Pictures from Dayton 2010

[Wolf]

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Yessiree- Those were Shawn A's "Voxxers", using the Dynavox 6.5 and the Usher 9930.
Shawn loves orange....
Later,
Wolf

[fred lewis]

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There was an entry ..I think in the 200 class I thought very good..It was painted a tan-orange color had a broken spike..it was one of my favorites.I just mention it if anyone remembers who's that was..

[edlafontaine]

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Panomaniac posted:

craftsmanship and imaging

There is this thing about imaging. The toe-in I chose was questioned by another in attendance. I took the implication to be that it was extreme. Now I have this feedback that it was to some benefit...

On the ride home I thought about this: how little I know...

I envision a way to explore this "imaging" thing.

turntables, lazy susan bearings under round platforms for each speaker...both speakers facing the back wall @ initial set-up...a rope around both platforms,attached to them, crossed into a figure eight when viewed from above...with a tag line allowing the speakers to be rotated from the listening position...the figure eight makes the speakers toe-in together or toe-out together. listen or measure...learn

Thanks to all for the comments, even the ones I have yet to hear. Bring 'em

[Froste]

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For who the winners are:

<200 -- Jim Griffin
>200 -- Bogdan Petrescu
Dayton -- Ed Froste
Unlimited -- Dan Neubec

As to what specificies of speakers I hope the designers will post information.

For my Speakers The FCSB, a 3-way with RS28F, (2)ND140-4, RS270. The RS270 is a sidefire in a 72" TL.

[Wolf]

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this is great...er, yeh, sittin' in one of the judges chairs :D

I do look forward to reading the comment sheets. They are a work in progress. It is the journey and the effect we have on others as we pass. ;)

Musta been Michael then. See- I didn't even know he *WAS* "Panomaniac"....

I don't really visit diyaudio much....
Wolf

BTW- I am uploading pictures, and will write my essay shortly....

[edlafontaine]

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You were there???

this is great...er, yeh, sittin' in one of the judges chairs :D

I do look forward to reading the comment sheets. They are a work in progress. It is the journey and the effect we have on others as we pass. ;)

[Wolf]

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You were there???

Wolf

[ttan98]

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panomaniac,

I like what you are doing going around the country listening to speakers... Great job.

[bwaslo]

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Do the builders of the following speakers wanna chime in, or start a thread to talk about their choices, etc?

Peerless HDS woofer and ???

That one was mine. Emphasis on the "one"..... only half the pair played that night, there was an internal amplifier fatality in the other. There was a short thread about it earlier this year on DIY audio:
http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/multi...xperiment.html

I may replace the amps with something less fussy and re-enter them next year. If I can find something powerful enough and small enough, with a built-in power supply.

Thanks,
Bill

[panomaniac]

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They didn't place in the over $200 category.

Which is a real shame. They were one of my favs. I gave you 10 for craftsmanship and imaging, IIRC. Really liked them.

[ttan98]

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Froste,

Thanks for telling us the winners of each class.

Can you tell us the name of the designer of each class and a short description of the type of speaker,eg, <$200 is a bipole?

Thanks

[Wolf]

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Yes, That is a QSC 152i waveguide backed by a B&C DE250 compression driver,

McJerry: "WHAT!!!!?!?!?" :D

Later,
Wolf

[Froste]

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And here is a group of pictures:

[Froste]

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Here is some more pictures:


<200 Winner:


>200 Winner


Dayton Winner:


Unlimited Winner:

[Paul K.]

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If that's true, Jim, then that's both good and sad to know! Does that mean there were 4 sets of music the judges intended to use? Didn't the judges choose the music in the first place and shouldn't they have known that was the wrong set? Bummer all around.
Paul

On the music selection front:

I was briefly outside the room after the over $200 speakers category. Vivian of P-E was watching the door so no one came in while a specific speaker was undertest. She said that Carl Keys had an issue to tend to so he had to hand off the testing and leveling duties during that group of speakers. Apparantly, he didn't tell his substitute the specific music to use for the next group of speakers. Apparently, the wrong music was used for that group of speakers so perhaps that is why the sound selections were so bland.

Jim