Kewl. I agree that's a good unit...best cheap one IMHO.Quote:
Originally Posted by LICORNE
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Kewl. I agree that's a good unit...best cheap one IMHO.Quote:
Originally Posted by LICORNE
Panomaniac,
I would be interested in looking into the tube amp you suggest, but have no idea what the numbers for it mean. I ended up putting a bid in on E-bay for the Rane that OD had given the link to, and I have 2 days to see if I get it. But if you sell cables made to work with these, I would be interested in that too. I think you can email me off my profile. I understand that some one here are in the business, and I would rather spend my money with someone that knows exactly what is needed, instead of just suggesting parts and pieces like PE.
I got my center speaker in today and hooked it up, a BIC FH6-LCR. I does help on voices and listening to the radio on NPR. I can leave the power amps off, and listen to voice type stuff with the KLH's and this Center, and then turn on the big boys for music.
Hey Haryn. Well get everything up and running first, then worry about the tube amp. But I do recommend it for the horns.
Just pop me an email for the cables. I don't sell cables, but would be happy to build a set for you. They'll just be RCA to XLR to get you into and out of the Rane crossover. I use Canare, Belden or Mogami cable. Great pro stuff.
Once you get the crossover, let me know. Then you'll need to figure out how long the cables have to be to reach everything.
Panomaniac,
Thanks for your offer. What is your opinion of these Y cables:Dayton RCAY-FMM RCA Y Cable 1 F To 2 M | Parts-Express.com
I had planned to use them with adapters like this:Dayton XFRM XLR Female to RCA Male | Parts-Express.com
and then use RCA cables from xover to the amps. I have no idea of the quality, but figured with such low power that they wouldn't affect the sound.
Thank you all for your help with this project.
You're welcome!
The Dayton Y cables will be OK and the price is great. But that XLR to RCA will not be good for the Rane. It has pin 3 shorted to pin 1 (ground) and Rane says not to do that on their gear.
Using the Dayton RCA is a good idea and cost effective, I buy cables from then on sale all the time. Often I cut the ends off and make my own RCA-XLR cables. Let me look at this and get back to you.
PM sent.
Don't mean to imply PE is bad...just you probably talked to a guy with at best a year experience....vs the 40+ years many of the guys here have...Quote:
Originally Posted by haryn
OTOH young people tend not to be as grumpy...:D
Right so why am I yet to see an Altec L-pad actually wired that way? I only see them being used as a variable resistor ie: two leads connected.Quote:
Originally Posted by Old Guy
IMHO opinion that is not an L-pad, it is a simple variable resistor which when used as such will change not only the apparent volume but the load seen by that section of the XO which in turn alters the slope and frequency cut off point of the driver as it is rotated (operated).Quote:
Originally Posted by Old Guy
Well there are lots of ways to do it. I don't think much of the Altec crossovers. Lovely drivers, tho, real works of art.
In this case Harry just needs some after amp volume control on the horns, as well as some damping - both of which the L-Pad provides.
In some crossovers like Altec or Jeff Markwart's nice designs 1/2 an L-Pad is used to shape the response, not as an overall level control. That may be what you are seeing.
Much of the SHRILLNESS in the upper mids and high frequencies are in fact recordings of that era. Some were good, some were really bad. You play a recording with very pronounced excessive energy in the 1k o 6.3k range, the ALTECS are merely letting you hear everything your recordings are about.Quote:
Originally Posted by haryn
Some EQ can help, but play a really well recorded tune through your ALTECS and see how that sounds.
tube amps , for real