johnk
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| Problem with sub amp? Loudspeaker produce electricity you are moving a coil in a mag field thus producing AC. Your sub amp sence this as signal so power up.Amps are fine but seems you have a ground loop problem have you tried a cheater plug to remove ground on sub amp ... | |
| Best super teeters to add to pair of horn speakers Fostex t90aex,t900a t500a2 are the best arround have not heard any others close. If you like I can offer new fostex tweeters set up to match your system. Please check my feedback I have done this for many others a ribbon wont match your horns as w... | |
| Tube Friendly Speakers - Down to 30Hz - $3000? K.C.S. offers 96db ribbon systems 28hz-35khz for $2500 shiping inc. I also have a used fostex f200a loudspeaker with raven r1 ribbon direct wired with tara labs ref gen 2 a transformer is used to match ribbon to f200a cab is maple with cherry lami... | |
| Xover parts quality,/sound difference? Sure quality parts can be important but the total design is what matters.I do tend to use simple semi 1st order networks with very hi-quality parts in many of my loudspeaker designs also very hi-quality transducers and cabinets.Then like Bobby sai... | |
| The best speaker you ever heard? Converging Quad Oris 150 horn array with giant upsized decware imps and t900a tweeter.But Iam working on something better. Pic http://steinman.mesls.org/stereo/J%20Kalinoski%20Loudspeakers%20101.jpg | |
| Which speaker binding posts? Mundorfs .I also tend to perfer low mass designs like WBT. | |
| Tweeter quest Go with a raven r3 and shit can the rest and start over.This would yield a better sounding loudspeaker than adding a ribbon to a loudspeaker designed for a diferant transducer. Ribbons sound wonderful but system needs to be design as a whole. Not ... | |
| What speaker would you replace magnepan 2.7's with Horns that can run on very low power would be considered hi-eff or high efficiency.Maggies are far from hi-eff;) | |
| What speaker would you replace magnepan 2.7's with I owned 2.7 nice loudspeakers but a bit grainy and hard. YMMV. Why not pick up a used 3.6? If not Hi-eff horns and ribbon systems are what I moved to after my time with maggies, sound labs, ML and a few other electrostatic planar and ribbon system... | |
| Lowther speakers You might want to look into fostex drivers I have used many lowthers and to me fostex makes some drivers that are as good or better for much less cash.YMMV | |
| Speaker Lifespan depends on designs, but I have a 1895 edison horn that still works ;) Caps change values with age,surrounds rot, paper surrounds last a long time but driver cones get brittle with age. I have had more than a few voice coils drive right through pap... | |
| Zu speaker owners - do you have any gain issues? This has never been my findings with hi-eff loudspeakers bet you will have no problems with gain. | |
| Speakers for metal, hard rock ... also SS amp How about a dual 18in per loudspeaker ,hieff woofer system, with giant hieff ribbon, 102db 30hz-40khz. 1st order crossover ,baltic birch plywood cabs ,fully cherry veneered ,nordost internal wire.Ea woofer is in its own optimized cabinet inside la... | |
| HELP Horns, Stats or Conventional Speakers Many theaters use horns, HT is easy for a good loudspeaker to reproduce music is hard to do well. | |
| HELP Horns, Stats or Conventional Speakers Go front horn, I owned stats for years , If you cant fit front horns maybe a back horn or hi-eff ribbon loudspeaker or maybe a Open Baffle. Dr Edgar makes some cool horns or look about audiogon, oris systems might fit your room. |