johnk
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| Is Odyssey Power amp Stratos better than Krell? I owned one had a few other SS amps inc krell and BC At the same time the oydessey with upgrades is a good SS design but not better than the fpb 200c krell .The krell was much better everywhere and it should it cost about 3-4x as much the BC had b... | |
| best 5-20K speakers for high-end tube amp? I owned duo 2.2 was a nice loudspeaker but had its problems.I much perfer oris or azura systems you can build most anything one would want. | |
| Who has the oldest speakers? Iam building a Phonograph with a edison 1899 theater horn things a bit larger than my standard straight 1905 edison.Have 5 edison horns and a few others plus many modern horns.They rock, funny how good the old gear was.I can see why folks didnt up... | |
| Who has the oldest speakers? Say what? cant hear you my ears are just too old.lol | |
| Amazing ''Overachieving'' products...your pick? Anything fostex,FI or oris | |
| Who has the oldest speakers? 1907 Edison Horns with new fostex drivers at least the horns are old and pre electric | |
| Finish Quality of Von Schweikert VR4jr's You can sand and recoat but you will not get as smooth a finish as factory sprayed on.Also veneers are natural wood ea has its own look you can kind of match but it will never be perfect because its wood not plastic.Many folks are so used to vinyl... | |
| Cain Abby vs Reference 3a De Capo i Paul voight helped developed lowthers using a voight pipe cabinet as far as I know,Terry changed it a bit for fe166e but the designs been arround for many decades with lowthers. | |
| Cain Abby vs Reference 3a De Capo i I have owned both, built many other loudspeakers with both fostex and lowthers ,pretty much all models.Abby is a nice loudspeaker but suffers from dynamic compresion fe166e [fe168e is better as is fe166es-r]has only a little cone ,cabinet resonace... | |
| Good musical speakers that go low? Help Fostex f200a ,30hz 21khz very detailed bass with no bloom wonderful sound across the range due to advanced cone ,milled basket[not cast or stamped like the other loudspeakers mentioned]a true hiquality driver available in a few loudspeakers or DIY... | |
| Finish Quality of Von Schweikert VR4jr's Plastic coat finishs just suck ,sound bad ,look bad but are cheap and easy to apply .I will stick with french polish, better sound, looks ,easy to repair.But takes time so no manufacters except the small guys will touch it. | |
| Tally up best amplifier ever Wavacs | |
| New Cain & Cain IM Ben Fostex/double horn - help You are hearing cabinet resonances.Thats why you dont hear farther back.All back horns produce these to some extent.You could cork line the horn.But as others have said ask TC . | |
| In Shower With M_Logans Will cause trouble in the long run, lime etc.Best to wash with distilled or RO water. | |
| did lightning do this? There damaged and need repair and yes lightning probley caused the damage, best thing is you can wait for everything else damaged to fail.Last strike near my home took out my furnace ,2 grage door openers my computer.None of my audio gear its most... |