Re: # 6120
Alas, the days of Commonwealth are gone - eroded long ago by abandonment and replaced by new alliances that were essential in the interim. I think only our Queen remembers and promoted its significance in world affairs and of course, that now means little to Britain's own economic interests - the same interests which led it to join what was the EEC in the first place (1972).
We are left with history, memories and sentiment but not much else - a bit like reading a glossy magazine or watching yet another home buying programme glorying in ancient rustic buildings and countrysides etc. I think you're in the right environment for a first hand view of that world in Shaftesbury too.
But we are just wandering into off-topic musings again.
Alas, the days of Commonwealth are gone - eroded long ago by abandonment and replaced by new alliances that were essential in the interim. I think only our Queen remembers and promoted its significance in world affairs and of course, that now means little to Britain's own economic interests - the same interests which led it to join what was the EEC in the first place (1972).
We are left with history, memories and sentiment but not much else - a bit like reading a glossy magazine or watching yet another home buying programme glorying in ancient rustic buildings and countrysides etc. I think you're in the right environment for a first hand view of that world in Shaftesbury too.
But we are just wandering into off-topic musings again.
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Heavens yes,
53 nations and 2.3 billion people belong to the Commonwealth almost 1/3 of the worlds population.
No one government in the Commonwealth exercises power over the others, as is the case in a political union. Rather, the Commonwealth is an international organisation in which countries with diverse social, political, and economic backgrounds are regarded as equal in status.
They cooperate within a framework of common values and goals, including the promotion of democracy, human rights, good governance, the rule of law, individual liberty, egalitarianism, free trade, multilateralism, and world peace. These are promoted through multilateral projects and meetings.
And they get on with it without making any waves, I can say that from direct experience over many years.
53 nations and 2.3 billion people belong to the Commonwealth almost 1/3 of the worlds population.
No one government in the Commonwealth exercises power over the others, as is the case in a political union. Rather, the Commonwealth is an international organisation in which countries with diverse social, political, and economic backgrounds are regarded as equal in status.
They cooperate within a framework of common values and goals, including the promotion of democracy, human rights, good governance, the rule of law, individual liberty, egalitarianism, free trade, multilateralism, and world peace. These are promoted through multilateral projects and meetings.
And they get on with it without making any waves, I can say that from direct experience over many years.
Join the commonwealth with us. It's a silly club and you have a queen if you like. Nothing is law.
My French isn't as bad as I thought. I am not great with films. Life is one long wide tranquil river is my favourite French film in Lille dielect. Jean Hiraga lives in Lille. I sometimes visited Tournai nearby in Belgium. Great little city. Never conquered in the wars of Spanish succession. More French than France although very patrioic. That film is brilliant. La vie est un longe flurve tranquilly is my best stab at the title. I didn't look it up so not ashamed if wrong. France 24 what I am watching.
France you must join the commonwealth. It's not British. It could be African. And why no develop the French commonwealth? It for friendship. Money didn't work , why not friendship.
Napoleon was well loved by English army jailers. Apparently he learnt English . From what I know they protected him.
I bought Italian wine today in solidarity.
My French isn't as bad as I thought. I am not great with films. Life is one long wide tranquil river is my favourite French film in Lille dielect. Jean Hiraga lives in Lille. I sometimes visited Tournai nearby in Belgium. Great little city. Never conquered in the wars of Spanish succession. More French than France although very patrioic. That film is brilliant. La vie est un longe flurve tranquilly is my best stab at the title. I didn't look it up so not ashamed if wrong. France 24 what I am watching.
France you must join the commonwealth. It's not British. It could be African. And why no develop the French commonwealth? It for friendship. Money didn't work , why not friendship.
Napoleon was well loved by English army jailers. Apparently he learnt English . From what I know they protected him.
I bought Italian wine today in solidarity.
