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Let's be honest about the Sigma. While I can understand some of it's appeal, it's certainly not for everyone. The soundstage is uhm...shall we say 'different'. With certain music it's actually pretty cool, but it just makes some unlistenable IMO. Besides...three out of three Dentists recommend the K1000...

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It's actually quite a simple project. I did it to a pair of speakers I used to own in the 90's. You use a thin hide, and it stretches easier that you'd think. They make a specific glue for leather, and I just glued it to the back of the baffle. It seems that the builder used some type of super sealant on these baffles though, so they're not coming off. Good idea for sound quality though, as the seal seems excellent. The guy seems to be pretty cool. He said he decided to upgrade to the curved cabinets on my pair because I seemed like a good guy and fellow audio junkie. He liked them so much that he's planning on using them on further Monitor 3 units. He has a larger pair planned for Jan/Feb, using the same domed mids, a larger planar tweeter and three of the same 8" woofers that are in my Monitor 3. I would like to build a small bookshelf speaker using these HiVi drivers... https://www.madisound.com/store/product_info.php?manufacturers_id=136&products_id=1504 HiVi S1 5" Coaxial Midrange | Parts-Express.com I love the idea of that concentric mid/tweeter, and would hope to get the imaging of a good two way, with the better bass and mids of a three way design (woofer crossed over lower). I'd need someone to design and build the crossover though.

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You have to cut the head off of a dynamic headphone user (with headphones still on) and stuff it in Jude's bed, to become a member of the Stax Mafia today. K1000 users don't count, because those are ear speakers, not headphones. I hear Skylab is the next intended victim.

Well I heard the OIIs driven by an ES-1, and they did not sound dark, but I had the Headamp SS electrostatic amp and OII on loan for several months a few years back, and the OII was what I'd term as slightly dark on that amp. Not HD650 dark, but not what I'd term as forward at all. The LCD-2 is what I'd call somewhat forward in nature.

They are different, The cabinets are piano Black high gloss, while the baffles come in satin Black. I don't think I'd want piano Black baffles, and rather like the contrast. I also think that wrapping the baffles in Black leather ala Sonus Faber would look awesome too.

I would guess that 1/64" over would be plenty large enough. Not sure what that is in mm., but in SAE it'd be 33/64". If it doesn't matter if the slot is a bit oversized I'd go with 9/16" just to be safe.

I don't know who has called it dark, but IMO that couldn't be further from it's character.

They're actually the larger 1 ft

Temperarily set up my new speakers that arrived this morning. This will not be their permanent placement, but are located at my desk for break in. Two surprises were how big they really are, and that he chose to use the much more elegant curved cabinets, as the pics on his site (Daber Audio) are of the squared cabinets. They really are stunning looking in person. No impressions yet, as they're running pink noise for now. The last picture shows the little pillows I made quite some time back for rear ported speakers. Still too close to the wall, but the pillows really help with early reflections none the less.

Why does the outline of that route remind me of Grandpa Simpson?

If I had a nickle for every time I've heard that!

I remeber really liking the KLH model six's a buddy owned back in the day. And I had a pair of smaller KLH speakers in the late 70's. Pretty much anything Mr. Kloss had his hands in back in the day was good.

I have to agree with Don here. I owned the RP-18 for a bit, and while it is nice I prefered my Chocolate Donuts, and over the Donuts I prefer the Thunder Pants, but I prefer the LCD-2 over all of them by a fair margin. The overall balance and level of detail is in another stratosphere.

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My point being that it has no voice coil. Without a voice coil it can't be considered as a dynamic driver. And Don's description between Ortho and Iso is exactly what I have read as well.

The first Blu-ray movie I bought was Bullet. Steve McQueen and Steven Seagal shouldn't even be mentioned together in the same thread.

Except that the LCD-2 is not a dynamic headphone. It's a planar headphone.

Have a really great Birthday Jim!

I got caught in Tyll's room at CJ while I was waiting for him to measure my Thunderpants. Kwarth blabbered on incessantly. I'd say it's a damn good reason to avoid a meet.

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Yep, mine too. I think the real question is what do you want to drive with the amp? If you just have extra money to burn, and think a balanced β22 is sexier that's fine, but there are probably better ways to spend the money. If you have a hard load to drive that's a different story. I'm not absolutely sure that just going balanced is worth that kind of cash layout. There are gains IMO, but they're fairly subtle.

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Happy Birthday!