tomlinmgt
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Bad ass.
If you get a chance, pop out one of those VMR drivers and have a look at the magnet on that thing.
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Electro Voice Sentry VI .....some kind of tempting
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Bad ass.
If you get a chance, pop out one of those VMR drivers and have a look at the magnet on that thing.
Awesome adventure for some great speakers! Plus you have a story to tell your grandchildren, lol. I would say that they deserve better than Howard's RAF, but you know that. Enjoy! 
Coytee
Super Member
Here's a picture of the Interface D crossover (no idea if it's the same or different than the Sentry)
Also, a picture of the VMR front, next to the ST-350 and (drumroll) the back of the VMR. Somewhat of a letdown in that there's not a lot to see.
They are somewhat a pain to dig into. The VMR is something like 16 pounds so you want a GOOD hold of it when you're taking it out. He might not want to do that just yet!!
Also, a picture of the VMR front, next to the ST-350 and (drumroll) the back of the VMR. Somewhat of a letdown in that there's not a lot to see.
They are somewhat a pain to dig into. The VMR is something like 16 pounds so you want a GOOD hold of it when you're taking it out. He might not want to do that just yet!!
tomlinmgt
Lunatic Member
Almost forgot about this thread. Great info shared in here...
https://audiokarma.org/forums/index...ice-vmr-vented-mid-range.644317/#post-8564160
https://audiokarma.org/forums/index...ice-vmr-vented-mid-range.644317/#post-8564160
damacman
Resident Psycho
You need MORE in that room!!
Thank you, Michael! Honestly, I'm kind of afraid to....
Awesome adventure for some great speakers! Plus you have a story to tell your grandchildren, lol. I would say that they deserve better than Howard's RAF, but you know that. Enjoy!
When I was in the thick of that storm, I kid you not, speakers were the last thing on my mind. It got that bad. But yeah, cool story after the fact.
Well, yeah. Of course. Hoardimus Maximus isn't just a snappy pun, it's a way of life.
Besides, you dang ol' enablers are always telling me to jump....so I jump, lol.
We can sort out the rest later, hahaha.
GD70
Lunatic Member
WOW! This is an audio event! A truly great story you'll tell your grandchildren some day!
The speakers look fab, and I have to say it, we want a video of these beasts in the video thread once you're all setup!
In the mean time, post pics of how they are looking as you clean them up etc....
Cheers, Glenn
Thank you, Glenn!!! I might have to get you to help me with that, never posted a video before, but I'm certainly game.
I did a tally of the money I've spent on this hobby, what I could recoup (at current conservative estimates) and was happy to see that I could get out for at least as much as I got in, and likely much more.
Now THAT is a hobby!!! Can't say the same for my fondness for spirits (drinkable kind), flammable horticulture, and cars that go zoom-zoom.
GD70
Lunatic Member
Videos are easy. Most of us use our phones to record.
Connect your phone to your PC. Once the photos/video files show up, download the video to your PC just like you would photos, open YouTube online. You'll need to start a free account if you don't have one, once done, drag the video file from your PC to the download window in YouTube. Once completed. Click publish and make sure you have the public setting clicked. In YouTube, open the file, a window will open in your browser, copy the URL address at the top of your browser window, and paste the address in your AK thread. That's it!
Cheers! glenn
@GD70 thanks for explaining that to a true Luddite. I promise, I'll post a good vid for all ya'll.
Tore the whole listening room down, bought some of those wheeled things from Harbor Freight to ease placement, but had to modify with some slats to account for the footprint of these beasts.
Still haven't actually connected and listened yet, but I will certainly give impressions, and try with a variety of amps and receivers, and report back.
Happy to report the grills did turn out rock solid after the wood glue, tho one isn't perfectly a 90 degree angle at one junction, but it's workable.
AND.....the wood is positively drinking the feed-n-wax. Really pretty wood, teak I think??
Special speakers indeed. To paraphrase what others have said, a nearly flagship speaker from a legendary company that gave the engineers the freedom they needed.
Can't argue with that.
Tore the whole listening room down, bought some of those wheeled things from Harbor Freight to ease placement, but had to modify with some slats to account for the footprint of these beasts.
Still haven't actually connected and listened yet, but I will certainly give impressions, and try with a variety of amps and receivers, and report back.
