Lone Star Bottlehead Pictures [message #2306] |
Sun, 09 October 2005 07:57 |
FredT
Messages: 704 Registered: May 2009
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Great meeting yesterday in San Antonio. And next weeks it's the Houston Audio Society at my house in Houston and the Dallas Audio Club at Russ' house in McKinney. So much audio, such a big state, so little time. Pictures at the link below:
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Re: Lone Star Bottlehead Pictures [message #2311 is a reply to message #2310] |
Mon, 10 October 2005 05:10 |
FredT
Messages: 704 Registered: May 2009
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That was Luther's new paito which was completed just last week. It's one of the nicest I have seen, and the weather was perfect - sunshine, and temperature in the 70's. Autumn is great in south Texas, especially when it happens on a weekend:) Paul brought the Toriod. Those big (1.5kVA) balanced power filters usually cost thousands, but a limited number of the toroids are available from Equi Tech for $399. They have a few that were too big for their standard case and they are offering them to diy ers at this price. He used high quality ac receptacles and built in a digital filter from DIY Cable for the digital components receptacle, all implemnted as usual to his exacting standards (Luther and Paul are the perfectionists in our group). We plan to host a diy room at the '06 GPAF, so anyone who desires can bring their favorite audio gear and show it off. We'll use the 3 Pi Theater speakers to accommodate low power SET amps. I doubt we'll get any refrigerator size horn speakers but I expect to see some cool electronic components. More about this as we get closer to the date.
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Re: Vintage Horn Speakers [message #2313 is a reply to message #2312] |
Mon, 10 October 2005 07:52 |
Manualblock
Messages: 4973 Registered: May 2009
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Thanks Fred pretty much mirrors my own thought. Here is my perception. Many of the modern speakers get tiring to listen to for long periods; but the good ones are very good in terms of resolution and detail...so good it amazes and is addictive. But except for those few it seems you don't really love the sound of the newer speakers like you do the sound of the best from the past. I would assume that results from exposure but even when you spend years with another pair of modern speakers the result is the same.
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