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---------------- On 8/7/2005 10:48:35 PM Parrot wrote: ---------------- On 8/7/2005 10:44:58 PM khornn wrote: Parrot, It's certainly refreshing to see that your reading comprehension is at least as developed as Eddy's understanding of measurement procedures. Perhaps the two of you could put your heads together and submit a white paper on trolling to the Audio Engineering Society. Ian ---------------- That's certainly not a relevant response to my question. What are you hiding, anyway? Perhaps that you are posing as a "pro" when you're actually just a sock-puppet? ---------------- Parrott, Save the baited questions for your peers. I certainly don't consider myself to be among them. Don't fret. I'll be back should I feel the situation warrants my input. In the mean time, feel free to pedal your misinformation to the uninformed. Those considering you to be credible are doomed to stay that way. Ian

---------------- On 8/7/2005 9:51:27 PM Parrot wrote: ---------------- On 8/7/2005 8:21:44 PM khornn wrote: I'll now depart, and let you return to your love fest with Parrot's leg. ---------------- I'm not sure, but weren't you the guy who claimed to have a "professional control room" featuring SET amps? ---------------- Parrot, It's certainly refreshing to see that your reading comprehension is at least as developed as Eddy's understanding of measurement procedures. Perhaps the two of you could put your heads together and submit a white paper on trolling to the Audio Engineering Society. Ian

---------------- On 8/7/2005 6:08:25 PM edwinr wrote: The 8 watts claimed for the Welborne may very well only be achieved into say, 1 Kilohertz with one channel driven. I would suggest that the actual power output, with both channels driven from 20 to 20 khz, may be much less. It would be interesting to measure whether the Welborne CAN actually deliver that 'magic first watt' with both channels driven across the entire discernable frequency range. ---------------- Nice to see such a spectacular display of mental prowess from Eddy the anti-SET Troll. Please tell us, Einstein, how do you intend to drive BOTH CHANNELS OF A MONOBLOCK? I'll now depart, and let you return to your love fest with Parrot's leg. Ian

A nice box of reeds, cork grease, and valve oil. Not all of the children can afford these items, and most schools don't provide them. - Ian

---------------- On 5/25/2005 5:21:55 PM Parrot wrote: Erik, In a nutshell, if you find better bass in a pair of headphones than you do your Klipschorns, there is something wrong. I have already discussed the most obvious possibilities. If you insist on your right to get less satisfaction out of your Klipschorns than you could, that's up to you. ---------------- My, my. I would think even someone with a PhD in Trollology could grasp such a simple concept. Perhaps if you and little Eddy were not so preoccupied with giving one another verbal reach-arounds, you could find some time to educate yourselves. - Ian

"Those of us lacking sophistication in the "audio arts" will sit down, shut up, and try not to make funny faces -- as the more astute show how to fill a room with realistic live levels using less than a watt." Oh my, now that certainly sounds like an intellectual challenge. Perhaps you should invite a dozen professional musicians, from all walks of the craft. Play the amplifier of your choice at "realistic live" levels, then play the little SET within it's parameters. Allow the professionals to render their opinion regarding which system sounds more musical. Whilst highly entertaining, your method tends to ensure the impartiality of transporting a group of Hank Jr. fans to review a performance of Swan Lake. - Ian

I should start off on the proper foot, but I feel somewhat compelled to weigh in on what I am observing here. It would appear that this forum is dominated by a rather conceited lot, possessing very little knowledge or common sense regarding the audio arts. Perhaps you find yourselves entertaining, in a Jerry Springer kind of way. Its not too far of a stretch to imagine that you have precious little experience with the equipment you choose to lash out at with your thinly veiled criticisms. Ah, the SET must suffer from compression. My, my. Look at all the funds wasted by recording studios on compressor limiters, when a simple 2A3 amplifier could so easily be fitted for this purpose. And at a rather substantial cost savings, I might add. If indeed you are able to discern effects similar to compression whilst listening to a SET amplifier, you are exceeding the capabilities of the device. What you are in fact hearing are the effects of clipping. This being the case, your listening habits necessitate a more powerful amplifier, as the common sense limiter has failed to actuate. Microdynamics and driver excursion are inversely proportional. For those of you carping about accurate music reproduction, one could only speculate as to the horrific sound that you surely consider accurate. A Klipschorn driven to high sound levels is emitting significantly more distortion. Combined with the reflected energy contained within the room boundaries, and the natural effects of cancellation, you have quite a cacophony. Ah, you have indeed created the club sound in your home. You should be very proud of how you have managed to reduce a superbly engineered product to a level equal to industrial amplification. Being someone whom earns their worth with my ears, I prefer a similar sound in my home and in my control room. Whilst I consider myself fortunate to own a pair of classic Klipschorns, I do not feel compelled to abuse them, or myself. Although this fact is certain to be lost on you Power Rangers, it is the owner of the small SET amplifier whom has truly come to appreciate high fidelity sound. Something to ponder as you twiddle the pots on your preamplifiers, undoubtedly named after a pie filling. And of course, whilst listening to selections garnered from the uncompressed music aisle of the record store. You may now resume your chortling and back slapping. I hope my use of punctuation has not offended the more unstable amongst you. If your neighbors dog starts giving off about hunting me down, please seek professional help. -Ian