johnk
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| Horns vs Ribbons vs Dyanamic Come on give up on the honking horns the only horn I heard honk was a Ford model a car horn. Even my 1896 edison doesnt honk....Horns can offer wonderful performance surpasing any other design type in my opinion.Ribbons can now be hi-eff many new ... | |
| Why are we so passive? And if you use a ribbon or compresion driver with active you still need a passive after active to keep driver from damage when amps are turned on so active powered is not the end all be all.Many ways to design hiquality loudspeakers no one way:) A... | |
| Speakers under $750.00...Preposterous Notion? why not DIY? madisounds BK16 kits not so bad too build.and you will learn something cant beat that http://www.madisound.com | |
| On-board subwoofer amps - limited shelf life ? The dig plate amp that runs hot is a keiga. I have had 6 now all the 1000 watt run hot even on stand by, madisound had early units fail keiga made a few changes, but I could cook a egg on it;) When its running not so hot, but on stand by heat buil... | |
| Cost no Object but Small Room Why not custom build a loudspeaker to fit your room system budget and listening tastes? If you cant DIY your own I build custom loudspeakers and could help you out. | |
| On-board subwoofer amps - limited shelf life ? undertow the sub amps I have are digital and still run hot as all heck. I have never seen a sub amp fail due to vibration but I have seen many fail due to heat. | |
| Best speakers under $2000 to match with a SET amp? If you can stretch to $2500 I have a pair of fostex fe206esr special edition driver back loaded horns designed to be used with SET or other low power amps 98db 1 watt shipping inc see my add if interested. | |
| On-board subwoofer amps - limited shelf life ? I think the problem lies with stand bye modes on afordable sub plate amplifiers many of my sub amps run hot even in stand bye, since amps on pretty much always and sub amplifiers in general dont seem to have enofe heat sink area they heat up causi... | |
| How hot should my WAVAC 300b run I owned 3 md300b one had a problem and caused 1 side to run very hot maybe yours has a simlar problem contact wavac they are great folks and will help you. | |
| Thiel/Crutchfield price is ea how can you miss that? | |
| REL or Martin Logan? You have horns why not a bass horn? I can build one in your price range as a former dual ML decent owner I can tell you bass horns are much better than subwoofers which I also build. | |
| The best speaker you ever heard? Sunlight engineering SE 308, 2 way 18in concentric drivers.In my large BR cabinets they fill large rooms with even SPL. Image stays centered even when far off axis. Midrange is so detailed, I hear things in music I know well that I have not before... | |
| Efficient Dynamic Speaker with low-end punch? FYI I have a Fostex fe206esr back loaded horn 98db 1 watt 40hz-20khz $2500 shipping inc a great deal and works very well with small pass amps. | |
| 1 or 2 subwoofer for small room & placement 2 subs will load room better than 1.Most of my subs end up between the loudspeakers. | |
| I just wanted to play a record Why not try a power conditioner that can turn on your gear in what ever order you like. One switch and your good to go;) |