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Re: Some reasons why SETs sound different [message #10847 is a reply to message #10846]

Sat, 11 December 2004 14:36

thetubeguy1954
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Yes Akhilesh, it does sound great. I was very lucky on every purchase I made. I seem to have this knack for finding dealers who want to dump demo units. For example: I bought the Mastersound amp as a dealer demo with warranty @ 60% of list. The Blue Note CD player was also a dealer demo with warranty that I got @ 50% of list. Being disabled makes buying anything a long slow process of saving. Thank goodness I also had a few goodies in the closet after, 36 years of being an audiophile. So I can use these either sell or make trades at times. However the closet is now down to a pair of virtually NOS Stromberg-Carlson Slimline 15" Coaxes, that smoke the Altecs & JBL's. And IMHO are of equal footing with Tannoy RED's. I've thought about putting them in a 60 inch high rear loaded folded horn based on 1956 Jensen~Imperial Folded Horn. The plans are available on Decware's site: http://www.decware.com/newsite/mainmenu.htm I'm a member of the Central Florida Audio Society, so I've heard my share of Lowthers, Fostex, Voight Pipes along with 2A3, 45 and other low watt SET's. They're nice but not a road I plan on travelling. I'd be willing to put the 1st watt of the Mastersound with any 2A4, 45 or 300B i've heard to date. So don't need or want a low power SET, but Im considering a Hi-Efficincy speaker design as I mentioned above. I'm also thinking about a completely unique design that uses 4 of the higher quality Fostex 4" drivers in a line-source/horn design that will ROCK the single-fullrange, hi-efficiency and horn world. I just need someone that will help me make the cabinets and share the vision with me...

Tom Scata (thetubeguy1954)

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		Some reasons why SETs sound different By: akhilesh on Wed, 08 December 2004 13:52
		Re: Some reasons why SETs sound different By: Manualblock on Wed, 08 December 2004 18:38
		Re: Some reasons why SETs sound different By: akhilesh on Wed, 08 December 2004 21:02
		An alternate take By: DRCope on Thu, 09 December 2004 09:13
		Re: An alternate take By: Manualblock on Thu, 09 December 2004 11:52
		Re: An alternate take By: akhilesh on Thu, 09 December 2004 14:06
		Re: An alternate take By: DRCope on Thu, 09 December 2004 14:21
		Re: An alternate take By: Wayne Parham on Thu, 09 December 2004 16:14
		Re: An alternate take By: Wayne Parham on Thu, 09 December 2004 16:11
		Re: An alternate take By: akhilesh on Thu, 09 December 2004 19:56
		Re: Some reasons why SETs sound different By: thetubeguy1954 on Thu, 09 December 2004 15:14
		Re: Some reasons why SETs sound different By: akhilesh on Thu, 09 December 2004 20:09
		Re: Some reasons why SETs sound different By: thetubeguy1954 on Fri, 10 December 2004 08:22
		Re: Some reasons why SETs sound different By: akhilesh on Fri, 10 December 2004 09:18
		Re: Some reasons why SETs sound different By: thetubeguy1954 on Fri, 10 December 2004 11:22
		Re: Some reasons why SETs sound different By: akhilesh on Fri, 10 December 2004 14:40
		Re: Some reasons why SETs sound different By: thetubeguy1954 on Fri, 10 December 2004 15:16
		Re: Some reasons why SETs sound different By: akhilesh on Sat, 11 December 2004 07:54
		Re: Some reasons why SETs sound different By: thetubeguy1954 on Sat, 11 December 2004 14:36
		Re: Some reasons why SETs sound different By: akhilesh on Sat, 11 December 2004 17:48
		another iimigrant... By: PakProtector on Sun, 19 December 2004 07:16
		Re: Some reasons why SETs sound different By: Steve on Sun, 23 January 2005 10:12
		"good but not great" By: johnf on Mon, 13 December 2004 20:57
		good until.... By: PakProtector on Sat, 12 February 2005 05:16

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