Look at post number 2388, (page 239) and the few after that. A member posted a graph showing the flattest response to be around 3.3 ohms. I still have and use the variable control and set mine as close to that as I could. I was already pretty close, but dialed it in even closer.
Sounds great to me, (in my room and with my gear, of course).
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Originally, Acoustat supplied 3-amp slow-blow fuses for the audio protection fuse. In later years, when high powered amplifiers became more common, this value was upped to 5-amp slow-blow to avoid nuisance blowing.
Be advised this fuse offers only some protection for the speaker, and is really more to protect the amplifier in case of a shorted speaker.
My advice is to use as small a fuse value as possible, sized to prevent blowing on undistorted (unclipped) music at the maximum volume you are likely to play. The best fuse value will depend a lot on the capabilities of your amplifier.
Be advised this fuse offers only some protection for the speaker, and is really more to protect the amplifier in case of a shorted speaker.
My advice is to use as small a fuse value as possible, sized to prevent blowing on undistorted (unclipped) music at the maximum volume you are likely to play. The best fuse value will depend a lot on the capabilities of your amplifier.
First of all, thanks for the info. Having just replaced an interface and all is good...Great! Sounds wonderful.
Using an Anthem P-2..350/8 600/4 but in a very large room. Using 3.5 slow blow with no failures yet but would like to play a bit louder. Any advantage to using a 5 slow? Or stay safe with the 3.5.
thanks again from a LONG ago dealer...Mr Toads Stereo.
Tom
Using an Anthem P-2..350/8 600/4 but in a very large room. Using 3.5 slow blow with no failures yet but would like to play a bit louder. Any advantage to using a 5 slow? Or stay safe with the 3.5.
thanks again from a LONG ago dealer...Mr Toads Stereo.
Tom
Which is unlike the modern Quad ESL's, that actively shorts the speaker anytime the clamp circuit thinks there is an issue. And there is nothing to protect your amp, because "screw your amp"
Sheldon
cat-resistant alternative to cloth for Acoustat 2+2 coverings?
My cat cannot resist using my Acoustat 2+2 speakers as scratching posts, and has destroyed the original black fabric. The speakers sound nice, but now look like crap. If I remove the old fabric and replace it with something similar, I expect the cat to slowly lay waste to the replacement cloth coverings.
I love my cat and am not willing to remove his claws or banish him from the listening room. Other cat and Acoustat owners must have had the same problem. Has anyone successfully used an alternative to speaker cloth to solve this problem? Or solved the problem some other way?
One idea is to use perforated metal sheets, similar to Martin Logan speakers. Or perhaps hardware cloth. I am concerned that anything metallic may interfere with the functioning of the electrostatic panels, or maybe degrade the sound. I do not mind if the speakers take on more of an industrial look.
Any ideas that might help? Please, no jokes about killing cats or the like.
Happy listening (and tinkering),
Joel Dickman
My cat cannot resist using my Acoustat 2+2 speakers as scratching posts, and has destroyed the original black fabric. The speakers sound nice, but now look like crap. If I remove the old fabric and replace it with something similar, I expect the cat to slowly lay waste to the replacement cloth coverings.
I love my cat and am not willing to remove his claws or banish him from the listening room. Other cat and Acoustat owners must have had the same problem. Has anyone successfully used an alternative to speaker cloth to solve this problem? Or solved the problem some other way?
One idea is to use perforated metal sheets, similar to Martin Logan speakers. Or perhaps hardware cloth. I am concerned that anything metallic may interfere with the functioning of the electrostatic panels, or maybe degrade the sound. I do not mind if the speakers take on more of an industrial look.
Any ideas that might help? Please, no jokes about killing cats or the like.
Happy listening (and tinkering),
Joel Dickman
, my cat sleeps on top of them, even when I'm listening to them, she uses the sides to get up and down them. Good thing is she don't use them as scratching pads. So I just let her be I have a cat who is a climber. My 6600 has frayed cloth from claw marks on the sides going up to the top. It hasn't affected the speakers and no one has commented or noticed them but it pisses me off to see them. I am thinking to making some kind of guards with metal rods on the ends maybe only 1/4 of the height of the speakers.
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