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Post by ynwan on Jan 2, 2016 23:17:28 GMT
I'm sorry, I didn't actually read your original post, just too much rambling and weird off topic juxtaposition of ideas for me.
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Post by ynwan on Jan 2, 2016 12:47:47 GMT
Most of my friends are very 'in to' their music. The other day a friend who hadn't previously visited my house came round to listen to my system as, although he loves music, he had never heard a 'proper' hi-fi. Oddly, he found the whole stereo imagery, space around instruments, thing very disconcerting indeed - distracting even.
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Post by ynwan on Dec 30, 2015 18:19:19 GMT
Yes, fair enough, though I would be surprised if a very short burst did this. Either way it seems that it would be a good idea to check the impedance of each unit with a multimeter. If they measure similarly then they are probably fine.
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Post by ynwan on Dec 30, 2015 16:12:43 GMT
If the tweeters are still working they will be fine.
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Post by ynwan on Dec 29, 2015 21:06:55 GMT
My experience is that, more often than not, high sensitivity speakers and low power valves can be fun but also very coloured.
I used to own (well I still own them, I'm just not using them now) speakers that used just a capacitor in series with the tweeter - so as minimal as they come. I now use a speaker with second order slopes for the mid and treble and third order active for the bass. Contrary to the minimal crossover concept the more complex crossover speakers are better in every way (they are even more efficient).
In post #9 DSJR states that modern drivers have 'no nasties in them', but that just isn't true and nor is the following generalisation that metal domes 'take off like tin cans in the treble'. The push with a lot of drive unit technology has been to make the driver as pistonic as possible over its intended operating range. The counter to this is that breakup is often quite energetic outside of the expected usage range and if not crossed over quite steeply, or with the addition of notch filters, there can be plenty of 'nasties' present.
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Post by ynwan on Dec 25, 2015 10:30:43 GMT
Did they - I doubt it. The whole of the original post is a verbatim quote from another forum, from someone who has no posting rights here. Perhaps you guys should link up with that other forum who's existence is purely to bitch about those on other forums. Anyway, I'm off to enjoy Christmas with my family now - best wishes.
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Post by ynwan on Dec 25, 2015 9:24:51 GMT
It's not what you choose to eat, Jules, it's the being pompous and pretentious about it! Isn't this thread against the 'no inter forum baggage' rule of this, your, forum? Merry Christmas all...
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Post by ynwan on Dec 17, 2015 17:06:51 GMT
Like yourself my gear is pretty much all custom or modified. Inevitably that creates a certain attachment but I'm always looking to improve things I've built and components evolve.
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Post by ynwan on Dec 8, 2015 19:50:19 GMT
I can't say I'm very impressed with the machining of the platter in question but this thread seems to have more to do with cross forum trolling than anything else. It's certainly more than passable (I simply assumed that is the finish achievable with ETP) and I tend to lay records on it to play, not look at it. Frankly, I only care about how it sounds and it's better than the Mike New aluminium platter with Achromat that I had previously. An extremely fine turned finish is achievable with ETP and isn't hard to achieve. If I had achieved the finish that the platter Dave Cawley has I would face it off again with a sharper cutter or different cutting angle as I know I can achieve much better (and have done many times). If it had the kind of dimensional machining errors it exhibits I would definitely check the lathe alignment and certainly wouldn't accept it.
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Post by ynwan on Dec 8, 2015 0:33:48 GMT
I can't say I'm very impressed with the machining of the platter in question but this thread seems to have more to do with cross forum trolling than anything else.
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Post by ynwan on Nov 27, 2015 13:11:53 GMT
If the equipment is supplied by NVA what is the role of this Kaz bloke? Why couldn't anyone interested just borrow it direct from the manufacturer? Is it just that RD can't promote this idea on other forums because he has been banned from most/all of them (he even managed to get banned from an earlier iteration of his own)?
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Post by ynwan on Nov 25, 2015 20:10:29 GMT
Actually, I can think of a number of dealers that will loan cables and all the 'on line' retailers have money back return schemes (they have to).
I agree that equipment loan schemes are a good idea - usually such loans are baggage free.
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Post by ynwan on Nov 25, 2015 17:30:13 GMT
but if you have upset RD in the past forget it. So that's pretty much everyone excluded then. Regarding private PM's, it is RD's openly stated stance that PM's can be freely copied and posted publicly so I would bear that in mind.
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Post by ynwan on Nov 25, 2015 14:32:43 GMT
I've got a pair of Allison Sixs that are in very good condition. As far as I am aware they were only imported for a short time and aren't very common. The crossover isn't very complex in them - it's just first order with a cap (two in parallel) to the tweeter and an inductor to the bass. There is a resistor you can switch in and out (switch is on the back) of circuit.
Many yeas ago I was demonstrated the speaker NVA were making - that one had heavily chamfered corners and were on extremely solid stands made from thick steel plate welded together. I quite liked them.
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Post by ynwan on Nov 22, 2015 10:20:50 GMT
Looks like a TW Acustic Raven GT.
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Post by ynwan on Nov 20, 2015 7:47:06 GMT
I recommend you compare the cables again after you have had your forty year old crossovers refurbished.
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Post by ynwan on Nov 12, 2015 21:15:38 GMT
Generally I find the bass from MC carts to have deeper and tighter bass, but there are exceptions. It might be worth starting with a high output MC? I'm not picking on Martin's comments particularly but, to paint with broad strokes, MC cartridges have significantly better subtle shading and dynamic than MM. Moving magnets have big bold strokes but you can get that as well with MC if you have high quality turntables, arms - and particularly phonostages
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Post by ynwan on Nov 10, 2015 13:18:58 GMT
I paid £300 for an absolutely mint pressing of this: Only 500 ever pressed (the picture isn't of my copy, mine is an earlier number), only available mail order, all numbered and signed by both Lisa Gerrard And Brendan Perry. It also helps that it is an excellently recorded live album from the height of their success. This is a rarely seen, or heard, record. I do listen to it .
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Post by ynwan on Nov 7, 2015 9:05:18 GMT
Also, the BR makes a difference at low volumes which means either there is a lot of subsonic vibration in my house (see the Townshend video) or it's doing something else. Those aren't the only two options though...
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Post by ynwan on Nov 7, 2015 9:05:01 GMT
The way I understand it from what has been said Jerry, is that the component was in position and never moved and Martin just holding the BR above it when a change was heard. I may be wrong but I don't think anyone was actually listening for a change at that point. His body mass standing in one part of the room is likely to have far more impact on the acoustics than these Ravioli. Surely this is like putting a bigger engine in your car and respraying it, then concluding that the increase in performance is down to the colour change!
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