Any Audiophiles On Here?

TNRabbit

TNRabbit

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I'm an avid music listener & ocassionally have a few fellow audiophiles over for listening & audio conversation. Is there anyone else here on SOMD.com with similar interests?
 
FireBrand

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TNRabbit said:
I'm an avid music listener & ocassionally have a few fellow audiophiles over for listening & audio conversation. Is there anyone else here on SOMD.com with similar interests?
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I still use my old 1976 Technics SU-7600 integrated amp and have refurbed my early 80's Infinity RS6's. 'Bout as high dollar as I can get but
I've never found a sound that I like better !
That my 2cents worth.
:cheers:
 
TNRabbit

TNRabbit

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I'm not looking for equipment snobs~ just folks who enjoy good sounding music & conversation about it....

Those Infinities were pretty good speakers, but power hungry IIRC. What's the output on your amp?
 
CrashTest

CrashTest

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I used to run some Krell KMA 200's driving Apogee Divas and sourced by a Maplenoll Athena but I got rid of all of it long ago. It became more about the gear and less about the actual music.
 
TNRabbit

TNRabbit

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CrashTest said:
I used to run some Krell KMA 200's driving Apogee Divas and sourced by a Maplenoll Athena but I got rid of all of it long ago. It became more about the gear and less about the actual music.
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Krell, Apogee--that's some super high end stuff.

So....do you listen to music now?
 
CrashTest

CrashTest

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There used to be a set of Apogee Divas in the Smithsonian's Museum of American History. I worked on that exhibit back in 1990. You can still find rebuilt sets of Divas out there for around $10,000.

I don't listen to squat now except the car radio. With today's political and economic climate, I live out of boxes so I can remain mobile.
 
CrashTest

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FireBrand said:
I still use my old 1976 Technics SU-7600 integrated amp and have refurbed my early 80's Infinity RS6's. 'Bout as high dollar as I can get but
I've never found a sound that I like better !
That my 2cents worth.
:cheers:
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Those early Infinity speakers used that EMIT tweeter which was actually a tiny ribbon transducer which sounds amazing. The ribbon transducer technology was developed by Jim Winey in the 60's. Winey founded Magnepan speakers. Speakers like Magnepan and Apogee took that ribbon transducer and made it about 7 feet tall. It's the most amazing sound, but ribbons, even small ones like EMIT, present a complex load and require monster power to drive. Apogee used to make a model called the Scintilla which presented a load of less than 1 ohm (almost a dead short from the amplifier's perspective)!! In addition to Apogees, I also used to own some Magnepan 3.6R. Magnepan is alive and well and still making speakers but Apogee is not.
 
TNRabbit

TNRabbit

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I have a Carver/Sunfire system:

Carver AL-III magnetic ribbon speakers
Sunfire Theater Grand IV pre/processor
Sunfire Cinema Seven Signature amp
Klipsch RT-12D subwoofer
I am using 4 of the 7 channels of the amp to bi-amp the Carver speakers, & using an Ashly active crossover. I removed the passive crossovers in the speakers. Crossover to the sub is at 40 hz.

It sounds heavenly with an amazing soundstage.

I listen to just about every type of music you can imagine....some types more than others~
 
FireBrand

FireBrand

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TNRabbit said:
I have a Carver/Sunfire system:

Carver AL-III magnetic ribbon speakers
Sunfire Theater Grand IV pre/processor
Sunfire Cinema Seven Signature amp
Klipsch RT-12D subwoofer
I am using 4 of the 7 channels of the amp to bi-amp the Carver speakers, & using an Ashly active crossover. I removed the passive crossovers in the speakers. Crossover to the sub is at 40 hz.

It sounds heavenly with an amazing soundstage.

I listen to just about every type of music you can imagine....some types more than others~
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Sweet !
You probably already know that Emerson, Lake & Palmer have rereleased their first album and Tarkus in 5.1 surround sound.
 
Monello

Monello

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TNRabbit

TNRabbit

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But you should have heard THIS setup 5 years ago!

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Monello

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