Fair enough I guess,
That dog really ties the room together.
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Q: Mr. Japanman you have a small room.
A: And?
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Something Iāve often wondered is, doesnāt the bass driver firing directly over a TT introduce significant vibrational pick up ?
Yes bass hitting a deck straight on 1m away is going to make things a little more lively.
But half of what Japan man sees in WE and other vintage insanity is the āthingā, the artifact is as important as the sound. Thatās not to say they donāt go full Tonto for sound given half a chance but owning the thing, however impractical or improbable is a pleasure to many. Fuck limitations, fuck practicality, fuck ideal - give me that thing!
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Yes, but they have Zen like hearing.
Probably not trying to play Flight of the Cosmic Hippo, very loudš
For loud / deep they would CD or Streamš
Ah, get it. That I understand.
Took the opportunity to call in on @keith1962 while visiting the arctic circle this week.
The 4 way horn speaker system has come on a lot since I last visited maybe 5 years ago. It was nice to hear the Celestion AXI 2050ās, very even sounding, on their LeCleach horns although the waiting to be finishedā ply horns in the garage look like they could go well. Upper bass low Mid is handled by a straight front loaded horn while in each rear corner thereās an 8 ft tall, surprisingly discreet (white painted) tapped horn delivering very well controlled dynamic bass. Keith uses a Nadja so all inputs are digitised & crossovered there before a stack of various power amps directly drive each of the speaker channels. It was a nice opportunity to hear his newly acquired Voyd 0.5Ref which sounded as lively as might have been expected.
Itās a very impressive system which heās gathered together & voiced pretty much by himself. Not that aesthetically intrusive either compared to most domestic horn set ups. Well worth a listen if youāre ever up there & heāll let you in.
Not only did he let me & a friend in but also served up a delicious fish supper. A fine host.
Total picture fail on my part, phone was dying but Iām sure heāll put a pic up if he hasnāt already somewhere further up the thread.
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I understood about three words of that, but
speaks to superb commitment.
Pictures please.
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I understood all of itš
Lack of pics is disappointing!
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This reminds me that the lad I picked up some plaster horns from has moved up here to Kingston Park. He had loads of horns all over the place and sells some on eBay. He said heād like to look for a local pub or some such place to set-up a system for people to come and listen to, once heās settled in.
Pics or didnāt happen
There is a pic further up the thread (see below) although heās changed the tweeters since then and angled in the mids a little too.
I think Iād paint the upper bass horns a lighter colour but otherwise theyāre not too intrusive.
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Apologies for the tardy response, a lot happening the last couple of days.
Pics below of the state of the system that Guy @murrayjohnson and Noel heard (while eating fish and chipsš) on Wednesday night. Simon @sjs also heard it 5 days prior when delivering the Voyd Ref .5.
System sounds so much better than when Guy last visited. It was direct radiator 12" and 18" OB back then with a TPL150 air motion transformer tweeter.
That was good but this is a different level altogether!
If anyone is in the area and does fancy a listen just give me a shout and I am sure something can be arranged.
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I was expecting a Ukranian farmer to come along at the end and tow it away!
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Making full use of horn loading.
Iād shoot the bloody thing to shut it upš
What would it be like playing reggae?