dcheming
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Wow, quite a bit happened since I was last here.
It's good to have you back Charles.
Bummer about the computer virus causing so much trouble. Congrats on the new job though. I've also been making plans to put together a nice two channel system since I'll be moving to San Francisco this summer. Hopefully we'll find a place big enough to have a proper setup.
Those Onix X-Statik look interesting. Open baffle speakers have some serious benefits, but bass depth and weight is usually a problem. So the hybrid approach makes a lot of sense. I've been thinking about something like the GR Research OB-7 kit, but I'd really want to hear one first before spending that much on parts. I'm also considering some Magnepan 1.6s, but again I would need to spend some more time with them first.
Since you sold your 701s and have some HD600s on the way you'll be able to use a smaller uF cap on the outputs. Have you tried those Solen 51uF caps purely as output caps? Even though Solens aren't really that great I still much prefer them to the ELNA e-caps. Of course your Mundorf e-caps are likely much better than the ELNAs I was using so YMMV.
Cloth Ears and jrhill, please feel free to add as many pics and impressions/thoughts/ideas to this thread as you want. I'd like this thread to as diverse a source of info as possible. That and I just enjoy seeing other DIYers work.
It's good to have you back Charles.
Those Onix X-Statik look interesting. Open baffle speakers have some serious benefits, but bass depth and weight is usually a problem. So the hybrid approach makes a lot of sense. I've been thinking about something like the GR Research OB-7 kit, but I'd really want to hear one first before spending that much on parts. I'm also considering some Magnepan 1.6s, but again I would need to spend some more time with them first.
Since you sold your 701s and have some HD600s on the way you'll be able to use a smaller uF cap on the outputs. Have you tried those Solen 51uF caps purely as output caps? Even though Solens aren't really that great I still much prefer them to the ELNA e-caps. Of course your Mundorf e-caps are likely much better than the ELNAs I was using so YMMV.
Cloth Ears and jrhill, please feel free to add as many pics and impressions/thoughts/ideas to this thread as you want. I'd like this thread to as diverse a source of info as possible. That and I just enjoy seeing other DIYers work.