Steve81's Theater

[Adam]

The eagle has landed.

"The falcon has landed. The fat man walks alone."


Sorry...it just popped into my head.

 

[macddmac]

So, does the eagle sing the song that you anticipated?
Im guessing yes based on where you had it trained
cheers, Mac

 

[Adam]

So, does the eagle sing the song that you anticipated?

I don't know about that, but it clearly stole his good low-light camera.

 

[STRONGBADF1]

The eagle has landed.

Nice! ...How come Sloop John B just started playing in my mind?

 

[Steve81]

I don't know about that, but it clearly stole his good low-light camera.

What, a camera phone pic isn't good enough for you???

 

[Steve81]

Nice! ...How come Sloop John B just started playing in my mind?

It's like you're clairvoyant

 

[Adam]

What, a camera phone pic isn't good enough for you???

Of course it is...



...but you aren't a hot girl posting a self-portrait from a bathroom mirror.

 

[STRONGBADF1]

Way to work Adam's stage name in to the conversation!

 

[Steve81]

So, does the eagle sing the song that you anticipated?
Im guessing yes based on where you had it trained

Indeed it did. The family resemblance is very much there, with a broadly similar sound to the Philharmonitor.

 

[fuzz092888]

In the words of John Malkovich in Darkside of the Moon, "Fu#$%!* awesome."

 

[Steve81]

Here are a few slightly better quality pics:

Aesthetically the Dayton cabs aren't too shabby; only real complaint with them is that the magnets holding the grills are a bit weak.

On tweeter axis FR, unsmoothed, mic @ 1 foot.

And an off axis shot (didn't sit an measure out how many degrees off, but eyeballed around 60 degrees)

 

[fuzz092888]

Everything looks good and weak magnets can really be a pain. Any reason you went with 1ft instead of 1m for the measurements?

 

[Steve81]

Any reason you went with 1ft instead of 1m for the measurements?

None in particular, though it does help to further control early reflections at the expense of not getting the woofer fully integrated into the mix.

 

[fuzz092888]

None in particular, though it does help to further control early reflections at the expense of not getting the woofer fully integrated into the mix.

I would think omnimic would give you gating options so that you could still get rid of those early reflections from the measurement.

 

[Steve81]

I would think omnimic would give you gating options so that you could still get rid of those early reflections from the measurement.

It does, but the more you gate, the more resolution you lose at the same time.

 

[fuzz092888]

It does, but the more you gate, the more resolution you lose at the same time.

This is true. I don't think I've ever had any issues with REW and gating, but I've never compared against a 1ft measurement. Perhaps an experiment this weekend, or tomorrow if I don't get called in, to see what's what with my own rag tag measurement setup.

 

[Steve81]

This is true. I don't think I've ever had any issues with REW and gating, but I've never compared against a 1ft measurement.

This is what the 1m ~60 degree data looks like with a bit of smoothing (took this yesterday): top curve is the Q700's for comparison

No real issues with either method IMO, just different perspectives.

 

[Steve81]

The 7125 has returned... The noise through the speakers that popped up is now gone, which is good; the transformer hum is another story. Actually I thought it was solved as the first couple of times I fired it up, it was silent except for the clicking of a few relays. Now it seems to be settling back towards its old self. Not exactly thrilled since shipping a >50lbs amplifier to California isn't cheap.

 

[Adam]

The 7125 has returned... The noise through the speakers that popped up is now gone, which is good; the transformer hum is another story. Actually I thought it was solved as the first couple of times I fired it up, it was silent except for the clicking of a few relays. Now it seems to be settling back towards its old self. Not exactly thrilled since shipping a >50lbs amplifier to California isn't cheap.

Sorry to hear that man. Truly. Then again, you could have experienced that same added ambiance with my IPS-1, and you wouldn't ever have to worry about shipping it to/from Arizona - because I wouldn't take it back.

 

[Steve81]

Sorry to hear that man. Truly. Then again, you could have experienced that same added ambiance with my IPS-1, and you wouldn't ever have to worry about shipping it to/from Arizona - because I wouldn't take it back.

Well I'm bugging Outlaw, so we'll see what happens. If all else fails, I can live with it as I know its more in my head than anything at this point. Both the BR player and cable box make as much noise, not to mention the fans on top of the receiver. Still, it's irritating from a $1,000 amp.