johnk
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| Very low speaker impedance Many ways to design a loudspeaker focusing in on any one spec and proclaiming it to be the only way to design for best performance is just wrong thinking. 1 ohm doesnt offer any benifits its just a design choice and I feel a wrong one at that....B... | |
| speakers for classical music Alnico magnets conduct heat away from voice coil. Alnico has benifits in sound quality to me this could be 1 reason why. Plus many alnico mag drivers are hi-eff designs so require low power again producing little heat compared to conventional dyna... | |
| Owners of speakers by obscure companies chime in Would be hard to go wrong buying from Duke. One of the good guys in audio. Plus hes a award winner. Think he will soon be leaving us obscure companies behind and joining the big boys hope he will still lower himself to chat with us obscure manufac... | |
| Stereophile claims about Magico Does seem like its the best loudspeaker of the month club. Every month or so a new revolutionary loudspeaker design is reviewed. I feel for the poor soul who buys these loudspeakers based on reviews only to read next month a new favored son is ava... | |
| Capacitor log Mundorf Silver in Oil US still makes great hi-fi. You just have to search it out, not mass produced or marketed so more work to find but well worth it. | |
| Subwoofer damping You can get wool and other damping at madisound.com. Check the screws or bolts on sub make sure all is tight. | |
| Stereophile claims about Magico Sirspeedy you have the post wrong. Thread is not about performance of magico its about the interview with Alen. Where he said hes the only one advancing loudspeaker design past 15 years and everything hes done is new. When all of its standard desi... | |
| Stereophile claims about Magico Maybe I am not the only one who feels this way. In Critics corner on audioasylum is a long thread started by a respected audio designer. | |
| Fullrange horns for nearfield listening? A concentric driver will sound best in your nearfield set up. Bass to about 35hz depending on cabinets and driver choice. Do you hsve a price range in mind? | |
| Change to Horns or stay Dynamic I dont feel active has any advantage in sound quality over well designed passive, you will get greater dynamics for you are running multiple amplifers with an active and a bit less insertion loss over passive but this is a nonissue if networks of ... | |
| Change to Horns or stay Dynamic My horns systems never cop out in the bass. Horn bass has wonderful detail notes are not lost to drivers massive movements, its fast with less distortion than convetional designs, plus the amazing bass pressures one can generate with ease realy th... | |
| HELP Horns, Stats or Conventional Speakers I dont see any exotic drivers in maggies,planars, electrostats, even ribbons are not exotic except maybe a MBL. If you think a electrostatic or ribbon is exotic well maybe for you;) Electrostatics been around since the 1930s. | |
| With 15W tube amp, which speakers to use? What is your price range? Room size? | |
| Capacitor log Mundorf Silver in Oil I perfer wbt crimps;) But when solder is needed I mostly use WBT. | |
| Change to Horns or stay Dynamic Dan ed not all large horn systems are limited as you say. I have designs that integrate at normal listening postions. Even 1 that you can sit 6ft away and its a seemless whole just depends on the design not a limit on horn design in general, just ... |