It all depends how you look at it but I was taught the British Commonwealth was started as an extension of the imperial British Empire that had its former colonies in chains and under subjugation
Holland thanked for the honor anyway. I am not too fond of the EU either but I am also glad not to be under Commonwealth happiness 😀
But ... what has this all to do with the JLH!? The french roots of John Linsey Hood that can be clearly seen in the finesse and grandeur of his design!? Truely a piece de resistance!
Holland thanked for the honor anyway. I am not too fond of the EU either but I am also glad not to be under Commonwealth happiness 😀
But ... what has this all to do with the JLH!? The french roots of John Linsey Hood that can be clearly seen in the finesse and grandeur of his design!? Truely a piece de resistance!
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It's fun and games to keep people happy. You are right and yet it's not a bad organisation. France also should be very ashamed of its colonial past. It also supported ex colonies better than perhaps ourselves. France had a linked money system with the colonies. I seem to remember that the EU wasn't happy about that.
Jean Hiraga was in the mix whoes Le Monstre is the French JLH.
Jean Hiraga was in the mix whoes Le Monstre is the French JLH.
Hello all,
I helped the Comonwealth by finding machine tools for export. At a meeting with the two guys I knew they told me of a lady who lived in Honduras (not a member of the Commonwealth) and who got in touch with the Commonwealth office in Belize. She owned some poor land high in the mountains and wanted some Goats that could survive at that altitude.
The Commonwealth office put out some feelers for suitable amimals and got a response from Kenya. The animals were shipped to Honduras and the lady was eventually able to send her children to school.
It is a small thing to us but an immense one to her and that is one of the reasons why there are now 54 countries in the Commonwealth.
Cheers
I helped the Comonwealth by finding machine tools for export. At a meeting with the two guys I knew they told me of a lady who lived in Honduras (not a member of the Commonwealth) and who got in touch with the Commonwealth office in Belize. She owned some poor land high in the mountains and wanted some Goats that could survive at that altitude.
The Commonwealth office put out some feelers for suitable amimals and got a response from Kenya. The animals were shipped to Honduras and the lady was eventually able to send her children to school.
It is a small thing to us but an immense one to her and that is one of the reasons why there are now 54 countries in the Commonwealth.
Cheers
Ah yes the english speaking countries that import and export non native species. What could go wrong 😀
At times like this true unions of people matter. The staff at Gillingham Dorset Lidl were supreme today. Must write to head office. It's not just the health services. I have never eaten so well.I buy healthy food.
When we joined the EU our commonwealth was banned. I can't wait to work with the commonwealth if they will.
The commonwealth games are noteworthy.
When we joined the EU our commonwealth was banned. I can't wait to work with the commonwealth if they will.
The commonwealth games are noteworthy.
And what of Hiraga? Brilliant writer of La Nouvelle Revue du Son. Hiraga wrote about harmonics of distortion that reduced exponentially. Unlike other writers he said if the correct order distortion could be perceived as zero when the thd might be 1%. My friend Martina is a friend of his. Hope I meet him one day. First review I. saw of his was Coral 777ex MC pick up. He used it to show ideal curves. It was low cost. 1985 at a guess. JLH can have Hiraga distortion curves.
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But the Hiraga distortion profile may be insufficient to give satisfactory bass with modern speakers, there maybe more at play, e.g. Low absolute levels of H2 maybe required.
That I doubt would be a problem. Wattage first. No reason why that can't be a separate amplifier. Often people forget what real music sounds like. It can be a bit coloured and lack speed. It makes up for this by being alive rather than live. I have a small bathroom radio. BBC radio 4: sometimes has live music to promote someone. Simple microphone placement and mixing. Often that sounds more real than hi end . Hiraga is related to how the ear works due to its spiral inner shape. I dare say 1.618 comes into it.
Is that referring to the double hump and phase flip-flop in impedance associated with bass-reflex designs?
Or just the very low impedance that some designs have?
(e.g. this example shown by Steve Munz Audioholics.com 2013)
Footnote: I wonder if one needs to carry out a Class A version of Ken Howard's speaker torture test (Stereophile 2007)
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The distortion of moving coil speakers is quite high. Even the state of the art KEF LS50 is 0.8% THD.
