My head is scraping the floor

[Madmike2]

It seems i will have to investigate Zappa a little more. The white album is wicked. Its too bad i wasnt around when it came out so i could enjoy it the way it wasnt meant to be enjoyed.

Stonnnnneeeeeeddddddd !

All i got was The Wall

 

[BobEllis]

Classical Zappa?

Orchestral, yes. Classical not quite in my book, but I agree it was very interesting musically. I didn't appreciate Zappa's music as much as his lyrics until I started trying to play bass at 40.

I had a crate full of albums before the white album came out, too. NP must have been a late bloomer 😉

 

[DaveM]

The funny part about Zappa is that everyone assumes that being stoned was the intended state. But Zappa himslef claimed to never indulge himslef, so I'm not so sure that is where he was aiming his content. I think that the sick sense of humor mixed with the incredibly complicated and intricate songwriting made him a treat for the focused intellectual mind. I really don't know too many stoners who get Zappa.

Now Floyd on the other hand....

Dave

 

[chrisb]

..ostex

Well if you want highly articulate but boring speakers with not a whole lot of dynamics... perhaps.

I know Solen well (i'm a dealer). For open baffle build it around a single Visaton B200 per side. Add a tweeter -- i'll have to look to see if anything other than LCY, and a couple BIG bass drivers on the bottom (actually i was very happy with the B200s by themselves and one could certainly start there and grow the system)

dave

Dave, you forgot the "F" word

also available from Solen,

plenty of suggestions for simple FR mono or bipoles, MLTL or TQWP on the FullRange speaker forum - including several designs by the Frugal-phile hisself, and Tim Forman

definitely recommended

 

[planet10]

Re: ..ostex

Originally posted by chrisb
you forgot the "F" word

Definitely some class Fostex stuff... not sure how open baffle friendly they would be, but if you are just using one as a mid-tweeter, you should be able to assemble somethng stellar (ie like the Basszilla) or Bart's FE166ESR/JBL units.

dave

 

[Nelson Pass]

Currently I am using the FE166E in the Kleinhorns with a
voltage source and no EQ at all, just the right amount of
stuffing in the chamber, and it's probably the best they've
sounded yet.

 

[Nelson Pass]

Re: Classical Zappa?

I had a crate full of albums before the white album came out, too. NP must have been a late bloomer 😉

That was the Beatles White Album. How old do you think I am
anyway?

😎

 

[BobEllis]

Since you designed the gear I was drooling over in college (late 70s), I figured that you had a year or two on me. A crateful by the time the white album came out may have been overstating it a little, but not too much.