dsavitsk Posted April 25 Report Share Posted April 25 1 hour ago, swt61 said: ^? I started responding and thought better of it. I don't find commercial audio gear very interesting, but I don't need to rain on anyone else's parade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherwood Posted April 25 Report Share Posted April 25 I, for one, welcome whatever input you have Doug. None of my sense of self is tied up in my appreciation for those speakers. I think part of the appeal is the dovetails, and that's more your area of expertise than mine., Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swt61 Posted April 25 Author Report Share Posted April 25 (edited) Well, those dovetails are machine made, so no real expertise needed. Edited April 25 by swt61 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsavitsk Posted April 25 Report Share Posted April 25 (edited) 27 minutes ago, swt61 said: Well, those dovetails are machine made, so no real expertise needed. Not sure about that; those pins are pretty narrow. It's possible they used a thin kerf table saw blade, but the narrowness and inconsistency looks like a hand saw to me. Edited April 25 by dsavitsk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skullguise Posted April 25 Report Share Posted April 25 There's a lot of equipment I think is so grossly overpriced it's ridiculous; on principal even if I had the $ I likely wouldn't purchase many things. I've found that I can enjoy simpler things, and my main basement system is kind of my "local" dream. I say local because it's right for my musical tastes, in my home/listening room. For me, my ultimate dream system can be perhaps 50% the room and its comfort.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swt61 Posted April 25 Author Report Share Posted April 25 1 hour ago, dsavitsk said: Not sure about that; those pins are pretty narrow. It's possible they used a thin kerf table saw blade, but the narrowness and inconsistency looks like a hand saw to me. Sorry Doug. I thought we were talking about the OMA Monitor. Those dovetails on the amp certainly do appear hand cut. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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dsavitsk Posted April 25 Report Share Posted April 25 @swt61 those are definitely router bit cut Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherwood Posted April 26 Report Share Posted April 26 12 hours ago, swt61 said: Well, those dovetails are machine made, so no real expertise needed. I mean, I would need to develop enough expertise to use the machine, to start with. Still, could be a fun project. Two way crossover with an AMT and a driver I'm sure someone has figured out, looks like a sealed box. I could probably find someone around here to cut me a weird-ass baffle since this whole town is made of stone. I'm inspired by your nonchalance, Steve! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swt61 Posted April 26 Author Report Share Posted April 26 (edited) Don't mistake me though. I personally have no issue with machine cut dovetails. I have made them, I like them, I don't think of them as a cheap shortcut. I have a lot of respect for the guys that are proficient with hand tools. Sometimes I find hand tools to be the quicker method, and that's when I generally use them. But I embrace power tools. I do want to be involved in the actual creation process, so I'd be more likely to use a CNC to cut templates, that I would then use to make forming the actual piece easier. Edited April 26 by swt61 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swt61 Posted April 26 Author Report Share Posted April 26 There are people on this forum who I believe could design such a speaker. I probably shouldn't name names, but one chose a certain pipe tobacco as his name here. 😊 Building the speakers once someone much smarter than myself designs it, would be the fun part for me. My monitors that Marc designed are absolutely brilliant. I would still want the AMT unit atop the speaker in a dipole fashion. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Sawyers Posted April 27 Report Share Posted April 27 Broadcast by the BBC in 1959 https://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/hi-fi-fo-fum/zjt6kmn 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeymad Posted April 27 Report Share Posted April 27 That is so funny - well done BBC. ... but give me dem sweet sweet NOS '50s tubes though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swt61 Posted Tuesday at 11:06 PM Author Report Share Posted Tuesday at 11:06 PM On 4/24/2024 at 6:51 AM, swt61 said: I really want to hear those OMA monitors as well, and for good reason... In the mid 80's I bought a pair of ESS AMT 1D speakers. Those speakers had the Heil Air Motion Transformer tweeter/midrange units. They are the best top end/midrange I've yet heard. The issue was the bass. It was a bit wooly and loose. I've always wanted someone to design a speaker using those AMTs, but with a better low end. So, I just learned of the Pure Audio Project Heil AMT open baffle speaker. https://pureaudioproject.com/shop/ The Trio 10 with Heil AMT. A true dipole/open baffle design. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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