mwhouston Posted April 21, 2021 Share Posted April 21, 2021 Big horns - VOTT. 8 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mwhouston Posted April 21, 2021 Author Share Posted April 21, 2021 Nice. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mwhouston Posted April 21, 2021 Author Share Posted April 21, 2021 I think Mr Pass had a hand in this. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mwhouston Posted April 21, 2021 Author Share Posted April 21, 2021 Best open baffle I’ve ever seen. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mwhouston Posted April 21, 2021 Author Share Posted April 21, 2021 Who thinks of this stuff? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mwhouston Posted April 21, 2021 Author Share Posted April 21, 2021 Big 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mwhouston Posted April 21, 2021 Author Share Posted April 21, 2021 Please Lord, make me stop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spammoj Posted April 22, 2021 Share Posted April 22, 2021 18 hours ago, mwhouston said: Big Not a big fan 2 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest niterida Posted April 22, 2021 Share Posted April 22, 2021 34 minutes ago, spamnoj said: Not a big fan But he has AC backup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deepthought Posted April 22, 2021 Share Posted April 22, 2021 (edited) Are we looking at portable audio in this thread? If so, http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xRFNBWST25E/TKKuzUJ70mI/AAAAAAAAGEk/NFlNgOCsIF0/s400/Donkey+Speaker+Mod.jpg Edited April 22, 2021 by deepthought 1 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mwhouston Posted April 22, 2021 Author Share Posted April 22, 2021 1 hour ago, deepthought said: Are we looking at portable audio in this thread? If so, http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xRFNBWST25E/TKKuzUJ70mI/AAAAAAAAGEk/NFlNgOCsIF0/s400/Donkey+Speaker+Mod.jpg Based in that link. No. Big, expensive, exotic or out of this world - Top Gear. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aasza Posted April 22, 2021 Share Posted April 22, 2021 Powerball Win .... Speakers alone are $1,000,000+ 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mwhouston Posted April 22, 2021 Author Share Posted April 22, 2021 Crazy big speakers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surprisetech Posted April 23, 2021 Share Posted April 23, 2021 On 21/04/2021 at 10:19 PM, mwhouston said: Big Yep, they are BIG. I always wish I'd taken some pics of a system I heard a few times in Clayton, VIC in the early 80's. The guy was a builder, and a nice bloke. He took a wall out in the house to join 2 rooms to accommodate it. Speakers were not quite as big as these, but were huge and made up of 3 separate units each side. Woofers were 15 or 18" Hartleys in enclosures the size of dining room tables. Upper bass/Mids were handled by 10" Hartley full-range drivers. These were in boxes that must have been around 60 litres and sat on top of the woofer enclosures. Tweeters were ribbons, hand-made by the guy who put the whole system together for him. All tube amplification. Active woofer-mid crossover allowing a dedicated 2-channel amp for the Woofers. And a 2nd 2-channel amp for the Mids & Tweeters with passive crossover. His favorite demo record was a US pressing of Rita Coolidge - Anytime...Anywhere. Sounded amazing. I hadn't been playing bass for long at that time & hearing Lee Sklar's work so clean blew me away. TT, arm and cart were all very nice, but I can't recall what they were now. After the system was turned on there was a period of 1 cup of tea (or 1 stubby depending on the time of day) allowed for warm up before the first disk was spun. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ray4410 Posted April 23, 2021 Share Posted April 23, 2021 1 hour ago, surprisetech said: Yep, they are BIG. I always wish I'd taken some pics of a system I heard a few times in Clayton, VIC in the early 80's. The guy was a builder, and a nice bloke. He took a wall out in the house to join 2 rooms to accommodate it. Speakers were not quite as big as these, but were huge and made up of 3 separate units each side. Woofers were 15 or 18" Hartleys in enclosures the size of dining room tables. Upper bass/Mids were handled by 10" Hartley full-range drivers. These were in boxes that must have been around 60 litres and sat on top of the woofer enclosures. Tweeters were ribbons, hand-made by the guy who put the whole system together for him. All tube amplification. Active woofer-mid crossover allowing a dedicated 2-channel amp for the Woofers. And a 2nd 2-channel amp for the Mids & Tweeters with passive crossover. His favorite demo record was a US pressing of Rita Coolidge - Anytime...Anywhere. Sounded amazing. I hadn't been playing bass for long at that time & hearing Lee Sklar's work so clean blew me away. TT, arm and cart were all very nice, but I can't recall what they were now. After the system was turned on there was a period of 1 cup of tea (or 1 stubby depending on the time of day) allowed for warm up before the first disk was spun. i still listen to that Rita Coolidge album -Anytime Anywhere,played it to death back then,still enjoy it now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surprisetech Posted April 23, 2021 Share Posted April 23, 2021 40 minutes ago, ray4410 said: i still listen to that Rita Coolidge album -Anytime Anywhere,played it to death back then,still enjoy it now Likewise! The same guy put me onto Gulf Winds (Joan Baez), Rose of Cimarron (Poco) and a few others. I've just remembered he also used to play a Vader Abraham album for the deep male vocals (no Smurfs on that one thankfully). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelossus Posted April 23, 2021 Share Posted April 23, 2021 (edited) I always thought Ken Fritz' story, room and system to be the pinnacle of the hobby. Most of the gear including the turntable, speakers and the whole room he built himself. Edited April 23, 2021 by kelossus 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cloth Ears Posted April 23, 2021 Share Posted April 23, 2021 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mwhouston Posted April 24, 2021 Author Share Posted April 24, 2021 Whatever floats your boat. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mwhouston Posted April 24, 2021 Author Share Posted April 24, 2021 Expensive but not extreme. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mwhouston Posted April 24, 2021 Author Share Posted April 24, 2021 Just bloody expensive. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fordute Posted April 24, 2021 Share Posted April 24, 2021 22 minutes ago, mwhouston said: Whatever floats your boat. Trying to get a flat frequency response? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest niterida Posted April 24, 2021 Share Posted April 24, 2021 43 minutes ago, fordute said: Trying to get a flat frequency response? Did he buy mats because his speakers are so low, or did he buy small speakers because he sits on mats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mwhouston Posted April 24, 2021 Author Share Posted April 24, 2021 (edited) Aussie made. I like. But i think it a heresy. Would prefer passive speakers. https://www.stereo.net.au/news/aussie-brand-pitt-giblin-emerges-from-pandemic-with-new-direction?fbclid=IwAR2UrLnIe2ZzgD0EiiWEuqyRP-iaWgjY01wCmJEVNcJCUa6RtG60v7G-hDQ Edited April 24, 2021 by mwhouston 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcathro Posted April 24, 2021 Share Posted April 24, 2021 On 21/04/2021 at 10:10 PM, mwhouston said: Best open baffle I’ve ever seen. What are these, Mark? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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