"Fleetie" wrote
I just got a pair today.

OMFG! They sound so, so, so detailed and revealing in the treble!

I'm in love! Plus I got 50 quid off for no apparent reason.

And these are lower-end Dynaudios! One can only wonder what the
expensive stuff can do!

I have achieved audio contentment! They sound fan-TAS-tic!

Got my "proper" pair today. The ones I had until today were on
loan from the shop while they got my new ones in.

I'm amazed at these speakers, having lived with them for a week now.
They really do put in a VERY creditable bass performance for the size.
Amazing, really.

And the treble! Ooohhhhh, that treble! It's the best treble I've ever
heard from a moving-coil speaker - not that I've heard many in recent
years, but it is truly _amazing_.

Boo-yah!

And I'd like to thank Practical Hi-Fi in Manchester for top-class service,
too. They got my speaker in very quickly indeed - by last Wednesday. A good
experience.



Martin
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M.A.Poyser Tel.: 07967 110890
Manchester, U.K. http://www.fleetie.demon.co.uk

"The Artist" wrote
"Fleetie" emitted :

And I'd like to thank Practical Hi-Fi in Manchester for top-class service,
too. They got my speaker in very quickly indeed - by last Wednesday. A good
experience.

Bridge St? They're a good bunch..

The very same.

Yeah it was a good experience.


Martin
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M.A.Poyser Tel.: 07967 110890
Manchester, U.K. http://www.fleetie.demon.co.uk

On Thu, 08 Jul 2004 20:28:33 +0100, The Artist wrote:

These guys charged me £20 for a replacement Project TT cover and
delivered the same week. [I suspect at cost.] Also threw in some extra
bits and pieces I needed for free. OK their listening room isn't much
to speak of, but I've always found them very personable and helpful.
Across the road, you-know-who wanted twice as much. More of a
boxshifting operation in my experience...

I work in Manchester. I will need to look these folks up.

Pity The Music Rooms went tits-up. They were committed audiophiles.

Was that the Naim (amongst others) dealer in Deansgate?

--
Anthony Edwards

"The Artist" wrote
"Fleetie" emitted :

And I'd like to thank Practical Hi-Fi in Manchester for top-class service,
too. They got my speaker in very quickly indeed - by last Wednesday. A good
experience.

Bridge St? They're a good bunch..

The very same.

Yeah it was a good experience.

These guys charged me £20 for a replacement Project TT cover and
delivered the same week. [I suspect at cost.] Also threw in some extra
bits and pieces I needed for free. OK their listening room isn't much
to speak of, but I've always found them very personable and helpful.
Across the road, you-know-who wanted twice as much. More of a
boxshifting operation in my experience...

Pity The Music Rooms went tits-up. They were committed audiophiles.

Yeah I remember them too.

In new news: My valve amp has gone tits-up this evening. Well, the
left channel has. It's clipping REALLY early. A valve swap from
L -- R for all valves kept the fault in the left channel, i.e.
it didn't change sides, so I'm hoping a resistor in the left side
has burnt or something. PLEASE not a transformer fault.

I'm back to my Cyrus II for now, and it sounds VERY unengaging
compared to the valve amp, in the treble, to be honest.

Screwdrivers out this weekend.



Martin
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M.A.Poyser Tel.: 07967 110890
Manchester, U.K. http://www.fleetie.demon.co.uk

"Fleetie" wrote in message
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"Fleetie" wrote
In new news: My valve amp has gone tits-up this evening. Well, the
left channel has. It's clipping REALLY early. A valve swap from
L -- R for all valves kept the fault in the left channel, i.e.
it didn't change sides, so I'm hoping a resistor in the left side
has burnt or something. PLEASE not a transformer fault.

I can't get the thing open! The screws are too tight!


Heat 'em up good with a soldering iron and try them when they've cooled back
down. (Presuming no plastic in the area, of course.....)


BUT luckily I can see down onto some of the PCB if I take the
output valves out. Sure enough, there's ONE blown-up resistor
visible in the left channel. Not a small one, but not huge.
I'd guess it's rated a watt or two.


