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From: "Robert Hodge" <rjhodge@xxxxxxx>
And reproduced through a pair of 3 inch speakers 10 inches apart at each
booth. 70 volt lines.
AARGH !
bh
This is THE HIGH END with many retro audiophiles. The movement started in
Japan, home of ultra collecting and obscurity. Someone, probably a QC guy,
who, eaten up with kaizen and W. Edward Deming hero worship, went to the
source of all things quality, Western Electric. I mean that--they pretty
much invented statistical process control, even though it wasn't called that
back then. You have to imagine the pressure of laying transoceanic lines
with repeaters that have to be perfect, or it's your ass (horse head in your
bed)! The cat's meow for these ultra retro guys: Alnico V full range
drivers, driven by single ended amps (class A, one tube, preferably 300b,
2a3 or 45). Some even are resurrecting field coils. Come to think of it, a
Japanese company, Audio Note, produces a moving coil cartridge with a field
coil in lieu of a permanent magnet. I think it sells for $15,000 and you
have to run extra wires to your cartridge. The single ended full range
setups do have a midrange magic about them, but that would be because they
don't have any treble or bass, and I do mean NO treble or bass. Just
imagine listening to everything on those little review speakers built into
the R2R decks. But, they sure do sound good with 78s.
Phillip