Guest kab Posted November 7, 2019 Share Posted November 7, 2019 (edited) 59 minutes ago, jakeyb77 said: let’s squash all this talk of balls and get back to seeing how the lovely Duntechs are! If those monsters ever fell on you whilst lying down in front of them you would most certainly have squashed balls. Edited November 7, 2019 by kab Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frednork Posted November 7, 2019 Share Posted November 7, 2019 3 minutes ago, Tubularbells said: Maybe its partly because its the type of sound ive been accustomed to these past years (rightly or wrongly) but I cannot get enough of that huge wall of sound when up close and personal to the Sov's. Everything's so intimate & immense at the same time!!!! Do you hug them sometimes? btw not judging... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tubularbells Posted November 7, 2019 Author Share Posted November 7, 2019 2 minutes ago, frednork said: Do you hug them sometimes? btw not judging... .......maybe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frednork Posted November 7, 2019 Share Posted November 7, 2019 1 minute ago, Tubularbells said: .......maybe indeed! best to keep it to yourself. People would never understand... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evil c Posted November 7, 2019 Share Posted November 7, 2019 (edited) 12 minutes ago, Tubularbells said: As stated earlier the room boom that was heard when you approached the back of the room has now all but disappeared (win!) however im still gravitating towards a near field listening position for some reason contrary to conventional wisdom. Maybe its partly because its the type of sound ive been accustomed to these past years (rightly or wrongly) but I cannot get enough of that huge wall of sound when up close and personal to the Sov's. Everything's so intimate & immense at the same time!!!! Weird huh. Nah not #weird at all, how far away exactly are they when you say near field? My speakers are hardly small and work well from around 2 5m. Like you love that immersive wall of sound! # edit totally weirded by hugging! Edited November 7, 2019 by evil c 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red MacKay Posted November 7, 2019 Share Posted November 7, 2019 (edited) 3 minutes ago, frednork said: indeed! best to keep it to yourself. People would never understand... I understand. Hmmm, best I shut up. Great to finally be coming out the other side though Doug. Edited November 7, 2019 by Red MacKay more chatter 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tubularbells Posted November 7, 2019 Author Share Posted November 7, 2019 1 minute ago, Red MacKay said: I understand. Hmmm, best I shut up. Great to finally be coming out the other side though Doug. Cheers Red. on wards and upwards as they say... 3 minutes ago, evil c said: Nah not weird at all, how far away exactly are they when you say near field? My speakers are hardly small and work well from around 2 5m. Like you love that immersive wall of sound!, Yeah im at approx 2.5m back with the speakers being about the same apart. Physically having to move your head up and down to capture the height of the speakers at this distance is still a bit weird for me. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jakeyb77 Posted November 7, 2019 Share Posted November 7, 2019 18 minutes ago, frednork said: Do you hug them sometimes? btw not judging... I don’t even own them and I hug them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jakeyb77 Posted November 7, 2019 Share Posted November 7, 2019 11 minutes ago, evil c said:are they when you say near field? # edit totally weirded by hugging! I’m gonna hug you more. You need to face your fears. *anyone have access to industrial size Dettol? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frednork Posted November 7, 2019 Share Posted November 7, 2019 17 minutes ago, evil c said: # edit totally weirded by hugging! Hmm, and I thought you liked the Hulgichs? sounds like the relationship has stalled.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evil c Posted November 7, 2019 Share Posted November 7, 2019 23 minutes ago, frednork said: Hmm, and I thought you liked the Hulgichs? sounds like the relationship has stalled.. I love my Hulgich's but it's strictly platonic ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evil c Posted November 7, 2019 Share Posted November 7, 2019 36 minutes ago, jakeyb77 said: I’m gonna hug you more. You need to face your fears. *anyone have access to industrial size Dettol? unfriended 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tubularbells Posted November 17, 2019 Author Share Posted November 17, 2019 Ive just had to delete nearly 40 pages of pic's as I was apparently 137% over my quota so everything prior to 2018 has been deleted which is a shame but hey im not the site owner not do I have to pay for storage hardware. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tubularbells Posted November 17, 2019 Author Share Posted November 17, 2019 (edited) So now I can post a pic of yesterday's progress. bought some "1200mm x 2400mm acoustic pinboard" from Bunnings and laminated two 9mm pieces together using spray adhesive. Has eliminated flutter echo from the open end considerably and was well worthwhile for the money spent. Edited November 17, 2019 by Tubularbells 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tubularbells Posted November 20, 2019 Author Share Posted November 20, 2019 Spare amp (Ashly FTX 2001 Series3) arrived today from sunny California landed for about $300AU This was intended as a donor for spares but opening it up it appears unused. These are a bargain IMO for the sound quality Vs. $$ spent. