Been busy working on 12a and 13a horns and travelling around the planet to set them up correctly putting aside other plans. It’s time to act….I have been harbouring for too long now the build of another very very special western electric horn (yes….very special indeed). Over the past years it’s been about research so […]
Some years ago I embarked on a road to replicate the “Adam and Eve” of cinema sound speakers. At that time many did raise their eyebrows saying build methods of the venerable WE12a and WE13a horns were hard and too expensive to master. Woodwork, castings, sourcing materials and getting wood from very same foresting areas […]
Sting on village square waiting to be taken away. Beautiful light today, 29ºc in May…nice! Happy owner will have it in a week so after 6000km journey. All fun….
Listen…. Okay it’s not a we555 but from an iPhone I’ll say not bad! All fun…
A little office system. Smaller that the we16a that used to sit there! We4151 driven by we86, Boyer compression driver connected to old western electric microphone horn. I may arrange that the red light at mouth of horn lights up when the system is on…sound good and easy even and just so smooth.
Tim,
Are both your main system and office system only mono now? What do you use as a source for the office system? Just curious. I like the small office system, looks perfect.
Norman
Norman,
Yes mono and the 16a was also. Despite what people say the 16a is mono anyway. You can use the 16a fron stereo source and amp but for me something gets lost on voices.
In main room I am always mono and by choice as I have at hand more than enough gear to build a full western electric stereo.
You will have read this article of mine :
https://audio16.wordpress.com/2014/10/08/standard-paths-are-not-always-adapted/
The next big step will be 4 horns 2 x we12a and 2 x 13a. That will be in a year or so. Will that be stereo or mono? Will try both.
All fun….
Tim,
great! Have you sold the WE16? (I hope not ;-))
I just finished my mono office rig, too – not WE and a decade younger …
Hey,
No not sold…..just put in main room as all my we13a horns have gone to customers. Mono is fun….
All fun…