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I was about to mention the lethal voltages inside the amp but it seems you solved the problem. PLEASE be extremely careful working inside any amplifier, most folks have no idea how easy it is to die in there....regards, tony

keep us informed. I am anxious to hear your results. warm regards, tony

yeah could be, I hadn´t checked the data sheet, my comments were from memory of using them in PA systems and crossing over at 800hz, could have been to protect them from overload I guess, I remember them beging used with the DH1506 a LOT which also was specified as going to 500hz but usually were crossed over higher at 800hz for the same reasons. nice horn and driver though IIRC. Tony

while most units have automatic settings modes you can adjust most any of them in an infinite variety of ways, I ended up feeling overwhelmed by the many adjustments one can make to the DEQX and decided to go back to "simple life" (well this was before going to the squeezebox, NAS, etc. LOL!). Another thing that kept me away from the pro stuff was the seemingly poor handling of things like poweroutages (i.e. the driveracks would reset to full output atfer each outage, that can HURT) and other details (volume control issues, etc.) that made we want a unit conceived specifically for home audio. I understand the price difference makes a case for trying out the pro unit but do check out some of the giher end home units before taking the plunge. for a room and system like you have assembled this type of system seems ideal to perfect the reproduction of music. warm regards, T

artto, have you considered the DEQX for this application? I prefer the idea of hifi consumer units over adapting connectors, etc. for pro units if price is not a hurdle. there are other hi fi consumer units out there besides DEQX let me know if you want to know more about them. I sold mine when I went back from triamping or I would offer to lend you mine. regards, tony. others to investigate: Lyngdorf RP-1 Sigtech AEC-1000 TACT Holm Acoustics even the minidsp could qualify if you like to play with PCs plug in s and little black boxes.

a 800hz crossover CD horn for those of you not familiar. good horn but I like horns that cross lower. T

MOG NOT available where I live...T

altec 311 goes below 400hz well. there are others as well. I too suggest you not try to bring the bass bin up higher, better to drop the mid horn down to 300hz.. regards, tony

what year was it released? until the mid 60´s some releases were made without sleeves IIRC. they were mostly low end releases BUT this would not seem to be one of those. wierd. T

Cool! Where did you come across this? for a 12" or 15"? Intended application? Regards, Tony

you know about roger russells´ site? http://www.roger-russell.com/amplif1.htm great mac info and makes comparing models via sepcs very easy. regards, tony

the 2125 had better specs and was much more expensive than the 2105. if it has been restored correctly it would seem to be the better choice. regards, tony

since no one else has chimed in. don´t do this, the complex loads you will present to the amplifier may fry the amp or your speakers, etc. the amp has no ability to switch between output taps so you need a speaker controller (as you have already bought) try the different taps to see which sounds best with your speakers via the controller and stay with that. if someone else has a different opinion, well let´s wait and see what they say. regards, tony

glad you found the right speakers for your tastes! enjoy! tony

Reviewing mentally as much time and resources as I have put into trying to improve the sound quality in my systems over the years I must admit I am pleased (yes pleased) that so many people are ignoring sound quality as an important factor in music playback and seem ignorant or uninterested in listening to the differences in the same music played back via a hi rez source and high quality sound system. why? simply this, it means to me that people are probably enjoying the music not the sound, as simple as that. I remember well, in the late 60's and early 70's when my first "stereo" was a portable mono all-in-one record player and later a "boom box" and most of my listening was to, LPs, FM radio and cassettes. was the audio quality of those sources and system hi fidelity? nope. did I enjoy the music? OMG yes! I remember laying there at night listening to a Santana concert broadcast over FM radio and being completely engrossed by the music, I can still remember it. As I got older and grew in my financial capacity I acquired equipment that allowed me to reproduce music with much more accuracy but honestly it never really increased my enjoyment of the music itself to any significant degree. Can I listen louder? clearer? less hiss? no pops and clicks? yes, but when James Brown forces me out of my chair to dance around the living room it is not the sound quality doing it, it is the music speaking to me and frankly when it speaks to me, IF it speaks to me, it has little to do with accurate reproduction. I am not making a religious statement here so no flames please, just pointing out that for me the balance of importance between sound quality and the musical content lies far into the music content side, with the emotional reaction, always has in my case and thus I find myself obsessing far less about my equipment. do I purposely look for low quality source and play back equipment to listen to my music? nope. But MP3s seem to do the job just as FM radio and cassettes used to. This probably explains why first my turntable was retired, then my cassette player and now my tuner and CD players. I am quite happy listening to music on my squeezebox fed by my ripped CD library and internet radio stations. I am perhaps just missing a few LPs I have not ripped to digital format but that will com eventually/ YMMV, IMHO, etc., etc. warm regards from sunny El Salvador, Tony

