Studley said:
And I suppose that the passive crossover in a non-active crossover doesn't count as circuitry?
I've been at this for roughly forty years, and this is the first time I've heard of this particular "usual counter argument." Active crossovers can be made with far better quality parts (polystyrene caps, for instance) and far tighter tolerance parts than you'll find in passive crossovers. The usual counter argument is cost, not circuitry.
Grey
of course, we are assuming that it is an active crossover, not a passive line level crossover.....now that is something I would like to see.....a Nelson Pass phase coherent x-over implemented as passive line level.
JJ
Can't wait for the pix and some stories, but somehow I suspect Burning Amp will be orders of magnitude more interesting.
Favorite Stories
None of these quotes are totally accurate, but are meant to give the gist of the conversation:
Visitor "You cannot hook Lowthers up to solid state amps"
Nelson "And when was that law passed?"
Visitor "These cannot sound good, they don't have a box"
(Music plays)
"You have got to be Sh***ing me!"
Sits and listens
A few more exciting quotes
Song ends. Visitor gives a standing ovation to the system, and walks out of the room giggling like a school girl, totally unbelieving of what he just heard.
Visitor "I am a speaker designer myself"
Music plays, starts with a piano
Visitor "That portrayed the hammer impact perfectly, proper impact and no ringing"
Sits, plays close attention.
Visitor "and the decay in the piano is correct"
Bass kicks in
Visitor "The texture of bass is unbelievable"
etc.
None of these quotes are totally accurate, but are meant to give the gist of the conversation:
Visitor "You cannot hook Lowthers up to solid state amps"
Nelson "And when was that law passed?"
Visitor "These cannot sound good, they don't have a box"
(Music plays)
"You have got to be Sh***ing me!"
Sits and listens
A few more exciting quotes
Song ends. Visitor gives a standing ovation to the system, and walks out of the room giggling like a school girl, totally unbelieving of what he just heard.
Visitor "I am a speaker designer myself"
Music plays, starts with a piano
Visitor "That portrayed the hammer impact perfectly, proper impact and no ringing"
Sits, plays close attention.
Visitor "and the decay in the piano is correct"
Bass kicks in
Visitor "The texture of bass is unbelievable"
etc.
I was at the demonstration as well and will tell you that the drop in distortion was significant - enough so that a true ABX comparison would be a waste of time and money. I will be honest and say that I couldn't hear much difference between the two on the Everest classical lp (the noise was a distraction), and kept my mouth shut until some higher quality vinyl was spun and the difference became apparent. Lynn can do a much better job of describing what was actually going on. I don't remember Jon ever telling us which driver was which, but then again, he didn't have to.
John
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