Not true. Flat response is the first and necessary step, and the foundation to, you got it, DYNAMIC response. My soul lives between the two. No reason to get dressed up if you got no place to go. An opinion.
And worth exactly what it costs.
Much like others to be considered. And I am happy to provide it for you. You are welcome. Do you too have opinions?And worth exactly what it costs.
quiet, I apologize to you for that rather snarky reply. I try not to be rude but sometimes it slips right through. Your opinion is welcome of course. I promise to keep any communication civil between us.
Thank you but no apology warranted, you mean no malice. I got no goats and I got no buttons, so by all means please make with the humor, whatever it maybe. I'm glad to see my opinion was worth a response and didn't suffer neglect. With 7,000 post to your credit I look forward to and will consider and value any opinion you offer. I have few options for gathering info you and others like you willingly provide here. But I still think it is nice to have a flat table from which to jump. Your student , QUIETquiet, I apologize to you for that rather snarky reply. I try not to be rude but sometimes it slips right through. Your opinion is welcome of course. I promise to keep any communication civil between us.
THe horns are always parked on top of the speakers, but they are not always connected. Additionally, they run the mids and high from the Cornwalls and not in addition to the Cornwalls. It is a matter of whether I want to hear the smaller horn of the Cornwalls or the larger Altec horn...they are mutually exclusive. I literally unscrew the compression driver and screw it onto whatever horn I want to hear, but there is only ever one set of horns playing. Like I said, though, the Altecs live on top of the Cornwalls.
This^^^. I have heard and can appreciate the reproduction of details and the musicality of the tube set up. I will set up the tube gear elsewhere in the house - that will be my '59 Cadillac. In my day to day listening room, I listen to loud and complex music, and I have a demanding "ear". I want to experience everything from 8Hz up to however high I can hear. Playing an arpeggio going from 60 Hz to 8 Hz on a pipe organ requires brutal power and stamina that the '59 Cadillac set-up just cannot offer....I need something more like Farmtruck for that. Something like a pile of Crown amps tall enough to sit on..damacman said:
This^^^. I have heard and can appreciate the reproduction of details and the musicality of the tube set up. I will set up the tube gear elsewhere in the house - that will be my '59 Cadillac. In my day to day listening room, I listen to loud and complex music, and I have a demanding "ear". I want to experience everything from 8Hz up to however high I can hear. Playing an arpeggio going from 60 Hz to 8 Hz on a pipe organ requires brutal power and stamina that the '59 Cadillac set-up just cannot offer....I need something more like Farmtruck for that. Something like a pile of Crown amps tall enough to sit on..
Thank you! I am a tech. that repairs tube equipment and it sounds like your tech. never opened the amp. up to full power or he would have noticed a bad pre amp tube. After I do a rebuild, I always run it at 1 w. for 30 mins then at 1/3 power for another 30 mins. before I do a comprehensive listening session. Also break-in the device for about ten hours in 2 hour spurts.This leads me to wonder just how competent the technician responsible for the restoration is.
um..is that actually the room you listen to your loud and complex music in, with your demanding ear?
Flat response is great to have if only my reception (hearing) were flat...
All tubes checked and replaced as needed - only the power tubes on the amp were weak. Complete recap regardless of cap condition, bias adjust, and there were some resisters in the box I got upon return as well. I am not sure which ones he replaced, but there were some. Clean up and repair any cold solders.
