really difficult to make the sound of the Avalon speakers have no depth or imaging (I presume you are referring to the Opus or Eidolon? Their small Symbol speakers do indeed sound a...
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I am not a huge fun of S3 for MF use as the ceramic magnet is less interesting then alnico magnet for HF applications. For the low mid, or as I call it the Fundamental Channels the HF problem that ceramic has do not manifest themselves. My Fundamenta...
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[quote user="CO"] May i ask if you have ever played with the Le Cleach flares and how you find them?They were created to reduce reflections directly back into the horn. Only problem is they are very large because of this.... [/quote]
Nope. I never h...
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LOW FREQUENCY DIRECT RADIATOR DRIVERS
411A –18Hz, 93dB, sealed box414A - 99dB, 30Hz, Alnico, cloth416B – Alnico, 97dB, 25Hz, cloth416C – 16” version of above with Ferrite416Z - 12" version417C – 100dB, 69Hz, Alnico, 1.3T, 12”418B – 100dB, 55Hz, Alni...
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The Audiogon leader: “Oosterum Loudspeaker Systems”, the Netherlands manufacturer responsible for the Kharma loudspeakers, recently announced that they terminate the long-term relationships with corporation “Toys R Us”. The founded Charles van Ooster...
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Axel:One wonders how much one must pay to get it right from the start...Actually, the "sagging" cantilever is not peculiar to the Jubilee or the Windfeld, but it has been a long-standing problem for Ortofon on a number of their more expensive cartrid...
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Yes Paul,DSEP is planned. Actually I have already experimented with it only with the 12" Fane neodymium midwoofer that covers 80-1K and using 1 cap for the low pass filter. I really like what it does. I am comparing how it works with ceramic and neod...
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I don't know where this goes, so I'm just starting it as a new thread; please move (or even edit or delete) as appropriate. After reading too many wondourus reviews of ceramic driver speakers in general, and only having heard two pair, one...
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Very interesting… Earl Geddes just posted his thoughts for the Morons at the AA. I do not know is he was inspired by my post of by the completely foolish nose that the AA’s idiots razed around the Cogent’s Steve and Rich experiments but still – it wa...
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"]
It is my long observation that PP amps are very bad for driver with Alnico driver, they usually eat all details. The ceramic drivers however, that are ordinary are horrible for HF, are very nicely work with PP amps…[/quo...
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Gordan, I think you are missing the accent of what I meant to say. The Class A or not is not important for compression drivers and the S3 in particularly. I mean it is important and it much be ONLY class A but I do not see any SS amps switching in cl...
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[quote user="rowuk"]I have experimented
with SS/SET and now DSEP for ceramic magnet horn drivers. I will agree that
ceramic drivers with SETs that I have heard being suboptimal, but after a year
of DSEP, at least for my use case, I am quite conten...
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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. Personally, ...
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I thought already the Shuguang was a good-sounding and apparently well-made tube, probably quite rugged electrically, but I never would have thought it could survive what you just described, much less sound better! It is a good thing the base is cer...
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Terry,
I did found that PP amps were good to drive BAD compression drivers (with ceramic magnets). The irony was that the better amps to drive the ceramic magnet were not just the PP amps but the solid state PP amps. Do not ask me why – I do not kno...
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In my view the most appaling sound feature of nearly all "high end" loudspeakers is the lack of any tonal qualities. Over 90% of them sound completely artificial with no tone. All those ceramic, kevlar, magnesium, polypropylene, titanium, carbon nano...
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...For only $ 25k: http://polymeraudio.com/index.html It is sold under the name Polymer Audio and these people also sell amplifiers called "DK design"I haven't listened to this product & am referring here to the unusual ...
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Richard,My platter spins for about 8 min. I would replace the oil with a light turbine oil and replace the rubber o rings as well.Replace the ceramic ball with a high tolerance silicon nitride piece and flip the thrust plate and all should be wellReg...
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