Yank
Bulbous Also Tapered
That's a very large inductor.
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That's a very large inductor.
Beobloke
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It was actually the other way round.
Claro's first deck was designed as a commission for their original client (I don't know who this was), who left them in the lurch when it came time to pay the bills. John Jeffries stepped in and agreed to take a number of the completed decks which he marketed as the Lumley Heliosphere, and Claro took the decision to try and sell the rest on their own as the Clarity 09. This was a success and feedback was sufficiently good for them to continue with the improved and updated Clarity Dual model.
I spoke to Peter at Claro only recently and, as I understand it, their brand new direct drive deck is still on its way...
claire.foxx
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What size rooms do you 800 owners have?
Must check the specs too to see how much deeper the 800s go. Do they have a significantly better mid unit and tweeter than the lower range models too? I'd expect more than just extra bass for that outlay...
40’ x 28’ x 20’ to the top of the flat ceiling. Bedroom above (looking down on living room) is shared airspace: an additional 16’x16’ Triangular loft... all the bass boom is up there (low volume late night listening up there is epic). The B&W800 D2s are about 1/4 into the room in free space, slight toe in.
Devialet, SAM and B&W800s are an amazing combo, they need lots of power to do what they do though.
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yurivv
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I hope my review will be publishing today or tomorrow. Although it will be in Russian, you can use Google translate with acceptable results. I will provide the link to the review.
Colin L
High-tech low-life
My "closet" (in comparison) is about 26' x 18' x 8' - speakers are about 4 ft into the room - free space and toed-in also. Power is indeed, good. The room gives up a long time before the amps.
waxkinglyrical
pfm Member
Hope the Claro Audio direct drive sees the light of day, the schematic looks like a well considered design, looking forward to seeing it implemented.
The only other new home grown DDs I can think of is the singular Onkk Cue and the Inspire Monarch deck’s so any new design to challenge the established marques is welcome.
Never a better time to own a turntable.
ex brickie
pfm Member
That is enormous! And the speakers fill the room with sound?
Colin L - even your room is large compared to anything I have!
I had a feeling a pair of 800s wouldn't be for modest sized rooms......
yurivv
pfm Member
In case if anyone interested that Russian DAC, here is the link to my review:
http://soundex.ru/obzory/sources-obzory/triumph-audio-vs-msb-select-dac-ii/
You can use Google translate, although, unfortunately, their neural network, used for automatic translation from Russian to English, has significantly lost quality (compared to, for example, last year's) for a mystical reason.
http://soundex.ru/obzory/sources-obzory/triumph-audio-vs-msb-select-dac-ii/
You can use Google translate, although, unfortunately, their neural network, used for automatic translation from Russian to English, has significantly lost quality (compared to, for example, last year's) for a mystical reason.
Beobloke
pfm Member
Don’t forget the new Cambridge Audio Alva. That looks very intriguing...
ex brickie
pfm Member
silly...…….. but tidy! The stack looks immaculate
linnfomaniac83
I bet you can’t wheelie a unicycle!
Home taping is illegal... and it’s killing music!Getting silly.
waxkinglyrical
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Shameful Werner, you should be posting at Tapeheads...Getting silly.
claire.foxx
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this looks like a system optimised for the never released cassette edition of Flaming Lips Zaireeka
Mike Reed
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Getting silly.
Are you cloning them or do they procreate naturally? Trying to get my head around this but it's outnumbered by all those.
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