Bob Stuart Talks About Active Loudspeakers

Bob Stuart Talks About Active Loudspeakers

Bob Stuart, chairman and co-founder of Meridian, will deliver a lecture on active loudspeakers to the UK Section of the Audio Engineering Society in London on Tuesday, July 11. Although Bob has been a champion of active speakers for 30 years, he has, surprisingly, delivered only one previous paper on the subject, at the AES UK Conference earlier this year. In this lecture he will expand on that presentation and be able to discuss the topic more fully with the audience.

David Inman

David Inman

After I decided to <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/asweseeit/352">join <I>Stereophile</I></A> as its editor in the spring of 1986, I took a road trip through Europe. The ostensible reason for the trip was to attend a hi-fi show in Lucerne, Switzerland, but the reality was that, faced with the transatlantic dislocation, I wanted to touch base with places that had meant much to me over the preceding years. I took the train to Paris, where I spent a day taking what might have been my last look at the Impressionist paintings (then at the Jeu de Paume gallery, now at the Mus&#233;e d'Orsay), then drove the rest of the way to Lucerne with KEF's then marketing manager David Inman.

B&W Matrix 801 series 2

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Here is a little problem ...... I shipped my speakers from one country to another. In the process a rat got into the cargo and made a mess of the fabric on the top horizontal surface of one of the speakers. The fabric now needs to be replaced.

Does anyone know how?

I have asked B&W by email if they have any suggestions or an AutoCad layout showing the speaker construction. Sadly B&W are not quite good with email. I will send them a letter in the post to see if that helps any.

50/50 HT & Music, Close to Wall?

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Hoping to collect some recommendations before I start auditioning this month. Room is 12' X 20' but a riser and two rows of seating mandate placement within 1 foot of front wall for L/C/R speakers. Budget $5 to $7K for front three speakers, any favorite sealed or front-ported models I should listen too? Thanks,

John

What's wrong with my turntable?

hello to everyone,
i have a problem with my direct drive [techniques 1210 mk2] turntable. Whenever a vocal with a 'sh' [or something similiar, like a 'f' or 'ch'] is sung, a fuzz surrounds it as it is amplified through the speaker. I have tried other records and it occurs on them all,; i have also changed the needle and cartridge, but it hasn't helped.
Any ideas?
Michael

Stereo Pranks/Fun

I assume that most of us have been audio nuts for many years. Has anyone else pulled off a sound-system prank or have an amusing audio story you could share?
I don't know the full details, but I heard that the Valkyrie
loudspeaker built years ago by GNP (Gross National Product of Pasadena) was named after a prank where Ride of the Valkyries was played extremely loud the night before Finals at the Cal Tech Dormitory.
I personally shut the power off in the dorm room of a guy playing Nugent's Stranglehold way too loud...he thought he blew up his system.

Who Will Watch Watchmen?

Who Will Watch Watchmen?

Well, <I>I</I> would&mdash;if Hollywood could get it as right as these amateurs. But then, <I>Amateur</I> means doing it out of love and that's where Hollywood falls down when it makes movies out of comic books, um, I mean graphic novels.
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It's a Matter of Perspective

It's a Matter of Perspective

I've seen lots of links to the article on <I>LiveScience</I> about ants counting their steps in navigating the shortest route between two points. <I>Ho hum,</I> I thought, <I>I had a cow-orker who did the same thing when deciding which route to take to the bathroom at work&mdash;and he was way dumber than an ant.</I>

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