The best Dipoles, Dipoles that can do bass?

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Henk got his amps fixed .
I m holding a plane henk worked on , he has apparently a university degree in strength / construction design .
Actually its not the dipole really thats doing the bass in this case , does it sound fast and tight yes .
Would i change my own for his no .
Henk likes belgium beer so do i , and we had a nice chat about the hifi world .
Looked at several restorations henk does , and they look very well done from a technical standpoint.
What sounded very nice on them imo , was drumsolo ,organ and piano .


Brg HJ


IMG_20180901_194400_4 by andromeda61, on Flickr
 
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spiritofmusic

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So Andromeda, how do your speakers beat Henk's Grands? Impressive if true.
 

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Did you hear large orchestral and vocals? The dipoles doing the midbass, woofers come in at 40
 

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I think when we think of dipoles we think pnel speakers. But in fact any speaker is technically a dipole(Ask Newton, not me). The difference is the speakers that rap the backwave into the cabinet. So you often have hybrid design with an open mounted tweeter and/or midrange with a closed woofer.
For bass in a panel speaker you usually need a large panel. To evaluate the speakers ability to produce bass a double violin and electric bass guitar are excellent.

P.S. You will also need to assure that the electronics are able to produce authoritative bass a fact frequently taken for granted.
 
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Yes , I heard vocals male and female , large orchestral work , plus all the things he usually demonstrates .
As far as as I'm concered its not about beating spirit of music , its simply comparing the sound I m familiar with to henks system .
Another person might judge completely different .
 

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For me IT was also a little study whether i would prefer to work with a ribbon in my own designs. .
For highs and may be mids.
Answer is no ill keep it as IT is
 

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Andromeda, apologies, I thought you suggested Henks Apogees didn't beat yr spkrs.

Re reading yr words, that's not the case, you just prefer your presentation.

As we say in England, comparing apples to oranges.
 

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Anybody who claims hé has the best system is mostly an idiot ,who Just buys what magazines and reviewers declare best .
There is no best
 

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Anybody who claims hé has the best system is mostly an idiot ,who Just buys what magazines and reviewers declare best .
There is no best

Which magazine declared apogee grands best?
 

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Look that's not the point .
Spirit of music introduced the words beating , and that's not what its about afaic.
Its more in the details of the presentation
 
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Ok understand
 

spiritofmusic

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Andromeda, as I said, bad choice of wording.
 
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Did you hear large orchestral and vocals? The dipoles doing the midbass, woofers come in at 40

Almost, correct is 70 Hz ;)
 

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So, in the FR, mids also cross at 70Hz to bass ribbons?
 

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Henk also has the full range downstairs in restoration .
Would like to Hear what a full ribbon would be capabele of ,regarding bass , the membranes looked very heavy but reproduced very fast and tight bass , probably needs good power
Integration of membrane to cone was very good best ive heard.
On some cases maybe the tw could be tuned down 1 OR 2 db .
But not a big point
 

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So, in the FR, mids also cross at 70Hz to bass ribbons?

No, the Electrical Crossover Frequencies are like this:

Subwoofers below 70Hz
Bass Panel 70Hz to 250Hz
Midrange Ribbon from 250Hz to 9kHz
Tweeter Ribbon above 9kHz
 

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Off course i think my speakers are better overall .
But not everybody hears the same.

Without having heard your Speakers, I seriously think you could be the only Person who thinks your Speakers are better than Henks Grand :rolleyes:
 

spiritofmusic

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He's the only person that matters. You know that British saying "the customer is always right"?
 

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