mr. Decibel,
Currently, I am playing with two different speaker set ups. First is a clone of the Linkwitz LXmini's. The other is an open baffle set up using Wild Burro Betsys. I built the LXmini clones and am satisfied with their sound. I am forever swapping amps in and out. They are now unplugged and waiting to be returned to service.
The Open baffles are somewhat the same. I am constantly tinkering with various configurations and such with those Betsys.
The 901's are on original tulip stands, and are placed on one of the long back walls of my basement listening room. (15x20, wood floors, plaster over lath walls, 12 foot ceiling). They are placed approx 18inches from the side walls and 24 or so away from the back wall. EQ is installed correctly.
My listening trends toward R&B and Soul, but my first love is jazz....lots of jazz. Bird, Trane, Dizz, The Count.....you get the point.
What I would really like to do is source either a high power receiver or pre-amp/amp set up with a higher end singleCD player as source.
I really just want to play with these for a while and then move them on to someone else to fund some other speaker build project.
i am no stranger to this hobby, yet in no way an aficionado. All my vinyl went with the ex wife, so my collection is being rebuilt in CD. I just dont have the time or patience to rebuild my vinyl collection. CD player + WATTS+ addiction to speaker building = Goal
Since this is just an experiment, I want to do it as "on the cheap" as I can. Not looking for true audiophile quality. Just crisp, clean, full and LOUD.
Currently, I am playing with two different speaker set ups. First is a clone of the Linkwitz LXmini's. The other is an open baffle set up using Wild Burro Betsys. I built the LXmini clones and am satisfied with their sound. I am forever swapping amps in and out. They are now unplugged and waiting to be returned to service.
The Open baffles are somewhat the same. I am constantly tinkering with various configurations and such with those Betsys.
The 901's are on original tulip stands, and are placed on one of the long back walls of my basement listening room. (15x20, wood floors, plaster over lath walls, 12 foot ceiling). They are placed approx 18inches from the side walls and 24 or so away from the back wall. EQ is installed correctly.
My listening trends toward R&B and Soul, but my first love is jazz....lots of jazz. Bird, Trane, Dizz, The Count.....you get the point.
What I would really like to do is source either a high power receiver or pre-amp/amp set up with a higher end singleCD player as source.
I really just want to play with these for a while and then move them on to someone else to fund some other speaker build project.
i am no stranger to this hobby, yet in no way an aficionado. All my vinyl went with the ex wife, so my collection is being rebuilt in CD. I just dont have the time or patience to rebuild my vinyl collection. CD player + WATTS+ addiction to speaker building = Goal
Since this is just an experiment, I want to do it as "on the cheap" as I can. Not looking for true audiophile quality. Just crisp, clean, full and LOUD.