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Alex, very late reply, but these are SP1's, NOT BC1's, so come as standard with BC2 style large voice-coils, ceramic magnets which don't change over the years as alnico ones can and do and a FAR better bass than Bc1's ever managed..Quote:
Originally Posted by Alex_UK
Sorry buddy - work sh!t got in the way - but I promise it will happen - sometime! :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Andre
Thanks Dave. :) Another pair went for £500 on eBay last week, not as good nick as mine, so I'm even more pleased with them knowing I got a half-price bargain! Tomorrow will be interesting, of course... :)Quote:
Originally Posted by DSJR
Attachment 4298 :lolsign:Quote:
Originally Posted by Alex_UK
Damn, thought I'd got away with that! :lol:
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Originally Posted by Alex_UK
£500? All your fault for bigging them up ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Alex_UK
I'd better get some shut-eye. Hope tommorow lives up to expectations for you :cool:
Hi Alex,
I notice that you have your system located on a rack in the corner of your room, does your TT suffer at all from resonance problems in this location?
The reason I ask is that I have always tried to avoid placing my TT's in corners as they tend to amplify low frequencies which I assume would have a detrimental effect on sound reproduction. This is why my system lives about three and a half feet from a corner with the TT shelf located above the rack. Due to the acoustics of my room there is a drop off at low frequencies in this position. To achieve this I had to compromise by mounting the TT shelf to an internal wall, which is far from ideal.
If you're not having issues I might rethink my approach as it would allow me to relocate the TT shelf to an outside and very rigid wall. One slight concern I have is that it would bring the Technics in very close proximity to one of the DM2's which again isn't an ideal situation. Below is a pic which represents my current layout although it isn't recent, there's a an SL1210 sitting above where the Thorens is located in this pic on the TT shelf :D The plan is to relocate the system to where the the record cabinet is situated. Another option would be to place it where the Hafler is positioned in the photo, to the left of the DM2. This is doable but the sun streams right in through that window during summer afternoons and it might not be the wisest move to have a TT near window height under those conditions. Any thoughts? ;)
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Hi Dave - to be honest, I've never noticed it with the Garrard/SME3009 - though at loud volumes things have occasionally got a bit messy with my Pro-Ject before - but to be honest I never play music loud enough to really worry about it.Quote:
Originally Posted by synsei
I don't get to turn the wick up that often either Alex so it might be worth the gamble. The DM2 cabs are really solid and the transmission line port exits to the bottom, front of the cabinet so I might just get away with moving everything into the corner :)
That's kind of been my theory - my speakers are well forward of the TT and firing away from it.
Alex mate, thats top.
You need to get in to Ideal Homes.. :)
+1 :D
Agreed Joe, I doubt my room would even get a mention in Cowboy Decorators Weekly :lol:
I mentioned my "outdoor" system in other threads, so thought it about time I posted some pics:
First off, it has its own dedicated Consumer unit and earth rod, with an armoured cable taking the power from the main supply. Weatherproof MK plugs and lighting.
This is the "business end - all "pishanto" purloined at silly prices or free - the Technics CD player was given me a couple of months ago by a neighbour who knew I was into my hifi... I have no idea how he knew - I've never spoken to him about it? :scratch: :lol:
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The Sony tuner I bought about 15 years ago from Currys - it was wrongly priced at £35, so I couldn't resist! The Aura VA-50 amp is lovely - I always wanted a chrome one, but when this came on ebay I couldn't resist (again!) - about £70 I think. The laptop is the ever reliable IBM ThinkPad T42 - brilliant bits of kit even though it must be 10 years old, and with XP runs fine. Media Center 18 or Spotify into a Fiio E7 USB DAC/Headphone amp - sounds far better than it has any right to! Of course the main component you can just see to the left of the hifi - the beer fridge! Too temping when I work from home as I use the summerhouse as my office if it is warm enough!
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And this is tonight's "sunset listening position" - the sun sets to my right, so I can see it dipping behind the trees and choose my soundtrack. :) The summerhouse is about 50 feet away from the house, so plenty of space to allow me to listen at higher levels than I could indoors which would wake the nippers. When I want to listen inside the "man cave" I just whizz the speakers inside, and have a "quick change"way to reverse the channels on an extended RCA cable with female connectors on one end easily accessible.
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The speakers are Kef Coda 9 - bought new 17 years ago - and boy are these good - really! If you ever see a pair or their smaller siblings (the 8s or 7s) then snap them up! They're flimsy as hell, made from very thin MDF, a nice "black vinyl wrap" and plastic baffles... so not the most attractive of speakers but very much more than the sum of their parts. The 9s have a downward firing woofer and rear port in the lower half, so not just a bookshelf speaker stuck on an empty box like a lot of floorstanders and the bass is superb, but does not overshadow the mid or treble.
