Open Baffle Epiphany!
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Try bypassing the passive for now and plug a CD player directly into the ROLLS inputs.
Full range amp to high, plate amp to low as you stated. Than work your way back from there.
Full range amp to high, plate amp to low as you stated. Than work your way back from there.
mkane
Lunatic Member
I'll give that a go.
mkane,
I don't know if this is helpful, but I was looking at your setup and was wondering if you are intentionally running the upper amps fullrange - is that why you've got the y-cables? Maybe you should try the traditional biamp setup first - signal into preamp (TVC or Foreplay, if the latter's gain is helpful), then into the Rolls, then high output to the tube amps and low output into woofer amp.
I don't know if this is helpful, but I was looking at your setup and was wondering if you are intentionally running the upper amps fullrange - is that why you've got the y-cables? Maybe you should try the traditional biamp setup first - signal into preamp (TVC or Foreplay, if the latter's gain is helpful), then into the Rolls, then high output to the tube amps and low output into woofer amp.
Roscoe Primrose
New Member
Just a photo of my OB setup to help keep this epic thread to the top....
4 Tang Band 1808's per channel. Can be run full range but I use an active crossover most the time at about 80hz. Below that freq, the stack of 8 10's Goldwood's, corner loaded take over.
Wonderful imaging and stage depth and no lack of bass above about 30hz to report. Listening distance about 11ft. About five, or maybe a little more, behind the mains. No need for any other filtering or elements between the amps and the drivers. Four sections of 5 watts gives me all I need for power.
A friend says it gives the mids that all the horn guys (of which he is one) are disparately trying to get.
EV3
4 Tang Band 1808's per channel. Can be run full range but I use an active crossover most the time at about 80hz. Below that freq, the stack of 8 10's Goldwood's, corner loaded take over.
Wonderful imaging and stage depth and no lack of bass above about 30hz to report. Listening distance about 11ft. About five, or maybe a little more, behind the mains. No need for any other filtering or elements between the amps and the drivers. Four sections of 5 watts gives me all I need for power.
A friend says it gives the mids that all the horn guys (of which he is one) are disparately trying to get.
EV3
It has wings (see pics on previous page).
"4 Tang Band 1808's per channel." 
I did this a few years back with Visaton B200s wired in parallel; I had a couple of amps that could handle the load solo.
I switched between all full range and one full range (inductor on bottom 3) ; sounded pretty good to me either way.
I did this a few years back with Visaton B200s wired in parallel; I had a couple of amps that could handle the load solo.
I switched between all full range and one full range (inductor on bottom 3) ; sounded pretty good to me either way.