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Re: What Are You Listening To? (Part Deux)
^^^ it's a good one!
One for the Mrs.
"The new 2025 stereo remix."
One for the Mrs.
"The new 2025 stereo remix."
SIHAB
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Re: Fried Model H upgrades/tweaks/DIY
Here are the afters (the before pictures can be found in the thread linked to in my original post).
So much nicer with just one wire per speaker. Terminations will be upgraded to spades in the near future. I plan to leave the speakers and woofer enclosure stock despite seeing some people replace the screws with newer binding posts that takes bananas natively.
Crossover cleaned up quite a bit. I am not sure if I want reduce the woofer down to 14/4 as well or leave them as independent runs. Either way I will be moving Furez wire (from the current Amazon basic) just to be consistent. Not in love with the terminations but for now they work. Thoughts on better bananas appreciated.
Spades that I will be using for the speaker terminals. Link to specs:
15w linear powersupply from Weiliang (dime a dozen Chinese manufacturer) that has the upgraded telema transformer. Link to specs. Connected using a 5 foot Cullen Cable Crossover Series powercable. Link to specs.
Note: I also have parts to build a Twisted Pear Centaur linear powersupply thanks to @SCompRacer and will be building that and trying it against the Weiliang.
Furman AC-215a at the wall. No plans to upgrade its cable from stock. Eliminates the power cables from sticking far out from the wall before turning. Link to specs
Note: I realize it’s only 10 amp and the outlet is 25 but I don’t think it will be a problem.
Cleaned up setup
So much nicer with just one wire per speaker. Terminations will be upgraded to spades in the near future. I plan to leave the speakers and woofer enclosure stock despite seeing some people replace the screws with newer binding posts that takes bananas natively.
Crossover cleaned up quite a bit. I am not sure if I want reduce the woofer down to 14/4 as well or leave them as independent runs. Either way I will be moving Furez wire (from the current Amazon basic) just to be consistent. Not in love with the terminations but for now they work. Thoughts on better bananas appreciated.
Spades that I will be using for the speaker terminals. Link to specs:
15w linear powersupply from Weiliang (dime a dozen Chinese manufacturer) that has the upgraded telema transformer. Link to specs. Connected using a 5 foot Cullen Cable Crossover Series powercable. Link to specs.
Note: I also have parts to build a Twisted Pear Centaur linear powersupply thanks to @SCompRacer and will be building that and trying it against the Weiliang.
Furman AC-215a at the wall. No plans to upgrade its cable from stock. Eliminates the power cables from sticking far out from the wall before turning. Link to specs
Note: I realize it’s only 10 amp and the outlet is 25 but I don’t think it will be a problem.
Cleaned up setup
EndersShadow
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Shout-out to Douglas Connection and PSA
For those new to the forum, we have a member here @helipilotdoug who runs a
Let’s begin with a Shout-Out to Douglas Connection, a company catering to us audio nuts, with big and small wallets, that happens to be owned by a fellow forum member, @helipilotdoug.
He’s a one man show and makes custom speaker cables, interconnects, as well as carries a ton of options for those that would prefer to DIY their own items. His DIY section is quite robust with connectors, wires by the foot, and includes fully assembled DIY kits for those wanting to save the time of sourcing all the wire and connectors.
I myself am running his interconnects for my HT, all of my surrounds, my DIY subs run speaker wire from him, and I’ve got a ton of spare other stuff from the years.
Quality is top notch, customer service is great, and you are supporting a US Vet owned company. What’s not to love about that.
But enough about all that, let’s get to the PSA portion of the post, which relate to FUREZ.
While exchanging emails with Doug for a purchase of speaker wire I needed, I learned that Furez (the company whose speaker wire I use for my diy cables) has gone out of business.
Hearing that I snatched up the LAST of Doug’s inventory of Furez 14/4 (a 10 and 8 foot pair). I believe he still may have some limited lengths of 14/2 available so I’d highly recommend getting it now before it’s gone forever.
I’m a big fan of Furez speaker wire over that from Monoprice, Amazon Basics, and even Audioquests FLX wire (all of which I’ve previously run) as it’s better insulated, super flexible, CL2 (ie in-wall rated rated). Moreover I’ve not found a comparable wire for the price so I’m thankful I’ve got a bunch of spare lying
around.
Let’s begin with a Shout-Out to Douglas Connection, a company catering to us audio nuts, with big and small wallets, that happens to be owned by a fellow forum member, @helipilotdoug.
He’s a one man show and makes custom speaker cables, interconnects, as well as carries a ton of options for those that would prefer to DIY their own items. His DIY section is quite robust with connectors, wires by the foot, and includes fully assembled DIY kits for those wanting to save the time of sourcing all the wire and connectors.
I myself am running his interconnects for my HT, all of my surrounds, my DIY subs run speaker wire from him, and I’ve got a ton of spare other stuff from the years.
Quality is top notch, customer service is great, and you are supporting a US Vet owned company. What’s not to love about that.
But enough about all that, let’s get to the PSA portion of the post, which relate to FUREZ.
While exchanging emails with Doug for a purchase of speaker wire I needed, I learned that Furez (the company whose speaker wire I use for my diy cables) has gone out of business.
Hearing that I snatched up the LAST of Doug’s inventory of Furez 14/4 (a 10 and 8 foot pair). I believe he still may have some limited lengths of 14/2 available so I’d highly recommend getting it now before it’s gone forever.
I’m a big fan of Furez speaker wire over that from Monoprice, Amazon Basics, and even Audioquests FLX wire (all of which I’ve previously run) as it’s better insulated, super flexible, CL2 (ie in-wall rated rated). Moreover I’ve not found a comparable wire for the price so I’m thankful I’ve got a bunch of spare lying
around.
EndersShadow
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Re: PSW150 Problems...schematic available?
Got it. You're the best.. thank you VERY much!!! I just tested the amp with the drive in the enclosure... works great... except the driver buzzes and rattles like crazy at anything other than very quiet excursions. Pulled it.. the corrugated spider had separated from the frame. Just reglued it... should be good to go tomorrow. Very excited... can't thank you enough for the help.
MuseChaser
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Re: Post a picture.....any picture...part deux...
I would love to find one of these!
SeleniumFalcon
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