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@Darrellsrelm3 жыл бұрын
Nothing wrong with the 80’s... I grew up in the 80’s and was one of the best times for music. The mullet looks good too brother 👍🤟
@sudd36603 жыл бұрын
i could watch these video for years, so many classics i remember and now they have new life :) And it is the crossover i can not make myself, skilled work done every time from gr-research.
@yuckysamson3 жыл бұрын
When you grow the back out add some clarity caps and put some no rez on your neck. It'll really help with the resolution.
@StSam3 жыл бұрын
Don't forget the tube connectors!!!1!!
@Jonathan-ff4wo3 жыл бұрын
It's interesting how after a few months you can learn to stop paying attention to or caring about your hair. Can't wait to see one of your customers make a testimonial video of either their upgraded kits or their GR setup. Would LOVE to see a GR listening room fully finished and burned in. Great job as always Danny! Looking forward to future tech talk Tuesday. (Maybe on why you decided to include a studio monitor in your lineup of products. I think that's awesome! Would love to know what was your inspiration and thought process behind their design.). 😉
@robertdavis19763 жыл бұрын
Hi Danny. I am part of the Jamaican Audiophile group (and a big fan). As you know, we are 90% line source Dipole lovers here. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE do a video on the upgrade to the Magnepan 1.7.
@georgem63593 жыл бұрын
Long hair is always OK as long it doesn't affect your hearing nor sight. There's always something new to learn from you.
@aetch773 жыл бұрын
The worst time when your hair is long enough to annoy you but too short to tie back.
@ufarkingicehole3 жыл бұрын
Thanks Danny for the work on my Maggie 1.7i. The improvements I heard were night and day!!!
@jowblow21713 жыл бұрын
Danny you have a full head of hair, when you got it I say flaunt it. I was an 80s guy with a long flowing hair all gone now, I'm jealous. Great video!
@LiquidAudio3 жыл бұрын
🤣🤣🤣 OWN the mullet!! Love the ‘80s
@MichaelAmster3 жыл бұрын
That is a fine mullet. Business up front and party in the rear. Don't give into the pressure.
@rothgartheviking8583 жыл бұрын
i agree Bring the Mullet back. Everything is a Circle.
@sc511538263 жыл бұрын
What a great way to watch out for my next speaker! When I see the right one for me, I can probably pick up an excellent 2nd hand pair and order your XO kit👏👏👏
@Dee-iy4ot5 ай бұрын
EPOS on another level to 99% of ALL speakers ever made
@Ziethi81 Жыл бұрын
I would love to see you doing some Epos Elan 30...
@Sigmatankeryanker3 жыл бұрын
...Business in the front...party in the back!!!! 😉👍
@myturkishlife17773 жыл бұрын
A mullet is ok ,, front for business the back for pleasure :-) Just a thought , could you do a "top ten" of speakers , No 1 being the best speakers the ones that need little work down too No10 being the most problematic needing too much work ... Great channel keep putting out the interesting contact..
@TeslaNick23 жыл бұрын
Loving the hair ! Mine's coming along too !
@randyreinninger68263 жыл бұрын
Let it grow , you starting to look cool man
@BastianUllr3 жыл бұрын
Well, you definitely convinced me to swap (upgrade) the parts on my vintage Pioneer S-3000. TAD Drivers, and they sound fantastic, great depth and very natural but their crossovers are all full of Electrolytic caps and laminated core inductors. They sounded like that already far better than quite a bit of modern speakers I have listened to. I wish I could ship, but they are 65Kg a piece from up north in Canada, so... that's rather tricky. I took the inductors to a nearby electronics supply shop and they measured the DCR. Based on the listening test, measurements here AND the booklet, they already measure quite good, so I would be aiming just to the upgrade parts based on your overall advise. Will be installing once the inductors arrive (I had to order a custom made pair due to the mH value) I am yet to see where this takes me. Will advise. I am quite intrigued because if they improve, then I do not know what to say... Those ceramic TAD drivers are stellar. The Crossover is rather simple, all 2nd order, and an L pad on the Midrange (4dB drop) .
