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In Reply to: RE: Roger Modjeski and direct-drive ESL amplifier posted by AJ on January 1, 2014 at 10:00:30:
Without a doubt there are possibly better ways to go than what I am listening to now. I kept myself on a strict budget. Would I rather have bought a tubed Marchand crossover w/24db/octave hi and lo-pass slopes? Yes, indeed. But they cost more than $2000, and Marchand would not even return my emails, anyway, when I wrote him to inquire. At the time I was putting this together, I was not even sure I would like the Bev speakers, did not want to go overboard on cost.Turns out, the Dahlquist is absolutely superb, altho 24db/octave is superior to 18db/octave, if you worry about phase shift.. But I would like to upgrade the hi-pass x-over that lurks inside the 2SW amp chassis along with the Bev built-in woofer amp, which I am totally bypassing. Problem is that no one has the schematic for the Bev x-over.
A general comment on electronic crossovers: For decades, I've stayed away from them, because prior to that time I never met one that I could love. Back then, they all colored the sound to one objectionable degree or another. I am willing to believe that modern design and parts can do better, but I am only willing to tolerate the idea for supplementing the bass response, as for the Bevs or any ESL or a monitor type spkr.
Edits: 01/01/14
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Follow Ups
- Crossover, etc - Lew 12:57:43 01/01/14 (2)
- RE: Crossover, etc - AJ 17:21:10 01/01/14 (1)
- RE: Crossover, etc - Lew 21:59:21 01/01/14 (0)
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