thecarpathian

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Tekton Design Moab
Oh, boy..... 
Whats playing on your system today?
Robert Gordon / Red Hot 
Seas Excel Diamond tweeter or Plasma?
fuzztone,Careful invoking his name!It's like saying 'Beetlejuice' three times.... 
Tekton Design Moab
Ack! mapman, glupson!What are you doing invoking his name??!It’s like saying "candy man" three times...! 
Tekton Design Moab
Actually, miller never said they were perfect. In fact he stated they were not.nwres,I reiterate- If the speaker’s performance lacks nothing, it is not possible to improve them. Tweaks are irrelevent. Modifications are irrelevent. They can only de... 
Tekton Design Moab
Ah, but if they lacked nothing in how they perform, then there would be zero need to modify them.Better to state what stellar performers they are at their price point, and tweaking them brings out even more of that stellar performance.Very importa... 
Tekton Design Moab
You're not kidding, that is one beautiful preamp! 
Perfect Path Technologies: Omega E mat
I believe Fiat also made salt and pepper mills, but the salt rusted the mill out before you could use it.IAlmost bought a Peugeot 505stx many moons ago. 
Tekton Design Moab
Interesting to know there are so many alcoholics and or pot heads on the forum.Me, I'm the nice cup of cinnamon tea and a stroopwafel  type.... 
Tekton Design Moab
I understand you have to stay within a cost parameter.I’m not talking about more expensive crossover parts, drivers, internal wiring, isolation feet, boutique fuses, cables, cords, etc. Those will certainly add up to a cost prohibitive price point... 
Tekton Design Moab
speedbump6,Um, yeah.If you choose to make upgrades it changes what you have.Also, I don't believe you got the gist of mapman's post. 
Tekton Design Moab
glupson,Is one considered a tweaker if you buy unsliced bread then slice it yourself? 
Tekton Design Moab
nwres,I see where you’re coming from, but the hard part has already been figured out.All the technical aspects have already been sorted. I’m not talking about changing the cabinet dimensions, crossover parts, wiring, driver placement, etc.I’m simp... 
Tekton Design Moab
But if you can make them that much better for a negligible price increase, wouldn’t you sell more given the substantial increase in sound quality, vastly improving the price to performance ratio? 
Tekton Design Moab
Question-I can understand that adding internal bracing and damping material to a speaker cabinet that is already built would be daunting and time consuming.What I don’t understand is if doing those two things makes such a substantial improvement i...