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jakeyb77 Posted November 20, 2019 Share Posted November 20, 2019 (edited) 7 minutes ago, Tubularbells said: Spare amp (Ashly FTX 2001 Series3) arrived today from sunny California landed for about $300AU This was intended as a donor for spares but opening it up it appears unused. These are a bargain IMO for the sound quality Vs. $$ spent. Not enough capacitors!!!!! Your hungry monsters are sucking the PSU dry. Edited November 20, 2019 by jakeyb77 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tubularbells Posted November 20, 2019 Author Share Posted November 20, 2019 8 minutes ago, jakeyb77 said: Not enough capacitors!!!!! Your hungry monsters are sucking the PSU dry. Which is why I've doubled up on mine. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jakeyb77 Posted November 20, 2019 Share Posted November 20, 2019 4 minutes ago, Tubularbells said: Which is why I've doubled up on mine. Can always rely on you! Legend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tubularbells Posted December 5, 2019 Author Share Posted December 5, 2019 (edited) New Ashly amp on the way (MFA-8000). Bit of an unknown as there's practically zero info anymore but am lucky that a fellow member here @knight2001dts is mates with the designer who posed the question whether these would be adequate to drive the Sov's. His response cracked me up. Hope you dont mind me posting here bloke. " Hi Ian, Good to hear from you again, my friend! I hope all is well dow-nunda! I seem to hear quite a bit from your fellow countrymen these days. That’s a good thing, we like you guys! OK, here’s the thing. MFA-800, ferocious amplifier! Huge, massive, brute power, (way beyond what it says on paper). With such a vast reservoir of headroom, the amp will most assuredly impress with a perception of higher highs, lower lows, “middier” mids and spatial depth. The guy will love the amp, the amp will drive those speakers for all they are worth. The AC voltage configuration is similar to the FTX, except there are two separate power supplies. Details attached. I can supply schematics if you truly need them, but don’t do anything to disable the HF limit. It will never ever kick in with any kind of audio waveform signal source. The only time I have ever had it engage on my amplifier was when there was some form of ultrasonic parasitic oscillation, (unstable DI box in need of a ground, or some crappy effects box that was spitting out garbage along with the waveform, and a lot of gain added between source and amp). For home hi-fi, it will never trip. Nor would you want to pass the amplitude of continuous HF waveform required to trip this protection to your speakers if it ever did. Anything in that box operating from 12KHz and up could never handle the full output amplitude of this amp. But more importantly the ultra-high frequency content could actually damage the amplifier if left unaddressed. This being a bipolar transistor amplifier, it doesn’t have the 100KHz bandwidth capability of the MOSFET amps. Junction capacitance, junction storage current, modulated switching rails not keeping up, etc. If you bypass the HF limit, then the HF protect will kick in when needed, if you bypass the HF protect, the amp will destroy itself should a bad situation ever occur. And, all the HF drivers in his new $6,500.00 speakers will go up in flames along with it. Edited December 5, 2019 by Tubularbells 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frednork Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 Its nice to be able to quote your amps power output in Kilowatts 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
betty boop Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 I can imagine why the model number is MFA congrats on The new beast ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tubularbells Posted December 5, 2019 Author Share Posted December 5, 2019 20 minutes ago, betty boop said: I can imagine why the model number is MFA congrats on The new beast ! Ha not the first to mention the model names abbreviation. It will be interesting to hear as this amp as this was a s good as it it got for the company before the onset switching class D took over. Theres some quite clever tech involved in the manufacture of this amp. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wimbo Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 And Bipolar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rantan Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 Just now, Wimbo said: And Bipolar. Is that a mental health problem or an amplifier topology? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jakeyb77 Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 5 minutes ago, rantan said: Is that a mental health problem or an amplifier topology? For me it’s both.. not sure on Doug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.thumb.jpeg.cfeb6974459d30233ba06a6968de5cba.jpeg)
Recommended Posts