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Where do you live?

Posted by RayP (A) on October 20, 2009 at 17:41:13

In Reply to: Any inexpensive amp speaker combos to give a taste of SET? posted by robertd on October 17, 2009 at 10:42:55:

Since nobody has asked already, I will ask the question. Where do you live? There is always a chance that somebody lives relatively close to you so that you can go and listen to their system. You may or may not like what you hear but at least you may get a sense of what is going on. The best part is that you will be able to discuss the whole topic of the SET world and even better, hear music that may be new to you.

My own 2 cents on the topic of what to try follows.

Amps - try to build your own - a kit is a great way to start and the Bottlehead kits are excellent. Think of any such kit as a learning experience. And you will find that there is nothing quite like listening to an amp that you built.

Speakers - it's all so room dependent, size, placement etc and there are so many alternatives. Think about an open baffle design which is simple and inexpensive to build. You can spend $$ on the drivers rather than the box. You might find the M.L. King article interesting (see url below). I'm not suggesting you build it because you will probably need more than 1 or 2 watts, just think about it. By the way the Jordan is a very good sounding driver.

Use some sort of powered sub(s) for your initial attempt so your low powered SET amp doesn't have to deal with the power requirements of low frequencies. You can use the sub(s) later in some home theater set up.

Just treat this as the initial steps on a journey and enjoy it all.

ray

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