Feel the power of the dark side Luke...Originally Posted by Steve Mac
Feel the power of the dark side Luke...
"[I]We're going all the way, till the wheels fall off and burn[/I]!"
Bob Dylan, from [I]Brownsville Girl[/I]
[I]"Time wounds all heels"[/I]
John Lennon, referring to the Nixon/Hoover deportation fiasco.
ESS/HeiL maybe?
http://www.oaktreevintage.com/web_ph...eakers_web.jpg
Your neighbors called. They like your music.
Pretty much the same size...but I dunno.
I will say one advantage of the super tweeter...and maybe because I'm pretty sensitive to
the frequencies up there...but the only major battle without the tweeters was trying to
get enough sparkle from the GPA288H and I'm a little down on EQ...but even with it...
the sparkle and "spray" are not happening. Still the 288H has got more sparkle than the modded 808a's. I sense I'm in for a lot of work here...
But the problem was pushing the 288 too much. Now I can move the 288Hs volume back a little...and still keep the sparkle above.
What are the bass bins? and what woofs?
They are quite impressive.
Ron
Enjoying Altec Speakers since 1972
Bass bins are actually are a pair of the original BASSMAXX prototypes,
somewhat similar in design to the ash6118? jbl horns. The woofers are jbl 2242Hs.
A link to the restoration process of the cabs can be found here...I did this while in Texas:
Horn Loaded Sub-Woofer Design
On the 288 experimentation side, you might check out the modules in this thread if not familiar:
http://www.hostboard.com/forums/alte...rossovers.html
Of course, perhaps already trumped by seperate amplification with EQ.
I tried the 30923 and the effects are noticable, I'd like to get fresh diaphragms on mine (288-8k) before passing judgement though.
I don't expect my 288's to compete with the extention of ribbons.
In my case I was going passive, and even the Aurum Cantus' didn't keep up with the 288's well enough to be used without attenuating the 288's.
* edit: On the 'spray' side of things. Try a MR horn?
Hi,
Are`you saying the AC ribbon wasn't keeping up with the 288's on SPL or speed? I am going to atempt this high-end Sparklomania with Heil AMT's so would like to know if there is something about this kind of combination that is ill advised.
If you are using a passive crossover...in effect one amp for multiple drivers
then efficiency and power become VERY important.
Understood!
I should have qualified my intended use by noting it will be active with multiple amplifiers and not assumed Gearfreak was using just one amp.
Yes passively crossed over, yes SPL. IIRC I had to pad down the 288's substantially.
May play again with them if the ribbons end up sticking around.
Aurum cantus
# Rated impedance: 8Ω
# Rated Power: 100W
# Sensitivity: 102dB/W/M
# Frequency range: 900Hz-40kHz
# Ribbon dimension(mm): 14.5?150?0.01
# Ribbon shape: wave
# Magnet: magnet shielded
# Recommended frequency cut: above 2000Hz
# External dimension: 106W?190H?110D
# Weight: 3.80Kg/pc
288-8k spec'd 112db/w/m on my 'Mid-Size Mantaray' MR II 594 (?) - though mine are metal, so perhaps not II's (?).
http://www.altecpro.com/pdfs/vintage...0HF%20Horn.pdf
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