audio-talk

[quote="wow steve, you're not really suggesting I fire it up for the first time in public(like I did with the F2)..... :o .[/quote] not at all, just an comparison session if you know what i mean i always used to turn up a eggy with a new build.. the det25, and the one watter i used for a while,...

I'm in the process of putting a board together with an aikido front end..and a choice of output methodologys for comparison....the choices will be mosfet pushpull mosfet zen single ended 811(at about 500v) would anybody be up for blind testing this??(perhaps at owston) or am I being just a bit too ...

I would guess the px4 's are not much like the originals

I'm sure they will sound nice, as do the modern 300b's..

the anode looks a little shorter than the originals.. and nothing like the same quality...

steve

Samantha wrote:BTW - is this the owston near Melton Mowbray?

Samantha,

its 10mins drive north of doncaster on the a19..
a couple of miles from the A1

steve

some good points above.. i do not know the answers but dome centered driver and a wizzered driver, due to the way they are mounted directly on the voice coil, would move at the same speed providing they where both constucted in a similair fashion, the difference with a whizzer it horn loads the treb...

Paul Barker wrote:.

Most lowtheraerfsfostexy nurds claim the lack of crossover components makes them so good.

in.

so we're all nurds ...

i think most of us use those 3 makes of speakers

thanks for the compliment paul...
its nice to be known as something... i suppose.

steve

Richard Higgins wrote:Hi Steve
Please include me for the Saturday.

When do you intend to confiirm the date?

Regards Richard

hi richard..

think of it as confirmed...

i have the room reserved for us for that weekend

all.. thanks for the support..

steve

richardcooper2k wrote:i think that will be the last weekend of the school easter holidays which we may be going abroad for so don't know about that date yet.
the second weekend would be more of a certainty for me. looks like i'm the odd man out

easter is the end of march.. i may be away at easter too...

Hi All, I was at owston yesterday they can accommadate us on the weekend of 19th and the 20th april is that ok with you all ? please post a quick yes or no... i may be able to get the following week end if its not.. .. ( i hope) once we get the date sorted for us regulars..I will post on the WD site...

Mine's been on for a couple of days now i had a good listen last night i am impressed the sound is now much sweeter and fuller than it was at first turn on there seems just a little more detail than without it its on the std power supply still too it looks like there is some smoothing on the power i...

all my amps use audio note or jenson copper foils
i think they are jensons in the 2p amp

not grey sounding at all .

glad to hear your ok steve
the odd belt that you live through is ok..

think of it as a 'free' lesson
...you won't do that again...

steve

reading this thread on saturday, i could not help myself ordered sat pm was delivered this morning (tues) plugged it in at lunchtime then left it on had a 5 minute listen.. mmm any way 8pm tonight its sounds much better.. i have been two-ing and frowing between the onboard dac on the dvd player.. i ...

steve, the reason that most amps have too much gain or are very sensitive, is that most of the designs are from the 50's when the tuner or what ever may be connected may not have much output voltage.. if you are making a product to sell it must cover all types of inputs lots of gain gives a sense of...

pauls spot on steve.. like me, and a few others on this board, paul knows a good valve when he see's it.. there s nothing wrong with more of the modern valves (post war ?) but the early ones .... they are hard to find and take some reconising as info is not as easy to find.. i know paul likes the 01...

Thanks scott, thats saved me a job.. thats the baffles bit from 'loudspeakers' by briggs The engineer involved in all these 'tests' was Cooke who started Kef in 1961.. i bough hi fi world today just to read the baffle bit.. i was suprised to see how peter eventually stated that higher resonace bass ...