My computer speakers are a fifty year old Dynaco PAT-4 preamp, a Dynaco ST-120 amp built in the '70s by a friend, a Shiit (love the name) Bifrost I ADC and a rare and precious pair of Hegeman Labs model 1-A speakers that I built while working for Hegeman in the early '70s. I replaced all of the electrolytics and all of the semiconductors in the Dyanacos. When I get some time and money, I'll update power suppies.
I like to think I have the best sounding computer speakers in the county.
I can rattle the windows with my setup. Also, I have restoration quality turntable with a flat amp. I record albums onto the computer and then use DCart10.5 to add a mathematically correct RIAA curve to the flat recording. Then I use the same software to remove clicks, pops, and surface noise. The result, in most cases, is as good as a brand new CD.
When I worked for Hegeman, we hand spun the aluminum speaker cones in a spinning die on an old, direct drive 16" transcription turntable. The turntable was out of a recording lathe. Bose basically stole Hegeman's design for the Wave Radio. The aluminum cones and aluminum voice coil could absorb a tremendous amount of power for an 8" driver. The cone doesn't flex, rather is moves like a piston. Stu's design is still being made after a Canadian company, Morrison Audio, bought the intellectual property from Stu.
My first ever turntable, back in the 1970s, was the innards of a disc recorder. I got a Coke crate, busted out the middle slat, turned it upside down, and set the turntable motor, turntable, and faceplate into the hole. Then I bought a tonearm and cartridge and hooked it to a stereo radio for a pre-amp and then to an old stereo and speakers. I used that for several years until I bought a stereo.
My computer speakers are a fifty year old Dynaco PAT-4 preamp, a Dynaco ST-120 amp built in the '70s by a friend, a Shiit (love the name) Bifrost I ADC and a rare and precious pair of Hegeman Labs model 1-A speakers that I built while working for Hegeman in the early '70s. I replaced all of the electrolytics and all of the semiconductors in the Dyanacos. When I get some time and money, I'll update power suppies.
I like to think I have the best sounding computer speakers in the county.
I can rattle the windows with my setup. Also, I have restoration quality turntable with a flat amp. I record albums onto the computer and then use DCart10.5 to add a mathematically correct RIAA curve to the flat recording. Then I use the same software to remove clicks, pops, and surface noise. The result, in most cases, is as good as a brand new CD.
When I worked for Hegeman, we hand spun the aluminum speaker cones in a spinning die on an old, direct drive 16" transcription turntable. The turntable was out of a recording lathe. Bose basically stole Hegeman's design for the Wave Radio. The aluminum cones and aluminum voice coil could absorb a tremendous amount of power for an 8" driver. The cone doesn't flex, rather is moves like a piston. Stu's design is still being made after a Canadian company, Morrison Audio, bought the intellectual property from Stu.
My first ever turntable, back in the 1970s, was the innards of a disc recorder. I got a Coke crate, busted out the middle slat, turned it upside down, and set the turntable motor, turntable, and faceplate into the hole. Then I bought a tonearm and cartridge and hooked it to a stereo radio for a pre-amp and then to an old stereo and speakers. I used that for several years until I bought a stereo.
Wow. Jealous.