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Francois, ... connection : do you really use only ONE pair of cat5e per enclosure, that is ONE of these very thin copper wires for each terminal ? I thought...
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Sep 1, 2008
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Ok Bob, Thank You for these advices... I'll try with the thin wire as well ... From: rbrines@... To: brines_acoustics@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday,...
francois juigner
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Sep 1, 2008
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Bob, Have you experimented with SEAS's new driver? I'm wondering if the hype is real or not. Thanks. Jim...
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Sep 13, 2008
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Jim, No I haven't. ALL new stuff gets a lot of hype, which sort of reflects on the "look what I just did" approach of the DIY world. However, let me say that...
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Hi Bob et al, Today one of my stereo channels went dead. I'm suspecting the F200A driver on the left side was blown somehow. Before ordering a new pair of...
Thuan D. Bui
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Sep 21, 2008
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Paul and all, Paul had sent me a private email that duplicates his post here. I answered that email privately before I saw this one -- I get the daily synopsis...
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Thanks Bob for giving me step by step instructions how to make sure it's the driver that died. After I found out, I called Madisound and was told I could send...
Thuan D. Bui
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Sep 22, 2008
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As you may know, for my personal use, I use a computer front end to a DAC then then to the amp. I have removed the passive filters from my speakers and do the...
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Sep 24, 2008
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Bob, Thanks a lot for sharing a way to digitally EQ the drivers in place of the passive filters. Like you I also rip my CDs onto HDs in WAV and FLAC formats....
Thuan D. Bui
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Sep 24, 2008
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Paul, I don't know! I took a cursory look at the Squeezbox user guide and didn't see anything. Digital EQ is so important that I would think the either...
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Sep 25, 2008
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Hi Bob, I am eventually through with the enclsure. It took me quite some time as I chose to paint them with ship acrylic-two component paint, sprayed with a...
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Sep 26, 2008
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Francois, ... as I chose to paint them with ship acrylic-two component paint, sprayed with a compressor and gun. This is a very difficult and long job if you ...
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Sep 27, 2008
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Hi Bob, Are 4" not 102mm instead of 76.8 (which must be +/- 3") ?! As far as paint finish is concerned, I am far from an auto body finish... This would need...
francois juigner
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Sep 27, 2008
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Hi Bob, I tried today to tune the LT-2000, after having put the filters, and I was very much surprised to be unable to find the right length... I can't hear...
francois juigner
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Sep 29, 2008
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Hi Bob, LT-2000 + fostex 207 seems to be very, very happy with a small class T-amp (Trends). It sounds even better than with my Harman Kardon 970, the...
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Sep 30, 2008
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Francois, If you are listening to single sine wave tones, it is unlikely that you will hear a difference. Also, the voltage across the cables will be a ...
Bob Brines
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Oct 1, 2008
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Francois, I love T-amps. The sound is clean and honest. The 5 or so watts you get from these small T-amps is more than enough to driver the FE207E's into ...
Bob Brines
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Oct 1, 2008
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Hi Bob, Yes the filter is in (2mH + 7ohm), as well as the zobel (3µF + 15 ohm). I'm listening at the LT-2000's right now. A real pleasure with de class-D....
francois juigner
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Oct 1, 2008
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Hi Bob, Thanks a lot for helping me customize the new drivers so that they will fit in the FTA-2000 enclosures. Drilled a 0.25" bit through the holes and it...
Thuan D. Bui
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Oct 2, 2008
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Hi Bob, As I do not have at hand a resistor for the filter at this time, so I tried stuffing more fiberglass in the driver compartment. Slight improvement as...
françois juigner
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Oct 3, 2008
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Like many other small features of my speakers, the driver mounting method has evolved. Originally, all of the Fostex drivers were mounted with the screws...
Bob Brines
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Oct 3, 2008
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Paul, No problem. I looks like Madisound sent you a new driver, or at least a rebuild with a different frame. Perhaps someone in the future is going to get a...
Bob Brines
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Oct 3, 2008
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Hey I just completed a pair of your floor standing speakers with the Fostex drivers. They look great. They have not had much break in so the're a little thin....
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Oct 5, 2008
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Robert, If you don't have BSC filters installed, your speakers will sound thin. I keep playing with component values. Different setups sound different. At a...
Bob Brines
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Oct 6, 2008
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Francois, ... Over stuffing the pipe will definitely affect the high end. You want to put only enough stuffing behind the driver to prevent reflections back ...
Bob Brines
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Oct 7, 2008
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Hi Bob, I eventuelly did settle for a 4" + epsilon long port pipe, no proof that it's the best, but it works nice as far as low freqs are concerned. Beside...
françois juigner
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Oct 9, 2008
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Bob, Since their arrival on October 2nd I played music on the new speaker drivers a few hours every day. For the first 2-3 days, they sounded pathetic, not...
Thuan D. Bui
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Oct 10, 2008
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Bob, I did some interesting trials today, playing music in FLAC format through Foobar2000, its internal Eq and an external DAC. This trial shows at least that...
francois juigner
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Oct 10, 2008
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Francois, I got a message behind here, so I combined the two and will answer the questions top to bottom. ... through Foobar2000, its internal Eq and an...
Bob Brines
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Oct 11, 2008
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Thank you Bob, for this extensive answer ! All the trials with foobar have been done with the zobel and a shunt over the BSC. I still have to try without the...
francois juigner
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