johnk
Responses from johnk
| Goto Unit you should at least use a midbass horn then you can fill in with a sub or better sub bass horn | |
| Goto Unit Goto makes high quality drivers but knowledge is how one assembles a quality loudspeaker. A good num of driver and bass system options exist. I fear that you may lack the nessecary experance to assemble such a system. Maybe consider obtaining prof... | |
| How do you properly set up a horn speaker Horns can work wonderful in nearfield keep in mind most older music was master using horns many times in nearfield only horns that require distance are those not properly time aligned. I use a massive pair of community leviathans in my office near... | |
| How do you properly set up a horn speaker 3 of my in home front loaded horn systems are all near rear wall and or corner. Its one of the benifits of horn ownership. But you wont listen and will just drek it all up by placing like a crazy audiophile and later sell and try something else h... | |
| How can I punish this Chinese audio dealer I have had poor luck ordering tubes from most anyone but I still do would say about 50% of the NOS used or new tubes I buy are not as represented and even new have noise issues. | |
| How do you properly set up a horn speaker Some horns can be placed closer to room boundery then conventional but otherswise its like the setup for most loudspeakers consider radation patern and toe in if needed. | |
| Why so many used focals? Focal is a mass market loudspeaker builder thus many focals arround lots of discounting on focal products if buying a pair dont pay retail. | |
| If you love SET amplifiers, boy do I have speaker for you. 101 db 1 watt softdome tweeter does not exist 8 inch woofers good to 35hz at 101 db also do not exist | |
| Audiogon member suggestions for a speaker that sounds good at low volume!!! I can easily set up my horns to fail at low levels by over powering them or by mismatching levels. I make my statement about horns functioning better at lower levels after having much experance setting up systems I dont make it based on what my fr... | |
| BEST fullrange speaker drivers in existence, 4"-10" diameter range, and...Go! your idea of using large fullranges in multiples is highly flawed rethink read study up on design instead of making such mistakes you could use a few 4inch but even thats not the best way loudspeaker design is not easy its not just slapping parts ... | |
| Has this been settled? compression driver/horn vs cone speaker? Yes compression systems have better specs lower distortion less thermal compresion ability to control radation patern greatly reduced bass distortions over convential dynamic designs. Convential dynamic designs can have a bit less coloration but m... | |
| What is the most dramatic way of increasing a speaker's Bass and Low mid? Most dramatic way is replace speaker with one that has more frequincy extention while Garry Moore The Loner plays on a distant radio. | |
| RCA LC-1 Special? Value 1500-2500 cabinet is worthless and adds no value cool driver you would be hard pressed to find better sound for 1500-2500 plus they may increase in value I collect restore loudspeakers and have a soft spot for RCA MI kit so my values are cl... | |
| Any suggestions for sound dampening and/or control for Golden Ear Triton Ones? A discussion on loudspeaker damping is not called for in this thread its about dampening sir. Please stay on topic. To control dampening maybe a drip emitter would be called for you could dial in dampening factors measure with humidistat get the ... | |
| How important is it for you to attain a holographic image? When I was 16 I figured out how to place stereo systems to generate a stereo image. Now at 53 I have met a few who had crazy amounts of $ in audio but only heard imaging in my systems. I could spend $200 at parts express on a system and it would i... |