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| Re: IT'S ALIVE [message #17891 is a reply to message #17890] |
Thu, 02 June 2005 08:25   |
colinhester
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Location: NE Arkansas
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Sorry about the kids yelling while we on the phone. They do not realize that they are not the center of the universe. Your Bottlehead gears is nice stuff. They have all the upgrades, don't they? I like the picture of your room. I cannot wait to come give it a listen. I'll have to check with the wife for our schedule and see when you and Ron can come over. I'm thinking Ron is going to have to sneek through the back door, just to avoid the wife. If there is anyting I can help you with, please give me a call.....Colin
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| Re: IT'S ALIVE [message #17893 is a reply to message #17892] |
Thu, 02 June 2005 10:01 |
colinhester
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Forget speed golf. I'm a speed drinker. Tell when you can make it down for a listen. If it's better to come in the evening after the kids are in bed, that works for me.....Colin
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| Horns [message #17894 is a reply to message #17885] |
Thu, 02 June 2005 13:13 |
colinhester
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John, Thanks for the vote. It's been a lot of fun here. I turned up the volume on the A7s today - just for fun. Man, those things put out some sound. You're right about taking more money for better sound. Vintage Altec/JBL must be the unknown bargain of the century. I'm going to have to do some tweeking and room treatment to get the best they can offer, and I'm sure the results will be "positive and noticable." I surprised no one has chimed in regarding your question about what makes an A7. As far as I can tell from the spec sheets, about any combination of drivers makes one. I'll try to find the papers later. I'm still pouring over the literature you kindly sent. If you have more, I'd be more than happy to see it. I really like your setup. Hopefully I can come up and give it a listen in the next year or so. I'm putting out feelers regarding a low power(what else) 45 SE amp. Got any thoughts. I'm thinking 1-2 watts is plenty.....Colin
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| Re: Horns [message #17895 is a reply to message #17894] |
Thu, 02 June 2005 13:34 |
Manualblock
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Thanks for the kind words and the attention to that A7 post. It seems that there is really two camps of opinion concerning the use of 416/515 and the pair of woofers were really interchangeable in as far as Altec provided them in stock A7 units. But their specs are different which brings up that post. I see after reviewing the lit I sent it mostly deals with pro applications and it also exposes the 416 as the A7 driver of choice.
However the Hiraga set-up and the Exemplar both use the Ferric version of the 515; I would be interested to know of anyone else who favored that system. There must be a reason those drivers go for 600$ a piece.Congradgulations on your set-up; I know it sounds great.
Man I am still in a quandrey concerning amps; I will send you a schematic for a nice simple 813 tube SE I stumbled upon that looks promising. It provides 20 clean watts of power and seems simple to build but gets high marks for immediacy and detail. One of Doug's favorite tubes.
As a point of reference I believe Jean Hiraga uses his 20 watt class A SS amp on his A5's.
I am still waiting for Doug to come up with the 12b4 circuit for Guinevere; I posted that I was tearing it down to put it in a better enclosure and he suggested I wait for the new schematic before going ahead with it.
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| Re: IT'S ALIVE [message #17898 is a reply to message #17897] |
Thu, 02 June 2005 18:07 |
colinhester
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If we can hook up and go to Ron's together, we can take my truck and haul the cabs back. Hate to tell you this, but speed drinking it how you got to be a Dad.....Colin
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| Re: Horns [message #17899 is a reply to message #17895] |
Thu, 02 June 2005 18:18 |
Russellc
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Said it before and I'll say it again, i have both pairs of woofers, ( 5158g and 416 8c and while both sound fabulous, I prefer the 416 drivers. The guys on the Altec users forum don't seem to agree with me for the most part however, so you results may vary. The 515s of mine are more massive, and are truely almost sculpture, but I like the 416s better by a very small margin. The altec users forum advised me the 515 would need to be "equalized" and would then better the 416. Whatever both are great. Regards,
Russellc
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It is good to find someone that is familiar with "Speed Listening" to single folks that is a new audio technique similar to Speed Golfing. Yeah the Bottlehead stuff has all the mods and all I need is some tube rolling 2A3's. My wife refers to my stuff as my wall of junk, but what does she know:-).
