what do you think of the sound of these speakers?

marvda1
marvda1 Posts: 4,903
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbL4skLjmsA
Amplifiers: Norma IPA 140, MasterSound Compact 845, Ayre v6xe, Consonance Cyber 800
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Dac: Sonnet Morpheus 2, Musical Paradise mp-d2 mkIII
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  • displayname
    displayname Posts: 1,149
    What are those giant tubes???
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  • Gardenstater
    Gardenstater Posts: 4,502
    edited February 2020
    They sound just like my own speakers (for some reason :D )

    Brochure for YG Acoustics Vantage:

    https://www.yg-acoustics.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/YGAcoustics_Vantage_Brochure-Final-Digital.pdf

    Pretty vague about the frequency response.......+/-2dB in the audio spectrum lol.

    How much $? Never mind.....if you have to ask you can't afford it.....
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  • Mike Reeter
    Mike Reeter Posts: 4,315
    displayname wrote: »
    What are those giant tubes???

    Bass Traps...I think

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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,901
    That's a good question -- they look too long (or tall, I suppose) to be 845s(?)
    Some transmitter triode, I would guess?

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    845s on the left in this RCA "Fantasia" amplifier.


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  • marvda1
    marvda1 Posts: 4,903
    displayname wrote: »
    What are those giant tubes???

    the guy called them **** star toys >:)
    Amplifiers: Norma IPA 140, MasterSound Compact 845, Ayre v6xe, Consonance Cyber 800
    Preamp: deHavilland Ultraverve 3
    Dac: Sonnet Morpheus 2, Musical Paradise mp-d2 mkIII
    Transport: Jay's Audio CDT2 mk2, Lumin U1 mini
    Speakers: Rosso Fiorentino Volterra II
    Speaker Cables: Crystal Clear Magnum Opus 2, Organic Audio Organic Reference 2
    Interconnects: Crystal Clear Magnum Opus 2, Argento Organic Reference 2, Argento Organic 2
    Power Cables: Argento Organic Reference, Synergistic Research Foundation 10 and 12 ga.
    Digital cables: Crystal Clear Magnum Opus 2 bnc, Tellurium Q aes, Silnote Audio Poseidon Signature 2 bnc
    Puritan PSM156
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  • marvda1
    marvda1 Posts: 4,903
    Gardenstater wrote: »
    They sound just like my own speakers (for some reason :D )

    Brochure for YG Acoustics Vantage:

    https://www.yg-acoustics.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/YGAcoustics_Vantage_Brochure-Final-Digital.pdf

    Pretty vague about the frequency response.......+/-2dB in the audio spectrum lol.

    How much $? Never mind.....if you have to ask you can't afford it.....

    I saw somewhere $32,800
    Amplifiers: Norma IPA 140, MasterSound Compact 845, Ayre v6xe, Consonance Cyber 800
    Preamp: deHavilland Ultraverve 3
    Dac: Sonnet Morpheus 2, Musical Paradise mp-d2 mkIII
    Transport: Jay's Audio CDT2 mk2, Lumin U1 mini
    Speakers: Rosso Fiorentino Volterra II
    Speaker Cables: Crystal Clear Magnum Opus 2, Organic Audio Organic Reference 2
    Interconnects: Crystal Clear Magnum Opus 2, Argento Organic Reference 2, Argento Organic 2
    Power Cables: Argento Organic Reference, Synergistic Research Foundation 10 and 12 ga.
    Digital cables: Crystal Clear Magnum Opus 2 bnc, Tellurium Q aes, Silnote Audio Poseidon Signature 2 bnc
    Puritan PSM156
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  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 25,563
    That song sucked...
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  • audioluvr
    audioluvr Posts: 5,601
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  • TennMan
    TennMan Posts: 1,266
    edited February 2020
    marvda1 wrote: »
    what do you think of the sound of these speakers?
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbL4skLjmsA
    Those things sounded amazing on my $30 Logitech computer speakers.
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  • marvda1
    marvda1 Posts: 4,903
    try good headphones instead.
    Amplifiers: Norma IPA 140, MasterSound Compact 845, Ayre v6xe, Consonance Cyber 800
    Preamp: deHavilland Ultraverve 3
    Dac: Sonnet Morpheus 2, Musical Paradise mp-d2 mkIII
    Transport: Jay's Audio CDT2 mk2, Lumin U1 mini
    Speakers: Rosso Fiorentino Volterra II
    Speaker Cables: Crystal Clear Magnum Opus 2, Organic Audio Organic Reference 2
    Interconnects: Crystal Clear Magnum Opus 2, Argento Organic Reference 2, Argento Organic 2
    Power Cables: Argento Organic Reference, Synergistic Research Foundation 10 and 12 ga.
    Digital cables: Crystal Clear Magnum Opus 2 bnc, Tellurium Q aes, Silnote Audio Poseidon Signature 2 bnc
    Puritan PSM156
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  • aprazer402
    aprazer402 Posts: 3,149
    edited February 2020
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    That's a good question -- they look too long (or tall, I suppose) to be 845s(?)
    Some transmitter triode, I would guess?

