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IMF owners thread!

mccarty350 said:
Struck out on everything but Diana Krall between both of your suggestions somehow. No luck.
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All good John. I'm going to find some more tunes to do more testing. I spent today working on my Sansui gear so I haven't sat down to listen to the IMFs yet. Likely will later tonight or tomorrow.


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IMF owner thread!

wtaylorbasil, if I have access to those tracks I'll add them to my listening repertoire and report back.[/QUOTE]

Thanks. I look forward to it.
 
I've been playing with Steely Dan Two against nature recently. Really enjoying it, was listening on an HH Scott that has a loudness defeat, I found this to be a big heavy. Instead of defeating the loudness I started playing with blocking the vent. Interesting results, bass seems tight but muffled, going to try a couple more things and get back.
 
It's a 388b from about 71, great unit and build quality, amazing tuner, SS unit.

The change is big, but I was not able to get back into a listening postion, will try tonight, but likely tomorrow night. Will also experiment with tapering the sides down a bit. Just for fun.
 
A small update, I haven't had a chance to do more critical listening with the IMFs yet, but I did get them hooked up on tube watts!

My Sansui 500a is finished and I have my Denon DP-A100 playing into the 500a going to the IMFs. The sound is sweet and seductive. If I can find test LPs to use I can do some critical listening with this, might be interesting to see what kind of difference a high quality source and tube gear can make.
 
OK so since I have my turntable running through some vintage gear to my IMFs, I decided to grab one of my favourite LPs for SQ.

John you won't likely have access to this, but if someone sees this LP grab it! It's wonderful.

Ballroom Orchestra - Big Band Live STI 5003

It's not actually recorded live, but I do believe it is recorded in a venue and not a studio (but I could be wrong). It's french so you don't understand any of the lyrics but you'll recognize the songs! Anyway, what I really like about this LP is that it is one of the most natural recordings I have on hand. Horns sound normal, voices are very full and compelling, and it has the ability to throw out a big sound stage. Through the IMFs I think to myself "This is what a $3000 pair of speakers from 1978 should sound like". Very clean, pure sound, with high levels of detail and the dynamics are all there. The sound stage is big and wide, with instruments placed in their appropriate spaces. Nothing bad to say about this at all, very enjoyable and demonstrates what the IMFs can do. I'm now running this without my DSPeaker as well, so I can't comment on the bass but I am a little surprised it isn't bothering me. Every time I have run my IMFs without my DSPeaker I have been displeased (only because it's a matter of once you hear something you can't unhear it). It sounds good although I can tell the bass is unbalanced.
 
How could I forget this one?

Chris Reef Bickley and the Reef Petroleum Big Band - Gonna Fly Now, in concert at the Park Place - AMB 5002 (IMF Electronics)

Yep, an IMF Electronics LP! In case you don't know the history, John Wright in 1980 decided he wanted to pursue new interests and went into researching Ambisonics. At the time there were hardly any labels that would produce an Ambisonics record (being so new and all) so IMF Electronics formed their own and they made recordings of their own. It's a really interesting concept, Ambisonics, look into it when you have time. I have an Ambisonics decoder I've been meaning to hook up but haven't had the amps to do it.

Anyway, you might think "Oh an IMF Electronics record, of course it's going to sound good through IMFs!" and while that is true to an extent, these were not recorded to show off IMF speakers. With that said these are excellently recorded LPs. Although meant for surround (ambisonics) they can be played back through stereo no problem. You'll be surprised by the sound stage and imaging these have, the depth of the band and the audience is all captured very well. The sound is pretty spectacular too, you can tell the size of the venue from the recording. I recommend getting these LPs, even if you don't have IMF speakers. They're just great and do a nice job of showing off the IMFs qualities.
 
Looked...no luck. I tried though :(

canuckaudiog said:
OK so since I have my turntable running through some vintage gear to my IMFs, I decided to grab one of my favourite LPs for SQ.

John you won't likely have access to this, but if someone sees this LP grab it! It's wonderful.

