Smooth from dome to edge of faceplate and nicely rounded over. This sort of thing could be done and blend in with the curve of the spherical enclosure. Like a donut cut in half. https://i.imgur.com/f6Mk4Gm.jpg Just don't know what will happen unless I tried it. How would dispersion be affected ?? I ...

One more thing I have noticed after removing the faceplates and improving diffraction is that sibilants are less pronounced. Not that they were a problem before but they sound more natural now. Some Stevie Wonder recordings emphasise sibilants and they are more rounded now.

Over the 15 years I have been reading audio forums, articles etc on the internet I have often come across comments like "I didn't like speaker x because the trumpet image was 6ft tall or wide" I have never listened for such things in a recording. I have been listening for it recently thoug...

CN211276 wrote: ↑Wed Jun 23, 2021 9:17 am Aerosmith - Done with mirrors

My fist your face

Geoff.R.G wrote: ↑Wed Jun 23, 2021 8:54 am I am unsure just how “analog” a recording can be when it involves digital processing.

Some recordings have avoided digital processing as well. Pure anologue.

The Soul Of Analog Despite digital technology's infinite possibilities, some artists and audio professionals prefer recording in an analog environment When three-time GRAMMY-winning producer/engineer Joe Chiccarelli heads into the studio to work with artists such as Manchester Orchestra, My Morning ...

Latteman wrote: ↑Tue Jun 22, 2021 7:47 pm
The sound stage is more open and invites you in- very engaging.

That sounds like how I used to feel walking past the take away back from the pub to my wife's (then girlfriends) house in York. It had a big sign in the window saying "welcome".

My son has a persistent cough and eight kids in his class are off school with a cough I am taking him to Selby for a test. All four of us will be isolating now at least until the result comes back. Hifi time

School absences due to covid are up a third in a week.

antonio66 wrote: ↑Wed Jun 23, 2021 12:37 am You mean like NVA power amps

They're clean and fresh

I have been rather quiet on the posting front for a while and there are a couple of reasons. The most obvious is that, due to relaxations in the Lockdown restrictions, my little training-centre business is getting going again after 18 months of enforced closure. So, there is work to be done. The ot...