Sometimes I think this is my best system - mainly because if I'm using it then the weather is nice, we've probably got the BBQ going and friends or family round, and it is all about having fun and enjoying good music. :)
Upgrades? Lilac curtains to match the rug and cushions of course, and more beer for the fridge! ;)
Not green curtains to match the carpet, err grass?
Nice cheap as chips system, Alex, I'd expect nothing less from the 'master' :)
Thanks Martin, you're too kind! (I think the green carpet is getting a bit threadbare in the corner, though! I hadn't really noticed until I took the photo.)
Did someone say PISHANTO :DQuote:
"business end - all "pishanto"
Nice away from it all location , How do the people next door like it :eyebrows:
Nice one.
I should imagine that the relative lack of early reflections and the generous 'room' proportions would mean there aren't any problems with room modes etc.
Have you noticed any difference to low end if you run the rig with the doors shut or to the image if you bring the speaker right to the edge of the decking (so there's no reflective surface in front of them)?
I've found in such situations that a bed of cabbages makes a great bass trap.
Respect, Alex - that's quality! :respect:
Marco.
Not really tried with the doors shut, although I have plonked them right at the edge - made a small difference, but not sure it was better or worse! I'll try again next time it's sunny - raining this morning, so inside system for me today. :(Quote:
Originally Posted by Rothchild
Cheers Al - luckily the house behind is about the same distance away from the summerhouse as we are, and as we are on a corner there's no house next door, until you get across the road and must be 100ft to those. I have put it up reasonably loud and had a walk around to mkae sure it isn't too intrusive, which at reasonable volumes it isn't. No one's complained or called the police - yet! :eyebrows:Quote:
Originally Posted by Audio Al
You could be onto something there!Quote:
Originally Posted by The Grand Wazoo
Cheers Marco :) Has to be done!Quote:
Originally Posted by Marco
Having heard this setup with speakers facing in towards the summerhouse (no pics of the "man fridge" down there either ;) ) I can vouch for the great sound-for-peanuts Alex is getting down here in the garden. Those old Coda 7, 8 and 9 are built from little more than cardboard and thin plastic, but for whatever reason, the sound quality totally transcends this, being honest and pleasantly warm toned, rather than shrill as bigger KEFs could be or boomy as the cheapo Tannoy M series was at the time..
Nice man-cave Alex, if you haven't moved by then, perhaps I can lighten that beer load in the fridge when I move to Suffolk in a couple of years. ;)
You would be most welcome to do that buddy! :) (No plans to move at the moment, are you really planning on coming to East Angular?)
Yes, when I retire, somewhere near Stowmarket - might be delayed a few years if I go back to the Caymans for a spell, but only planning on a max of 2 years there, so within 5 years I should be there, possibly a lot less.Quote:
Originally Posted by Alex_UK
Excellent - look forward to that! :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Tim
Wow, I'm really jealous, I'd love to have something like that!
Every male music lovers dream I reckon, a beer stocked music man cave - what's not to like :DQuote:
Originally Posted by DanJennings
The original idea was a Wendy house for the kids... I tweaked the design, a little... :oQuote:
Originally Posted by DanJennings
That said, they love being in there too, and my rationale was that a Wendy house will be useless to them in about 4 years, whereas this should hopefully be an extra room we can all use for years to come. Just waiting for the day when I find them pissed after they've raided the beer fridge! :lol:
As long as that's all you find them doing in there (your daughter I mean) ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Alex_UK
Don't think that thought hasn't crossed my mind already! :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by Tim
Just keep a shotgun and a nasty scowl handy by the back door!
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Honi soit qui mal y pense! They might be there to simply enjoy the music (and the Lilac curtains!)
That's the motto for the "Order of the Garter" isn't it Barry? Fancy underwear isn't going to help, even if it's lilac! :eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by Barry
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Haha! I'm sure you know it is Norman french for "Evil to him who evil thinks".
However it is a sufficient excuse to show some lilac lingerie being modeled by a good looking lass!
Linky no worky..... I wanna see da panteez! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Alex_UK
Marco.
Really? Does this one work? :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Marco
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Pictures working (on every level :drool:) here :)
Damn you Alex, my knees are on fire now... :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by Alex_UK
Yesh, working now... However, I agree with Andre's (now deleted) comment! ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Alex_UK
Marco.
Something akin to "a couple of fried eggs on an ironing board" I suspect! :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by Marco
Lol - your mod powers will reveal all!
Marco.