harrylavo
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| How come Horn + woofer designs are not more popular? I grew up with a big old then-SOA James B Lansing C-31 front-loaded horn speaker driven by Newcomb tube amplification. The speaker had two 15" active woofers and the potato-masher horn tweeter. (This was the first version JBL "super corner horn"... | |
| How far have ss amps really come in the last twenty years? I am using an old Amber 70 in my second system that with the revealing Thiel 2 2's is more musical than any of my more modern power amps. No question a thorough parts upgrade would improve transparency. But not overall ability to reproduce music... | |
| Considering switching to Tubes The answer to your question, IMO, is "yes". | |
| Speaker advice for listening to Blues music I'd suggest you try some vintage bookshelfs ... the KLH 4 or KLH 5 come to mind as having a very accurate midrange, but there are others. But before that .... your room dimensions are a square, not generally good for sound unless lots of openings... | |
| Jazz for aficionados pjw81563 , you are welcome. Hope you can hear and enjoy. | |
| What is proper ratio of money spent on amp/preamp/integrated vs speakers? 1:1? Elizabeth -A pair of Outlaw 200wpc 2200 monoblocks can be had used for $500. They will hang in their well into the upper reaches of amplifierphilia. | |
| Inherited amp The Hammond transformers may be a clue. I believe in the early '50's Hammond made a brief foray into home audio essentially adopting their organ amps. Good luck in searching for info, but you might want to check out that possibility. | |
| Well maybe it IS my hearing Rest assured that by 79 you'll probably be listening through hearing aids, as I am now. Get good ones, and they will reach reasonably flat into the lower treble range .... enough for well-reproduced recordings of acoustic music to still have a re... | |
| What equipment have you bought this year so far ? A Denon 47F turntable and arm with Audio Technica 92E cartridge for my second system, and a Brown Audio Labs tube headamp for my main system. Anything else will have to wait for next year. | |
| Jazz for aficionados Here are a couple of offbeat but in my opinion great jazz discs, made of of unusual duo's.* The first, which from a search of threads appears not to have appeared here yet is a SACD/CD called "Superbass 2". It is a sequel to any earlier 2006 rel... | |
| Song (or music) you want played at your funeral. The birds in the forest as my daughter dumps my ashes from the Cessna 150. | |
| Thiel Owners A budget system featuring 2 2's that performs way over its head!Since I downsized into my apartment last year, I have had a convenience system in my combined den-office-dining room for pretty casual listening. (My main system holds forth in the l... | |
| Ribbon midrange pros and cons The old Heil AMT1 speakers had ribbon drivers in a semi-horn bidirectional enclosure that were pretty awesome sounding in the ribbons range, which reached down into the midrange. | |
| Who needs a tuner? I agree with chrisoshea. If you are lucky enough to have a really well-supported public station playing classical or jazz much of the day, a good tuner (mine is a tubed Fisher FM-90B) beats being online for sound quality. Plus you can find NPR n... | |
| Vintage Speaker Choice Zar - glad to hear about your stacked pair. Should give you lots of pleasure .... image much better than single speakers alone, plus solid frequency response top-to-bottom. |