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Become a backwater and die like broadcast TV.
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I can't tell if I posted in this thread, or not. It's grown too long. I was both surprised and disappointed at the lean/bright sound of my new H IVs when I got them. Not at all what I remembered from hearing them in Hope. So I set about "exercising" the woofers with Dub-step while the Loudness was on and the bass at max for this old receiver. That way I could pump the woofers and not be annoyed with the door shut. At 48 hours, there was a marked difference (more bass,more natural sound). After 4 days, they didn't seem to change much. Now I don't use a subwoofer with them at all. Just looked. It's unplugged.
I must admit to their break-in and with chagrin that I have stated many times break-in was a myth. I don't remember my old Marantz and Boston A150 speakers changing that way. That was so long ago, maybe they were floor demos.
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On 9/30/2022 at 10:10 PM, deang said:
Pileophile. Piles and piles of stuff. Someday we’ll hear:
”Hi everyone. Well, I’m in the hospital. I was crushed by my 64.12.8.4 Home theater system. I shouldn't have flown the MCM’s.”
“I know I haven’t posted in a few days, but I just now got back from the kitchen.”
LOL! I simplified. Down to only 5.0.4 and only 2 Heresy IVs in my computer room.
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On 9/28/2022 at 7:58 PM, Chief bonehead said:
Tough one because I wasn’t the one that did the redesign. I will tell that I was asked to listen to comparison not knowing which was what and I ended up picking the al3……mind you after playing about 30 of my ref cuts.
I would say something similar, but it didn't take me that long to notice a resonance/howl in the common range of a French Horn that I found very annoying when listening to 1986 AL La Scalas in the same room with '81 AA La Scalas. My brother has the ALs, now. 😁
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La Scalas from 1985, would have many mods to properly use AL5 crossovers. Please do post pics!
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It is not my intention to start a kerfuffle, but, ....
Now that things and time has passed, is there any possibility of examining the records that NMSU posses and perhaps copying some? It is a shame there is animus between groups that both want to preserve the legacy of Mr. Paul and do it honestly. Could another party mediate? Perhaps an explanation of the issue, depersonalized, would help.
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19 hours ago, Peter P. said:
We know that woofers can be damaged if they're over-driven at low frequencies, especially frequencies below their 3dB cutoff.
So why don't more manufacturers protect their woofers electrically with bandpass filters?
It may not be a perfect solution but I expect it would help.
Some Pro "subwoofers" have high pass filters. The box tends to limit the LF excursion well enough, but at only 6 dB/octave. Most music had very little energy below the 41 Hz low E of a bass, further limiting the need for a woofer high pass filter.
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On 8/30/2022 at 10:11 PM, the real Duke Spinner said:
Can any modern speaker really best this ??
Do not offer conjecture if you have never heard them
Acoustics have not changed since this Pinnacle of design
Modern speakers just have different design constraints
I'd say almost all. I would not choose them over my old La Scalas, never mind K-horns of Jubilees. I have found them boomy with recessed vocals and pretty hot somewhere around 4k. Certainly no more low bass output than a La Scala.
Mr. Paul compared the frequency response of the La Scala to a "well known theater speaker" in a paper published on the "new" La Scala. I have always suspected it was the A7 and it falls well short.
I used the A7's horn and driver in a home-made system similar to my La Scalas. That treble horn/driver has some nice attributes and it's smooth sounding, but lacks the shimmer the K-77-M gives.
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Several Heritage parts, at least one Jubilee.
https://www.estatesales.net/SC/Woodruff/29388/3395955/127591818
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I read an paper discussing foam around the mouth of audio horns to absorb reflections/diffractions. Since many foams are short lived and too thick, I used 3/4" felt. Clean and easy and it's been there since 2000 or so. Other things made more audible difference, but I'm still a little subject to audiophoolery. 🙃
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On 7/31/2022 at 3:51 PM, BT Raulerson said:
...... I'm no audiophile but to me it sounds like the speakers are starving for power. There is almost no bass response at all. I used a little bluetooth tube amp and ran some modern 'music' from Youtube and turned the treble down and the bass all the way up and they would shake the floor with the amp I made. Running them on just the HK receiver there is almost no detectable bass. The speakers are very close together and about 8" from the wall. .......
The very opposite is true. People run Cornwalls with 2 watt tube amps. You have a room placement issue. They should be at least against the wall and as least as far apart as the listener is back from them. There could be other issues with the room, too. Cornwalls do not lack bass unless a woofer failed. Check and turn off all EQ in the receiver and set the speaker size to "Large". Set the receiver to "No Subwoofer" and 2 channel only until you add other speakers. If there is an adjustment, set the speaker impedance setting to 4 ohms so the amp will deliver the current the 4 ohm woofer needs.
