timlub
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| CHALLENGE: Best speakers for playing 1812 Overture by Eric Kunzel with real CANON at 92+dB I have built many speakers, I have to say, a few could handle this, but without fail, when I had decent to high sensitivity 15 inch, these recordings sounded their best. Also, there has been some talk above about drivers bottoming out on the ca... | |
| 6.5 vs 8 vs 10 woofer Its ridiculous listening to a tiny 1.3 inch dome tweeter trying to gather up a full range orchestra in full power." You are right it is, that's why we use another driver below it and a crossover. tweeters reproduce harmonics mostly and ar... | |
| 6.5 vs 8 vs 10 woofer @mozartfan I'm sorry, I don't mean to be rude, but you are clueless. You can certainly find An example of each of the above, but making blanket statements is naive. | |
| Leaky capacitors need replacement? I'm not as in depth about amp building and repairs as others around here, but now that I see this, I don't see why you couldn't do what you wanted to in the first place and use a decent metalized polypropylene there, say 33uf/400v. I don't see a... | |
| Burning in newly rebuilt crossover capacitors Volume matters some, but not like breaking in a driver. You are increasing voltage through the caps. It is more important to just get a signal through them, but cranking does speed things up a bit. I'm sorry that I can't give you anything more ... | |
| 6.5 vs 8 vs 10 woofer @larryi Oh Larry, you are absolutely 100% correct. I was trying to at least give him guidance on where to look for a basic understanding. He would never design anything from that brief description, but it is a start. Recently, I've been playing... | |
| 6.5 vs 8 vs 10 woofer @mozartfan I suggest that you study a bit about speaker design. There is a lot more than spec's, but they do tell a basic story. Look at the spec's on drivers that you are comparing. First Mass MMS... The amount of cone & suspension weight... | |
| Refurb GAS Grandson amp or put money towards another amp? @johnnyotto I know this is more than a month past, but a couple of weeks ago I finished a Grandson complete rebuild. It was one of the easier amps that I have done and really sounds terrific. I mean really performs at a high level. Just wanted t... | |
| DIY Speakers Well, I do agree that Parts Express does not carry many of the better brands, none the less. For $1200 or less with a promo, I find this one of the best kit values out there.... Period. Of course, it stays sold out. They only sell about a dozen at... | |
| Leaky capacitors need replacement? My gosh, I’m rebuilding 2 amps right now that are 35 and 38 years old, every cap in both amps were in better shape than those. I didn't catch in the thread which amp that you have. I don't think that you'll find most of those caps in what I recomm... | |
| Leaky capacitors need replacement? On the electrolytic on the boards, I would recommend Panasonic FM, Nichicon KZ or FG or Elna Silmic II. These caps all perform at a very high level. | |
| Leaky capacitors need replacement? If you are ordering caps, you might as well order and replace all the electrolytic while you are at it. Also there is never a problem with getting higher voltage or higher temperature caps, in fact it is recommended. Just check the size. You’ll be... | |
| Best Bang for your Buck DAC ? I wish I would have seen who it was, a post was deleted. I assume it was this one. A real turd is correct. | |
| SMSL SU-9 DAC - Is it a budget alternative fit for an audiophile ? This Dac needs 200 hours of break in and does change its character with time. | |
| sensitivity question I will attempt to break it down to understandable terms. Through the years, the standard for rating speaker sensitivity has always been how loud a speaker plays with 1 watt of input power with a microphone measuring 1 meter away (on axis)This is a... |