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The reggae was excellent, we need more reggae. Even I would agree with that sentiment. :D Me, too! I think after Chris' reggae track I played some Burning Spear and nobody left the room! When I lived in the US, I had a weekly reggae radio show on KUOR 89.1FM for 5 years....funnily enough it was cal...

Cressy Snr wrote: ↑Mon Nov 29, 2021 1:37 pm

vinylnvalves wrote: ↑Mon Nov 29, 2021 1:28 pm They pipe speakers are called Pluto’s- https://www.linkwitzlab.com/Pluto/intro.htm

Thanks, I knew it was ‘Plu’ something or other.

They are the LXMinis, - https://www.linkwitzlab.com/LXmini/Introduction.htm - not the Plutos. The Plutos are an older design.

A great big thanks to Steve for organising and for everyone else for hauling their gear to the event and for the good conversations. It had been a long time for me and it was great to be made welcome. Good to see so many dipoles - they are obviously alive and well in the DIY community. Thanks for th...

Negative test here, too.

Car loaded with LXMinis and LX521s - that should stop it being blown away overnight, hopefully.

About a 90 min drive for me, so should be at Owston around 9-ish, all being well.

Gordon

It's been 7 years since I last brought something to Owston, so really looking forward to it. I'll bring my Linkwitz LXMinis and the bass units from the LX521s. Fanless PC source with a multi-channel DAC and multi-channel class D amp. If I can squeeze the top baffles from the LX521s in I'll bring tho...

You could be right Colin, old Maggies can get flabby bottoms! Seriously, it was unlikely the DSP was having any effect as it was switched out, there was no eq or anything else set. The only thing the DSP unit was doing was upsampling to 24/96 and then passing the signal via I2S to a dac. I switched ...

Thanks Mark, they're not as sharp as they could be though. In some respects the November meets are easier as there isn't bright light streaming in through the windows, but I just couldn't seem to find 'the zone' yesterday. They seem pretty good to me, Simon. There's enough definition that I can see...

A big thanks Steve for organising - thoroughly enjoyed it. Great to meet everyone and to hear all the different systems. I thought the room worked really well and I wished I could have stayed longer. Loved hearing Nick's valve amp drive the Maggies! Will definitely do it again. Son won his football ...

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Steve s - my son will be coming along, so please add him to the list.

What time do you all set up on Saturday morning?

Thanks

Gordon

I would love to bring the big Maggies, but I'm afraid those "zipped" ribbons (i like that - never thought of them like that before!) don't travel well, so I will be bringing smaller and older sister the MG1s. Hopefully they will still give you a flavour of the Maggie sound, even if they do...

I'm about half way through building my Linkwitz LX521's and as I have the bass section completed thought I would try them out on the bottom of my rebuilt Magneplanar MG2.5rs. They blend in really well (using MiniSHARC DSP) and provide some real weight to the bottom end. As the LX521 bass section is ...

I have to work Saturdays especially now it's winter. So I won't get a chance to hear them this time. I am sure they will be a welcome addition. Paul, If you are down Bishop Auckland way and want to stop by for a listen to the bigger Maggie 2.5rs just send me a PM. I'll make a nice coffee too! Gordo...

Steve - I think I met you at Scalford last year - you played a couple of tracks from a CD I had with me by an afrobeat band called Antibalas - sounded great through your system.

Gordon

My first time doing something like this so I'll try and keep it simple. I'll bring my Magneplanar MG1s, power amp (probably a QSC with a quiet fan), dac//vol control and SBT and/or CD player. Steve, my son will be coming along so can you add another person please. Unfortunately I can't stay for the ...