microTower Revisited

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The "vintage gold" would have looked better in my speakers, but it would have cost me another $50 CAD. After paying $71 USD for shipping I think the silver will be just fine. I'll probably get slapped with some duty/taxes before it is all said and done, too.
 
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Vintage gold = copper. The name is vintage you could get actual gold drivers in the 1st versions out.

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Having built a few of the Micro-Tower designs, my only comment would be that the Castle style with top angled forward to the room at anywhere from 5 - 10dg has a lot of room placement advantages over the flat-top.
But of course that would only apply to new builds - which with a properly outfitted shop could take less than a day before first listening test.
 
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Right on, Signal! You could hook them up to an old receiver or amp and run them real quietly down in the basement for a couple hundred hours of break in. That way they'll be ready to rock once they are installed in a cabinet.

This process used to be really pushed by Mark Fenlon. I am not sure if he is still so adamant about it, but it sure won't do any harm.
 
Have any of you guys had samples of the CHN70M metal driver yet? I m guessing this new driver is aimed squarely at the EL70 fans and I suspect will sound immense in the castle towers? It looks like a very promising driver especially if you can’t hear anything above 14khz like me.
 
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It is never a good idea to poke a moose, so please consider this more of a wink or a nudge, Doc.

It looks like I might actually receive my Pluvia 7.2HD in the next week or two. I've been reverse engineering some tunings for the retro-fit into my microTowers by modelling the tunings for EL70 and CHR-70 in WinISD and then playing with the Pluvia 7.2HD in there to get similar response, phase, group delay...

Obviously this is sub-optimal, but it is the only software I understand and can use effectively. I could combine this with trial and error to get something "satisfactory", but a proper tuning calculated by the master would certainly be better. ;)
 
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