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Group: rec.audio.tubes Date: Fri, Aug 10, 2007, 6:02pm From:
(Peter*Wieck)
On Aug 10, 7:08 pm, "maxhifi" wrote:

There's quite a variety represented here - most foreign to me are
the push pull 845s, and the fact that speakers actually exist to
make an SE 45 useful!


Not to say that such do not exist, but that they are not particularly
adapted to the way that most of us use our systems in the real world.
It is only a certain sort of person that can convince themselves that
90hz to 15,000hz down 6dB or more at anything outside those limits can
be mistaken for "full frequency".


An SE enthusiast faced with a limited choice of drivers is no less
prone than anybody else to mistake such a limited range for "full
frequency". And the real situation is not so dire.
(We) are prone, however, to gerrymander our priorities to fit the
limitations of the gear, in order to receive a singular blessing. I've
built clean PP amps that were subjectively blameless, but always lacked
the ineffable qualities of "involvement" and "presentation" that even a
casual SE design would bring right back. The strengths in each approach
are not mutually exclusive, and can be combined in the right
implementation, but I'm still getting there.

So, the current fave 45 is suited to meet current real-world facts: my
modest SPL
requirement, a preference for small-ensemble music, an acceptable driver
on hand, and a willingness to take the narrow path through a deeper
experience than that which can be measured and quantified by pedestrian
means.

Horses for courses, as some living saint once said.

Regards,
Barry Bialos



Peter Wieck
Wyncote, PA