@dannyrichie97433 жыл бұрын
The DCR of the inductors is not that much of an issue. It is the inductance that needs to be measured. And a cap upgrade will take you further than anything. Let me know how it all turns out.
@BastianUllr3 жыл бұрын
@@dannyrichie9743 Hi Danny. All I can say is, there are no words for this. I am absolutely astonished by the increase on performance. Unfathomable to me how these speakers simply took into their second wind in its sound. Outrageous, these speakers are true modern contenders of anything I've listened to in my life. The level of detail retrieval is absurd, they sound like headphones. First day listening I thought something had gone wrong because I had listening fatigue after listening for about an hour or so. My hearing was starting to feel duller. I couldn't understand why since everything sounded so clean and spacious, and measurements in were simply great! Well, I what I noticed is that I was played for over an hour at RIDICULOUSLY LOUD levels and I did not felt it was that loud at all. I've never had such experience before where it is past 90dB and I don't mind it. I don't like listening loud regularly. Mills resistors, solen air core inductors, mundorf/jantzen capacitors is what I found available around here. Still sounds natural, tone is rather similar but textures of metal are much more real and sparkly now, decay is brilliant. Bass was not punchy at all, it was soft and tuneful. Now it kicks, it is still tuneful, but it's incredibly fast and I can hear a lot of things going on in the drums membranes. It's lavish detail, simply lavish. Those TAD transducers are far more than I ever thought they would be, and they are vintage. Wow... Thank you for all you have shared so people like me can understand better this world and enjoy music like we deeply do. Best regards! I'd love to upload some pictures somewhere to share. Suggestions?
@martybousum10103 жыл бұрын
Merry Christmas to Danny and the GR crew!!
@rickjongsma27833 жыл бұрын
Wish you showed the parts in the new crossover designs like most of your videos. The B&W in particular. The Stock crossover only has 5 parts, with the woofer only having a pretty low value inductor. The tweeter circuit with the pair of pretty high value Capacitors stock always seemed odd. Not sure why they wanted such a high ( 4k ) crossover point on these as the kevlar woofer doesn't like playing that high.
@fcamiola2 жыл бұрын
I think I'm gonna do the upgrade on my 602s. Do you own these as well?
@playbackvintagehifihunter96693 жыл бұрын
Hi, would love to see you do a video on any of the Celestion SL models! I've just acquired a pair of Sl12si, really lovely speakers.
@DrRyman3 жыл бұрын
All of the Celestion SL series are Some of the best speakers ever made! If we could only get parts!
@playbackvintagehifihunter96693 жыл бұрын
@@DrRyman totally agree!
@kevinthompson23083 жыл бұрын
Nothing wrong with being stuck in the 80s! That was one of the country's best decades! 🤣 I'm wondering of you could do a video that explains your various graphs? Things such as the colors of your lines, differences between good and bad graphs, what the peaks of your impedance graphs mean and pointing with a curser or even your finger at the differences in stored and not stored on your spectral decay graphs could be helpful. Thanks!
@dannyrichie97433 жыл бұрын
Check this one out: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/nNOTocqDydOYm5s.html
@bernardstachman35073 жыл бұрын
Love the floppy disk on the computer!
@robertdavis19763 жыл бұрын
Hi Danny. My comment about the 1.7 crossover is below. Even if you don't do an episode on it, please explain the series crossover topology that the Magnepans use. I think it would be extremely educational to many here who understand standard crossovers (I upgraded my Maggie 20.1 crossovers with Mundorf Silver in Oils and Hyperlitz inductors) but have no idea how to upgrade the 1.7i or 3.7i or 20.7i new crossover designs. Your explanation would be GREATLY appreciated.....
@dannyrichie97433 жыл бұрын
Check out my last video on the Maggie 1.6 and 1.7 models.