Newbie post.
I have Old Wireless World magazine with compliation of various popular HiFi projects. And JLH is included in it. Looks like JLH is perennial Class A amplifier. I am asking out of curiosity. Suppose I have JLH amplifier. And music I listen to has wide frequency range and at loud volume the amplifier clips. Now I make active crossover and attenuate frequencies lets say below 200hz to feed the amp. Will the amplifier still clip with same music and at same volume levels as before ? Or will it depend on the music content I have cut off which in this case is 200hz and below ?
Take care everyone in the times of pandemic.
Thanks and regards.
I have Old Wireless World magazine with compliation of various popular HiFi projects. And JLH is included in it. Looks like JLH is perennial Class A amplifier. I am asking out of curiosity. Suppose I have JLH amplifier. And music I listen to has wide frequency range and at loud volume the amplifier clips. Now I make active crossover and attenuate frequencies lets say below 200hz to feed the amp. Will the amplifier still clip with same music and at same volume levels as before ? Or will it depend on the music content I have cut off which in this case is 200hz and below ?
Take care everyone in the times of pandemic.
Thanks and regards.
Clipping produces momentary bursts of a wide range of harmonics of whatever audio frequencies you feed it with - even bursts of DC can be seen on an oscilloscope. The only reduction of clipping distortion will be if the level of any audio input you feed it with is amplified only to a level that is below the clipping threshold and that is related to power ratings, supply rail voltages and amplification factors.
However, its safe to assume that most forms of classical and pop music have much greater bass content and hence smaller amplifiers with lower clipping thresholds can be used for treble speakers. It's common in posts here to read of someone taking advice to build 100W active crossover speakers but use only 10-20W treble anplification and that's where the JLH and similar class A designs come in. Otherwise, you can't reduce clipping levels by filtering frequencies alone.
However, its safe to assume that most forms of classical and pop music have much greater bass content and hence smaller amplifiers with lower clipping thresholds can be used for treble speakers. It's common in posts here to read of someone taking advice to build 100W active crossover speakers but use only 10-20W treble anplification and that's where the JLH and similar class A designs come in. Otherwise, you can't reduce clipping levels by filtering frequencies alone.
Re. conventional speaker types and distortion.....
If you're going to compare speakers, amplifiers etc. by standard distortion criteria, please use a level frame of reference and stick to it. That's not easy or cheap to do but some forms of audio distortion are considered desirable, especially just above the threshold of hearing. Other forms can be unpleasant and objectionable at any level. So when someone says their amplifier is the best, most wonderful sounding gizmo they ever heard, you can be sure they are referring to harmonic content, not the source program, high fidelity or control features.
I would have thought that if we accept and promote Jean Hiraga's theories, the principles of acceptable distortion would have been well understood. After all, most of us are just picking through old and easily built designs that were known to produce lots of distortion right from their beginnings. Let's face the reality - many of us just love the rich harmonics that paint colourful tonal pictures in our minds. I can think of few other reasons why DIYs are so passionate about their favourite JLH, Naim, DOZ or ZEN versions; just some well known examples of the breed.
If you're going to compare speakers, amplifiers etc. by standard distortion criteria, please use a level frame of reference and stick to it. That's not easy or cheap to do but some forms of audio distortion are considered desirable, especially just above the threshold of hearing. Other forms can be unpleasant and objectionable at any level. So when someone says their amplifier is the best, most wonderful sounding gizmo they ever heard, you can be sure they are referring to harmonic content, not the source program, high fidelity or control features.
I would have thought that if we accept and promote Jean Hiraga's theories, the principles of acceptable distortion would have been well understood. After all, most of us are just picking through old and easily built designs that were known to produce lots of distortion right from their beginnings. Let's face the reality - many of us just love the rich harmonics that paint colourful tonal pictures in our minds. I can think of few other reasons why DIYs are so passionate about their favourite JLH, Naim, DOZ or ZEN versions; just some well known examples of the breed.