[Vintage-Audio] Re Speakers From Yesteryear

Sat Jul 13 14:48:01 2002

The center channel in a home theater is hardly vintage. (grin)  A horn, no. This
channel handles primarily the voice output. You need several four inch speakers
set up to disperse the audio throughout the room at about forty degree angles.
The four inch speaker is half way between a tweeter and a 'true' mid range
speaker, and will handle the human voice nicely. 	

My set up is so blasted accurate that when the T Rex burps on Jurassic Park the
entire house shakes! Great reproduction, but unquestionably excessive. Even my
grandson tells me to turn it down!	

Duane W8DBF	

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From: R. B. Clark <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Vintage-Audio] Re Speakers From Yesteryear
Date: Saturday, July 13, 2002 2:26 PM

How about a horn speaker for center channel in a home theatre setup
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, July 12, 2002 11:18 PM
Subject: Re: [Vintage-Audio] Re Speakers From Yesteryear

> >From a stereo/separation/soundstage point of view, horns
> suck. The path length and therefore the phase delay is
> different for every frequency. This messes with the sound
> stage. Great mono though. Depends on just what is important
> to you.
>
> Wbob
>
> JM/CO wrote:
> >
> > I have a pair of Electrovoice "Regency" folded horn enclosures that I
bought
> > used in 1969. Somewhere in the mid-1970s I acquired a pair of Tannoy
> > "silver" 15 inch drivers. I still use this system, and am still very
happy
> > with it. Extremely efficient, and great bass. I use a modern pair of
ribbon
> > tweeters in small enclosures sitting on top, as none of the old speaker
> > designs had particularly good high end. I run this rig off of four
channels
> > of McIntosh tube amplifiers which are fed by an electronic crossover
unit
> > set to 8Khz.
> > Chuck N1LNH
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Duane Fischer, W8DBF <[email protected]>
> > To: [email protected] <[email protected]>
> > Date: Friday, July 12, 2002 9:52 PM
> > Subject: [Vintage-Audio] Re Speakers From Yesteryear
> >
> > >
> > >
> > >Now let's get serious and talk about speakers. I mean 'REAL' speakers
from
> > the
> > >fifties, sixties and seventies. The high quality ones with five+ pound
> > magnets
> > >and heavy die cast frames. What did you use for speakers? If you could
have
> > >afforded them back tehn, what would you have used and why?
> > >
> > >Anyone use folded horn designs? True bass reflex?
> > >
> > >What was the numero uno (number one) type of speakers for the average
> > stereo
> > >devotee then? J.B. Lansing? Electrovoice? Acoustic Research? Or?
> > >
> > >Thanks.
> > >
> > >Duane Fischer, W8DBF
> > >
> > >
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