@adampoll49773 жыл бұрын
Hair is getting very Justin Haywood (Moody Blues) - it works!
@rothgartheviking8583 жыл бұрын
80s was better in so many ways. Merry Christmas GR Research.
@bingoberra183 жыл бұрын
Hey nothin wrong with a good ol mullet. We have seen your pics from the 80s, lets have some fun, I think you should just trim the sides and let it flow in the back haha
@hape43 жыл бұрын
Curious what the ES12 owner decided to use in the end
@LeArtisan3 жыл бұрын
Merry Christmas.
@blairejercito75503 жыл бұрын
upgrade kits available on your store now? Thanks Danny! Great job !
@dannyrichie97433 жыл бұрын
Some of them are.
@wilderbeestmcc65393 жыл бұрын
Nice one dude! What’s your thoughts on Thiel?
@RobertCookcx2 жыл бұрын
I have a set of the B&W 602's shown here. I also bought a pair of the 601's at the same time along with the comparable center channel. I have been using them in my 5.1 theater upstairs for 20 years. I wonder if the 602 upgrades alone would be a good idea for when I put the receiver in music mode and just have it in 2.1 mode. I have an MK 10" along for the ride.
@fcamiola2 жыл бұрын
602s have been my daily drivers for 22 years now. I'm gonna do the upgrade. I love them.
@TQP99992 жыл бұрын
@@fcamiolahave you done the upgrade> did you like the result?
@gitech74503 жыл бұрын
You look great and happy!! :D I gotta finally say Hi! Now will watch as I have done, for all your vids, at least once, for the last year or more.. :) I've got a surprise fir ya! Soon. Cheers
@h-jg77303 жыл бұрын
In Germany we call this 80s hair ( vokuhila ) 😂 vorne kurz und hinten lang. Thats in the front short and in the back long 🙈🙉🙊
@rob_663 жыл бұрын
In Sweden we call it hockeyfrilla or hockeyhairstyle in english. Maybe because a lot of players in the late 80's and early 90's had this hairstyle. Just check out the picture of a young Jaromir Jagr 😁 : www.chicagotribune.com/sports/ct-flames-jaromir-jagr-on-waivers-20180128-story.html
@ethr95awd3 жыл бұрын
Hockey hair ftw keep it rockin
@ianhames24653 жыл бұрын
It would be nice to learn something from you. You didn't mention anything about the Zobel network. What did you do, and why? thank you.
@thomjmoore3 жыл бұрын
Do you have a database of speakers that you have reviewed and redesigned and/or modified crossovers?
@bruceaitken19183 жыл бұрын
@GR-Research Thank you, that was most informative. I would be very interested in your thoughts on the original Epos loudspeaker, the ES-14. It was similar to this one in that it had a single cap as crossover; the bass driver was an excellent piece of engineering with a particularly short voice coil running in a very deep gap which was designed to roll off at 6dB/Octave. My pair still sound superb to this day. I'd be fascinated to know if you think the minimal x-over in the ES-14 is as troublesome as here and if you are able to suggest a crossover design that could be tried instead? A video of possible enhancements to the ES-14 would be very welcome.
@wokthetalk30792 жыл бұрын
Hello Danny, Have you come across a pair of B&W DM7 Mk1 (the original version). I would like to add tube connectors to my pair, upgrade the crossover and remove the two fuses to tha pathways as well. I also like the feet that are on the bottom of the pedestal base. I look forward to your response.
@Aswaguespack3 жыл бұрын
Season’s Greetings Danny to you and your Staff at GR Research and to all the dedicated subscribers and visitors to the GR Research Channel. Stay safe. Best Wishes to all.
@johnbernardi37423 жыл бұрын
Hey Danny , love your show. Ever offered a kit for the little Minimus 7. About the most popular speaker ever with solid cabinet and decent drivers in need of proper crossover and terminals.
@epi20453 жыл бұрын
Mullet or not... you’re still a smart cool guy.
