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Nice quiet jazz night at home tonight! [message #40478] Sun, 02 March 2003 15:51 Go to next message
spkrman57
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Fellow inmates,
One of those wonderful moments where the DJ of the local "Jazz" station in Columbus,Ohio is playing all the great songs that a Pi speaker system was ever made for. TillE brought my Dynaco ST-70 back after a little vacation in Mansfield,Ohio and I had been playing a Dynaco SCA-35 for awhile. I had both of these brought back to "stock" spec's and both play great, but the ST-70 has so much more body to the sound, the SCA-35 would be great with the little "Pi's", but you do need more for the 4 Pi-pro's. Anyways, what I was saying, the music just keeps getting better the longer I listen. I have a McIntosh MX-113 tuner/preamp driving the ST-70. The 2226J's are mounted in 3677 cabinets laying on their side (best for midrange for my small Living room 12' x 16' w/8' ceiling. The Altec 806A/811B for the top end. Crossover is standard 1.6Khz/2 mh coil on 2226J/R2=15 ohms - R1=30 ohms (paralleled with .47 ufd cap. I started with the textbook crossover and started playing around until I found the blend that I wanted. I use 2' x 2' foam squares liberally around the general speaker location. My last tweak is my favorite, I put a grill cloth across the 2226J, but not in front of the horns. It seems(at least to me) to clean up the midrange and help the woofer integrate with the horns much better. Kind of like when you raise the 2226's off the ground, you hear much more than you want, but the closer they are to the ground plane, the smoother they integrate!

Cheers, it's time to get back to the tunes, and another adult beverage is needed!!!


Ron

Re: Nice quiet jazz night at home tonight! [message #40479 is a reply to message #40478] Sun, 02 March 2003 16:05 Go to previous messageGo to next message
BillEpstein is currently offline  BillEpstein
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Hey Speakerman!
I'm breaking in the choke mod for Ella.
See, aren't you glad I puckered up and brought back the ST-70?
Who was that guy from Audio Magazine that said all amplifiers sound the same? Jules Hirsch? What a moron!
What station [message #40481 is a reply to message #40478] Sun, 02 March 2003 17:00 Go to previous messageGo to next message
mikebake is currently offline  mikebake
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are you talking about?


Re: What station [message #40482 is a reply to message #40481] Sun, 02 March 2003 17:21 Go to previous messageGo to next message
spkrman57
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Mike,
103.9 (and I think 104.3 depending what side of Columubus you are on. Are you in town (Columbus) tonight???
Ron
Hmmmm, [message #40483 is a reply to message #40482] Sun, 02 March 2003 18:38 Go to previous message
mikebake is currently offline  mikebake
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No, I'm in Lima, I'll only be in Cowtown between 10 and 3 each day, then back to Lima to take care of kids. Tough schedule!! I took vacation this week to cover it.
I listen to those stations (same signal) when I'm in Col.

MBB

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