It’s been a long road and ‘not too expensive’
The first thing I did was using some drivers and wood I had lying around- sparked my interest
I progressed to doc modded 12” I got from Ant and added a succession of tweeters from seas then fostex horns.
I quickly learnt wings on the baffle really helped sound stage and bass extension.
I looked for more vintage drivers using IMF, Goodmans and audex with various designs- all with very pleasing sound until I compared them to sealed box models- the bas was not extended nor really present - the detail and sound stage were very good and I told myself- “who needs deep bass”.
As time progressed and other equipment changed I realised I needed more- let’s do this properly I thought.
Enter a pair of Lii Audio Lii Song F-15s, I copied the large Betsy as close as my room would allow and added the 12” as a down firing ’sub’.
All was not well, the top end shrill was killing me- I swapped out the Nva amps and speaker cable with some improvements but my quest took me to tone controls- initially a diy Doug Self pre amp then low and behold my saviour arrived- I have reinstalled the Nva power amps and cables- oh joy I have every thing I every need sound wise from these speakers and kit.
WHAT IS MY SAVIOUR I HEAR U ASK???
Quad pre amp I say- more specifically the Quad 34, the extensive adjustment has been amazing.
Anyone else use the quad pre amps- I’ve been looking at the 66 with the remote but don’t want to lose what I have.
Thanks for listening
