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    Modern speakers vs Vintage speakers

    Listening to the G.I.P. Laboratory Monitor 1 was one of the hi-fi highlights of my recent visit to Manila. Click here for the article + more pics :)
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    What turntables do you use? Pictures would be nice as well :-)

    Realistic Mark 8 idler-driven turntable + Fidelity Research FR54 and Grace G565 tonearms
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    Hopkins' System

    Wow! You built the OB at lightning speed. :) Have a great holiday Stephane!
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    Modern speakers vs Vintage speakers

    Thanks! Just like my open baffle project, that tonearm board was inspired by Stereo Sound Tube Kingdom... ...I just extended the front. :) Twin-armed Thorens TD124-II
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    Modern speakers vs Vintage speakers

    Holiday season music via Lycan R&R WP12024 prototype horns + Altec 802 compression drivers on top of recycled ~ 3.5 cf ported Madrid cabinets loaded with Altec 414As driven by my DIY choke-capacitance coupled 750mW per channel single-ended 71A triode amp. Wishing everyone a great holiday!
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    Modern speakers vs Vintage speakers

    That must be G.I.P. Laboratory.
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    Anyone using a Gray 108?

    I met jc morrison at Fi in SoHo in the early 90s. He's an audio design wizard! I attended ny noise 1999 and 2000 which he used to host at his Hoboken loft. I learned many things there. Jackson and Slagle have invited me a couple of times to attend ETF. Hopefully one of these days I'll make it...
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    Anyone using a Gray 108?

    I've been using 600,000 cst ever since I started using viscous damped tonearms because that's what gives me a couple of secs. drop. IME, anything lower doesn't give a delayed drop no matter how I adjust it. Here's a video of my Velvet Touch from over a decade ago.
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    Modern speakers vs Vintage speakers

    Thanks! Being a classically trained violinist, it's always been difficult for me to verbalize music or sound. That's why I tend to be more technical in my blog. It's much easier to express myself through the instrument which won't be appropriate in this case, so I'll try... This was my second...
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    Ortofon-style 12" tonearm by Karmadon

    I discovered Serge's work a few years back in Lenco Heaven, I was about to order his Gray 108 clone when I suddenly got lucky with an original. He occasionally posts in a couple of idler turntable-centric groups on Facebook. If you're there maybe you should search him out. For the DIY...
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    Ortofon-style 12" tonearm by Karmadon

    I recently noticed this tonearm posted on Facebook . It's the creation of Serge Rogozyansky of Ukraine. He's known amongst idler driven turntable aficionados as a restorer as well as for his viscous damped unipivot tonearms inspired by the classic Gray Research 108. Having been an early adopter...
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    Modern speakers vs Vintage speakers

    Thanks! I'll look into this.
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    Modern speakers vs Vintage speakers

    IMHO, even if Western Electric (later Altec) engineers from that era had access to the finest test equipment, they used their ears as the final arbiter in sound system design. They were also exposed to/familiar with the sound of acoustic instruments being performed without amplification as...
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    Modern speakers vs Vintage speakers

    Congrats! Before I acquired my 755As, I was already listening to 755Cs in G.A. Briggs inspired open baffles. They're also in Silbatone boxes now. I'm glad you found a nicer unit! 755Cs and 755Es with original cones and voice coils aren't as affordable nor are they as easy to find nowadays...
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    Modern speakers vs Vintage speakers

    Back in the 90s, I was fortunate to have heard a pair of Western Electric 753As, 753Cs + a single 757A. All of these classic monitor speakers left a profound imprint in my sonic memory. However, even then, they were already beyond my budget. All I could afford then was a pair of Altec 755As. I...
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