Is your speaker better sounding them B&W 800 Series?

[HiFiNutNut]

I heard the B&W top of the range speaker in Bangkok, with Halcro amps in an expensive set up, playing the Jazz in a Pawnshop XRcd.

My WWMTMWW and my NaO better it in my opinion.

 

[Bratislav]

Re: PA and Orions

Sorry I cannot find the actual posting of someone owning one.

Can you be more precise?

thanks

There is a search button on the home page. Anyway, some results :

http://www.planetaudio.com.au/forum/index.php?showtopic=1167&hl=Orion

or

http://www.planetaudio.com.au/forum/index.php?showtopic=1443&st=127

Rod is usually very accommodating in showing off his Orions 😀

 

[Drew Eckhardt]

Re: Bratislav

Sorry I cannot find the actual posting of someone owning one.

Can you be more precise?

thanks

Lots of people own Orions
Audition list
Orion Users Group

68% of OUG poll respondants built ours from the plans package.

 

[samsagaz]

Yeah, my room is not good for music, next time, when will build a new house will try to build an nice room, but now, i think that its a little small, (6mt x 4mt)

 

[Andy G]

Yeah, my room is not good for music, next time, when will build a new house will try to build an nice room, but now, i think that its a little small, (6mt x 4mt)

I wish I had even that size !

5m x 8m with 3m+ ceilings would be real nice size !! Which I might add, is exactly the size my classical loving father designed into both his last houses !!!

 

[samsagaz]

some pics of my room

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[saabracer23]

You can purchase the plans plus a license to build them for your own personal use from Siegfried for $170 plus an additional $100 for a pair of cross-over boards.

Roughly 60 hours and $2000 (for drivers, electronics, and wood to build the cabinets) later you have a finished pair of Orions. That worked well for me.

If you have less time you can buy an assembled cross-over, flat pack of cabinet parts, or even assembled cabinets.

After paying the $2000 does that get you the ATI power amps and equilizers?

Dan

 

[Drew Eckhardt]

After paying the $2000 does that get you the ATI power amps and equilizers?

Dan

That's enough to construct speakers + active cross-over/EQ and buy the recommended 120V external power supply for the cross-over.

The power amplification is separate. SL can sell you the 12 x 60W ATI for $1650 although there are other options.

I've run 3 Adcom 545ii amps with the woofers in parallel (2.5 Ohm minimum) which should run ~$600-$700 total on the used market, other people have used UCD amps, LM3886 based designs, the 8x40W Rotel, or 2 Adcom 2535 amps at 60Wx4 channels with good results. A tripath design might be interesting.

Amplifiers in the 60W into 8 Ohm range are a good idea for the bass channels if you're not crossing to sub-woofers in the 40-50Hz range (LR4) because they'll clip before the woofers bottom.

Amplification is not critical especially if separate channels are used for each woofer.