Happy to report the grills did turn out rock solid after the wood glue, tho one isn't perfectly a 90 degree angle at one junction, but it's workable.
AND.....the wood is positively drinking the feed-n-wax. Really pretty wood, teak I think??
Special speakers indeed. To paraphrase what others have said, a nearly flagship speaker from a legendary company that gave the engineers the freedom they needed.
Can't argue with that.
Glad to hear that your making progress with things. I'm "Jonesin" to hear about your experiences today about as bad as you were trying to apply some power to them!
Not sure if you've ever seen or tried using band clamps, but they're handy and cheap.
No affiliation.
https://www.harborfreight.com/1-inch-x-15-ft-ratcheting-band-clamp-66220.html
Not sure if you've ever seen or tried using band clamps, but they're handy and cheap.
No affiliation.
https://www.harborfreight.com/1-inch-x-15-ft-ratcheting-band-clamp-66220.html
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Coytee
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I've got a little voice in the back of my head that says the Sentry VI, didn't use the equalizer. (I don't know this for fact). I think I read once where there was a plug on the underside (part of the vent) and with/without that plug, you made your changes.
Maybe I was reading something while being too tipsy...and just don't remember.
None the less, that's what's in the back of my head.
Regarding the grill covers, I think those are VERY easy to break. All they need to do is get bumped once & fall off and they're at risk of breaking.
Mine never fell like that but over the years (decades) of having them, moving them.... the grills got floppy and finally separated.
What part of Tennessee where they in? (I'm parked in Knoxville)
Maybe I was reading something while being too tipsy...and just don't remember.
None the less, that's what's in the back of my head.
Regarding the grill covers, I think those are VERY easy to break. All they need to do is get bumped once & fall off and they're at risk of breaking.
Mine never fell like that but over the years (decades) of having them, moving them.... the grills got floppy and finally separated.
What part of Tennessee where they in? (I'm parked in Knoxville)
@Coytee These were in Murfreesboro. I was raised in LaVergne, so I sorta know the area (tho it has changed drastically in the ensuing 40 years).
Another AK'er on this thread has recommended removing the plug. I'm tempted to use my standard Onkyo eq, which goes ridiculously low, to accentuate that lower range.
I have always preferred sealed, so if anyone knows modern equivalents to this eq I do not have, or just another way around that problem, I'm all ears.
Still haven't connected them. It was a wild weekend with the missus, and she also was a bit miffed I sprung for these.
I told her it was my money, and while technically true, that somehow doesn't fly with the lady-folk.
Another AK'er on this thread has recommended removing the plug. I'm tempted to use my standard Onkyo eq, which goes ridiculously low, to accentuate that lower range.
I have always preferred sealed, so if anyone knows modern equivalents to this eq I do not have, or just another way around that problem, I'm all ears.
Still haven't connected them. It was a wild weekend with the missus, and she also was a bit miffed I sprung for these.
I told her it was my money, and while technically true, that somehow doesn't fly with the lady-folk.
I feel your pain sir, it never ends. A
Woman doesn't mind spending your money, but when you do it's a problem, as always. I wish I could help with the EQ situation, but I say just hook them up and see how they sound first, you can go from there. You have the power, lol.
Woman doesn't mind spending your money, but when you do it's a problem, as always. I wish I could help with the EQ situation, but I say just hook them up and see how they sound first, you can go from there. You have the power, lol.
That's where these fellas from the Midwest and Kentucky whipped the rebels in the hardest fight of the Civil War, the battle of Stones River.
@Tom Brennan
YES SIR!!!! Been to the location of that, and the tombstones are a silent reminder of the sacrifice. Touching.
Also, Nashville's continual push for even greater sprawl threatens this hallowed ground.
Damned realtors.
YES SIR!!!! Been to the location of that, and the tombstones are a silent reminder of the sacrifice. Touching.
Also, Nashville's continual push for even greater sprawl threatens this hallowed ground.
Damned realtors.
Yeah, the first time I went to the Stones River Federal battlefield park it was in the boonies, now it's surrounded by sprawl. The same thing at Kenesaw Mountain near Atlanta. And increasingly these battlefield parks are being used by people for recreation--jogging, riding bikes and such. I don't hold with that.
tomlinmgt
Lunatic Member
Not sure I understand how people fail to recognize and diminish the historical significance of these hallowed grounds.
