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Post by ynwan on Jul 5, 2016 11:25:34 GMT
Have you got a link to any info on the Origine Tony - I can't seem to find anything!
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Post by ynwan on Jul 5, 2016 11:18:51 GMT
I listened to the Libération speakers at Cranage. The problem I had with them was that it appeared as though both mid drivers were being run completely open without any crossover* - given this the driver integration was surprisingly good but there was a ragged quality to the upper mid/lower treble which I suspect was one (or both) of the mid drivers breaking up at the top end of their range.
* There looked to be a single capacitor in series to the tweeter and a separate box which I suspect contained the bass crossover (probably also first order).
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Post by ynwan on Jun 29, 2016 21:20:27 GMT
The SMD is, I think, probably the most interesting as it is a real attempt to reinvent the Garrard idler. Having had a close look at it it certainly has a lot of high quality engineering incorporated. I see it is also badged as 'made in Sheffield' which is even more of a plus point!
I'm not aware of the deck Tony C has linked to - does look interesting though.
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Post by ynwan on Jun 3, 2016 11:15:34 GMT
Some very nice photos there and I've never seen a Zeta with a champagne arm tube before.
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Post by ynwan on Apr 8, 2016 10:10:51 GMT
Sentiment, as in sentimental value, has nothing to do with soul as far as I can see. Even if considered as an extension of ones self it doesn't mean that a part of ones soul is transferred to them - they still remain inanimate objects. That doesn't mean that some items can't be special to the owner.
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Post by ynwan on Apr 7, 2016 21:55:52 GMT
DSJR, you've made your bed as far as I'm concerned and I hope it gives you comfort.
I don't know what relevance it has here, none that I can see; but as you mention it, the whole point of said thread you refer to is that it had to use a cable with a steel core - the reasons for this are all made quite clear in the thread. As you suggest though, and as found previously, said cable was found to be the limiting factor.
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Post by ynwan on Apr 7, 2016 18:48:30 GMT
! I can't pretend I'm surprised that this scheme has ended, more by the quantity of acrimonious comment. I am rather sad to read of DSJR's email bitching though I see it's not without unintentional irony. Dave, no doubt you will disbelieve this, but I didn't actually have anything to do with your ban from the AudioFlat forum (though I didn't disagree with it) and it was all done and dusted by the time I knew.
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Post by ynwan on Mar 16, 2016 19:29:23 GMT
I've no interest in justifying the cost of these units further and even less if it's glued together by some bloke in their spare bedroom - but, in short, you have unrealistic expectations. Apply your same logic to products outside of audio and you will never buy anything.
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Post by ynwan on Mar 16, 2016 18:35:15 GMT
Is it just me being tight, or does hundreds of pounds for a transformer in a box seem a bit steep? I'm talking about any and all Balanced Mains devices here. Is a balanced transformer somehow much ,ore expensive than a normal one? You can get decent sized and reliable toroids for thirty quid. Why is a balanced one so much more? Anyone have a scooby? If there's a good reason then fair enough, I just don't know so I'm asking, Well, as you say, you can get a reasonable toroidal for £30 but it's not difficult to spend £50 to £70 on one typically found in audio equipment. One large enough to power the whole system is going to be significantly bigger and so significantly more expensive - by the time it's in a box, wired up to sockets, etc. it's bound to be a few hundred quid.
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Post by ynwan on Mar 13, 2016 14:36:44 GMT
I think you can probably have a muddy mid, in fact I would attribute that very quality to some Ming Da mono amps I heard. However, in this case that was not the issue.
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Post by ynwan on Mar 13, 2016 11:14:07 GMT
Corrected to mid.
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Post by ynwan on Mar 12, 2016 22:49:41 GMT
I heard them at the Whittlebury show. They looked like an electrostatic top unit married to a moving coil bass unit and rather sounded that way too with the mid and upper frequencies much more spacious and focussed than the bass - they were quite extraordinarily ugly too .
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Post by ynwan on Mar 9, 2016 9:37:14 GMT
It's room issues of this nature which led me to make my speakers semi-active enabling some DSP to be introduced into the bass region. After measuring the room three notch filters were applied and this has entirely stopped the room sounding off (being energised) at 'hot' frequencies (I have the London Grammar album). I appreciate this is not an easy fix for most people as it requires a three way system and the ability to bypass the passive crossover to the bass (not to mention the addition of another amplifier and DSP hardware)- but it has worked very well with no negatives that I, or friends, are aware of.
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Post by ynwan on Mar 3, 2016 20:48:59 GMT
?..oh, one more question. How delicate are the midrange and the tweeter? Like, would they break if you touched them or one would need to use some force to break it? I have kids in the house who sooner or later could try to touch these two bubbles. Funnily enough I have touched the drive units that MBL use as I was positively encouraged to by a rep at a show once. Surprisingly, they really aren't all that delicate. I've also heard the top MBL rig a couple of times.
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Post by ynwan on Feb 23, 2016 15:42:27 GMT
I really like it - do you?
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Post by ynwan on Feb 23, 2016 10:24:05 GMT
....and of course, the passive crossovers have drifted off spec as YNWOAN found when he cannibalised his pair and measured the crossovers, which did use then high quality parts I remember. Actually I didn't find any real evidence that the capacitors had drifted far from original spec, but they weren't very tightly toleranced so their permissible spec was quite wide. Of course this isn't necessarily true of all pairs. I did find the wiring had oxidised very badly. The main capacitors were of very good quality for the time and I found more benefit in changing the inductors for better quality (same specification) ones. Better component (capacitor value) matching between pairs also made a worthwhile difference.
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Post by ynwan on Feb 23, 2016 10:13:23 GMT
Inter-transient silence
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Post by ynwan on Feb 23, 2016 10:10:52 GMT
Courtney Barnett 'Sometime I sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit'
The Auteurs 'How I Learned To Love The Boot Boys'
Luke Haines 'Adventures In Dementia'
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Post by ynwan on Feb 14, 2016 13:37:50 GMT
How about you take some of the profit made from previous orders and use it to finance the manufacture of the new batch - that's how manufacture usually works! To be blunt, I'm not surprised people are unwilling to pay upfront for something that doesn't yet exist and may not even be made. In addition, some will be waiting months, and out of pocket, until you have sufficient numbers.
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Post by ynwan on Jan 6, 2016 20:22:02 GMT
Mine - Black Troika:
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