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Hello Sam, if you like Karine Polwart there's a reasonable chance you'll like Eleanor McEvoy. You can sample some tracks here: http://www.eleanormcevoy.com/sounds/index.html She cares about recording quality too. I have several of her albums on SACD but I believe they're available on vinyl too. Ray

BTW, I remember the sound in the Electronluv room was pretty good; they also had some pretty amazing horn speakers.

That said, it didn't match Bruce Edgar's titans powered by a pretty everyday push-pull valve amp which was best of show for me (and, I think, Mr Barker).

Ray

Yes, they're GM100s, running HT at 1900V, hence the smell of ozone in the room. Josh operated the on/off switch with a long wooden pole. They gave out so much white light that you could have read a book by them alone (I think it was about equivalent to a 200watt bulb if I remember correctly). Ed, th...

Andrew, go and run a cold bath and throw in all the ice you can get out of your freezer - you'll feel better afterwards.

Just to remind you of the true path! (Its the electronluv room at VSAC 2003 - the smell of ozone hit you when you walked through the door!)

Ray

Here's a flavour of VSAC 2003.

http://www.audioasylum.com/cgi/d.pl?shows/VSAC2003.html

have a look at the show reports near the bottom.

Ray

Samantha, as mentioned, got to see karine Polwart last evening and she was excellent. In a similar mould, have you tried any of Eleanor McEvoy's music?

Yes, something like stainless steel would be nice but way beyond my capabilities or pocket.

BTW Paul, was it loreena McKennitt or Karinn Polwart youfound and didn't like, or perhaps both?

Ray

Don't take your sleeping pills before you.

Sorry Paul, was that going to be 'Don;t take your sleeping pills before your finish typing your sentence'?

Ray

and I'm going to see Karinn Polwart at the local theatre this evening.

Ray

Paul Hynes modules cost in the region of £110 each.

They still waste a lot of energy as heat though, you need to mount the module on a heatsink of something like 0.6deg C/W. You dissipate something like 60-70W to get 2.4W to the speakers.

Ray

Samantha, you asked what sort of music this is; its not that simple but imagine (sort of) elements of Clannad, the Medieval Beabes, and add some traditional european and middle-eastern type influences and you might get some basic idea. She has a wonderful voice. Her website is below and you can buy ...

Any thoughts on alternative cabinet materials (i.e. not ply or MDF). I use lowther horns with the All Fun cabinet design. Clearly to fold a horn into a box results in a compromise and ideally a horn should be a smooth curve and a round cross-section. I've been toying with the idea of making a patter...

Andrew (I) , cheating! - I'm not proud and I don't think silicon injections are banned by the world anti-doping organisation.

Anyway, isn't glass made from silicon.

Ray

So, here's one of Paul Hynes' SR5D modules that I'll be using in my next project. It comprises of a constant current source and shunt regulator on a single board. Max inpurt is 500V DC and it is adjustable to deliver upto 450V of regulated DC. Mine will be feeding a 2A3 output valve and will be deli...