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In Reply to: RE: doesn't the vandersteen 2series posted by unclestu on November 19, 2014 at 15:38:32
You would think, but the caps they used do dull down the transients, IME. GIGO, garbage in, garbage out, the speakers can't reproduce what the crossovers don't pass. That is the issue. Besides, if it were that simple you could add resistors to bright speakers, problem solved. It's unfortunately not that easy.
Best Regards,
Lou
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Lou-
you have a real knack for modifications- have you thought about this talent as a side-business? There is a market for this kind of service.
No. I have done a few mods for people, but it's just a means to an end for me. I do this at work, so it's not fun like a hobby, and if you start a businesses, you should have passion for that business. I only care about getting done and having an awesome system for as little as I can get away with. I have a small circle of folks I deal with and we lean on each other, and learn from each other. I am getting into digital because a friend showed me how to do so on the cheap. I had to mod the DAC to get good sound, but that was child's play. If I had the resources, the one thing I would do would be to reverse engineer the great audio tubes, and manufacture them again. That said, there are a lot of folks far more capable than I who could do it, but haven't, so perhaps it would be harder than I presume it to be. They can burn things though and determine the materials used in it, and so you should be able to figure out exactly what every part in the tube is made of. Before you burn it, you get all the dimention, then you set up a production line using PLCs, and automate production. I hear someone wanted to do something like that in Russia and they basically stole the factory from him. With automation you ought to be able to do it here, and you could even try to mainstream tubes then, putting them into consumer audio to ensure a wide enough base to support your products. Just an idea...
Best Regards,
Lou
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During the 2000's there were a few guys into modding. This was paying their way through college. I miss them, as we audiophiles, need more modders!
Are you an electronics tech or something, Lou?
I was, but more and more repair is a thing of the past. When RCA owned NBC, they made cameras for them that cost $35,000. I imagine you can get a far better one today for well less than 5K. 5K is likely akin to $500 or so when they were paying 35K for TK76/77s. 5K is chump change, but the cameras are also less fragile, they have no tubes. I deal more with industrial technology these days. We repair virtually nothing, unless you call replacing entire units rather than troubleshooting to the component level an electronic then... In the digital age almost everything is plug and play.
Best Regards,
Lou
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