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mykey 
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 Posted: 26 September 2005 at 5:35pm |
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westminster golds?? since when? Edited by mykey |
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TRE4U2NV
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Posted: 27 September 2005 at 12:10pm |
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ORIGINAL forimica covered ones had them years since about 1988 just been mothballed needed new crossover in one but those fine tannoy men have now given me a trade account so there back in action AH YEAH
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Timber_MG
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Posted: 27 September 2005 at 12:37pm |
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Seems like a couple of fans on this forum. Mind you they sound superb
run actively and one can even get rid of the period 1-2kHz (but very,
very slight) dip. When teamed up with subs there is really very little
that perform that well in especially larger size rooms (and for mike.e
they have superb reflective behaviour in the HF, about on par with
tractrix horns in a study by Holland that I should really have scanned
sometime)
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tb_mike
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Posted: 27 September 2005 at 11:48pm |
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Martin : would like to see it! Also Ive been emailed an article about stahls synthesis of loudspeaker parameters through electrical means,changing driver parameters,using constant current source,and lower distortion-I think through the last item rather than anything else.[audiopro.com] I havent investigated concentrics but the KEF white papers seem to show a nice resposne in the time domain for their co ax. Mike.e |
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Timber_MG
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Posted: 28 September 2005 at 1:41am |
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Uhm, KEF's UniQ drivers are not bad in all fairness, but not quite he
real thing when compared to Tannoys. The little 3/4" dome isn't up to
the task of reproducing what I'd expect ito dynamics. They are however
considdered superior to Seas's co-axes by many but a dome tweeter isn't
nearly as good at driving a waveguide as a comperssion driver.
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LunchieTey
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Posted: 28 September 2005 at 3:21am |
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I'm a big fan of 'fullrange' drivers! I use visaton b200's in Visaton's own 'Solo 100' design. Response ranges in room down to 30hz and on axis up to 15k(and above -10db at 20k) with only small ripples at least to 10k(+-2db or so) Nothing beats the sheer coherence of the sound and the imaging. Sure there is a little crispness missing and pounding bass(active sub makes up for it if required) but they sound 100 times better than my vifa loaded MTM's on surround duties or the Vifa 3way transmission lines upstairs(although the TL's are genuine 20hz monsters!) |
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james folkes
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Posted: 28 September 2005 at 8:27pm |
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i haven't got round to setting up my hi-fi for years now, which is kind of
disappointing and a bit of a waste as i have a pair of quad esl 57s. i would like to build a small rig that could be used in the living room comfortably, and i have enough passively cooled amps to run it without fan noise. got some other things to finish first though... one of the quads has a torn dust cover which farts at any respectable volume (a simple repair and i know from reputation that they can go pretty loud) and i'm not really sure what amp i should use to drive them as i don't have any valve gear. this is more than a puritanical point as the electrostatics present a pretty wierd impedance loading if i remember correctly. one of the 1970s bipolar bruisers that have now been retired from active duty could be used, but maybe something smaller would be safer. i want to use them in some kind of bedroom studio with an active sub, they are rather special. listening to live jazz recordings on them is actually spooky, the imaging on them is so wide that you can really lose yourself. rumour has it they were voted greatest hi-fi product of all time in some survey in 2000, which i find believable. james. |
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ceharden
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Posted: 29 September 2005 at 6:04am |
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In my workshop/study/spare room atm the hi-fi is a pair of mismatched,
ex-install Turbo TXD520's and one of my 15" subs under the desk!
My 'proper' hi-fi which I bought during my gap year is a pair of
B&W DM602s2's. Nothing amazing but the combination of kevlar
bass-mid and aluminium tweeter gives a nice crisp sound and no shortage
of volume.
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Hatchetman
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Posted: 03 October 2005 at 11:24am |
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Well i´m not there yet (beer-money you see) but the studiomonitors of dynaudio have really blown my mind. Even their cheaper models. Go have listen if you can, their worth it!! And my current speakers i shall not name.. (Eltax) |
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