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Added a DAC to a cheap CD player - and got a result



 
 
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Old December 23rd 03, 07:55 PM posted to uk.rec.audio
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Default Added a DAC to a cheap CD player - and got a result

Ian Molton wrote:


I live in a top-floor flat and have a loft - what are my options? :-)



Bandpass enclosure - The enclosure goes in the loft
and the bass emerges from a tube.
Just a small hole in the ceiling required.

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Old December 24th 03, 07:17 AM posted to uk.rec.audio
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Default Added a DAC to a cheap CD player - and got a result

On Tue, 23 Dec 2003 20:12:59 -0000, "Wally"
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Stewart Pinkerton wrote:

I had a nice idea for a sub... Many UK houses have chimneys... with
suitable blocking off and a clean, it'd make a very interesting bas
cabinet...


Very true - and self-cleaning, too! :-)


I live in a top-floor flat and have a loft - what are my options? :-)


Big sod-off drivers like the Adire Tempest mounted in the ceiling, or
if suspension sag worries you, mounted in a manifold in the loft. You
can have 110dB at 20Hz for around £350 with one Tempest and a
200W/4ohm plate amp. Try that with a commercial sub!
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Old December 24th 03, 07:17 AM posted to uk.rec.audio
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On Tue, 23 Dec 2003 20:12:59 -0000, "Wally"
wrote:

Stewart Pinkerton wrote:

I had a nice idea for a sub... Many UK houses have chimneys... with
suitable blocking off and a clean, it'd make a very interesting bas
cabinet...


Very true - and self-cleaning, too! :-)


I live in a top-floor flat and have a loft - what are my options? :-)


Big sod-off drivers like the Adire Tempest mounted in the ceiling, or
if suspension sag worries you, mounted in a manifold in the loft. You
can have 110dB at 20Hz for around £350 with one Tempest and a
200W/4ohm plate amp. Try that with a commercial sub!
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Stewart Pinkerton | Music is Art - Audio is Engineering
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Old December 24th 03, 11:45 AM posted to uk.rec.audio
tony sayer
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Default Added a DAC to a cheap CD player - and got a result

In article , Ian Molton
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On Tue, 23 Dec 2003 08:58:10 +0000 (UTC)
(Stewart Pinkerton) wrote:

partnered by the 'killer' sub I'm building.


I had a nice idea for a sub... Many UK houses have chimneys... with
suitable blocking off and a clean, it'd make a very interesting bas
cabinet...


Did just that in our old house a couple of KEF B139 drivers fed by a sub
amp with a active x-over quite well, earth moving, especially on Organ
musicke and gave a great deal of depth to almost everything else. But
you will need a sub sonic filter of some sort to cream off the low
frequency rubbish.....
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Old December 24th 03, 11:45 AM posted to uk.rec.audio
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Default Added a DAC to a cheap CD player - and got a result

In article , Ian Molton
writes
On Tue, 23 Dec 2003 08:58:10 +0000 (UTC)
(Stewart Pinkerton) wrote:

partnered by the 'killer' sub I'm building.


I had a nice idea for a sub... Many UK houses have chimneys... with
suitable blocking off and a clean, it'd make a very interesting bas
cabinet...


Did just that in our old house a couple of KEF B139 drivers fed by a sub
amp with a active x-over quite well, earth moving, especially on Organ
musicke and gave a great deal of depth to almost everything else. But
you will need a sub sonic filter of some sort to cream off the low
frequency rubbish.....
--
Tony Sayer

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Old December 24th 03, 12:11 PM posted to uk.rec.audio
Ian Molton
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Default Added a DAC to a cheap CD player - and got a result

On Wed, 24 Dec 2003 12:45:24 +0000
tony sayer wrote:

Did just that in our old house a couple of KEF B139 drivers fed by a sub
amp with a active x-over quite well, earth moving, especially on Organ
musicke


Thats what I was hoping foe ;-)

and gave a great deal of depth to almost everything else. But
you will need a sub sonic filter of some sort to cream off the low
frequency rubbish.....


'rubbish' ? isnt that the point of a sub [low frequency]

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Old December 24th 03, 12:11 PM posted to uk.rec.audio
Ian Molton
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Default Added a DAC to a cheap CD player - and got a result

On Wed, 24 Dec 2003 12:45:24 +0000
tony sayer wrote:

Did just that in our old house a couple of KEF B139 drivers fed by a sub
amp with a active x-over quite well, earth moving, especially on Organ
musicke


Thats what I was hoping foe ;-)

and gave a great deal of depth to almost everything else. But
you will need a sub sonic filter of some sort to cream off the low
frequency rubbish.....


'rubbish' ? isnt that the point of a sub [low frequency]

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Old December 24th 03, 12:20 PM posted to uk.rec.audio
tony sayer
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Default Added a DAC to a cheap CD player - and got a result

In article , Ian Molton
writes
On Wed, 24 Dec 2003 12:45:24 +0000
tony sayer wrote:

Did just that in our old house a couple of KEF B139 drivers fed by a sub
amp with a active x-over quite well, earth moving, especially on Organ
musicke


Thats what I was hoping foe ;-)

and gave a great deal of depth to almost everything else. But
you will need a sub sonic filter of some sort to cream off the low
frequency rubbish.....


'rubbish' ? isnt that the point of a sub [low frequency]


Well below say 20 ish hertz, there isn't a lot of useful info there
apart from some wind noise and other junk, but then again this may float
your boat!....


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Old December 24th 03, 12:20 PM posted to uk.rec.audio
tony sayer
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Default Added a DAC to a cheap CD player - and got a result

In article , Ian Molton
writes
On Wed, 24 Dec 2003 12:45:24 +0000
tony sayer wrote:

Did just that in our old house a couple of KEF B139 drivers fed by a sub
amp with a active x-over quite well, earth moving, especially on Organ
musicke


Thats what I was hoping foe ;-)

and gave a great deal of depth to almost everything else. But
you will need a sub sonic filter of some sort to cream off the low
frequency rubbish.....


'rubbish' ? isnt that the point of a sub [low frequency]


Well below say 20 ish hertz, there isn't a lot of useful info there
apart from some wind noise and other junk, but then again this may float
your boat!....


--
Tony Sayer

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Old December 24th 03, 12:38 PM posted to uk.rec.audio
Ian Molton
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Default Added a DAC to a cheap CD player - and got a result

On Wed, 24 Dec 2003 13:20:05 +0000
tony sayer wrote:

'rubbish' ? isnt that the point of a sub [low frequency]


Well below say 20 ish hertz, there isn't a lot of useful info there
apart from some wind noise and other junk, but then again this may float
your boat!....


well rather depends on what you're listening to, surely? watching lord of the rings on the plains of rohan you might expect a little breeze ;-)

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