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ChasG's Charles' Home Brew System |
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| Last Update: May 12, 2003 at 12:10:47 | IP Address: 216.37.66.114 |
| Amplifier: | My amp is a home-brew with a 12 AX7 and two 6BQ5s per channel, in a single ended, zero feedback design. It puts out about 4 Watts. |
| Preamplifier (or None if Integrated): | None. Running a CD player directly to a switch box containing a simple R-C filter to divide the frequency at 110 Hz. It then comes out at this line-level below 110 Hz to a Hafler solid state which drives a pair of Voight Pipe type columns containing 6 1/2" drivers for bass. The range from 110 Hz goes out to my tube amp and drives a Fostex FE164 in a small cabinet mounted atop the bass speakers on each side. It is an aperiodic design. None of the speakers have a crossover on them. |
| Speakers: | Fostex-FE164 MCM 6 1/2" drivers |
| Sources: | |
| CD Player/DAC: | NAD CD Player. Very old, put high quality resistors and caps in the signal path. Cut out the filter output transistors for better sound. |
| Other Source(s): | DVD player audio into the switch box. |
| Other Accessories/Room/Misc.: | |
| Speaker Cables/Interconnects: | 16 AWG copper wire. |
| Tweaks: | Foam ring behind whizzer cone of the Fostex full range drivers. All metal film resistors and good film capacitors in signal paths. |
| Room Size (LxWxH): | 16' x 13' x 10' |
| Room Comments/Treatments: | wall mural, carpet and couch |
| Music Preferences and Comments: | |
| Music Used (Genre/Selections): | Smooth Jazz, 60's-80's rock. New Age. |
| System Goals/Comments: | Have had dozens of speakers, amps, etc. Very, very content presently. |
| System Strengths: | Very clean highs. Good midrange due to the enclosed, small cabinet for the Fostex Full Range driver. Using a Full Range driver in a large cabinet for mids and bass ruin the speed of the upper mids; from my experience. |
| System Weaknesses: | None I have found. |
| Video/HT System: None | |
| TV/Projector: | RCA 35" |
| Processor/Receiver/Amplifiers: | None |
| Speakers (Center, Surrounds, Sub): | None |
| Sources (DVD/VCR): | Philips DVD |
| Other HT Gear: | none |
| Comments on HT System: | OK |
| Other Interests/Hobbies/Occupation: | Work for a company building, repairing biomedical electro-mechanical products. |