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Face

Download ARTA, it's better and free also. http://www.fesb.hr/~mateljan/arta/

TNRabbit

Face wrote: »

Download ARTA, it's better and free also. http://www.fesb.hr/~mateljan/arta/

Thanks for the link; I'll check it out~

TNRabbit

I'm a little apprehensive about the whole testing/analyzing thing. I might learn something (or not) that puts this outside my abilities...

I received my binding posts & fuse holders yesterday; still waiting on the circuit breakers. I'll post pics later today--they are quite nice~

TNRabbit

Some FYI about Rane for anyone following this thread:

The Rane Story

Rane Corporation History & Philosophy

Rane Corporation, founded and incorporated in 1981 in Washington State, is a privately held company. The owners all previously worked together in middle management positions at Phase Linear Corporation, a high-end consumer electronics company. With this background, they pooled over 40 years of combined audio experience to create Rane Corporation. Owners became separate department heads based upon their expertise. This organization created an unusually strong structure, since all department heads had a unique owner's perspective in making it succeed.

The company name was selected from an anagram created from the common letters of the first and last names of the original founders. This particular anagram was selected because it was short, easy-to-say and remember, and they liked the double-entendre possibilities implying wet-links to the Northwest.

The essential ingredients in Rane's successful philosophy are knowledge, integrity, pride and common sense. At Rane, people learn to treat people the way they would want to be treated, to design & build products the way they would want theirs designed & built, and that when something goes wrong, you react quickly and decisively to correct it. It is an old fashioned, common sense way to run a business, based on mutual trust and respect.

Rane started out with four products aimed at small bands, designed to make their live performances better. At the forefront was a unique 12-input, 6-output matrix mixer (MM 12) used to create six different monitor mixes for driving stage monitor speakers. The idea was to help performers hear themselves better. Up to that time, either the small group had no monitors at all, or they were all driven by the same mix. What Rane provided was new, compactly designed, affordable tools to help solve the many problems of on-stage monitoring. Complementing the matrix mixer was the industry's first 6-channel power amplifier (MA 6), and a companion 6-channel headphone amplifier for rehearsal (HC 6). The fourth initial product was a unique combo unit, consisting of a 1/3-octave graphic equalizer and a simple realtime analyzer (RE 27), aimed at giving the performing musician a handy, easy-to-use tool for improving their sound in all venues. In doing all this, Rane established a new price-point for performance, quality and reliability. Rane products were priced well below the top high-end equipment yet outperformed and outlasted them, but were still priced significantly above the low-end products -- thus creating a new middle ground.

A noteworthy testament to Rane's design significance and reliability reputation, is that in their first two years of production, Rane designed and shipped eight new products -- five of which are still in production today.

Rane Corporation today is an established innovator in providing problem-solving professional audio tools, affordably priced, with unequalled reliability.
Rane Corporate Milestones

1981: Incorporated in Washington State, USA
1982: 1st Constant-Q EQ & 1st EQ/RTA combo unit - the RE 27
1983: AES paper: 4th-order state-variable Linkwitz-Riley crossovers
1984: 1st Linkwitz-Riley crossovers: AC 22 & AC 23
1986: AES Journal publishes Rane's landmark Constant-Q Graphic EQ paper
1986: 1st Interpolating Constant-Q EQ
1987: Rane's 1st digital audio product: AD 13 Audio Delay
1988: Publish PI 14 Pseudoacoustic Infector data sheet
1989: 1st 8th-order L-R Crossover
1989: 1st MIDI-Programmable EQs
1989: Develop Accelerated-SlopeTM EQ
1990: Patent: Constant-Q Topology
1991: Patent: Accelerated-Slope EQ
1991: 1st THX Home Cinema EQ: THX 44
1993: 1st Dolby Time-LinkTM pro audio delay
1994: Home Cinema Products launched
1995: PAQRAT® Digital Audio Recording System
1995: 1st RW 232 software product: RPE 228 Equalizer
1995: Launch website & Pro Audio Reference
1996: Mojo Series introduced
1997: Rane 1st DSP digital audio product: RPM 26
1997: Rane 1st teleconferencing product: ECS
1998: Patent: teleconferencing product
1998: New standard in DJ performing mixer: TTM 54
1999: Rane 1st Ethernet product: Via 10
2000: Rane 1st CobraNet products: NM 84 & NM 48
2001: Twenty-Year anniversary
2001: First magnetic fader DJ performing mixer: TTM 56
2002: Drag Net 100% drag and drop DSP
2003: DEQ 60 Perfect-Q Graphic Equalizer
2004: Patents: Magnetic Fader and Acoustic Echo Canceller
2004: SeratoTM Scratch LIVE digital audio computer interface
2005: SeratoTM MP 4 digital audio file mixer
2005: Digital Amplifier: MA 4
2006: Scratch LIVE Mixer: TTM 57SL
2006: Twenty-five Year Anniversary

We may be reached via telephone during normal business hours (8:00 AM to 5:00 PM Pacific Standard Time) at 425-355-6000. You may fax us any time at 425-347-7757.