Ballroom Orchestra - Big Band Live STI 5003

It's not actually recorded live, but I do believe it is recorded in a venue and not a studio (but I could be wrong). It's french so you don't understand any of the lyrics but you'll recognize the songs! Anyway, what I really like about this LP is that it is one of the most natural recordings I have on hand. Horns sound normal, voices are very full and compelling, and it has the ability to throw out a big sound stage. Through the IMFs I think to myself "This is what a $3000 pair of speakers from 1978 should sound like". Very clean, pure sound, with high levels of detail and the dynamics are all there. The sound stage is big and wide, with instruments placed in their appropriate spaces. Nothing bad to say about this at all, very enjoyable and demonstrates what the IMFs can do. I'm now running this without my DSPeaker as well, so I can't comment on the bass but I am a little surprised it isn't bothering me. Every time I have run my IMFs without my DSPeaker I have been displeased (only because it's a matter of once you hear something you can't unhear it). It sounds good although I can tell the bass is unbalanced.
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No luck here as well but...we're talking about Gonna Fly Now from Rocky??? I bet that's epic! I will try hooking up my tube amp to the imf's shortly BTW.

canuckaudiog said:
How could I forget this one?

Chris Reef Bickley and the Reef Petroleum Big Band - Gonna Fly Now, in concert at the Park Place - AMB 5002 (IMF Electronics)

Yep, an IMF Electronics LP! In case you don't know the history, John Wright in 1980 decided he wanted to pursue new interests and went into researching Ambisonics. At the time there were hardly any labels that would produce an Ambisonics record (being so new and all) so IMF Electronics formed their own and they made recordings of their own. It's a really interesting concept, Ambisonics, look into it when you have time. I have an Ambisonics decoder I've been meaning to hook up but haven't had the amps to do it.

Anyway, you might think "Oh an IMF Electronics record, of course it's going to sound good through IMFs!" and while that is true to an extent, these were not recorded to show off IMF speakers. With that said these are excellently recorded LPs. Although meant for surround (ambisonics) they can be played back through stereo no problem. You'll be surprised by the sound stage and imaging these have, the depth of the band and the audience is all captured very well. The sound is pretty spectacular too, you can tell the size of the venue from the recording. I recommend getting these LPs, even if you don't have IMF speakers. They're just great and do a nice job of showing off the IMFs qualities.
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Has anyone here ordered products from Falcon Acoustics recently? I bought caps and tweeter diaphragms from them earlier this year, but they've failed to respond to any of the emails I've sent them in the last couple of weeks. Their website is up but it seems that no one is home.
 
tmarx said:
Has anyone here ordered products from Falcon Acoustics recently? I bought caps and tweeter diaphragms from them earlier this year, but they've failed to respond to any of the emails I've sent them in the last couple of weeks. Their website is up but it seems that no one is home.
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That's unfortunate to hear - I contacted them about a week or so ago and received a response the same day from Jerry.
 
Unfortunately I had a similar experience. Received some wrong caps on both the KEF's and IMF's. Have yet to receive them. I think he has something personal going on right now as when I reminded him a few weeks back he said that he's been gone so hopefully everything's all right. And hopefully we'll all get the product we paid for.
 
mccarty350 said:
Unfortunately I had a similar experience. Received some wrong caps on both the KEF's and IMF's. Have yet to receive them. I think he has something personal going on right now as when I reminded him a few weeks back he said that he's been gone so hopefully everything's all right. And hopefully we'll all get the product we paid for.
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He's been very good to me for the past 2 and a half years, so I expect that he will take care of it.
 
I sent a third email to Gerry this morning at the same time I posted here. Shortly afterwards Gerry replied to the first email I sent him 2 weeks ago.

Hopefully he'll be able to supply me with caps for the KEF 105.4's I just picked up. I think I'm going to grab some caps for my IMF ALS-40II's while I'm at it, as installing big polypropylene caps has proven to be a huge PITA.
 
That's all that I've heard i.e. everyone's had positive experiences. I think that there is something personal going on, I hope it's not medical problems. That might be the root cause of all of this.
 
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