Fit at least 2 or even 3 watt resistors and rip out the other side and
balance everything up in L/R pairs - won't cost more than a few quid and
will prevent the other side following suit.



I guess it's a cathode resistor but I can't tell, cos I can't see
much of the PCB.


From your earlier post re neighbours, I guess you've got the overhead to
spare - why not give a thought to re-biasing while you've got the bonnet up?
It'll take the pressure off and you'll never hear the difference.....

"Fleetie" wrote
In new news: My valve amp has gone tits-up this evening. Well, the
left channel has. It's clipping REALLY early. A valve swap from
L -- R for all valves kept the fault in the left channel, i.e.
it didn't change sides, so I'm hoping a resistor in the left side
has burnt or something. PLEASE not a transformer fault.

I can't get the thing open! The screws are too tight!

BUT luckily I can see down onto some of the PCB if I take the
output valves out. Sure enough, there's ONE blown-up resistor
visible in the left channel. Not a small one, but not huge.
I'd guess it's rated a watt or two.

I guess it's a cathode resistor but I can't tell, cos I can't see
much of the PCB.

Anyway, it's Orange Orange Gold Gold. I can't remember what a
Gold multiplier means. 0.1 or 0.01? I'll look it up anyway.
So it's either 3.3 Ohms or 0.33 Ohms.

I'm quite happy cos I suspect and hope that it's be an EASY fix
and I'll be back to divine sound again soon!


Martin
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M.A.Poyser Tel.: 07967 110890
Manchester, U.K. http://www.fleetie.demon.co.uk

In article , Fleetie
writes
Can I just say while I'm here that these speakers are STILL impressing
me?

They're so _effortless_. No colouration. Sound just _emerges_ as if by
magic. No struggle, no "sound of their own", just sound that comes out.

The midrange is just to die for, as is the treble. Even when watching
TV, I sometimes look at those little solid boxes and think, "That sound
is coming from THEM, but it doesn't sound like it is!".

If they were a girl, I'd marry her, confident that I wouldn't run off with
anyone else, at least for long enough to make it worth it.


Martin

What?, Are you on?, as I'd like some of it too:-)))
--
Tony Sayer

"Keith G" wrote
From your earlier post re neighbours, I guess you've got the overhead to
spare - why not give a thought to re-biasing while you've got the bonnet up?
It'll take the pressure off and you'll never hear the difference.....

Screw the neighbour. I do wick it up every now and again, esp. if I
think she's not in.

But as I say, I can't get the damn cover off at the moment, though
if I need to, I will try your interesting tip with the soldering iron.


Cheers.


Martin
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M.A.Poyser Tel.: 07967 110890
Manchester, U.K. http://www.fleetie.demon.co.uk

Can I just say while I'm here that these speakers are STILL impressing
me?

They're so _effortless_. No colouration. Sound just _emerges_ as if by
magic. No struggle, no "sound of their own", just sound that comes out.

The midrange is just to die for, as is the treble. Even when watching
TV, I sometimes look at those little solid boxes and think, "That sound
is coming from THEM, but it doesn't sound like it is!".

If they were a girl, I'd marry her, confident that I wouldn't run off with
anyone else, at least for long enough to make it worth it.


Martin
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M.A.Poyser Tel.: 07967 110890
Manchester, U.K. http://www.fleetie.demon.co.uk

We seem to have some music interests in common. You may even have been
a couple of rows behind me at the Chameleons Free Trade Hall gig back
in the 80s? :-)

Well, the Chama are mnew fave band! They rule!

Only ton ight I was down the pub/club and the DJ played like
6 Chams songs and I was giving it the air guitar and whatnot!

It was cool!

Not that great for testing out a hi-fi but ****ing good music!

I didn't catch them first time around but I saw them several
times after they reformed in 2001-2003. And I was always in the front
row, with the bruised chest from the barrier to prove it!

Nice one!



Martin
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M.A.Poyser Tel.: 07967 110890
Manchester, U.K. http://www.fleetie.demon.co.uk