@robertdavis57143 жыл бұрын
Well done as always Danny. Well...............its been about 18 months since ears were lowered and will not get hair cut until virus BS is done with, I am from Calif. and everybody here is like frightened rabbits, forget walking into any store here without a mask, unless you want to be arrested in handcuffs.
@Justwantahover3 жыл бұрын
2:47 Speakers with a single low value cap are not performing to their optimum. I would put a 6 MF cap resisted by like 18 ohms in parallel with the existing cap on the tweeter...and a 0.3 uf inductor added in series which the existing inductor on the woofer. Guaranteed to to sound way better.
@Justwantahover3 жыл бұрын
@@edwardbalboa5528 It's not my idea I got the idea from some KEF speakers. The upper med or lower treble sounds better through a tweeter than the woofer. Woofer is too big to reproduce like 2 khz. But a tweeter can do it cos it's light. It's effectively lowering the crossover frequency a bit. Some tweeters are suitable for it and some aren't.
@RanTausi3 жыл бұрын
Don't cut your hair Danny, you have a nice hair style. Marry Christmas 🎄☃️
@mattmatthews35453 жыл бұрын
Thanks Danny! I picked up a pair of those B&Ws a year or so ago for a good price. I could do the upgrade for less than the price of a new pair all in. I know your quote on the upgrade included No Rez. Do you recommend adding bracing to the cabinets?
@markwasik42643 жыл бұрын
I can pick up a pair with a center speaker for $500. Is that a good buy?
@smshihab90943 жыл бұрын
Please can you talk about Polk L800
@EDKsurly3 жыл бұрын
major Joe Elliot vibes! I dig it
@shahidyt3 жыл бұрын
Are you offering any Magnepan LRS kits at the moment? I just saw Klipsch, KEF and SVS on your website. Would send mine in, but it would be costly posting to the USA. Thanks, SI
@dannyrichie97433 жыл бұрын
So far we've done some MMG's the 1.6'sand the 1.7's.
@ufarkingicehole3 жыл бұрын
He made a night and day difference with my 1.7i
@shahidyt3 жыл бұрын
@@ufarkingicehole glad to hear that you are delighted with the results. Would you mind describing in a little more detail how the sound changed? I’m guessing the crossover was improved, no cabinets to dampen 😁
@ufarkingicehole3 жыл бұрын
@@shahidyt Mr Danny bypassed the crossover all together. He measured the frequency response and ohm loads with and after he worked his magic. It originally measured pretty awful. After a little experimenting the clarity of the speaker completely opened up. It was pretty extreme. He made adjustments then we did an A /B comparison. It was almost like someone had a wet blanket over the original. I really was kind of shocked. I really want to add his H Frame subs to go with them but money is a little tight right now. I also heard his Nxtreme set up. Holy cow. Mr Danny is a hell of a nice guy. If you are ever traveling through northern Texas you should hit him up.
@shahidyt3 жыл бұрын
@@ufarkingicehole thanks fitrana the feedback. I hope he gets his hands on a pair of LRS soon, I’m from the U.K., so popping over with a pair of LRS strapped to my back is a no goer. I’m waiting on the fuse bypass kit and silver jumpers from Mike at OCD HIFI Guy, they are held up in the international post system. Hope there is a night and day difference with them too
@codezero60233 жыл бұрын
Magnapans? I would curious if you did any work on some Martin Logans
@supamanithan14923 жыл бұрын
i am interested to test my old B&W 602s, can you update your website for those parts so that i can buy them
@markwasik42643 жыл бұрын
Did you ever get a price?
@fcamiola2 жыл бұрын
Did you do it?
@daysofnoah17483 жыл бұрын
Kind of suprised about your active vs passive crossover comment. I was always under the impression active was predominantly better unless somebody really messed up the active design. Most active designs come in higher end systems.
@dannyrichie97433 жыл бұрын
No active crossovers have their own limitations and short comings. And most of the higher end systems are all passive.