I have the official squeezebox app on my iphone and it works really well. I saw the iPeng app but so far I am satisfied with the Squeezebox version. What additional features does the iPeng have? T

just to clarify, the solution is not a hard disk, it is using a server (in this case an old netbook) via the ethernet. a hard disk connected to the USB has ALL the same problems. T

so glad to hear it Dean! now recover your strength and put this all behind you. My Aunt is now going on 28 years as a cancer survivor and no longer even thinks about it...warm regards, Tony

well the USB is acting up...it is very sensitive, if the power goes out (which happens a lot where I live) or even if seemingly nothing has happened the SBT at some point stops recognizing the USB thumb drive and wants to rescan EVERYTHING, this takes a few hours each time. grrrr.....checked the thumb drive for errors but it is flawless, so as the forum over at logiectech said, the thing is quirky with the USB drive. however I have my netbook up and running with the server and all the files on its harddisk so I can always accces my library with the SBT. internet radio is a blast!!!!! one of the best reasons to buy the SBT IMHO. regards, T

Congratulations George, set them up and give us a report of how they sound. Warm regards, tony

Ah...simplicity! congratulations on a nicely put together system, I am sure you are enjoying the music emerging from the combination of components. As time goes on I would be interested in hearing your opinions about the switch from your previous speakers to the k-horns. IMHO both Quads and Maggies are the speakers that most closely resemble the k-horns in "family values" and it seems that lovers of those speakers often like the k-horns. But as with all audio issues taste is a key factor and your observations of weaknesses and strengths versus the Quads would be very interesting to me. Meanwhile, enjoy the music and welcome to our forum! Warm regards, Tony

Well I finally took the plunge. The death of my Sony carousel CD player drove me to reconsider sources. After some research (where I looked at everything form dedicated music servers from Olive, McIntosh, etc. to home grown Mac and PC based network servers) I settled in the Squeezebox Touch which seemed the right level of investment to try out this huge change in my system. I guess I figured I could use it in my weekend houses if it didn´t work in my main system. Well I needn´t have worried, I predict it will relegate my CD players forever to a closet. A few notes; Amazingly easy to set up with my home Wifi network, I am currently running it from a 128GB USB thumb drive which, upon reading all the related squeezebox forums, seemed like a bad idea because it loads the SBT with server duties, etc. but has worked amazingly well for me without a hitch so far. I have a PC running the Logitech server elsewhere in my system but frankly I have no need of it, the direct connected USB plays just fine thank you. My next issue (again based on the various forum comments I had read when researching this purchase) was whether or not to use my MSB LinkDac III or the internal DAC to feedback the rest of my system. After extensive listening tests I can tell you it´s a wash with my DAC in my system. There does seem to be a slight difference I can notice in the spatial presentation between the two, some changing of the positions of instruments in the virtual space BUT since I don´t really know exactly where the original instruments were (except by comparison to my CDs) AND in terms of fidelity I can hear no differences whatsoever it remains a toss up on those counts. Highs and lows, dynamics, etc. all the same between the two. I think I can hear just the slightest bit more airiness in the cymbals via my current DACchain (MSB director/jitter reducer => LinkDac III) but frankly at this point I might (hate to admit it) chock that up to listener bias (I paid big bucks for those items years back! they even have the upsampling module). For the moment I am leaving it hooked up to the DAC sine I have nothing else to use them for and if it is not caused by listener bias all the better. At this point all the music played is in MPEG or AAC format at rather low resolution (192 or 320 mostly) but it sounds pretty damn good I must say. I listened for a bit with some of my favorite cuts (So What - Miles Davis) from CD and then from SBT and no real differences were notable except perhaps just the slightest again in the air around the cymbals but again, it might be listener bias. In the end not enough to keep me listening to the CD version. Crazy looking at my PP 2A3 amplifier and golden age Marantz preamp sitting next to this tiny, ultra-modern music server and making such wonderful music and making the transition so painless! What a wonderful time we live in! Left to do? Well I guess I should rip all my CDs to lossless format and replace the thumb drive with a NAS but...too much work for the moment and has always been my priority I am too busy enjoying to music painlessly and conveniently. I recommend anyone who is considering making this type of move to do as I did, take the plunge. The Squeezebox Touch is a great piece of gear, capable of amazing sound and functionality. Try it, you won´t be sorry you did. Warm regards from sunny El Salvador, Tony PS those of you who know me are aware that I host shootouts here at my house with local audiophiles. Over the years we have swapped in many, many amps, preamps, DACs, etc. with interesting results, I cannot wait until we have the next shootout with this new toy in my system. I am sure it will arouse a LOT of ire from many of my audio buddies, but one thing is for sure, they won´t be able to argue about the great music this is making in my system!

the Oppo 95 has what are widely considered the best DAC chips in the world, used on some 5 figure DACS. on the other hand I feel SACD is a dying medium (insert your flame here). regards, tony

wow that was a long wait between posts john! warm regards form sunny el salvador! tony

thanks Amy, really cool! T