Roger,
Thanks for this great thread! It is one of the best threads I have ever read on this website! Your time educating us non-technical prople is greatly appreciated. I still own the original Beveridge Model 2׳s and have a couple questions after reading your earlier comments about these speakers. You mentioned in an earlier post that the perfect room for these speakers is one that is 11’ W by 24’ long. You mentioned that they needed to be at least 6 feet from the rear wall facing each other. Then you commented on their amazing imaging saying that they should be 2 times 6ft or 12 feet area for imaging. Were you just saying that both speakers were 6 feet away from the rear wall or were you saying the speakers should be pulled 12 feet from the rear wall in this perfect room?
The original Beveridge amplifiers uses solid state inputs much like your RM-200. Is this because the high voltage needed for the speakers? It These Beveridge amplifiers weakness is their power transformers which I have had a few go bad on me. For this reason I keep a stash of these amps. Could you recommend a source for rewinding these power transformers because Jack at Electroprint has very little interest because of the enormous demand on the power transformer. Could you comment on this? I believe you might have come up with a work around for this issue.
Lastly, i have stayed away from your RM-1 (and RM-2 Power supply) Beveridge preamp because I have been told that the preamp is very hard on tubes used in it. This seems very much counter to your later works. Is this true or myth about the RM-1/2? If so, is there a later fix for this issue or should I just buy a later preamp of yours. I have used many preamps with the Beveridge 2’s. Currently I am using an old PS Audio 4 preamp in the passive mode. I obviously am
a fan of your work!
Thanks for this great thread! It is one of the best threads I have ever read on this website! Your time educating us non-technical prople is greatly appreciated. I still own the original Beveridge Model 2׳s and have a couple questions after reading your earlier comments about these speakers. You mentioned in an earlier post that the perfect room for these speakers is one that is 11’ W by 24’ long. You mentioned that they needed to be at least 6 feet from the rear wall facing each other. Then you commented on their amazing imaging saying that they should be 2 times 6ft or 12 feet area for imaging. Were you just saying that both speakers were 6 feet away from the rear wall or were you saying the speakers should be pulled 12 feet from the rear wall in this perfect room?
The original Beveridge amplifiers uses solid state inputs much like your RM-200. Is this because the high voltage needed for the speakers? It These Beveridge amplifiers weakness is their power transformers which I have had a few go bad on me. For this reason I keep a stash of these amps. Could you recommend a source for rewinding these power transformers because Jack at Electroprint has very little interest because of the enormous demand on the power transformer. Could you comment on this? I believe you might have come up with a work around for this issue.
Lastly, i have stayed away from your RM-1 (and RM-2 Power supply) Beveridge preamp because I have been told that the preamp is very hard on tubes used in it. This seems very much counter to your later works. Is this true or myth about the RM-1/2? If so, is there a later fix for this issue or should I just buy a later preamp of yours. I have used many preamps with the Beveridge 2’s. Currently I am using an old PS Audio 4 preamp in the passive mode. I obviously am
a fan of your work!