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by chrisby
Mon Nov 21, 2011 6:51 pm
Forum: Speakers
Topic: more metronomes with balls
Replies: 46
Views: 23538

Ali Tait wrote:Fostex FT17H?
or VIFA BC25SC06? likely much "softer air up there" than the Fostex Horn
by chrisby
Mon Nov 21, 2011 5:55 pm
Forum: Speakers
Topic: Axiom 401 in a Metronome Cabinet
Replies: 242
Views: 99004

Remind me where the name "Metronome" comes from, just the shape? BTW I liked 'em as well http://livinginthepast-audioweb.co.uk/images/misc/th_thumbsup.gif Yep that's where the name came from. The fact that they looked like Metronomes. Now if Linn made them, no doubt they'd be called the &...
by chrisby
Thu Nov 17, 2011 6:21 pm
Forum: Speakers
Topic: To Frugel or not to Frugel?
Replies: 6
Views: 12691

After much deliberation and much reading of forum posts I have opted for the Mark Audio CHP70 Gen1. After reading many of the forum threads on here, their seem to be a lot of positive feedback on the drivers, especially when they are teamed with the Frugel Horn Mk3. Plus Blueplanet Acoustic have th...
by chrisby
Wed Nov 16, 2011 7:10 pm
Forum: Speakers
Topic: To Frugel or not to Frugel?
Replies: 6
Views: 12691

DaveD is sending me a stock pair of the CHP70 G2 drivers so I can carry out direct A-B comparisons to the originals in the FH3. Certainly the original benefits from a 'supertweeter' kicking in around 12KHz. So your observations the G2 benefits from one too is no surprise. I just hope Mark hasen't m...
by chrisby
Wed Nov 16, 2011 6:59 pm
Forum: Speakers
Topic: My Frugel Mk 3 build
Replies: 24
Views: 25208

by chrisby
Tue Nov 15, 2011 6:25 pm
Forum: Speakers
Topic: My Frugel Mk 3 build
Replies: 24
Views: 25208

shane wrote:Ah yes, I wasn't trying to imply that it looked dodgy or anything, it's just that if they ever made it into my sitting room (you never know), they'd get knocked off the top inside five minutes.
hence the Duct tape :wink:


BTW, Colin - nice flat pack
by chrisby
Tue Nov 15, 2011 6:13 pm
Forum: Speakers
Topic: To Frugel or not to Frugel?
Replies: 6
Views: 12691

've also been comparing the Frugal Horn Mk3 with the original version and noticed the original had a square backed option rather than the flared back. Could this be applied to the Mk3 without degrading the sound quality? In a word NO. The flaired back on the FH3 is an integral part of the design. Y...
by chrisby
Tue Nov 15, 2011 5:49 pm
Forum: Speakers
Topic: My Frugel Mk 3 build
Replies: 24
Views: 25208

Is there any reason why the super-tweeter can't be mounted on the baffle below the main driver? Yes. There isn't a hole there? Arf! DTB easily remedied, but there's something somewhat more DIY about the top mounted pod - cant' have things too elegant now can we? edit: not really a dodgy basement DI...
by chrisby
Thu Jun 09, 2011 10:13 pm
Forum: Speakers
Topic: NEW FR drivers from FOSTEX
Replies: 39
Views: 18139

IslandPink wrote:It is I .
In so many ways .

Groucho : "These are my principles . If you don't like them, I have others"

Welcome to the machine, Roy .

wish you were here, to have a cigar
by chrisby
Mon Jun 06, 2011 10:05 pm
Forum: Speakers
Topic: Frugal Horn Mk3 builds
Replies: 490
Views: 317149

What would you guys call reasonably powerful? How long is a piece of string? :lol: I believe that I read long ago in a mag that high power amps came about because of more complicated speaker designs meaning more complex crossovers etc. wasting power and making them inefficient. Also 'cause it's com...
by chrisby
Fri Jun 03, 2011 6:37 pm
Forum: Speakers
Topic: Frugal Horn Mk3 builds
Replies: 490
Views: 317149

Re-corners +Frugs, aye, but it's what they did in the corner to transform their response that impressed me. Like I said earlier I had an idea they'd go even more awry but no, they tightened up and flattened out. Blummen clever that. Dave, you want to snap up my FE126En FH3's before they are gone. :...
by chrisby
Tue May 31, 2011 9:18 pm
Forum: Speakers
Topic: "Royal Wedding FE127" ...
Replies: 32
Views: 18071

Oo arr respek. 'Twas a chequered history bringing the union together, but there you go. (I like Simon Schama's A History Of Britain.) Minor technical detail, but did you know some of the white stripes are wider than others? crikey dinga - not the easiest surface on which to paint this type of patte...
by chrisby
Thu May 05, 2011 6:55 pm
Forum: Speakers
Topic: Something stirs in the Undergrowth
Replies: 2802
Views: 1148009

Chrisby thanks for filling in the details. We must have passed by like ships in the night those three days. Has there been anything like it since? There was another VSAC in Vancouver WA in 2008, but while it was a nicer venue, and just as many good and crazy folks presenting and attending, somehow ...
by chrisby
Tue May 03, 2011 7:52 pm
Forum: Speakers
Topic: Something stirs in the Undergrowth
Replies: 2802
Views: 1148009

I did read that article when it was published and read all Bruces stuff after vsac. But to actually implement the concept is a big task, which you are obviously well on the way to achieving. The only other system which held a cnadle to it was Josh's GM100's and that was probably down to his speaker...
by chrisby
Mon Apr 18, 2011 7:54 pm
Forum: Speakers
Topic: Frugal Horn Mk3 builds
Replies: 490
Views: 317149

Scottmoose wrote:If it isn't a daft question, why build the more complicated Mk1 when it's been superceeded?
if for no other reason than the 3's a much easier build than the 1, or you could wait 'til the flat pack kits are available :wink: