Air, Magnets, String & TapeHi SamBeing from LA around all the artists there, you are in an unique environment with access to software. I'm envious. Interesting info. thanks. I wanted to share something from l... posted almost 11 years ago | View comment | |
Air, Magnets, String & TapeSome music for weekend listening. http://ultraanaloguerecordings.com/wpsite/sample-tracks/These sa... posted almost 11 years ago | View comment | |
The Summithow are you getting along with your B&W 800's?Dan - have been enjoying the matrix 800(very room friendly), the WPK 57's, and with my wife gone for a few ... posted almost 11 years ago | View comment | |
The SummitNew set of lights coming for the festive season :^) Enjoy Dan Happy American Thanksgiving to you and everyone else. Chris posted almost 11 years ago | View comment | |
Air, Magnets, String & TapeSam ...... only 8 hours away............:^)Some recent emails with my Studer tech were fascinating to me. I wanted to share some of it with you guys here as it relates to imaging and wh... posted almost 11 years ago | View comment | |
The SummitHey Dan - If anyone wishes to help the Devil along, or try to dissuade him, I welcome your thoughts.Sometimes when you are forced to type out a n... posted almost 11 years ago | View comment | |
Air, Magnets, String & TapeHi Sam - born and raised in Toronto, but since '94 am located 45 mins (by car)outside of the metro area. Where the power is cleaner, abundant and steady... this is good for those tubes ... posted almost 11 years ago | View comment | |
Air, Magnets, String & TapeYes Charles, the PP amp works well. Also OTL's whose design makes them impervious to speaker impedance changes work very well also. Cheers Chris posted almost 11 years ago | View comment | |
Air, Magnets, String & TapeCharles1dad - I don't believe that the B&W 801 with its low ohm lmpedance would be a good idea with a SET amplifier. thanks for the post Charles1dad.... posted almost 11 years ago | View comment | |
Air, Magnets, String & TapeThanks Dan. the impedance graph from the stereophile reviewers room shows 6 ohms and down from about 70 - 500 hz. ... posted almost 11 years ago | View comment | |
Air, Magnets, String & TapeHi Dan Thanks. it was very un-nerving bringing 6 cartons in like that with no control. Speakers are a lot of fun but also very educational for me. They are a picture into how music ... posted almost 11 years ago | View comment | |
Air, Magnets, String & Tapeseriously contemplated acquiring some 800's -- they would complement the Bevs and DALI :-)The three musketeers ? Sam - I made a tape of my daught... posted almost 11 years ago | View comment | |
Air, Magnets, String & Tapesome initial 800 impressionsbut a couple of questions I got from friends first. I thought they were important to discuss. 1) Did you consider any other brands; what were you looking... posted almost 11 years ago | View comment | |
Air, Magnets, String & TapeHi Richard - ok some matrix 800 impressions coming with a few interesting pics ? Richard if I may say - imo you are a true and authentic vinyl only connoisseur. You don't even own a cd ... posted almost 11 years ago | View comment | |
Wilsons, darTZeel, Vinyl and TubesHi Mike being the past race car driver that you are, I think you will really enjoy how you are able to tune the ET 2.5 performance, to gel with your room and gear; using any cartridge MC or MM;... posted about 11 years ago | View comment | |
Air, Magnets, String & TapeBanquo363 ... took 5 guys 9 hours to assemble the 800's!Hi Banquo - does that not sound sort of like a punchline to another joke ? the one about a li... posted about 11 years ago | View comment | |
Air, Magnets, String & TapeI solved the concerns with my wife. I made her part of the sale process for the other speakers. her role is to take cash or cheque from the sale to the bank and keep 10 per cent for herself. posted about 11 years ago | View comment | |
Air, Magnets, String & Tapetheir here finally and in my basement. the 6 crates containing the parts and cabling to build up Matrix 800. 1... posted about 11 years ago | View comment | |
Air, Magnets, String & TapeMy speaker boxes arrived in Canada last Tues 15th - day after Cdn. Thanksgiving. I am kept in the dark until Friday when I am told the shipment has been referred for examination by Canadian Customs... posted about 11 years ago | View comment | |
Air, Magnets, String & TapeThanks for that info Richard. Here's some info I dug up from a photocopy of the Spectra owners Manual. "A breakthrough in understanding the rules of the electrostats drive transformer ... posted about 11 years ago | View comment | |
Air, Magnets, String & TapeHi Dan - other than those sub zero days that occur a couple times every winter - the worst weather here is probably when it rains and is near the freezing mark 0 c or 32 f. Typical of Jan/Feb t... posted about 11 years ago | View comment | |
Air, Magnets, String & TapeHi Dan. great to hear from you! thank u. I wish you were not so far out on the west coast. Wait a minute.... in another month when winter starts settling in here I will probably wish I was ... posted about 11 years ago | View comment | |
Air, Magnets, String & TapeRichardKrebs - I wonder if the "Hi Fi" effect you describe is an artefact of the delay network used in the Spectra's. A lot of extra components are used to create this.... posted about 11 years ago | View comment | |
Air, Magnets, String & TapeAcoustat Impressions - Modded Model 3 versus Spectra 33 A little background on both. Modded Model 3 - (the smaller older guy with mods) The model 3's have 3 same ESL panels - h... posted about 11 years ago | View comment | |
Air, Magnets, String & TapeRichardkrebs1....Very high impedence at LF resonance. I have measured mine and don't remember the exact number but it was around 100 ohms. This can be problematic for som... posted about 11 years ago | View comment |