GeorgeO
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Re: Altec 2 ways photo
Here's one picture, it's a bit grainy. The horns that I finally went for were black.
Here's one picture, it's a bit grainy. The horns that I finally went for were black.
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Fiddle-dee-dum and Fiddle-dee-dee... eh? That's what little ones do best. Fiddle with stuff! Not that we, not so little guys do any better. I fiddle away all the time. Just can't leave well enough alone.On another note, if I had my sofa like that betwen the speakers, my little sons would climb up and fiddle away to glory
The HF units are of much higher sensitivity than the LFs
When are you embarking upon Mk2 of this build ?Update after a week. I've been listening to a lot of different kinds of music-jazz, male vocals, female vocals, blues, classic rock, pop, folk etc to put the system through it's paces. Suffice it to say that it has exceeded expectations.
I've pulled the trigger on a few more things related to this build-a MiniDSP crossover unit and a chip amp(Peter Daniel board) to bi amp the speakers.There is an EL34 in the pipeline that I am getting fixed, I will use the chip amp in the interim and see how it sounds.As it is, the passive crossover is meeting expectations, I'm wondering if going active is going to exceed expectations!
The journey continues!
Ive completed the active crossover using the minidsp, and surprise, surprise-it sounded marginally different, not hugely better! This is my first active crossover, and in sharp contrast to all those who have been tom tomming actives, especially some on this forum, as the best thing on the this planet since sliced bread, I have to say my earlier passive crossover was a pretty good one, and stands very favourable comparison to the new one.
I will need to listen over many hours to see how much better this sounds and also listen with some knowledgeable audiophile friends to decide which way I will finally go.
The mini dsp is a sophisticated and affordable toy, which has huge capabilities, I was lucky to get someone who has one for some time and is very familiar with its features to come over and take measurement using pink noise and sweeps, and then do some tweaking.The journey is far from over, but sure as hell, this ain't the Holy Grail!