gvasale
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| Do we really need anything more than 8" woofer and 1" tweeter for medium size room? I like this comparison. "There's no substitute for cubic inches"in the automotive field. So there's also no substitute for woofer size "modifying" Hoffman's Iron Law just a little | |
| How old are your speakers I forgot to add the Altecs date to 1968, but I have a small pair of Montereys which are several years older. | |
| How old are your speakers The oldest everyday set is my Altec "home brew".I have some Bozaks probably contemporary with the Altecs.One EV cornerhorn from the 50s.Then the WE 12a & 13a probably close to 90 years young.These are not the plywood horns. | |
| Rip LP's to Digital I have a box made by Xitel that goes from tape out to usb.It comes with software.There are probably others. | |
| Why not accordion ? Yechhhh. Question to the accordion player: Can you play "Far, Far Away?" The farther the better.Sorry. The only good accordion was Stan Freberg's spoof of Lawrence Welk. | |
| Rewiring 220v to 120v Have you checked with Clearaudio? | |
| Linda Ronstadt/Nelson Riddle Lew: No offence taken as I'm sure none intended. | |
| Rewiring 220v to 120v Not all motors can do both voltages. A small travel power transformer might be the answer depending on motor size. | |
| Linda Ronstadt/Nelson Riddle Dear Lew: I'm referring to the album titles for the Ronstadt /Riddle collaborations. I never suggested that Sinatra sang a song called "Lush Life" (Ronstadt/Riddle.) It is an album title however (Ronstadt/Riddle.) And I did shorten the album title... | |
| Linda Ronstadt/Nelson Riddle I have had "What's New?" for ages and just got "Sentimental Reasons." The last, I think is Lush Life. "What's New"is the better of the two. Have to wait and see about "Lush Life." | |
| marantz SLT 12-u turntable I have an XV-15 Pickering (750) in mine, so it will accept a "tall" cartridge. Now I haven't used mine in decades, it's in the closet right now, but I'll drag it out sometime when I can do it. Betting it does need a belt. | |
| Dynamic speakers Great Plain Audio | |
| Purpose of Dome on Tweeter... I do believe EPI had the first inverted dome tweeter that was not attached to a horn | |
| Altec A7 What to do The link is good, but sometimes there is a problem, like right now, 10:22 am.Mid bass horn is what the woofer is at the back of. Filling the space behind the horn flares among other things to stiffen & mod the cabinet internals has been discus... | |
| Altec A7 What to do Go here: http://www.hostboard.com/forums/f700/altec-users-board.htmlyou will find out how to dampen the horn. The mid bass horn and the HF horn too. |