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The 2008 crash limited my hi fi budget to strictly messing with used gear.
Selling off my Khorns in 2008, I had various Pro "horn stacks" in place for the last 6 years which culminated in the excellent Klipsch K402's by Roy Delgado (rare in the used market) who is Klipsch's prolific horn designer. For bass, some bass horns of my own design based on the Klipsch MWMs, and QSC waveguides driven by B&C DE-250 tweets. Modified Klipsch Heresy's for surrounds with a pair of used Danley DTS-10 for superb sub duty.
I just scored some used SPL TD-1's, which appear to be almost identical to Danley Sound Labs SH-46 synergy horns.
All I can say is WOWW!! I'm discovering sounds I never heard before in my "audiophile" program material. Other than getting more of Danley's products on the used market (I can't afford new ones right now) my quest for SONIC NIRVANA is over.
Thank you Tom. You are RIGHT!
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Curious... what do you drive the Danley's with? SET? PP? SS? How many watts do you feel are necessary to get proper headroom with the Danley set up and do they need a large room ( what is your listening distance)?
Sorry for the barrage of questions but it helps put a better context as to what type of system work might work in a particular setting. Thanks for your time.
Cheers
FM
With 103 db/2.83 volts @4ohms, I'm using the R and L output of an Onkyo 818 AVR (SS of course). I will try the Pre Outs with an Adcom 555 or Bryston 4B to see if I hear any different. I used to have McIntosh, Marantz, HK Citation, Scott, etc. tube many years ago. Modern SS amps, especially the new Hypex are incredible. I like the sound of tubes, I just don't like the fuss.I listen to between 80-85 db at my sweet spot, so the speakers rarely see 1 Watt. The subs, maybe 5W on music only. The system switches automatically from 7.2 to 2.2 from the Oppo 83 SE.
For subs, I have twin Danley DTS-10's in R and L corners but only one is running now. The are wedges designed to be arrayed side to side as 40H x 60V times two to make 80x60 dispersion. Since I only have one pair, I rotated then 90 degrees to get 60x40 pattern and put a spacer under the apex of the wedge. They are on large boxes with the tweeter apex (center) elevated to about 36 inches. They are about 12 feet apart and I sit about the same distance from them at the sweet spot. The top to bottom DYNAMICS are amazing, which I had before with my big horn stack, but now it's a more phase coherent point source in a smaller package with no sacrifice in perfomance.
I'll be using many heavily modified Klispch Heresy's with rear ports, better woofers , tweeters, and Xover upgrades for surrounds until I build some CBT XL's (met with Don Keele a few weeks ago, another good guy).
Edits: 08/07/14
Hi
I am glad you are enjoying those speakers, they are the second full range Unity speakers I designed back at Sound Physics Labs, around the year 2000 or so. They are similar to the sh46 but not the same as the Synergy horns have even less phase shift.
I have an improved crossover circuit somewhere if you feel inspired to change them at some point but no rush, they worked pretty well as is.
One of the early installations of those were at Blossom park in Cleveland, the orchestra conductor auditioned the various choices and pointed to those and said “those, no substitutions”.
Best,
Tom
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The Mind has No Firewall~ U.S. Army War College.
Is this the unit you used for documenting your US patent on U.S.A. methods?
Thanks for checking in Tom. I would be interested in an improved Xover circuit in the near future. How do I get that? my Email is claudej1@aol.com when you're not too busy making sound improvements for tens of thousands of people instead of just me. LOL.I just bought a Runt for center channel, via Mark Seaton, working my way to all of your older stuff eventually for my HT. Got my eye on new SH-50's when my finances improve, hopefully in the not too far future.
I have been a horn guy for all of my adult life (took a loan for Khorns when I got out of college, LOL), but your Unity Summation Aperture stuff is in a class by itself.
The term "extra crispy" comes to mind, especially after listening to the "soft edged/mushy" overpriced, direct radiator systems the rest of the world is so fond of at Axpona a few months back.
Edits: 08/07/14
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