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What do you think of my 25 laws of audio
Hi Satch,Thanks for your interesting reply.Well I don't think that my sound system is anywhere nearaudio nirvana and probably never will be.I suspect that your system is much nearer than mine.Being an engineer I am very much aware that the design ... 
What do you think of my 25 laws of audio
Hi Satch,I have been trying to build a studio sound quality system which is capable of PA volume levels. This is not easy to achieve. Loud systems that sound horrible are easy to build.High quality systems that can only give low volume are fairly ... 
What do you think of my 25 laws of audio
For anyone interested in finding out more about Tannoy dualconcentric loudspeakers, visit the following:http://www.hilberink.nl/speaker.htmThere is a lot of information on this site.Comments welcome. 
What do you think of my 25 laws of audio
Hi Fatparrot,Thanks for that very interesting information.Exactly the same thing has been happening here in the UKsince about 1985.Three is a strong "dumbing down" going on in our educationalsystem.Being an engineer I find this very sad indeed. 
What do you think of my 25 laws of audio
Yes, a big room makes a huge difference even to a moderatesystem.I think that trying to produce realistic sound in an averageBritish house is an absolute waste of effort.The houses are just too small.Modern British houses are getting smaller and s... 
What do you think of my 25 laws of audio
The USA has absolutely amazing and fantastic engineering.Here are the examples to prove it.Saturn five, landing on the moon, space shuttle, space station.All absolutely amazing and superb achievements of engineering and science.I have nothing othe... 
What do you think of my 25 laws of audio
The Tannoy's have an exponential compression HF horn that is concentrically mounted behind the bass drive cone and fires through the dust dome of the bass cone.The HF compression diaphragm is mounted at the rear of the drive unit magnet and is spa... 
What do you think of my 25 laws of audio
Hi Tvad,I suspect you are referring to types of enjoymentand pleasure other than the audio type. 
What do you think of my 25 laws of audio
Hi Tvad,Well I have been pissed off for many years because I was born a British person.I dearly wish I had been born in the USA.I love everything about the USA and I hate the UK.The UK was a good place to live 40 years ago, but is now a horrible p... 
What do you think of my 25 laws of audio
I live in Bristol, UK and I have been building up a big system slowly as the money allows.I am using a line-up of eight Tannoy 15" Dual Concentric speakers in big cabinets driven by a stack of 500W power mosfet power amplifiers.The sound is rich, ... 
What do you think of my 25 laws of audio
Hi Chaps,I was only really having a bit of fun.I didn't mean to offend anyone.Please forgive me if I have done so. 
More Power is always good?
I have found with many experiments with home designed pre/ power amps and Dual Concentric speakers thet there seems to be one simple rule of thumb.The bigger the better and the more powerful the better.Cheers,Mike,Bristol, UK