I said I would report when it was all up and running . . . P5, Croft CI-P and Apollo.
I had a struggle through the loft, dragged out the 2 boxes of vinyl, talk about heavy, more than I thought, slid them down the stairs, 200 + there. Flipping through them, all my old favourite, one or two bought and wrapped for prosperity, never to be used. Reacquainting with albums I had long forgotten, memories brought a lump to the throat.
Played Jeniffer Warnes 'Famous Blue Raincoat' first, I also have the CD, so I could compare . . . ? compare . . . it hits you between the eyes! My first thoughts, 'why does any one bother with CD/digital' . . . then I came down to earth with practicality. CD's and digital downloads can be better these days if obtained from the right source. Then I put Peter Gabrial on, Rythum of the Heat . . . any one remember mid eighties, Ramada, Heath-row, Wharfdale had a giant speaker stack on dem and they used 'Rhythm of the Heat', awesome . . . the corridor was permanently queued. My little old transmission lines are not doing so bad.
This is my answer to the domestic furniture/small room problem. The book shelves are only 9" deep, I need 13". Answer, cantilever an extension, isolate with 2mm felt and hold in place with two stainless steal bolts that are not don up tight, they can be turned in the hole with the fingers, the nuts are nylock, so will not come loose.
The big holes, they create a broken bell effect, enhanced by the asymmetric layout to kill standing waves, even the bolt holes are off centre. Same principles with the TT board, it to is isolated on a sheet of 2mm felt, no spikes. Tap any of these boards, with out the holes they 'ring', sweet as a nut, (this is what speaker cabinets are general made of!) Having created the broken bell with the holes, a tap produces a very satisfying 'dull donk'.
http://i617.photobucket.com/albums/tt254/CliffStone/700boardsIMG_4676.jpg
http://i617.photobucket.com/albums/tt254/CliffStone/700ampttIMG_4679.jpg
http://i617.photobucket.com/albums/tt254/CliffStone/700speakersIMG_4678.jpg
Not the prettiest system, I would agree, but it fits with my life style, my room and listening to music. One job left to do, having proved the 'broken bell, felt isolation theory
works' . . . one of my 20 year old ideas that never went into full production, although I did a small prototype run of TT isolation boards, . . . Last job, I have to remove the boards, and spray them black.
CJSF
I had a struggle through the loft, dragged out the 2 boxes of vinyl, talk about heavy, more than I thought, slid them down the stairs, 200 + there. Flipping through them, all my old favourite, one or two bought and wrapped for prosperity, never to be used. Reacquainting with albums I had long forgotten, memories brought a lump to the throat.
Played Jeniffer Warnes 'Famous Blue Raincoat' first, I also have the CD, so I could compare . . . ? compare . . . it hits you between the eyes! My first thoughts, 'why does any one bother with CD/digital' . . . then I came down to earth with practicality. CD's and digital downloads can be better these days if obtained from the right source. Then I put Peter Gabrial on, Rythum of the Heat . . . any one remember mid eighties, Ramada, Heath-row, Wharfdale had a giant speaker stack on dem and they used 'Rhythm of the Heat', awesome . . . the corridor was permanently queued. My little old transmission lines are not doing so bad.
This is my answer to the domestic furniture/small room problem. The book shelves are only 9" deep, I need 13". Answer, cantilever an extension, isolate with 2mm felt and hold in place with two stainless steal bolts that are not don up tight, they can be turned in the hole with the fingers, the nuts are nylock, so will not come loose.
The big holes, they create a broken bell effect, enhanced by the asymmetric layout to kill standing waves, even the bolt holes are off centre. Same principles with the TT board, it to is isolated on a sheet of 2mm felt, no spikes. Tap any of these boards, with out the holes they 'ring', sweet as a nut, (this is what speaker cabinets are general made of!) Having created the broken bell with the holes, a tap produces a very satisfying 'dull donk'.
http://i617.photobucket.com/albums/tt254/CliffStone/700boardsIMG_4676.jpg
http://i617.photobucket.com/albums/tt254/CliffStone/700ampttIMG_4679.jpg
http://i617.photobucket.com/albums/tt254/CliffStone/700speakersIMG_4678.jpg
Not the prettiest system, I would agree, but it fits with my life style, my room and listening to music. One job left to do, having proved the 'broken bell, felt isolation theory
works' . . . one of my 20 year old ideas that never went into full production, although I did a small prototype run of TT isolation boards, . . . Last job, I have to remove the boards, and spray them black.
CJSF