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  1. On 3/10/2024 at 9:42 PM, JohnA said:

    OK, good.  That's plausible, but since lots (most?) Inductors are custom wound, wouldn't changing the diameter or wire gauge be a better solution? 

     

    This came up while studying for my amateur General license and I just can't see giving up circuit real estate for 2 parallel inductors. 

    It also increases the assembly time when you double up on components which would drive the manufacturing cost cost up.

  2. 1 hour ago, Flevoman said:

    Is this a DIY project or the new upcoming lascala? 

    The all black one is the “New La Scala” that the Chief demonstrated this past week.

     

    @gigantic pics are of his DIY project.

     

    It’s kind of amusing because there were a few people(not the Chief) that told us that the original LS design didn’t need to be improved upon and we were basically silly for going to a 2” mid driver with a larger format mid horn, and running it tri-amped with a DSP crossover.

     

     

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  3. On 3/1/2024 at 6:37 PM, Marvel said:

    Also noticed that a least the front and back panels are plywood, not mdf as I thought they were.

     

     

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    I might have been tempted to keep them if I had known they were plywood.

     

     

    I kid.

    I always thought they sounded pretty great and looked much better than my college party special H1’s.

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  4. 38 minutes ago, JohnJ said:

    I admit to not watching it all.

    1. Did he ever show the board he's using to enable/disable HF LF on those speakers? & show what's enabled when he does the playback?

    2. Did he show what is inside those Heresy where the wires are going to the crossover addition?

    3. Didn't see either of the above & stopped playback. Doesn't pass the test for me

     

    & did you read that I KNOW more wattage can improve H, M or L Frequencies?

    I actually bi-wire my F-3s & have taken a lot of flack here over that :P "So What!" It means 60w to each woofer, 60w to each HF instead of 80 w per channel !

     

    I believe firmly in one of Lou Reed's songs that has the line in it "Believe half of what you see, None of what you hear" (think that was his friend George) He was a skeptical New Yorker, I just grew more that way over the years!

    It looks like the stock white leads from the woofer run out the back of the cab, and I believe he basically says that in the video.

     

    There is nothing in any of the McIntosh equipment he is using that would allow him to set a crossover point to 700Hz to roll off the excess highs from the woofer. 
     

    I’m pretty sure he’s running the woofers full range out of his home theater receiver.

    I think it’s a bunch of nonsense.

     

    and I say this as somebody that is actively tri-amping their La Scalas. 

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  5. The only active crossover settings in the MHT100 are for the subwoofer line output which is only adjustable from 80-140Hz.

     

    There is no powered sub output on the MHT100 so he must have the woofer hooked up to one of the main speaker outputs.

    In one of his other videos he says he is using the external sub input on the MHT100.

    This makes me think he’s just running his woofers in mono with the bass level cranked up.

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  6. 1 hour ago, JohnJ said:

    I wish they would Willie!  They aren't going to do the cystoscope and grappling hook either, they want me to and say I can pass it. Well they need to quit with this tramadol that painkiller stinks. I'd rather have Bayer aspirin.

    Oh my goodness.

    I hope that it passes quickly.

    Either naturally, or via assisted means.

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  7. I’ve been busy with work lately.

    We are moving our office down in AVL and I’ve also had to make some trips down to our Sylva office.

     

    on the audio front I’ve been tweaking my DSP settings on the LSLO (LaScala Like Objects).

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    Still some obvious work to do on the phase response but it’s sounding better than ever as I get the phase and frequency response leveled out.

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  8. 5 hours ago, Marvel said:

    Took wife's car in for oil change...

    Rear brakes, critical

    Front brakes, borderline

     

    That puts a big dent in the budget. Got the used car last year, not sure where all the maintenance and wear was when we got it. Wife went from two smaller, lighter cars to her Nissan Rogue. She tends to drive right up to cars at a traffic light... and push on the brakes. I told her that she could let off on the gas when approaching the red light. I think she will start doing better now.

    I used to go about 60,000 miles in a set of pads on my Ranger.

    Once I got married and Heather was driving, it needed new pads every 10,000 miles.

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  9. 22 hours ago, Encrypted_God said:

    I purchased some damaged R-26f's (all of which is esthetic) via Amazon. One tower had a blown tweeter. I made sure by swapping it out with the other tower. No sound, nothing. Could it be the crossover? This whole issue is resolved and I was refunded for both towers and the company sent me ONE tower for free. Crazy right? Anyways, I still have the one tower with the

    the dead tweeter. What do you think is wrong with it. I mean, if I can fix it? cool. if not? no loss. Thanks guys/girls for your help

    Hold up, you put the dead tweeter in the other speaker and the tweeter was still dead?

     

    Or, you put the good tweeter in the speaker that had the dead tweeter and it(the good tweeter) didn’t work once swapped?

  10. Well, it was a pleasant enough day to put a couple hundred miles on the ol ‘burb while taking care of some issues at one of my remote offices.

     

    Back home now with a sip of bourbon and it’s about time to get the kids to bed.

     

     

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  11. 25 minutes ago, winglet said:

    Not in the iphone world… Perhaps it is for andriods

     

    Maybe it’s just a lightning/usb thing 🤷🏻‍♂️

    It’s sort of the same thing on Android.

    The point is that connecting to the DAC, you aren’t trying to pass analog audio via the cable, you are passing data.

  12. 3 minutes ago, Tarheel said:

    Mornin JohnJ......didn't want you to think you were talking to yourself🙂  39 degrees and clear.  May warm up to mid 40's by LF's tennis session.

     

    Just wondering how long this post Covid fatigue will last.  Don't have the energy to swat a fly!  No music and only a couple of drinks in the past month!  Guess I need to start shopping for old age homes😑

    We’ve had covid at my house recently and I’m still feeling a little bit more tired than usual but not as bad as the first time I had it.

     

    It’s 28° and clear here this morning and we are supposed to hit 55° this afternoon.

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  13. 3 minutes ago, Tarheel said:

    Mornin JohnJ......didn't want you to think you were talking to yourself🙂  39 degrees and clear.  May warm up to mid 40's by LF's tennis session.

     

    Just wondering how long this post Covid fatigue will last.  Don't have the energy to swat a fly!  No music and only a couple of drinks in the past month!  Guess I need to start shopping for old age homes😑

    We’ve had covid at my house recently and I’m still feeling a little bit more tired than usual but not as bad as the first time I had it.

     

    It’s 28° and clear here this morning and we are supposed to hit 55° this afternoon.

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