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Bemopti123:

--- Quote from: "miklorsmith" ---Nice!  I've been curious about transmission lines for a while.  Bob Brines uses a burly Fostex 8" single driver that supposedly goes strongly down to 30 hz using this alignment!  He uses the Martin King design software and supposedly the final result performs way above the price point, which I'm pretty sure is under $1,000 usd.


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The FTA-2000s use the Fostex F200A Alnico based drivers.  The full set of speakers go for about $1500.

For what it counts, I own a pair, out of maybe 4 or 5 that he has handcrafted for sale.  I think there will be others that are DIY.  

The FTAs are speakers that leave other commercial speakers up to 5K or more in the dust, due to their flatness in sound.  They are not peaky, midrangey, but fairly flat with a slamming low end that is rhythmicaly taut, fast and with plenty of it.  

The only drawback I see with these speakers is that you will need WAF, because they are large, imposing.  I call them the "trunks" but they are doing guard duties now, as a livingroom speaker.  

The FTAs paired with opchip amps=speed, slamm, affordability and fun.  

Bob Brines is a true artist who makes the cabinets, I think for his own passion.  I doubt he makes any money out of the venture.  I bought the DIY plans and let me tell you, they are not a walk in the park.  

The funniest thing that happened to me is that someone came to listen to them last year in my older apartment and later, the person compared them with a pair of Wideband Tannoys that went for 12k.  He liked the Tannoys better, but let me tell you, the FTA were not shabby for about 90% less.   :lol:

shep:

--- Quote from: "mgalusha" ---Weez it looks like they are 499 Euros, according to xe.com that's $645 US plus shipping, which I'm guessing would be a lot unless you could find a US distributor. I agree, they look like very interesting speakers.

Shep, I see they have posted your review, very nice.  8)
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Actually I thought the review was pretty lame! It was my first ever; He needed it to be short and done quickly. It's really hard to write this stuff without sounding trite 'been there, heard that". Anyway how do you describe the sound of a speaker?  I am absolutely bowled over by them. They are now past the 200hour mark and keep getting better. The sound stage increased in height and the bass in punch and clarity. The best speakers I have ever owned by a long shot. I wanted to convey their quality in the review but it didn't come across. I don't like sticking my neck out, seeing how easy it is to get chopped off, these are an incredible steal at the price, as was the Modded Trends T-10. Now I've got the fever and the new amp is ordered. Yummy!

WEEZ:
Nicely done, shep!

What color did you get?

shep:
Wow! you mean I'm not the only one on this forum? :oops: It started so well and now everybody has gone back to AC? :twisted: Sorry but I couldn't help that...now if we started a Prometheus thread or invited the infamous Dr. G.
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They are a gorgeous blue, sort of a deep ultramarine. They look to have been dipped in mutiple baths of a hard (automobile type?) laquer, but it's probably a spray job. Perfect, no droplets or ripples. I have no idea what the drivers are, although I think he described the tweaters somewhere (in Dutch) as being a modified version. I wouldn't mind experimenting with other caps in the Xover but I'm too lazy and anyway that would just open up a can of worms. I have enough of those wriggling around...the whole Cap. issue gives me a headache. Years ago a a friend of mine who was a total freak/modder, demonstrated the difference in sound using a variety of resistors in a pre-amp. I wish he hadn't...I remember thinking "Now I know I know, I'll never know".

mca:
Nice review, shep. I want a pair! Wonder how much they would cost to get over here to the states?

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