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When she was just small.Go ask Alice.
When she was just small.Go ask Alice.
That Vifa tweeter was used in some classic designs, and the Eton mid-bass driver has one of the flattest response curves ever.
Sweet! That combo should be a really fun listening experience. Enjoy
Just out of curiosity, what will the going price for the pair be?My sons new 2-way speakers that will be available in kit form with a 6 1/2" bass driver, he just heard them 10 minutes ago and is beyond pumped up over how great they sound:
$2500 is what is being discussedJust out of curiosity, what will the going price for the pair be?
Wait, what?
Hobie, are you or your son speaker manufacturers?
I took him to lots of stereo shops when he was in junior high and high school and college days to listen/expose him to as much High End stereo as possible. I was making speakers/subwoofers all during that time using commercial drivers. I went to LA and met a speaker design engineer and told him about Nick wanting to design his own audiophile car subwoofer. In college they designed his first driver. That was 15 years ago. His tweeter, midrange, mid/bass, shallow mount 12" woofer, and the regular series of woofers 12", 15", 18", and the big-A$$ 24" driver which has over 4 1/2" of travel. Sound Quality car audio competitors use most of his components. The goal was always to have his own pair of home speakers that would kill most of the speakers out there, especially for the price.Wait, what?
Hobie, are you or your son speaker manufacturers?
That's a lot of money to come up with, but sounds like they have good sales.The price is 1.75 mil (less than our gross annual sales) and you'll get the keys to this terrific shop with no debt + $200k of inventory/tubes/huge customer base/full repair facilities, parts, etc. Send a brief message about how you will steward this successful company and I will respond to the lucky winner with P&L, taxes, etc by Sept 1st. Only genuine offers will receive a response."
I got the measurements for the speaker towers that my son is going to have made for me, and it will have his 8 inch woofer and tweeter for a two way tower. He had a guy in Florida make him some custom cabinets that were more the size of bookshelf speaker using his 6 1/2 in woofer and his Tweeter that sounds unbelievably good, world class. Pictures of his 2-way with the 6 1/2" drivers above.My sons new 2-way speakers that will be available in kit form with a 6 1/2" bass driver, he just heard them 10 minutes ago and is beyond pumped up over how great they sound:
NHT towers
Thanksbut check the temp of that Denon.
Thanks for the picturesUpgrade - long time coming......
Started the process with the CES announcement of the QD-OLED TV's coming....time for an upgrade.
Love my LG OLED but it's a RGBW matrix which is annoying and the QD-OLED's was my tech-of-choice I've been waiting to come to market. The plan was to be ready for Black Friday sales and move from a 65" to 77" or maybe 83" but issues with low-level response (where the eye is most sensitive) have cooled my jets for the TV upgrade.
Part two of the upgrade was to upgrade the center speaker. I love the Revel speakers, but the C205 is a compromised design to fit in 20-inch space and the stuffing it in a box really killed the sound. I bought the C208 to replace it, but that needed a new cabinet it took planning. Finally, I got it all sorted and started that part of the project with the plan so when the time comes the TV upgrade is quick and easy. I just finished the audio upgrade.
The sound upgrade has four parts:
- Ditch the cabinet what was the cave holding my Revel C205 center.
- Ditch the C205 and get a C208
- Move the one sub out of the corner and move both inboard of the "display towers" my wife loves.
- Back the center and sub's with sound absorbing panels to reduce back reflections.
This involved a custom rack I built out of 2020 aluminum extrusion parts to put all the gear in the minimum volume in the corner.
Plus a "wall" of six acoustic absorption panels mounted to a 2020 frame that fills the gap between the towers and does a good job hiding all the wires and outlets on the wall.
After:
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Denon 4700 AVR
Revel F206 L&R
Revel C208 C
SVS SB-3000 Subs
B&W In-Wall Surrounds
Try this sometime, take your speakers and put them in front of your chair maybe only 12" in front of each corner, in front of the armrest and listen to your speakers. as this eliminates most all of the room interaction of the speakers. years ago at the 2013 CES show there was a guy that had a system where it was a reclining chair, and there were swing away armrest and when you set in the chair, you pulled the speakers from back where your elbows were, to up in front of you, as they pivoted right into the very front edge. That put the speakers about 3 ft away from your ears and all he had was some Audio Engine mini monitors and the sound was spectacular. I went home and tried it with my Epicure 3.0 speakers and the same great results.Lets talk about speaker placement. Cardas has suggestions here, I am not sure I buy the Golden Ratio stuff but he recommends near field setup where the listening position is a equilateral triangle vertex from the speaker position. I have heard of this but never tried it. Tonight I did and I like it. I thought there would be a 'hole in the middle' but the soundstage was very nice. Obviously this is a one-person listener setup. Your thoughts.
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