sniffles

Responses from sniffles

Girlfriends and wifes, how do YOU cope?
I was thinking that if you were with the "right" girl for you ,this all wouldn't be a problem but a shared "sound" relationship. 
Speakers to hang on to for LIFE
Since the Mid 80's I've had the maggie ID's RTR esr 15 electrostatics and a janis W2 sub. I recently had to re-voice coil the ID's and I line sourced the rtr's so I tweek my stuff but see no need to upgrade since I believe the sound I have now is ... 
RTR esr 15 info
Playing the rtr's and walking back and forth showed no real beaming since 8 of the 15 "stats" were angled off axis. I also did this sitting down at the listening height. The center stud of the e-stat panel is the diaphram connection so I STRONGLY"... 
RTR esr 15 info
I didn't cross my line sourced RTR's to the 1D's but augmented them. I run the 1d's full range bi-amped. the id tweeters are used from 1K up since the recommended audio reasearch x-over is used before the tweeter amp. I'm trying to figure out if R... 
RTR esr 15 info
Hard to explain w/o pics but 8 of the 15 elements are angled outward by about 15 degrees or so. have not measured them yet. I only tried them out by themselves as I have to rewire my Maggie 1D's and get the whole system up. I'll know more then. I ... 
How do you determine how much to spend on speakers
The hardest and arguably the most critical is the transformation of energy. Physics here folks. Electronics is important but the electrical to acoustical and the mechanical to electrical (vinyl) is the hardest to do accurately. The speakers man.! ... 
The BEST system you've ever built !!!!
Bi-amped Maggie tympani 1d's,line sourced arranged RTR esr15's added.crossed/filtered at 5K. janis w2 sub w/it's amp crossover. Modified dyna st-70 (rtr amp) and pas preamp.(modified) pioneer spec II amp (maggie bass/mid amp). sound design amp for...