Listen a while before changing the caps to be sure they need them. Do not use cheap caps; each one should be a film and foil cap and you should expect to spend $70 each, or more, to provide the quality the speaker deserves. Metalized foil caps will sound gritty.
I will recommend lining the openings for the squawker and tweeter with heavy felt to absorb reflections off that edge. Perhaps unneeded, but lining the woofer opening won't hurt.
Unless your F-I-L intends to so with surround sound, a stereo receiver would be a better, and simpler, choice.
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I did not want to modify my H-700s, so I bought these and finished them with polyurethane. The worked very well.
https://www.madisoundspeakerstore.com/full-range-speaker-kits/fostex-bk-16-angle-stand-each/
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I've been using braided CAT5E for speaker cable for 22 years(!).
Must be wore out by now, what with knocking electrons out of their orbits for that many years! 😁
I am currently listening to a Technics SA-300 from '79 that I had recapped. That's probably all yours needs. The SA-200 I bought in college is in the garage driving a pair of Auratone 5CTVs.
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39 minutes ago, Crankysoldermeister said:
It's still a Mustang, but ...
"There's a type of electronic fuel injection that was very popular in the 1980's, 90s, and two thousands, that used a manifold air pressure (MAP) sensor to determine the mass flow rate of the air going through the engine. Typically, when the engine would go to wide open throttle, the amount of air pressure inside the intake manifold would be equal to the barometric pressure. If the exhaust system were to be improved by removing a simple cast exhaust manifold and replacing it with a performance header, the air flow rate will go up. As the MAP sensor will still be reading barometric pressure, the computer system will have no way to detect the extra air. In this way, the engine will run leaner and could damage the exhaust valves or the tops of the pistons."
LOL! Speed density EFI could also adapt using the O2 sensor and Intake Air Temp sensor, so it was not so dire as that. Add in that the WOT A/F ratio was 12 to 12.5:1 and the best power mixture is almost always 13.2:1, a *little* leaning is a good thing. BTDT with mt '87 Mustang GT. I measured EGTs on each bank to get an independent (cheap) look at WOT leanness.
Off topic, so I'll also say, it's still a Mustang....
And I have decided metalized polypropylene caps sound subtly gritty. 😉
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You can parallel resistors to raise the wattage limit. The resistance will have to be higher to use them in parallel.
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Most likely a function of wave length vs. riser height and marketing/speaker design.
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In general, if you can hear the sub, it's 10dB too loud. At +5 dB, my system sounds "impressive" without the subs being obnoxious. You really ought to get a sound meter to accurately setup the sub(s).
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The top one is NOT Klipsch.
The other one is an HIP, for Heresy Industrial Ported. The woofer is an E-V EVM-12L or Eminence copy and gets to 102 dB/w/m in the midrange. So, the crossover network ("Balancing Network") is a slightly Modified Type AA that was used on the K-horn/La Scala/Belle Klipsch and the squawker and tweeter are the same as the Big 3. They are quite bright, but excel outdoors and in Huge rooms.
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I like it! I just happen to have 2 unused K-700s.
How did you adapt the socket to the horn's threads?
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The rotation angle of your preamp's volume control has little bearing on actual power output, though that is unusually high.
To figure the sound level in your room,
1 watt is 98 dB at 1 meter
Add an amp and another speaker +6 dB, 104 @ 1m
Double the distance to 2m (6.5 feet) is -6 dB, 98 dB
Double again to 13 feet, -6 dB, or 92 dB, @ 1 watt, plenty loud for peaks and a 20 watt amp still has 13 dB of headroom for Flim and The BBs. I sit almost 13 feet from my La Scalas.
You won't lose quite 6 dB/doubling of distance in a reverberant field (room) so this exercise is conservative.
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Very cool MicroMara,
Where might I find such smart phone speakers?
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On 6/24/2013 at 3:48 AM, philly0116 said:
Just curious what other members have done to improve the bass on their La Scalas. I keep seeeing this picture come up? Anyone done this and had success? Looks like it would work......
I added 4 killer subs. La Scalas need low distortion bass below 60-ish Hz. The DJK mod needs a sharp LF filter and some EQ to stand out. Adding 1 to 3 dB (without the filter and EQ) below about 70 Hz helps, but is is not significant.
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The Internet is Dying - Is It Worth Saving?
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Trouble is, no one abides by those rules and the "government" is not allowed to intervene by the First Amendment; not that the Constitution has meant anything to the government in the last 21 years.