Recent content by DonH50
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Tower vs bookshelf
Having them in a small space in no way restricts their performance, and they will provide fuller lower midrange and bass than bookshelf speakers even if crossed to a sub. The wall on the right does add reflections but that will be the same for bookshelves. On stands, the bookshelf speakers will...- DonH50
- Post #2
- Forum: Bowers and Wilkins (B&W) Audio Forum
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Magnepans 1.6 no sound
Yeah, may be... Magnepan would likely replace the panels and contact assemblies (terminal strips). When I got a quote to rebuild my old MG-IIIa's some years ago, it was cheaper than I expected at the time, so worth a call or note just to see. But I think the OP is overseas so shipping alone... -
Magnepans 1.6 no sound
I agree with @Alrainbow that is serious corrosion. The bass section is wire on the diaphragm, the tweeter is Al foil traces. The foil/connector contacts can be an issue over time (dissimilar materials tend to react with each other and become open) but it does look like the foil traces are bad. I... -
Magnepans 1.6 no sound
The conductors should have fairly high resistance but what do you measure? -
Fuse and Cable Directionality
This thread appears to have wandered back to just everyone attacking everyone else, and I need to go practice then enjoy the rest of my Sunday after church and then dealing with on-going tax questions (blah). Y'all have fun... On topic: I still do not think fuses are audibly directional, but I...- DonH50
- Post #296
- Forum: General Audio Forum
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Fuse and Cable Directionality
He's a member of ASR, still with the AES, has presented a few talks at the PNW Audio Society, and is quite approachable. He's still giving lectures now and then, and we've corresponded a bit online and on the phone. At some point all of us appeal to some sort of authority, unless we claim to be...- DonH50
- Post #295
- Forum: General Audio Forum
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Fuse and Cable Directionality
Auditory memory is very short, something like six seconds per the AES (or IHF, or somebody). But there is also plenty of evidence for long-term awareness of subtle changes... Which may or may not survive a DBT. But psychoacoustics is NOT my area of expertise!- DonH50
- Post #291
- Forum: General Audio Forum
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Do you know my name?
Sorry Kal, I stand corrected! I forgot Arnie was the (ahem) genesis of Genesis! I miss that guy...- DonH50
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- Forum: General Audio Forum
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The WBF humor and joke thread.
Sorry if this is a repost, old but I just saw it again. Maybe I posted it the first time, in which case I need to find a similar one about memory...- DonH50
- Post #2,122
- Forum: General Misc Discussion
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Magnepans 1.6 no sound
Infinity's EMIT and EMIM drivers were a mess for a while; I was constantly having to touch up the connections when they cracked and opened under stress. Al driver strips to brass (IIRC) eyelets ("rivets") soldered to wires provided several points of failure. At the time they authorized the shop... -
Magnepans 1.6 no sound
Good advice. Unless the fuse was measured good it is suspect, and sometimes even then. I loved the people who wrapped the fuses in foil, or bypassed with the wire, as it generated a fair amount of repair business for the shop I worked. I have seen blown ribbons in both sides, and blown... -
Fuse and Cable Directionality
I would not consider it "extreme", but fairly basic, and as I said most of that was done about 40 years ago. I rarely measure except when setting up a new system or component (last was when I added some speakers, couple or three years ago). There's always the jump to conclusions in these debates...- DonH50
- Post #269
- Forum: General Audio Forum
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Fuse and Cable Directionality
No, Scott is of no relation to Amir, and denigrating an alternative point of view is just as arrogant in my book. Nobody knew, or least I did not and I doubt Scott did, your credentials, but that was not the point at all. Questioning is not always an attack, and I tend to use "argument" in the...- DonH50
- Post #267
- Forum: General Audio Forum
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Fuse and Cable Directionality
It was not testing for errors, it was testing to see if a certain thing (component, wire, EQ setting, whatever) was reproducible and repeatable, did it make the difference we thought it did? Too often we found what we thought we heard, we did not, or we did but it had nothing to do with what we...- DonH50
- Post #261
- Forum: General Audio Forum
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Fuse and Cable Directionality
A combination of DBT and ABX testing. This was some 40 years ago but was one of the defining moments for me in audio, when I realized how much perception and things like mood when listening and such affected the results. I went from hearing every atom in the cables to what I feel is a more...- DonH50
- Post #237
- Forum: General Audio Forum
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