Ah, they are Klipschorns, not Altecs.

They are probably about 8-9 feet from the amp to the speaker.

darkstar128 November 19, 2004 19:03

Back to my question, how far are your monoblocks from the Altec's?

psychicanimal November 19, 2004 14:27

Dida sputtered in some form of response:

I take it your goal for the system is not 'true to the original'. That is, revealing, transparent speakers, powered by a distortion free amp so you can actually hear what got recored onto the source material: the good, the bad, and the all too frequent ugly.

A bit wrong, there, chappie, but clearly you don't have the experience necessary to carry on an intelligent conversation. Ring me up in another twenty years or so.

darkstar128 November 19, 2004 14:07

Dida, system sections are about people's systems, not yours.

psychicanimal November 01, 2004 03:00

The Klipsch photo is priceless. The look on the woman's face appears to
convey a "how long do I have to stand here and look pleased about
this behemoth in the corner?" reaction.

And didn't anyone on the set notice the lampshade is crooked?

This of course has nothing to do with how great your system must
sound. Just a twisted fascination with advertising artwork...

tvad November 01, 2004 02:41

Metralla,

Oh, OK. He never did respond to my asking 'why? (did he ask)'.

didactically October 31, 2004 18:20

Psychicanimal wrote:

How far are your monoblocks from the speakers?

Didactically, I don't think this was directed towards you.

Hi Darkstar,

Very nice system. Is your Garrott one of the originals from the lads (rest their souls) from Oz? I have one of those somewhere. Weintz diamond and all.

I also have Laurels (Ultimate Upgrade) with Full Music meshies. What 6SL7 are you using at the moment?

Regards,

metralla October 31, 2004 05:43

They are actually matching stereo amps, two stacked on each side, providing 8-60w amps (mono speaking :-) total.

The 2-8" mid drivers of each panel are wired in parallel and powered by 1-60w amp; the tweeter by 1-60w amp; and each of the 2-12" woofer drivers by a 60w amp individually...that makes 4 amps to 5 drivers (on each side) of the stereo (2-channel system)

This is possible becasuse it is an active EQ/XO 2-way system. That is, there are 2-outputs from the EQ/XO for each side: one for the main panels, and another for the woofers.

Then I use 'Y' splitters to each stereo amp, and run a speaker cables to each individual driver (except the mids are joined together as one (wired in parallel) giving each its own amp.

I learned it from Seigfried LInkwitz http://www.linkwitzlab.com and http://www.audioartistry.com who's 'Beethoven' model is a 4 way, so needs no 'y' splitters.

Anyway, it measures 2 ft diagonlly from the amps to the lowest mid driver.

Why?

didactically October 16, 2004 19:29

How far are your monoblocks from the speakers?

psychicanimal October 14, 2004 23:26

Proud of it, are you :-)

I take it your goal for the system is not 'true to the original'. That is, revealing, transparent speakers, powered by a distortion free amp so you can actually hear what got recored onto the source material: the good, the bad, and the all too frequent ugly.

If you use your system to correct poorly produced recordings you are left out of hearing the sonic superiority of the well engineered ones. Oh, well.

To me, a 'poorly produced' recording is one where some arogant engineer attempts to 'improve' the sonic quality of the music the artists create on their intruments with their 1/4 million dollar, room size, mixing console toy.

Whereas others, gaining the respect of the more serious audiophile, attempts to capture with sonic accuracy what they are actually creating, complete with subtlety and vibrato, including the bass notes and drum slambs, and the invironment in which it is made.

That is what I want to hear: in the privacy and comfort of my own home. It is possible, you know.

didactically September 15, 2004 19:46