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    Coincident 300b & Arthur Salvatore ?

    in 2-Channel Home Audio

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    Hey Cornman,

    Haven't tried them. I've only tried the Airtight ATM300 and have some experience with the Cary 300B Signature. Both were not my cup of tea but I did try to give them a longer than average chance due to their reputation.

    Most of my experience from Arthur's list is from the preamp and phono cartridges department.

    Coincident 300b & Arthur Salvatore ?

    in 2-Channel Home Audio

    Posted

    IMO,

    The man is full of hidden promotions. I've tried a lot of the equipment he recommends there and only liked a very limited few. I've corresponded with him a couple of times and he did use some of my writing regarding phono step ups there.

    He's quite old these days and I suspect his hearing abilities are not that good anymore so he tends to use other people opinions "his associates" he calls them.

    There was an interesting thread in Audio Asylum regarding his recommendations on digital gear. I think it was about the Ayre cd player and him promoting Israel Blume of coincident speakers stuff. I'll try to find it.

    sibilance on RF-7 (cont'd)

    in 2-Channel Home Audio

    Posted

    All I know is that it takes the resistor mod and the caps to get it done -- so that's how I build them. There's nothing misleading regarding the description of the tweak, it does exactly as advertised -- just not in Israel. I'm at a loss. Surely you must wonder why after over three years no one has raised a similar complaint.

    My 2 cents,

    This is a matter of one dissatisfied customer out of many and it can happen so I am quite disappointed from Dean's arrogant response.

    From my past experience living in both U.S and Israel, I can say that in most cases, room acoustics is probably very different. Most houses In Israel are built using bricks and concrete and do tend to sound livelier than similarly sized US rooms. I've been using the same pair of speakers with the same equipment, in my NYC apartment and it my Tel Aviv apartment and in both occasions, the system sounded totally different and had to be tweaked in order to sound similar.

    I'm not saying that Dean's network are no good nor that Prego is right or wrong. Just, that in Prego's own listening environment the speakerss didn't perform as excepted with the different networks. No need to be offensive or defensive. It can happen and that's life. Nothing to do with Israel or Dean losses. Just that simple fact.

    I remember having complaints over the ALK crossovers sounding thin and shrill in the past. Maybe it was another: they sound good but "Just not in Israel" case, over again. I don't know what happens with our hearing over the years here in Israel. For me, as I recall, the cure was changing to a different type of network (type A)....

    Electrovoice Speaker and Altec Driver Questions

    in 2-Channel Home Audio

    Posted

    Thanks for the link Guy. Glad to see you still check in from time to time.

    Ah, my Captain, My Captain you always come through. Using your directions I slid the bottom out and now I know why there was an Altec 600B driver in a home built cabinent because at some time he had replaced whatever was in the Aristocrat with another 600B. That means for a few bucks I can end up with a pair of these drivers.

    Question is, of course, what if anything could I do with them? Could I drop them in my cornies? Use them to pick up chicks? (hey ya wanna see my drivers).

    Could be slippery slope asking for opinions. "Oh you'll need exovers, some horns, exotic tweets, a cabinet built to this and that specification. Shouldn't cost you over several million dollars. Go for it."

    Seriously, what should I do?

    Get them asap. The 600B drivers are very desirable and should sound pretty nice.

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