| I'm Kvelling! [message #37858] |
Sat, 17 August 2002 20:02  |
BillEpstein
Messages: 886
Registered: May 2009
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So some of you guys, led by Replay are going back to solid waste amps?
Fuhgeddaboudit!
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| Re: I'm Kvelling! [message #37860 is a reply to message #37858] |
Sat, 17 August 2002 23:51  |
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Wayne Parham
Messages: 18787
Registered: January 2001
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I'm just behind you; My Paramour kits are on the way. Right now, I'm working on a 1940 RCA Victor radio I picked up at an estate sale a couple of days ago. Usual treatment, I'll replace all the tubes, capacitors and rewire with original-style cloth insulated wire. I'll strip the finish and sand to bare wood, then apply Minwax polyurethane. Wash the chassis with soap and water, and hit it with a clear coat of paint. Polish the metal dial escutcheon and repair any minor tears in the speaker cone.  1940 RCA Victor Radio, during restoration
Sometimes the rear panel which serves as support for the loop antenna is in good shape, other times not. This time, it's in shreads, so I went to home depot and bought a panel of perforated fiberboard and had it cut to backpanel size. That will now become my new back, and I'll glue the loop to it. The glass dial also has been cracked, so I've run a bead of glass glue to repair it good as new. Hopefully I won't have to wind the field coil like I did on my '39 Stewart Warner radio. I'll rewire the chassis this weekend, and I'll check it while I'm waiting for the tubes to arrive. I've put up a little web page that shows my old tube radios. It's kinda fun! Check it out! Just killin' time waiting for my Paramour kits.
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| Tangential digression, flame shield engaged. [message #37862 is a reply to message #37858] |
Sun, 18 August 2002 08:11 |
mikebake
Messages: 243
Registered: May 2009
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Nah, never went away from them! Actually, my personal crusade is for active crossovers; how we put up with the degradation the passive units give us when we chase all kinds of other marginal improvements is beyond me, especially when such a good solution exists. That the active unit is demonstrably superior is not a question, the question is, why don't more guys go after it? I have read repeatedly that the crossover introduces more problems than anything else in the chain, and always represents a set of compromises. Why endure it? Sure, I've heard great music from speakers using passives, but I believe, as do some others, that the benefit of the active crossover is one of the more dramatic, quick improvements you can make. I also prefer the superior motor control of the SS units, as well as the headroom. Give me motor control or give me Bose! Anyway, how's that for a tangent? I really think more people should be going this way. There is a reason pro audio went this way long ago, and it wasn't just power handling issues. The more you look at it, the more you think you oughta deal with dividing the bandwidth BEFORE the amps, not after. Nothing else makes as much sense. And given the level of hobby activity ($) many of us have invested, an extra amp and crossover ain't much. I post this on this forum because I tend to think that rationality and non-knee-jerk reactions are more the norm here. Plus no Romy. I also bristled at an audio asylum member's comment awhile ago about "op-amps" and how some "golden ears" (he wouldn't assert that they were HIS ears) said they did terrible things to sound. Talk about your unsubstantiated, non-scientific crap. I asked him who these golden ears were, but of course got no response. So my motto is "DOWN WITH PASSIVE, GO ACTIVE, YOUNG MAN"!
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| Re: Flame thrower idles passively [message #37863 is a reply to message #37862] |
Sun, 18 August 2002 11:54 |
bmar
Messages: 346
Registered: May 2009
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Well, you gone and done it this time. There's going to be Cat postings all over the place in no time.
There is a lot to be said for a simple two way system with a passive xo that you just plug in, and it sounds great. Having said that, I love my new Ashley active xo and might even get another so I can have stereo 5 way! lots of nice features and very clean sounding. Now if you want to really disburse a few dead presidents. Why not go for one of the hi-end Speaker contollers. Very slick hardware.
Not your average active you see. ßmar
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| Re: Flame thrower idles passively [message #37870 is a reply to message #37868] |
Sun, 18 August 2002 15:01 |
bmar
Messages: 346
Registered: May 2009
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Ashley, BSS, Tannoy, Sony, Klark Teknic, Lap Gruppen, Rane, Bryston, Sabine, RCF, Celestian, and Bose to name a few.Her a two links that should get you into a direction. Check out the BSS
http://www.canalhifi.com/cgi-bin/chfcat.cgi?user_action=list&category=PROCESSORS
http://www.raperandwayman.com/rw/dept-loudspeaker-control.asp
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