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Grainger49
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I like it, but knowing you, you might like a little more dress up:
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debk
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John Roman said:
Thanks
The Fostex sound very good, though at first they were a little shrill. They seem to take quite a long time to break in. I put some small foam pieces between the cone and the whizzer cone and it seemed to help. Also turning them off axis a little helps. I think their real strong suit is in the mids, solo piano music sounds like there is a grand piano in the room with you.
The cabinets are the BK-20 from madisound. I may try and build a pair of Sachiko cabinets for them when the weather gets better
Debra
Paul Joppa
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I recall the late Terry Cain saying it took about 500 hours to fully break in the FE206. He said he had cured that problem with cryo treatment, but about half the time the treatment caused the magnets to fall off, so it was not "economically feasible"!
Grainger49
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I did notice your Fostex cones match your bases. Did you decorate the cones before staining?
What color did you use for your top plate? I want to say hammered copper, my choice for my plates, but it doesn't quite look the same. I stained all my bases with aniline black, black is my favorite color. Which I'll lacquer off for that deep deep gloss. I did change my plans for my paramounts after watching a Bentley Mulsane being made, going with walnut burl veneer for the base and the deep gloss lacquer finish. If I had the skills I'd cover them in leather. We've got similar tastes in speakers, I've got the BK-20's with Decware modified 206's waiting to get built. How hard was the cabinet to build? Thanks for listening, keep up the good work!
Rich
Rich
Grainger49
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Debra,
I'm about 10 years older than you and I'm having one of those moments. At the last VSAC there was a vendor who decorated/treated his Fostex drivers. They sounded quite good but I can't for the life of me remember the name. Something like Fokker, because I remember his literature stated "Meet The Fo?????s" or something like that.
I'm about 10 years older than you and I'm having one of those moments. At the last VSAC there was a vendor who decorated/treated his Fostex drivers. They sounded quite good but I can't for the life of me remember the name. Something like Fokker, because I remember his literature stated "Meet The Fo?????s" or something like that.
howardnair
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grainger--that is meet the fonkens--i built a pair for my daughter with fostex 168ez and a ribbon tweeter on the back-i built the smaller -one the u-fonken -in hyacinth blue with mahoghany baffle--like debra i own a color wheel--nice little speakers -for a small room -in this case college dorm
http://www.planet10-hifi.com/fonken.html
http://www.planet10-hifi.com/fonken.html
debk
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pro_crip said:
Rich
I used copper hammertone for the top plate. I used just one coat. With multiple coats you loose the hammered appearance.
The BK-20 are very easy to build, just make sure you have a number of long clamps. I only used about 1/2 the stuffing recommended, they sounded better to me that way. Also the small pieces of foam between the cones helps a lot with the shrillness. I am also experimenting with a rear firing supper tweeter to add some "sparkle" to the high end.
Debra
pro_crip said:
Some leather upholstered amps can be seen at the link below on p.1 and p.17 -
http://www.bottlehead.com/VALVEarchive/1998/va051998.pdf
