rchau
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| Emerald Physics CS-2, Opinions Please PhilefreakWhile, I'm a SET advocate, I agree completely that sticking a 3 W amp on even a 100 dB speaker may not always yield the best results. This depends somewhat on the speaker,amp, room combination. However, I do disagree about your comment t... | |
| Emerald Physics CS-2, Opinions Please Paul-I never for a moment thought you were insinuating. I was just offering since you asked.My parting commennts.I do agree with all of the CS2 advocates here that the CS2 are not dynamically compressed. It is unfortunate that a lot of speakers th... | |
| Emerald Physics CS-2, Opinions Please Wow, I seemed to have stirred the pot. No point in attacking Tvad whom I hardly know. I'm the one who did not like the speaker.Paul-If you want to know who my dealer friend is feel free to send me a PM. I have nothing to hide. I call it as I see i... | |
| Emerald Physics CS-2, Opinions Please Matrix-In my original post, I refrained from giving the exact breakdown on the parts used in this speaker. You didn't pull any punches here. I was a bit more gracious in the $1200 estimate. :-)Kehut-My experience with the CS2's seem very different... | |
| Emerald Physics CS-2, Opinions Please If you haven't figured it out, I'm a physicist by trade so I do view things a bit from the science standpoint. Hard habit to break. BTW-I use DSP in some of my data analysis so I know full well the advantages and disadvantages. It seems you have m... | |
| Emerald Physics CS-2, Opinions Please The link for Hawthorne Audio is http://www.hawthorneaudio.com/.The Altec 19 is a classic and unfortunately rather large. The JElabs open baffle is rather large width wise too. Hard to beat the laws of physics. The bass from the old Altec speakers ... | |
| Emerald Physics CS-2, Opinions Please Tvad makes a very good point.The CS2's right now have a lot of buzz and much of it stemming from a very good showing at this year's CES. I had one friend, a dealer, who picked up the line after the show. However, I'm not sure they are worthy of th... | |
| is the Montille a real Shindo? FrankkYou seemed to be off on several points in your comments.First, you seem to be confusing the Montille with the Montrachet.The Montrachet is a EL34 based amp that can be ordered as either a push pull or single ended amp.Don't be so enamored of... | |
| is the Montille a real Shindo? I'm in a transitional period right now.I was using a pair of Ocellia Kedros (PHY-HP based speaker). I sold those because they were annoying my neighbors.I made a temporary move to a pair of Devore Gibbon Nines (the first production pair actually).... | |
| is the Montille a real Shindo? The Montille is a real Shindo. The comment from the other poster seemed to have been made looking at the price rather than performance.The Montille has all of the characteristic Shindo sound, typical Shindo parts, and build quality. Of course, you... | |
| Is Shindo active? There is no need to worry about spare parts. It is Shindo's policy to have parts on hand for repairs. I believe the number quoted in Art Dudley's article in Stereophile was that if Ken has 100 of a given part, 40 will be used for the production ru... | |
| LO MCs carts with RM-9/Shindo pre? The step-ups in the Shindo preamps are indeed optimized for a SPU. That means we are talking about 2 ohms impedance. The SPUs are still (for now available). Ortofon is currently making one last batch of SPU-As. I have two on order.However, the SPU... | |
| Horns for SET: Low budget solutions The Onken cabinets can get rather large especially if they are used with 15" or 18" bass drivers. They tend to be wide but shallow. However, the Jensen bass loading (i.e. Onken) can be made using much smaller drivers that are amenable for smaller ... | |
| Horns for SET: Low budget solutions Abdou,This changes things a bit. I've heard the S.A.P speakers many years ago and they do sound very good. Looks like you are looking for a presentation that is a bit forward and basically 'in your face'. The Welborne DRD will move you a bit in th... | |
| Shindo and synergistic components Congratulations on your purchase.I've heard the Masseto and its awesome. Let us know how it goes when you receive your stuff from Ken. I'm always interested in the choice of tubes Ken uses for each piece. The EMT 997 arm is pretty good. It has the... |