audio-talk

Thanks for the link . It does look like a less sophisticated version of Martin's horn though - not entirely convinced how it will sound ; although the construction method is useful for ref. It's basically conical or even parabolic in expansion for the first part, and this shows in the simulation (ri...

I've heard a rumour that Steve did a walk around the Great Orme yesterday . That's a good hike - about 5 miles ?
You had superb weather here old chap - Friday was a peach .
Glad I was going the other way on Saturday morning as I passed the 30 miles of queueing on the A55 !

ed wrote: farm on the lleyn peninsula

Now yr talking. Porth Ysgo is one of my favourate places in the world.

I assume Renbourn and Tim Rose ?

The Clash and Blockheads featuring strongly in the CD rack there Thomas !

Interesting - thanks Chris ...and, I do remember you're at Sheffield, it was just my brain on a Thursday evening which had run out of 'swap space' after the working week . I still cannot ignore OB for the bass, still - after more reading of Troelsgraven's site, given the huge number of interesting s...

Very true, Jan, thanks for your support ! :D The paradox here is that one of my reference points for midrange tone was a speaker Chris brought to Owston a few years ago : small boxes ( not sure what type ) with Enabl'd FE126e units, driven by a low-power 6EM7 amp. That had some of the best female vo...

I agree entirely - driver choice is crucial . I just have some practical difficulty that I haven't explained , with a 16" mid-solution . I just don't think I have the space for a 70L box and a decent-sized bass solution underneath ; or if I have the space , then I get too much light blocked at ...

Oh yeah ... very good .... The recording quality on the 'Please Please Me' LP is fab, dynamic , beautiful old-school quality , great voice and instrument tone. A lot like the early-60's Decca monos. By the mid-60's things like Rubber Soul and Revolver were more in-yer-face . By the White Album it's ...

Good effort, Chris. Post up a picture if you like . I must get up to Blackburn(?) some time . I assume from your comments you're getting really nice bass tone from that unit as well as power ? Thanks Lynn, another valuable posting. I will try to check out a good TQWT though, as James felt the recent...

Very good, yes. Certainly I find it hard to listen to more than a couple of tracks of Phil Spector stuff on a HiFi in one session unless I'm really in the mood. However whenever I spin up 'Be My Baby' by the Ronnettes after a long gap it always sends shivers down my spine - that track hits you simul...

Still on the lookout - requirement refined to a single ( one ) driver, either Fostex 206 or 208 any model, or Lowther ( eg. PM2A, maybe others...) . Will pay postage .
Very important to help make final decisions on the configuration/philosophy of the 4-way speaker system saga .

Very interesting Steve. I have quite a bit of rock/pop and some soul from the 60's on LP and 45's, and I know what you mean about the very forward nature of it, as a lot of that stuff is unlistenable on the various half-baked speaker combos I've been using in the last 2-3 years . The 288H driver for...

Chris The application of the TL would be to hand over to a light-coned high-efficiency driver either in a sealed box, or on OB, for the midrange . On that basis, the TL will be crossed at something like 200-300Hz, and have to be pretty clean to 1 to 1.5k at least , as the crossover slope will be low...

Just added a 10uF/7R zobel to the 'Box' unit. Sounds quite a bit better . I'll try & do some measurements Friday, then change to the B&C 8PE21 for comparison and do a bit more bracing and add some more wool . Thanks for the offer Chris, sounds like a fun system. Rather industrial-strength co...