    orrhdmxcrifi.jpg

    845s on the left in this RCA "Fantasia" amplifier.


    I think I have a very old, RCA 845 with it's box and instructions. I'll have to take a photo of it and post it.
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  • aprazer402
    aprazer402 Posts: 3,149
    edited February 2020
    @mhardy6647 Photos I took this afternoon of the one old RCA UV-845 Tube I own. Old box and two pieces of instructions (they probably go together.) The second one has a date(?) of 1-29 in middle of the first page. Could this tube be that old? Enjoy.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,901
    edited February 2020
    That's a beauty.
    They are wonderful tubes for hifi -- but not for the faint of heart :)

    I don't know how far they date back, certainly could be from the late '20s. EDIT: See below!
    The 75 watt plate dissipation spec on yours suggests (per the VTV article) that it's an early one. Nice tube. :)

    Read all about the 845 and the 211 in https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Audio/Archive-Audio-Magazines-Other/Archive-Vacuum-Tube-Valley/Vacuum-Tube-Valley-09.pdf

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    EDIT (see above): Looks like RCA's "UV845" dropped (as we say nowadays ;) ) in 1931.

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  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 25,563
    edited February 2020
    That is a thing of beauty @aprazer402. Yes it could easily be that old. Heck I have some tubes here that were made in the early 40's.
    That tube could be worth a small fortune if it is NOS and still tests as new.
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  • aprazer402
    aprazer402 Posts: 3,149
    edited February 2020
    I also have a Western Electric 10-D. I do not have the horn section. I would imagine the horn piece is the more difficult to obtain. It's still a cool old item. Photo is from this web site, to show the horn piece, if anyone has one laying around. :) I have the circled part.

    https://www.hifido.co.jp/sold/?KW=western+electric&G=0201&LNG=E&O=0&L=10&C=07-31948-94790-50

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  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 25,563
    Last year at Axpona Western Electric had some nice gear they were auditioning. They had several amps that used their 300b tubes.
    It will be interesting to see them again this year and how they are moving forward.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,901
    The WE horns were (are)... something else. :)
    IMO (and FWIW): contact Joe Roberts if you ever want to do something with that WE "receiver" (as they called their drivers).
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  • 55SLA70
    55SLA70 Posts: 45
    Those tubes look like KR's. The amp could be a Kronzilla. It's just a guess. I remember seeing KR tubes on "How It's Made." When I saw that episode, the first thing I thought of were 845 tubes. It seem to me the KR's were bigger.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,901
    55SLA70 wrote: »
    Those tubes look like KR's. The amp could be a Kronzilla. It's just a guess. I remember seeing KR tubes on "How It's Made." When I saw that episode, the first thing I thought of were 845 tubes. It seem to me the KR's were bigger.

    Yeah, mebbie so. Kron made a buncha tube types at one point; they were reputed to be pretty darned good, if memory serves.
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