Where is there?
Anyways, it's out of my disposable income range for an amplifier, but better is subjective. I build my own speakers because I want them to sound better to me; I don't follow computer designs or copy others to look good on a graph.
Anyways, it's out of my disposable income range for an amplifier, but better is subjective. I build my own speakers because I want them to sound better to me; I don't follow computer designs or copy others to look good on a graph.
@Porsche I appreciate the equipment and arrangement in your photo. Since this is a DIY forum, and you made the speakers that appear in the photo, I'd like to say they are amazing. I look at photos to see things, and these speakers are pretty awesome looking. I would not post my system as in a photo because not a single component is made by me. I'm just getting started, but having fun along the way. The fact that what I've assembled looks like someone's nightmare (its actually pretty cool!) doesn't come into play, just that not a single component was made by me, not even the bails of owens-corning in the corners🙂
I don't post much here, mostly because I don't venture much farther into DIY audio than buying kits and throwing them in custom chassis (I'm a fabricator, not an electronics engineer).
My main system uses an old set of Martin Logan Aerius I electrostatic speakers. These have Dayton Reference 8" woofers mounted to custom laser cut steel baffles. Both the panel and woofer are electronically crossed over with a Dayton DSP 408. Amplification is a Jeff Rowland model 1 and a Crown XLS.
They sounded amazing in my apartment but in my new house with hardwood everything and almost zero soft objects they really need some work, they don't sound great. Overall they're cool speakers to play with and definitely leave a lot on the table in stock from.
My main system uses an old set of Martin Logan Aerius I electrostatic speakers. These have Dayton Reference 8" woofers mounted to custom laser cut steel baffles. Both the panel and woofer are electronically crossed over with a Dayton DSP 408. Amplification is a Jeff Rowland model 1 and a Crown XLS.
They sounded amazing in my apartment but in my new house with hardwood everything and almost zero soft objects they really need some work, they don't sound great. Overall they're cool speakers to play with and definitely leave a lot on the table in stock from.
seriously, you think its the face plate, etc that sells Burmester, I would bet money you have never heard the Burmester, but hey, if you build amps and happy with them more power to you but claiming they are better is absurd
Sorry Mr. Porsche,
you cannot convince me that you have spent all the effort for such a professional build with all the electroacoustic engineering and craftsmanship effort just for fun.
The probably most well kept secret is how much the pair of speakers cost the customer that ordered them.
In my eyes your post (https://www.diyaudio.com/community/threads/system-pictures-description.23208/post-7558193) here is more or less a no cost advertisement for your (small) company but even though a company with a clear commercial interest.
Most probably the advertisement in Image HiFi is too expensive, i guess.
The vast majority of the member here are private persons with a lot of enthusiasm for the audio hobby.
P.S.: already the alias Porsche (i would rather take the alias VW Polo for the same direction) tell me that you aren't here to talk to people that decide to build something on their own to save money
you cannot convince me that you have spent all the effort for such a professional build with all the electroacoustic engineering and craftsmanship effort just for fun.
The probably most well kept secret is how much the pair of speakers cost the customer that ordered them.
In my eyes your post (https://www.diyaudio.com/community/threads/system-pictures-description.23208/post-7558193) here is more or less a no cost advertisement for your (small) company but even though a company with a clear commercial interest.
Most probably the advertisement in Image HiFi is too expensive, i guess.
The vast majority of the member here are private persons with a lot of enthusiasm for the audio hobby.
P.S.: already the alias Porsche (i would rather take the alias VW Polo for the same direction) tell me that you aren't here to talk to people that decide to build something on their own to save money
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Our oldschool soundsystem for freeparties 😉 all DIY before we replaced everything it with quality speakers from TOA, RCF, KS Audio and Stage Acompany, btw. the old speakers sound good but driving all with oldschool low-budget power amps kills a lot…
2 x 15“ Scoops
2 x 18“ Scoops
4 x Double 18“ InfraSubs
2 x Martin-Bin
4 x Eliminator
some horns
and few other mids and highs
2 x 15“ Scoops
2 x 18“ Scoops
4 x Double 18“ InfraSubs
2 x Martin-Bin
4 x Eliminator
some horns
and few other mids and highs
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Got an AV source? This looks like it might do justice to Long Tall Sally in the Predator or the Ride Of the Valkyries in Apocalypse Now.
what else are you doing to them ? always loved the shape of these . would it be too much if I was to ask could you trace an outline of the side profile of the speakers on say a roll of lining paper. if you could measure the dimensions in a way that would allow me to Copy the Shape on a sheet of mdf it would be really appreciated . maybe front to back depth every 100mm marked on the height would do it
thanks in advance/ anyway
thankyou so much really think these earlier Martin logan nailed the sophisticated luxurious look and feel the proportions are just right . really clever considering it's just a few bits of mdf
Looks like Rex is a purist. I went after a mild cone breakup as minimally as I could, the full-range is still run unfiltered, but its got a mild distortion/brightness around 10000 hz, and the helper tweeters are run down 3db at 9500 hz relative to their already 5 db lower efficiency 2nd order out of phase.
Looks like it's not dinomite approved even so.
Looks like it's not dinomite approved even so.
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