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by IslandPink
Fri Apr 01, 2016 11:21 pm
Forum: Speakers
Topic: Something stirs in the Undergrowth
Replies: 2802
Views: 1148299

Re: Something stirs in the Undergrowth

Still out there making sense :
http://www.labjc.com/?p=3468
Very interesting to read what he says about Dub ...
...and great comments about speaker design & the compromises .
by IslandPink
Fri Apr 01, 2016 5:12 pm
Forum: Speakers
Topic: Something stirs in the Undergrowth
Replies: 2802
Views: 1148299

Re: Something stirs in the Undergrowth

New kit of parts , see below.
The fins are actually blue, they look nothing like the pic :?
I did some of the tricky mitring work, hole drilling & turning today at Hywel's place.
ps. the fins are fully fettled and finished. No further fin-fettling foreseen :D
by IslandPink
Thu Mar 31, 2016 8:21 pm
Forum: Speakers
Topic: Supravox 400-2000 - what to do with them?
Replies: 21
Views: 11792

Re: Supravox 400-2000 - what to do with them?

Very cool info :D I like what the small MLTL does for me in the 'bass' ( really upper bass on this one ) with this : http://www.audio-talk.co.uk/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=5806 and it seemed to work OK using Hornresp to design this - that's what I used, so you could use that for comparison to yo...
by IslandPink
Wed Mar 30, 2016 9:34 pm
Forum: Speakers
Topic: Supravox 400-2000 - what to do with them?
Replies: 21
Views: 11792

Re: Supravox 400-2000 - what to do with them?

Relatively low Q isn't it ? "This low register driver unit of high efficiency (96 dB) offers a low register quick, deep and very pleasant to listening. Its exponential cone ensures you a broad band-width with a natural cut at 4000 Hz without accidents in run-out. Its engine made up of a ring of...
by IslandPink
Tue Mar 29, 2016 10:36 pm
Forum: Everyones Projects
Topic: 300B/2A3, Fully Balanced, Push-Pull
Replies: 21
Views: 6908

Re: 300B/2A3, Fully Balanced, Push-Pull

thomas wrote:How about….
6CB5A in triode. Allegedly similar o.p. to a 300b, indirectly heated and a fraction of the cost I should imagine…..
I have a Quad of 6CB5A's I haven't used yet .
by IslandPink
Mon Mar 28, 2016 7:53 pm
Forum: Everyones Projects
Topic: 300B/2A3, Fully Balanced, Push-Pull
Replies: 21
Views: 6908

Re: 300B/2A3, Fully Balanced, Push-Pull

I remember the Aurora 300B amps being incredibly quiet with just AC heating from a Parmeko filament transformer ( with good winding symmetry and ES screen ) when I used those. I remember Paul commenting on that when he visited. How much difference you'd get from using DHT DC filaments I'm not sure (...
by IslandPink
Mon Mar 28, 2016 12:07 pm
Forum: Beginners
Topic: Bass guitar amplifiers
Replies: 7
Views: 7132

Re: Bass guitar amplifiers

Shame JamesD isn't posting at the moment - he'd know exactly what to recommend.
by IslandPink
Thu Mar 24, 2016 6:13 pm
Forum: News
Topic: I got a job
Replies: 81
Views: 45881

Re: I got a job

This is very harsh, Nick !
Hope you can get something soon.
Did you expect the old job to come to an end so suddenly ?
by IslandPink
Mon Mar 21, 2016 7:40 pm
Forum: Assorted Stuff
Topic: Nothing In Particular
Replies: 16439
Views: 4662885

Re: Nothing In Particular

I hadn't realised the world was in colour back then .....
by IslandPink
Sun Mar 20, 2016 11:51 am
Forum: New Users
Topic: afternoon from Manchester
Replies: 1
Views: 3313

Re: afternoon from Manchester

Hello & welcome.
I was re-reading some of your articles only a couple of weeks ago. Very good stuff !
by IslandPink
Fri Mar 11, 2016 9:58 pm
Forum: Speakers
Topic: Something stirs in the Undergrowth
Replies: 2802
Views: 1148299

Re: Something stirs in the Undergrowth

Got some dark blue paint from the car shop.

Cast two more fins this evening .
Off on hol now for a week :D
by IslandPink
Thu Mar 10, 2016 8:56 pm
Forum: News
Topic: I got a job
Replies: 81
Views: 45881

Re: I got a job

That's bloody superb Paul - well done ! Hard work over the years paid off ?
by IslandPink
Wed Mar 09, 2016 9:42 pm
Forum: Beginners
Topic: Sowter TVC LF Oscillation?
Replies: 53
Views: 26781

Re: Sowter TVC LF Oscillation?

Can you actually have a mini massif meet ?
by IslandPink
Wed Mar 09, 2016 6:15 pm
Forum: News
Topic: George Martin RIP
Replies: 2
Views: 3069

Re: George Martin RIP

He was a good lad - made a massive contribution. Very good documentary on him, that pops up from time to time on BBC4 . In George H's words from Sgt. Peppers "and the time will come when you see we're all one and life flows on within you and without you "
by IslandPink
Tue Mar 08, 2016 10:34 pm
Forum: Beginners
Topic: Sowter TVC LF Oscillation?
Replies: 53
Views: 26781

Re: Sowter TVC LF Oscillation?

"Rufty tufty" - much underused term - like it, respect due !