Serious horns

[adam_ecofansound]

hi all,

waaaay over the top - such a contrast with
the low key system owners - half surprised
the tt plinths aren't 1 ton tree stumps...

surprised jean hiraga still in action,

cheers,

a

[IslandPink]

What strikes me looking through that again, is that the Japanese are obsessed about wood ( and the sound of the various types ) but put very little ( or no ) effort into time-alignment . Most of those horn/cone combos are nowhere near aligned physically. Most odd. I've seen it before on other shots of some mad Goto-based horn systems in Japan .
Nice to see a Nottingham Hyperspace in there ( or did I see it in the full thread elsewhere ? ) - but unfortunately only the normal motor. If only they new that a rim-drive motor turns the Hyperspace into a Garrard-beater....

[5acan]

About Hiraga, he's still writing for a brand new french zine called VU Meter
http://vumetre.com/

[dmckean]

What strikes me looking through that again, is that the Japanese are obsessed about wood ( and the sound of the various types ) but put very little ( or no ) effort into time-alignment . Most of those horn/cone combos are nowhere near aligned physically. Most odd. I've seen it before on other shots of some mad Goto-based horn systems in Japan .
Nice to see a Nottingham Hyperspace in there ( or did I see it in the full thread elsewhere ? ) - but unfortunately only the normal motor. If only they new that a rim-drive motor turns the Hyperspace into a Garrard-beater....

With so many amps everywhere on that thing, I assume they're using some sort of active crossover to handle time alignment.

[User211]

4212A is pretty rare and that guy seems to have quite a few.

Having heard WE 16A I have an idea what one of those systems may sound like. Outside the bounds of normality, in other words almost off the scale good with the right material.

[struth]

What strikes me looking through that again, is that the Japanese are obsessed about wood ( and the sound of the various types ) but put very little ( or no ) effort into time-alignment . Most of those horn/cone combos are nowhere near aligned physically. Most odd. I've seen it before on other shots of some mad Goto-based horn systems in Japan .
Nice to see a Nottingham Hyperspace in there ( or did I see it in the full thread elsewhere ? ) - but unfortunately only the normal motor. If only they new that a rim-drive motor turns the Hyperspace into a Garrard-beater....

Japanese music culture is very much different to ours and timing is different. Same with natural products like wood they believe in natures music and substance s

[IslandPink]

Yes but they're still trying to reproduce the whole experience of the music , disjointed timing/tone is not going to help. I agree the Japanese audio enthusaists are a law unto themselves though.
They may be using DSP , but I suspect with all the other top-notch stuff in the (analogue) chain I'd vote for 'not' in this case. It will sort the problem out on-axis, but not completely.

16A's I would love to hear. I know a guy in Luton who is just about to take delivery of a replica pair . Very keen to hear how that goes.
4212's , I have had the privelige of hearing three different pairs one afternoon at a friend's house in Scarborough about 10 years ago, in a very good system . They are truly superb, somewhere between a good 2A3 and a copper GM70 in style. Seeing that boxful in the link made me smile. The STC ones were the best - anyone who owns those and knows what to do with them is very lucky.

[User211]

If Pete can get it sounding like the Silbatone/GIP fettled original... be well worth a trip to Scalford for anyone interested.