What source, amplifier and cables are you using Erho?

Thanks for the Roger Russell link Thomas. I found the article really interesting, particularly the designers goal of maintaining a good phase and transient response and the suggestion to evaluate the loudspeakers using musical criteria. How little things have changed in the intervening 65 years!

Reading advices on the internet they tell you to place the speakers about 60 cm off the wall behind. I placed the rounded backsides of my speakers ca. 30 cm from the wall and to me that’s quite an optimum for the bass. The Tune Method: “Try (read: Tune) Again. Fail Again. Fail Better.” As Beckett o...

Sorry Pete, I really don’t like the effect of the sound absorbers. They reduce your lovely musical system to a pretty boring audiophile system. The sort of damping you’re using works very non linearly. Off the top of my head, 50mm rockwool will absorb nearly all frequencies above approx 1000Hz and v...

“From” £37,500 per channel.

https://www.linn.co.uk/uk/power-amps/k ... -317711313

I'm definitely liking the music coming through these, although I do miss the other notes. I have always loved Bouree and am big into Jethro Tull, at least up through most of the 70s. The bass has a very rounded, juicy quality that I quite like and the notes are easy to follow. You might want to loo...

Can't recall a concert that sounded so bad I couldn't enjoy the music. Most sound pretty rough. Been to some half-decent indoor ones though. I saw Elton John when he was being sponsored by Roland. He sat centre front with a Roland electric piano which sounded so incoherent/out of tune, every song w...

Your Jern’s look fab under the window Fred11! I really like HiFi systems which blend into their environment without drawing attention to themselves.

The only change I have a clear memory of is the first tweeter upgrade, which I felt to be a significant upgrade in both sound and musicality. I’ve got a feeling that there was a cabinet upgrade too, which included the addition of a Kustone block. The earlier tweeters looked like Scanspeak/Hiquphon d...

matthias wrote: ↑2024-01-21 21:49

Spannko wrote: ↑2024-01-21 21:21

I think they are sounding great. Maybe I am wrong by just comparing the volume of the speakers to the 3677s for filling a 50 sqm listening room.

Ah, ok. I understand. This is something I’ve wondered myself, but until I’ve tried them in a larger room I won’t really know.

matthias wrote: ↑2024-01-21 20:40

Spannko wrote: ↑2024-01-21 15:36

IMO, when it is ready it might be a very nice speaker in a smaller listening room.

What makes you think that Matt?

Thanks Matt. That’s correct, with just one capacitor and one inductor.

Thanks gents. Re the bass unit position: tbh, it came about by chance whilst determining the optimal enclosure volume. I built a conventionally shaped enclosure with a rear panel which could be moved back and forth, altering the internal volume. Due to the relatively large area of the rear panel, ju...

Here’s another update on my diy loudspeaker project. I’m still only listening to one loudspeaker, and the loudspeaker is just sitting on the floor without any coupling/decoupling, and imperfectly sealed.

https://www.icloud.com/sharedalbum/#B0RGgZLKuv8riZ

I’m a bit late due to wanting to be sure before posting, however I feel a bit of a dick posting when the answer has been announced! Of the five clips I prefer no.3. However I prefer no.2 slightly to no.4 and definitely prefer no.2 to no.5, which skews my preference slightly away from n.3 towards no....

lejonklou wrote: ↑2024-01-15 12:51 By the way, does anyone feel that this topic should become a ‘sticky’, so that it’s always on top?

Yes, absolutely! I thought about suggesting it, but you’ve beaten me to it.

I’d recommend cutting up a Linn mains lead with the writing running against the direction of current flow, making sure the cable is reversed in the distribution unit. I’ve done this with an old MK distribution unit and at the time I thought the results were quite good.

Sopper wrote: ↑2024-01-14 17:29 Can you spot difference? If yes, which you prefer?

Clip A:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tzyg- ... share_link

Clip B:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/15VTHiU ... share_link

I prefer B

Thanks for the suggestions! I wasn't patient enough to wait, so I've done some more tests. Which do you prefer: Brasso: https://photos.app.goo.gl/qttYjkqBECJjgv7q8 Brassic: https://photos.app.goo.gl/yXrFMtCXeUAgCxcAA Air: https://photos.app.goo.gl/tjJcQgotKGqo3eXj7 Brasso for me followed by brassic...

Diogenes wrote: ↑2024-01-09 00:24

Spannko wrote: ↑2024-01-08 20:25Yes

Diogenes wrote: ↑2024-01-08 18:09

That depends entirely on what the measurements are and how well they are done, which is why I asked the question the first place.

Do you know of any measurements which correlate with sound quality or our enjoyment of music?

Yes

Would you care to share your experience with the group?

I’m curious to know if you’ve actually measured any of his products? What do you think you can learn from the measurements? That depends entirely on what the measurements are and how well they are done, which is why I asked the question the first place. Do you know of any measurements which correla...

Diogenes wrote: ↑2024-01-08 04:16 I’m curious to know if you’ve actually measured any of his products?

What do you think you can learn from the measurements?

Yep, brass for me too and for the same reason as everyone else. Steel feels less musical all round. Great system too!

OK. Given that you’re asking for advice on a way forward on this particular forum, we need to be thinking about how you can improve the tune playing ability of your system. I’ve heard quite a few Linn home theatre setups and although they sound very impressive, not one of them was capable of making ...

Hello Ninth Wave,

It’s often said that if you don’t know where you’re going, you’ll never get there! With this in mind, where do you see yourself going with your system? What’s your end goal? When you know this, deciding upon the next step is relatively easy.