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08-30-07
Cb, great minds think alike! i'm in the process of rebuild ... Easternenigma
08-31-07
Enigma - it is interesting that we are going down such simi ... Cincy_bob
08-31-07
Cb, i've been corresponding with nicholas for a few month ... Easternenigma
09-02-07
Cincy, i reviewed all my emails with nicholas to ensure t ... Easternenigma
09-03-07
Stephen - thanks for the update and for all the information ... Cincy_bob
09-03-07
Bob, you're welcome, and i think the idea of "compar ... Easternenigma
09-17-07
Bob, i believe nicholas is either at or on the verge of p ... Easternenigma
09-18-07
Hi stephen - that the promitheus tvc can play on the same f ... Cincy_bob
09-18-07
Bob, i do not have the ref version of the tvc to use as a ... Easternenigma
09-18-07
Stephen - i just found the e-mail in which nicholas describ ... Cincy_bob
09-18-07
Bob, you are obviously both a man after my own heart and fa ... Easternenigma
09-19-07
Bob, another exciting tidbit just came in (or perhaps my ... Easternenigma
09-21-07
So, stephen, how did you make out with your speaker project? ... Cincy_bob
09-23-07
Bob, my speakers are now operational. i spent all day ye ... Easternenigma
09-23-07
Bob, i've realized that i have a grounding/hum issue in m ... Easternenigma
09-24-07
Bob, i have started a system here on audiogon to show you ... Easternenigma
09-24-07: Cincy_bob
Hi Stephen -
I'm glad your speaker project was a success. Even though you describe yourself as a GSTDIFY'er as opposed to a DIY'er, I admire your ability to carry off a project like this one. I don't have some of the rudimentary skills - like soldering, for example - to undertake this sort of a project, and I'm glad there are guys out there like Mike Morrow to do it for me...
It's also good to hear that you're getting a good vibe from your wife with respect to the look of the new speakers. So far, so good!
Based on your initial impressions, it sounds like you might be wanting a bit for improved bass performance. As you suggested, your bass will likely improve once you upgrade your amplifier, but I suppose it is possible the AN speakers - and their close cousins that I will soon be acquiring - simply lack the ability to match the bass performance of your prior reference - the Gershman Cameleons, that is. Then again, at 89dB rated sensitivity, I gather that those Gershmans would have been altogether incompatible with the new SET direction of your system. As you know, bass performance is often the Achilles' heel of an SET system.
I'm sure you are right about these speakers falling short of the performance of my reference speakers at the frequency extremes. In fact, that's a compromise I accepted from the moment I began to assemble this SET system. My reference system is designed to make no compromise around achieving truly full range frequency response and reproducing the scale, weight and dynamics of a symphony orchestra. This requires a lot of horsepower, big cabinets and a lot of drivers.
While my reference system also does an extremely good job with small scale music and midrange tone/color, my objective for this SET system to achieve something that might even surpass the reference system in this area. I expect to use this SET system for reproducing just the sort of music you suggested - small group acoustic jazz, chamber music and vocals. Once the listening progresses to Mahler and Bruckner, that will require relocation to another room...
On the topic of BHP and tranny dampening, perhaps you saw the post this weekend to the Promitheus thread over at the Circle. One of the guys over there received his signature TVC last week, and he posted a bunch of pictures of the component, including some tranny dampening modifications that he implemented.
Lastly, Stephen, I do appreciate your comments regarding my ramblings here on this site. However, you might be disappointed to learn that my wage-earning vocation is public accounting. (I'm an odd duck.)
I will be interested on your further reflections as you get some additional listening experience and, of course, when you add the new amplifiers to the mix. And I do hope that you are able to resolve the hum issue with your analog front end. Do you have any expectations as to the timing of Nicholas building your 300B transformer-coupled SETs?
I'll keep you posted as the rest of my system comes together. I am hoping to have my amplifiers within the next week or so, and then I suppose I will move on speakers and cables soon thereafter...
