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
GRollins said:
What he said was "more circuitry." Or are you saying that an active crossover involves less circuitry than a passive crossover?
se
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.
Yep, you slave for a year on a super duper preamp and pump the signal through a bunch of op-amps - it doesn't make sense to me
Nelson, let's see that all jfet crossover you've come up with😀
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Nelson, let's see that all jfet crossover you've come up with😀
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yeah, it's got a blue light on it😉
Whew!
The show's over and we're packing up. Colin took a bunch
more pictures yesterday, and I'll be sorting through them tonight
in Salt Lake City. I'll try to get some up then.
😎
The show's over and we're packing up. Colin took a bunch
more pictures yesterday, and I'll be sorting through them tonight
in Salt Lake City. I'll try to get some up then.
😎
Has anyone contacted SL yet ?
I seem to have read somewhere in this forum that Nelson was open to reinterpret the Orion's ASP.......hope so, i'm finishing my Orions...
😉
I seem to have read somewhere in this forum that Nelson was open to reinterpret the Orion's ASP.......hope so, i'm finishing my Orions...
😉
RMAF
We showed the stock PM6A 15 ohm silver voice coil units. Invited a few people for a Friday evening comparison with my EnABL'ed units. Since I was the disc jockey in the bad seat, and Lynn Olson was in the best seat, he is tagged with the effort of writing up the comparison.
We showed the stock PM6A 15 ohm silver voice coil units. Invited a few people for a Friday evening comparison with my EnABL'ed units. Since I was the disc jockey in the bad seat, and Lynn Olson was in the best seat, he is tagged with the effort of writing up the comparison.
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.
Re: Favorite Stories
and which driver/enclosure elicited these responses?
as you might imagine, some of us non-attendees are curious (to say the least) about the impressions made by those polka-dot drivers
Jon Ver Halen said:
and which driver/enclosure elicited these responses?
as you might imagine, some of us non-attendees are curious (to say the least) about the impressions made by those polka-dot drivers
Drivers used
These responses were all during the standard visitation, with non-EnABL'ed Lowthers, and the SEAS W26 woofers.
These responses were all during the standard visitation, with non-EnABL'ed Lowthers, and the SEAS W26 woofers.
My Fostex's don't sound half bad on SS either. 🙂
Kimber cable? Nelson, I've warned you before about borrowing the local zoo's anacondas... the animal rights lobby won't be happy at all.
Kimber cable? Nelson, I've warned you before about borrowing the local zoo's anacondas... the animal rights lobby won't be happy at all.
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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