Our postal mailing address is: Rane Corporation, 10802 47th Avenue West, Mukilteo, WA, 98275, USA

If you prefer hard copies of literature in the mail, you may email or call us at 425-551-1833.

Face

I've heard that measuring planars or dipole(especially a large ribbon) isn't as simple as a regular cone or dome driver.

TNRabbit

Face wrote: »

I've heard that measuring planars or dipole(especially a large ribbon) isn't as simple as a regular cone or dome driver.

Correct; the further away (to a point), the more accurate the measurement. Near field measurements don't work. There's a guy who did extensive measurements of the B&G 75" & Carver 60" ribbons....conducted outside:

http://ldsg.snippets.org/ALSR/index.php#PM

TNRabbit

TNRabbit wrote: »

Correct; the further away (to a point), the more accurate the measurement. Near field measurements don't work. There's a guy who did extensive measurements of the B&G 75" & Carver 60" ribbons....conducted outside:

http://ldsg.snippets.org/ALSR/index.php#PM

More:

http://www.audioxstream.com/

TNRabbit

New binding posts:

TNRabbit

Rear panel blank so far:

TNRabbit

New fuse holder, but I'll probably be using the circuit breaker instead:

jrgoswick

DUDE-let me know how those posts work out for you.

TNRabbit

All will be documented & posted...

TNRabbit

Crossover plate replacement panels finished & in the mail:

TNRabbit

Got my circuit breakers:

TNRabbit

Got the stainless panels in the mail today; THANKS AGAIN, MIKE!! =D> =D>

BEAUTIFUL~




The right one sustained a small scratch during shipping; nothing a little steel wool won't take out~

Now to get everything together! :-"

FTGV

Very nice.Combined with the new binding posts will definately have a high the bling factor.

TNRabbit

engtaz

Looking good.

Face

Just a heads up, I have the WBT version of those posts and they're a pain to use with spades. I hope you're using nanners.

inspiredsports

TNRabbit wrote: »

monoprice will have to do for now; maybe one day~

Considering the low noise floor I'm hearing right now, I can't imagine what improvement I'd get with more $$$$ thrown at interconnects...

Noise floor is the least of the reasons to upgrade. Bass and treble extension, decay. precise voice and instrument focus, and soundstage width and depth are what you may be currently compromising.

TNRabbit

Face wrote: »

Just a heads up, I have the WBT version of those posts and they're a pain to use with spades. I hope you're using nanners.

Yep~:D

TNRabbit

Got one speaker done tonight; what a FREAKIN' ordeal! I learned a couple of things, not the least of which is to drill out the mounting holes & install the blind nuts FIRST~ the side nuts required some modification in the form of bending as they sit right at the edge of the 45 degree angle that goes from back to side/back on the AL-IIIs...

Started off looking like this:



And the end result looks like this (pardon the fingerprints):






But FIRST, you have to start HERE--original hole:



Drilled new holes to match the 6/32 stainless steel tapered-head bolts (1 inch)




Sized & cut some thin foam seal (originally made for lining a truck tool box) to prevent air leaks/farting around the panel:




Began de-soldering the wiring to the crossover & speakers:










Went up to 12 gauge monoprice oxygen-free copper wiring from the original, wimpy (& NOT copper!) wiring:



Heat sinks in place (made a HUGE difference in heat transferred to the wire insulation & binding post plastic parts:



^^^ I ended up soldering banana plugs to use with the woofer inside the cabinet as it was too difficult to try to solder in there. The monoprice bananas worked out GREAT & fit right into the woofer connectors (3/4 " on center).

I had to drill out the holes in the binding posts to get the 12 gauge wire through them:




UGLY solder joints w/heat sinks in place:











A shot of the port tube:



It works! Couldn't crank it tonight as it was too late, but will do so tomorrow afternoon~

TNRabbit

jrgoswick wrote: »

DUDE-let me know how those posts work out for you.

LOVE them~ & the price was right, too ($19/pair at monoprice).

george daniel

Serious A$$ solder joints on thos BP's.

TNRabbit

Yeah, well......didn't want any VIBRATION to knock 'em loose~

TNRabbit

I REALLY beat them up with some Donald Fagen today (The Nightfly & Two Against Nature); no fuses or circuit breakers blown (astoundingly!) & they sound terrific~

Now to just get the other speaker done & get proficient with the Room EQ Wizard...

TNRabbit

As promised; all the pics are at this link...I got tired of linking them all~

http://s251.photobucket.com/albums/gg286/TNRabbit/Audio/?start=all

I'll import a couple:

The Rane guts:




Finished product:




New system configuration

TNRabbit

One of the Rane's had been hot; looked like this under the caps:

TNRabbit

At first, no sound. A few minutes of troubleshooting (of course, AFTER everything was put back together--GRRRR!).....

I had a couple of cables going into the wrong slot~ fixed~

Sounding good!

I used the DeOxit spray. It's impossible to wipe out the switches & pots, but I sprayed them, worked the pot/switch for a few minutes, then followed up with the GOLD. I used Q-tips for the connectors, wiped them well, let it sit, then wiped them off & used the GOLD as a follow up/protectant on everything.

Face

Gold is NOT for pots, it leaves a residue behind.

FaderLube is for pots and switches.