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In Reply to: Check out this screen shot... :o) posted by Presto on November 21, 2006 at 23:51:00:
I forgot how to spell my name.This happens from time to time. :o)
Cheers,
Presto
Follow Ups:
Hi Presto,I noticed on some of pictures' descriptions you mention the DCX-2496 crossover. How does that that sound compared to the Allocator as a crossover?
By the way (now that I know your moniker is not derived from a magician), my father's name is Preston as well. You're the only other one I've "met".
I especially liked the pictures of the little Koss MTMs. That brings back memories of drooling over a magazine called Speakers '80. Wow, I forgot all about those brain cells . . . .How old are those Koss M105s anyway?
Quiet Earth:Okay, let's see... was about that old when I got those (new in box) from a pawn shop... and that would have been... late eighties?
They're almost 20 years old!
Those little workhorses are seemingly built from low-buck drivers from Mcbride or Q-Components... The little 3.5" incher midwoofs are treated paper and actually sound quite nice - they do vocal reproduction and speech amazingly well. The surprising part is that these little babies can reach as low as they do, thanks in part to an enclosure that is not tuned excessively low. The tweeter is crappy too - it has a plastic face plate - but it sounds way better than it looks! All components are shielded.
I used to use these for rear fill speakers in my first ever Dolby Prologic 4.0 channel surround sound system! ;) They're self-powered as well, but I bypassed the internal amps and drove the crossovers directly.
Can't say I've had more fun with anything in audio that I paid $100 for! The conversion to JBL./Vifa midwoofs and Audax tweets was fun, but when I saw those little shielded drivers sitting there on the shelf... Well, I just had to put them back where they belong!
I'm so sentimental.
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