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    Quote Originally Posted by jandl100 View Post
    Interesting. Are they tonally neutral on the Minimax or smoothing a bright treble?
    Without the rings, the treble was rather harsh - not particularly bright, but harsh. I did once try them on my Avalon NP2.0 floorstanders, but the designer has already voiced them with grille diffraction in mind and the focus rings were a definite step backwards. The Avalons are representative of a small but refreshing breed of speakers that really do sound better with grilles on.

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    Quote Originally Posted by hermit View Post
    You're quite right. I would if I had a bigger room. My mum has one that would be perfect - just need to wait for her to die then I will have the room and the sideboard

    Beautiful piece of furniture


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    I just picked up this Trio KT-5300 tuner for peanuts. Pretty much unmarked and in perfect working order. Happy days.


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    Quote Originally Posted by hermit View Post
    You're quite right. I would if I had a bigger room. My mum has one that would be perfect - just need to wait for her to die then I will have the room and the sideboard

    Lovely - both the sideboard, bowl and picture!
    Barry

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    Vintage tuners are like buses up here; none for ages and then two at once. I just picked up a mint Pioneer TX-9500 that I stumbled across on Gumtree. I was so impressed with the little Trio that I just couldn't resist trying out a high end tuner.




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    Nice amp the Paul....loverly
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    Gosh Paul, that tuner brings up some fond memories - I practically grew up with one!
    My Dad bought one in the early 80's and then gave it to me as a present when I turned 15; it was my prized possession and part of my first proper hifi system for years! That thing got me through exams, high school heartbreaks, the lot! One fine sounding piece of equipment if you ask me.

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    looks superb and sounds it by all accounts,

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ammonite Acoustics View Post
    Around 7mm thick is ideal, I reckon. I have some old Russ Andrews Focus Rings ( see http://www.russandrews.com/product.a...ULFJOFCYNGOWZN ) that work very well and which are quite fairly priced. The ring should not be tight to the dome - do that and you end up absorbing too much of the peripheral tweeter output. And, yes you do need to treat the tweeter and supertweeter separately.
    Thanks Hugo for recommending the Russ Andrews Focus Rings. I installed them this morning and they're just the job. There's no question that the imaging is more precise and there seems to be no reduction in HF response. A good result.

    Last edited by hermit; 13-11-2014 at 16:28.

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