Posted by Mike Borzcik on August 30, 2001 at 20:21:22

Hey everyone,

I just finished my Thermionic four Pi's today, after waiting quite a while for the horn flares to arrive. They sound pretty good on instrumental music, but I find that vocals exhibit a lot of the stereotypical 'horn' sound. My previous speakers were Magnepan MMG's, so is it possible that I'm just expecting too much in terms of neutrality, or could something else be wrong with the speakers? They also seem to be missing a bit of transparency and detail compared to the MMG's, but again, I might just be expecting too much. On a positive note, they do get quite loud and can be heard throughout my dorm, even when powered by my 55 watt Jolida 302A. The main reason I built them, though, was to have a neutral sounding high-efficiency speaker so that I could start experimenting with low powered SET's. From all the positive things I've read about Pi speakers, I think I might have done something wrong when I built the speakers. Any comments or suggestions?

Thanks.
Mike Borzcik

• Re: Thermionic four Pi's sound "horny" - replay 07:04:11 08/31/01 (0)
• Re: Thermionic four Pi's sound "horny" - Wayne Parham 22:16:53 08/30/01 (7)
  • Re: Thermionic four Pi's sound "horny" - Mike Borzcik 17:58:15 08/31/01 (6)
    • Re: Thermionic four Pi's sound "horny" - Wayne Parham 00:49:16 09/01/01 (5)
      • Re: Doh! Sorry to get your (and my) hopes up, but... - Mike Borzcik 18:43:39 09/01/01 (4)
        • "Nasal" sound - Wayne Parham 20:53:44 09/01/01 (3)
          • Re: "Nasal" sound - Mike Borzcik 22:58:55 09/01/01 (2)
            • Harmonic distortion due to amplifier clipping - Wayne Parham 02:12:48 09/02/01 (1)
              • Problem solved. - Mike Borzcik 16:29:39 09/04/01 (0)