Here's to enjoying Bavarian Weissbier in person with you at some point,
- Bob
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09-24-07
Bob, if you're an odd duck, you're at least one with meti ... Easternenigma
09-26-07
Bob, please drop me an email at stephendoyle@sympatico.ca ... Easternenigma
10-03-07
Stephen - based on a recent e-mail exchange with mike morro ... Cincy_bob
10-21-07
System edited: i received the doge 6 cd player from pacific ... Cincy_bob
11-30-07
I received the new doge cd player this week. it turns out t ... Cincy_bob
12-08-07
System edited: pictures posted. Cincy_bob
12-28-07
System edited: i received the new promitheus audio signature ... Cincy_bob
01-17-08
The new promitheus signature tvc is a considerable upgrade i ... Cincy_bob
01-30-08
At this point, i have had an opportunity to listen a bit to ... Cincy_bob
02-22-08
Cincy_bob, did the signature tvc come with any additonal dam ... Pubul57
02-23-08
Pubul57, promitheus used bhp as the damping material in my s ... Cincy_bob
02-23-08
Cincy_bo, is there any difference between the signature an ... Dino
02-23-08
Dino, the signature tvc is nick's flagship tvc product that ... Cincy_bob
02-25-08
Nice set-up;maybe one day the wife will let you take those c ... Trigg
02-25-08
Very nice system, bob. would love to hear your amps sometim ... Douglikesaudio
02-26-08
Trigg, thanks. regarding the room set-up, my wife was nice ... Cincy_bob
02-26-08
Bob, yes, i wish i were nearby to hear them myself. i appre ... Douglikesaudio
02-28-08
Bob, seriously i was kidding. but since you mention: " ... Trigg
02-28-08
Trigg, that's good to know. i agree that lv has achieved so ... Cincy_bob
03-14-08
With about 340 hours on the western electric 300bs and a ver ... Cincy_bob
04-29-08
Come on bob, did the tonearm come in? lets unpack that turnt ... Vudutu
05-01-08
Craig, the dynavector tonearm is scheduled to arrive today. ... Cincy_bob
05-16-08
I now have the analog rig set up and running in this audio s ... Cincy_bob
05-19-08
I received the new vpi rim drive upgrade today. i made the ... Cincy_bob
05-29-08
Well, after living with the new vpi rim drive upgrade for ne ... Cincy_bob
06-14-08
System edited: updated pictures, including pictures of the t ... Cincy_bob
06-22-08
Mike morrow paid me a visit today and made an important modi ... Cincy_bob
07-22-08
Latest update: i replaced the phono cable in my reference sy ... Cincy_bob
11-01-08
System edited: yesterday i received and installed in this sy ... Cincy_bob
11-18-08
Just a quick update on the new cables that were installed in ... Cincy_bob
07-02-09
System edited: i am in the process of upgrading the morrow 3 ... Cincy_bob
07-02-09
Bob, that rim drive for the vpi looks really cool. that's ... Albertporter
07-02-09
That's a lot of mosaics! Zowie
07-02-09
Albert, thanks for your post. while my photography is clear ... Cincy_bob
07-07-09
I received the new sp4 speaker cables and installed them in ... Cincy_bob
07-10-09
Great system, and nice to have something a little different ... Glenfihi
07-10-09
Glen, thanks for your post. this set system is definitely a ... Cincy_bob
07-11-09
The new interconnects and speaker cables in this audio syste ... Cincy_bob
07-29-09
Nice review about the sp4s.i recently aquired the same just ... Dart6
10-14-09
Yesterday i took delivery of a pair of the new ortofon mc a9 ... Cincy_bob
10-28-09
I added the nagra bps battery-powered phono stage to this sy ... Cincy_bob
01-24-10
Hi, just came across your system - incredible rig, yet alon ... C1ferrari
02-15-10
Sam, thanks for your post and sorry for my untimely reply. ... Cincy_bob
02-15-10
Hi, bob! acknowledged :-) vbr, sam C1ferrari
06-16-10
System edited: the interconnects, speaker cables and phono c ... Cincy_bob
04-16-11
I lost a filament in one of my sophia electric carbon plate ... Cincy_bob
09-04-12
Cincy_bob, is there a reason why you have not connected xlrs ... Milpai
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