@basiema.41853 жыл бұрын
Hey Danny. I would also like to lower the crossover frequency of the Epos ES12's tweeter to about 2 or 3 kHz but without adding crossover parts, but by just raising the rated value of the tweeter cap. Which value would you suggest? 4,7 µF (3 kHz) or even 6,8 µF (2 kHz) ? Is it recommended with the original slope of 6 dB? Thanks in advance & best regards!
@allanregnarpetersen8133 жыл бұрын
Nice hair 🤘🏼😎🤘🏼 (Fuck off Covid) we need our old world back...
@zorankalina43993 жыл бұрын
Ah...I would like to have ..ok ,similar hear......insted..... this airport for mosquitos on the top of my head🤭👍👋
@douglasbonner65433 жыл бұрын
Did you change the slope from 6dB to 12dB on the Epos as you lowered the frequency and you also mentioned adding a zobel network possibly.
@raynerstuelgalid3 жыл бұрын
At least some people got hiar to grow long :-(
@jackkan59873 жыл бұрын
Making a passive better than the active makes no sense at that level of drivers. Why not make the active filter better, if it is off in the 1st place ? How can any 2 way passive on this planet beat proper line activated X 4 amplifiers ? Kind of like how ATC does its top performers at the present time. I'm am sure they will soon be going up a level to digital crossovers with a dac/amp per drive ala Linn or Meridian. Once you are activated properly going back to passive land is always less MUSIC.
@johnkettlewell48543 жыл бұрын
Did the modifications of the epos es-12 produce a more musical sound?
@JoseGarcia-oo4mc3 жыл бұрын
Hello my name is Jose I’m 63 years old and I’m looking for a budget system, will you recomen a integrated amp and a good budget speaker ? I’m so confused with so many reviews, and I don’t like bright speakers. Thanks
@freenational3 жыл бұрын
After putting all those components into the Epos, what does it do to the timing of the sound?
@christianleroy13293 жыл бұрын
have you done any upgrades for the 1988 spendor sp2 speakers ?
@marshall18643 жыл бұрын
It's horizontical, and vertizontical. Simple!
@idray9863 жыл бұрын
is there a reason your measurements only go to 200 hz? Thanks Danny
@dannyrichie97433 жыл бұрын
I have to get further away to measure accurately below that. And I can't do that in the room.
@markhoppe43913 жыл бұрын
I know I may catch comments for this one but have you ever tested the Boston M350 speakers?
@dannyrichie97433 жыл бұрын
Someone will have to send one in.
@Bob.martens3 жыл бұрын
Would the kit for the b&w602 be suitable for 601's?
@dakotasuite3 жыл бұрын
I have those EPOs, is this something you are offering commerically for sale? would love to upgrade mine:-)
@dannyrichie97433 жыл бұрын
Yes we can provide you with an actual crossover for them that I showed in this video and everything you need.
@martybousum10103 жыл бұрын
I'm doing the same with my hair. lol.
@Mrtscrp303 жыл бұрын
Tube connectors ?? why are they so exspensive ? $59 for a set or pair thats awfully exspensive for speaker connectors js. im curious.
@dannyrichie97433 жыл бұрын
They are about half the price of a decent binding post and the price includes the male ends. A good set of spades can be $39 in some cases just on their own. So the tube connectors are a bargain.
@jeffkalina77273 жыл бұрын
Are most of the driver components from Seas?
@dannyrichie97433 жыл бұрын
No.
@navinadv3 жыл бұрын
Which is the speaker with the ceramic drivers?
@dannyrichie97433 жыл бұрын
Clearwave.
@dilbyjones3 жыл бұрын
Are you always aiming for Less listening fatigue... I’m guessing yes
@dannyrichie97433 жыл бұрын
Oh yes, I can't stand anything harsh or bright.
@limitnl3 жыл бұрын
What does shipping to the Netherlands cost?
@dannyrichie97433 жыл бұрын
I need an address for a shipping quote.
