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| What is ideal dimension size for a home listening room? brownsfan made many good points. I suggest that you find a good on-line Room Mode Calculator which speaks of Schroeder Frequency, Bolt Area, Bonello, etc. to help you better understand the consequences of room dimensions. You might consider cons... | |
| Passing of an Audiogon Member Ezra called me several times to discuss our products and we would end up having lengthy conversations about audio. He was obviously extremely passionate about audio and always had kind words to say about everything. RIP Ezra... | |
| Tekton speakers with Ribbon / AMT ?? Boy, this forum can be decapitating but here goes.Ribbons, planar magnetic and AMT drivers are not the same. We design and build all three types so we know a thing or two about them. I categorize them as light membrane drivers. Like everything els... | |
| Solid-State Preamp/Crossover Some good point expressed above.We made a preamp with built in two-way crossovers specifically for our speakers. To make it more universal (multiple slopes and points) was not very practical. We designed it with changeable cards to accommodate dif... | |
| Concrete Audio Speakers...Speaker Enclosures made out of Concrete ?.. I once saw a demonstration about concrete boat hulls. At one point the speaker struck the side of the concrete hull (it was an unfinished boat out of the water) with a pipe or bar and it rang like a giant bell. We actually sailed a concrete hull s... | |
| Alternatives to Brick and Mortar There have been many good points made here. One of them is that a marketing model for larger more expensive gear can be very different than one for lower priced easily shipped gear. One major element has not been mentioned, the high cost of advert... | |
| wide baffles and baffle step DukeAgreed. | |
| What are the advantages of electrostatic versus floor speakers w/wo external drivers? sokogear, As with most things in audio, there is more "different" than there is "better or worse". E-stats fall into a category I like to call "light membrane drivers" which also includes AMTs, ribbons, planar (like Analysis Audio and Magnepan) an... | |
| Alternatives to Brick and Mortar We had some of our products in several B&M dealers around the country in the past. We had some strong sales from a few of them and lost money from a couple of them. I can tell you that the manufacture's side of dealing with dealers can be just... | |
| What do/did you do for a living? I have been involved in product development and manufacturing for most of my career. Almost always had at least two jobs. I have been designing and building home audio gear since preteen years. I started Arion Audio in 2004. At first Arion was my ... | |
| SET 45 and their (real) required speaker efficiency VVCV, There are several factors that determine the speaker sensitivity needed to use 45 tube amps. Many have already been stated. Room size, music density, max SPLs for dynamic peaks, average listening volume, etc.Keep in mind that many manufactu... | |
| Is dsp like arc as good as designed dsp active speakers Steve, We demo our speakers using 1.5 watt tube amps and 200 watt SS amps and any other amps requested to show the wide range of amp possibilities. DSP helps make this easy. Initially we were somewhat hesitant about plunging into DSP/Room correcti... | |
| Is dsp like arc as good as designed dsp active speakers Steve, Not all DSP, like everything else in audio, is created equal. Digital Signal Processing can be applied anywhere in the music chain from recording through mixing all the way to just before the amplification outputs before the speaker drivers... | |
| Broken plastic guide on tubes - how to tell which way the tube fits in socket? Is the entire plastic pin gone? | |
| Broken plastic guide on tubes - how to tell which way the tube fits in socket? Usually you can see where the guide was. If you can then place a mark on the tube base or grass with a marker that corresponds with the ex-guide. Accurate location of the mark is important. Then place a mark on the amp that corresponds with the tu... |