@limitnl3 жыл бұрын
@@dannyrichie9743 Fazantstraat 7, 1771CP, Wieringerwerf The Netherlands. Thx
@johnmcbarron72823 жыл бұрын
Is there any reason to consider putting the crossover outside of the box?
@ufarkingicehole3 жыл бұрын
If the components dont fit
@johnmcbarron72823 жыл бұрын
@@ufarkingicehole An engineer from UofW made speakers and left the crossover outside. I didn't keep them because I liked more crispness on top but they were great speakers. Now I'm wondering if a different crossover could've made the difference that I was hoping for. It was a long time ago.
@ufarkingicehole3 жыл бұрын
@@johnmcbarron7282 just my humble opinion... you can make a good many changes by altering the crossover of any speaker. It depends on a ton of factors such as gear being used, what was the driver made from, also what was the design of the said driver? You can change alot but you can only do so much. For example, I really dont like metal drivers and some people who love a little bite cant get enough. I've heard of some designers who managed to get a metal driver to chill out a bit but it seems to me it would have been better to try something different all together. I hope this makes sense. One more thing, I have heard of people designing electronics laid out a certain way as to prevent unwanted frequency disturbances. I suppose that could be another reason to install crossovers separately from the actual cabinets (again size restraints). I'm not sure how much weight this carries but I've heard of it.
@johnmcbarron72823 жыл бұрын
@@ufarkingicehole I'm thinking I'd like those speakers back. :-(
@johnmcbarron72823 жыл бұрын
@@ufarkingicehole Check out this vid. He addressed not putting the boards in the box. start at 15:40 kzfaq.info/get/bejne/aL59gtV7mZ6VhXU.html
@jeremyphilander88333 жыл бұрын
Does the bass suffer when you flatten out the curve.
@dannyrichie97433 жыл бұрын
No, it remains unchanged.
@FOH36633 жыл бұрын
Mullet = Kentucky Waterfall
@FSXgta3 жыл бұрын
editor forgot to use noise reduction today
@dannyrichie97433 жыл бұрын
We are still sorting it out. I think a setting on the camera must have changed. We worked on correcting earlier today. I'm still learning the whole camera thing.
@herbr90073 жыл бұрын
Business in the front, party in the back! Back in style now, every loser high school kid with no future rocks a mullet now! Setting hair trends yo!
@edgar96513 жыл бұрын
You obviously concentrate on the important things in life. Who cares about hair (at least for guys)?
@josephkool84113 жыл бұрын
whats the best 2 channel integrated amplifier I can buy for under $362. I already have speakers I made myself . Doesn't have sound good just be loud for 70's % 80's metal and punk. I want it loud and dirty exactly wahat you people hate is what I love and I waanna be able to hook a graphic equalizer up to it to make louder a dirtier to suit my taste. I'm the scum of the earth andthats how I like my music nice n stinky
@sf-gl7tr3 жыл бұрын
I think you don't understand the Epos...
@dannyrichie97433 жыл бұрын
I think I do.
@sf-gl7tr3 жыл бұрын
@@dannyrichie9743 fine
@ericthemauve3 жыл бұрын
This video is a load of bollocking nonsense. Leave those speakers alone ffs! Their designers knew a lot more about audio than you do. You're just on here to sell your product.
@dannyrichie97433 жыл бұрын
If their designers really were that great then we wouldn't be seeing all of the problems with them and having to fix them.
@ASSOpid3 жыл бұрын
Danny is a snakeoil salesman plain an simple. I mean why buy a speaker in a certain price range (let's say $300) if you are just gonna modify it with one of these kits (average price is about $250). If you want better/different sound just step up to a $500 speaker. I can't believe people still fall for this BS.
@fcamiola2 жыл бұрын
Yeah ok buddy. Everything ever made was perfect, and Danny likes to waste all of his time doing this for a joke. Seriously bro, grow up.
@ericthemauve2 жыл бұрын
@@fcamiola Danny isn't wasting his time Frank. There's serious money to be made from selling 'upgrades'.