at home with my Fostex FE208 Sigma 

One of the good things in life is a good audio system in your living room playing your favorite tunes.

Beautiful system and a a beautiful sound. Congratulations!

Very cool system. Really love the home made turntable. Well done. Speakers are outstanding as well. It looks like you put a lot of work in them. I am really envious, just superbly done.

Absolutely insane clarity.

wow, that sounds amazing... You can tell the room acoustics as the camera moves... nice setup!

Simple amazing! And That Dire Straits song, was the perfect ending....

People complaint complaint... they're so pretty awesome systems too me.

Wonderful speakers!

I have heard speakers like this with 204....great sound. 😍

love it love it love it.

Beautiful !! Thanks for the video..

It's alright for an office system, but, I wouldn't want it in my house....just kidding. That thing is badass! I love the display for digital music. Great color too.

2:35 was the biggest oh shit moment ive seen in a while

Very impressive - midrange dynamics are quite startling. The Dire Straits LP bought that out even more. Quartet and chamber must sound incredible.

They sound like horns because they are horns. Very good horns.

Great set up and choice of tunes......

I'm here cuz Fostex. Stayed for the room acoustics. Nobody gonna mention the three tone arms? Nice sound and a well executed video. Thumbs up. 1971 ftw

lovely.

Love the music. Good cigar,good bottle of bourbon,sit back in a recliner and just relax.

scanspeak no frost are the best I've ever heard with these the doing completely changed if you move a foot

Exellent!!

that garrard 301 is absolutely to die for.

Audio je zajímavé a to neobvyklé repro působí perfektně.Gramofon s více raménky to mě kdysi napadlo jako kluka že by nebylo marné zkusit vyrobit.U toho předzesilovače, nebo možná koncového zesilovače by se mi líbilo více oranžové podsvícení,modrá je zajímavá ale je to studená barva a není dobré před spaním mít v místnosti modré světlo. Zajímavý je taky ten radiátor pod oknem, vypadá jako by byl vyrobený v Hustopečích u Brna.Tuším se už nevyrábí.Byl to tenký kovový had opláštěný hlinikovými panely které byly nabodovány do toho hada pro přenos tepla.Pokud se k tomu člověk choval slušně fungovalo to ale když jsme později tyto panely měnili za Korado tuším (klasické plechové panely) tak jsme paradoxně hodně ušetřili za vytápění i když to mělo být naopak.Ty radiátory byly na svou dobu poměrně drahé.

Real nice set up....woylf love to hear it in person...my cells speakers don't do it justice...

I'd suggest putting some acoustic treatment in the room - I hate foam blocks so I used several 'beech sheet' towels wrapped in velvet or a duvet cover. Velvet is better as it diffuses sound. 18' is big and the shape of your room is right. I trust you have payed with speakers placement? AN and Snell speakers use the wall as an extension of the cabinet so placement is vital - same with some horns.

cool set up. are the tweeters on top feeding in to the cabs to help with the wave bounce ? nice job if you made those yourself, I like the unfinished look on the wood too.

Nice sound. Very clear even for RU-vid!

yes i like this sysytem very good man.

Very nice sound. I like the Garrard turntable too. I have an old Garrard SynchroLab 95 out of a Sylvania console that I need to refurbish. I'm really thinking about building a set of the folded horn Fostex speakers.

3 arms 1 turntable! Mad scientist!

What a beatiful things 0.0

This exact video has inspired me to build a pair of Scott's Woden Design Valiants with the Fostex FE126En. I just EnABL'd them :)

super!

BK20 cabinets? what amp? looks Jungson or similar. really nice TT. are tweeters T90A?

I really like those "Hifi" dudes. They always have a great taste of music!

nice set up forsure. just wondering if you ever considered mounting the screen above your set up on the wall. would probably make it easier for you to use.

Wow!

as i said this guy is " shattering their potential " all i was critical about was both speakers sitting in corners very closely, he has a very good setup on the other hand :)

Nice sound 👍

Nice Speakers, awesome work here. What kind of tweeter did you use on top, and what kind of crossover? :) any chance to get a building plan or sth like that?^^

See my full-range speakers with piezos in cores and extra woofer and "still" full-range cone, for defined med-range.

nice going dude, did you make the speakers as well?

Nice set =)

I was looking into making a pair of foster 208E Sigmas. What is the top mount tweeter you have?

i want to know what tweeter was used , and where can i see the build page . im interrested in building or buying a pair of speakers just like this :)

Lovely system although it would probably be happier in a larger room. My room would make it very happy XD

Cool system. I like the look of the media player--is it a linux app?

Nice.

Very well done. Not familiar with that back-loaded horn boxes tho. Well executed horns with SET amp (300b or 805) are hard to beat. Ofcause I am bias. But then again, not many from those who posted dumb comments ever heard double mouth backloaded horns or horn loaded woofers. Horns are perfectly capable of sufficient bass and do it better than one tone, simple boom boxes. I do agree with some pointers about more aggressive room acoustic treatment. There are more then few ways to reduce unwanted reflections with simple and room friendly tricks. Other then that, kudos for very interesting setup.

2:34 that moment you reach for your high dollar arm and this happens. We all have been there. DOHH

how do these sound with rock music?

interesting sounds good

Nice, like.

very nice, can you show them playing something a little heavier? i'm considering this driver for my own rear loaded horn.

Great work man! Which amp is that?

The trouble with working for AN was that it was like living on the surface of the sun - all the universe was blackness to us. I've seen these amps at shows but I couldn't tell you what it was. 'Crap' jumps to mind though! Recently there have been some pro-recording interfaces using 35v transistors and they sound seriously good - the linearity is as good as valve. But thats not power amps. I'd recommend SE triode for the horns and a PP amp for the bass, valve or transistor.

The Sound --- People gotta realize that the sound quality that you are listening to is not respective to the sound system the OP has. It's been severely altered by the recording microphone on his camera, then compressed and sent to youtube, then formatted probably in another compressed format, then downloaded to your computer, which plays the compressed format. I guarantee, it aint lossless. So all your comments and opinions about the sound of his system are rather useless....

Nice base horn

super clean nice sounding speakers ...love it...good work....love the recordplayer....can youbuild one for me,, ...thanks great video you dont miss sub ? 30hz

Kent: Yeah, this guy bought a house and there where two small 'doorways' in the wall. He contacted the estate agent and the previous owner arrived the next day. He was an old boy and as you correctly say, he was into pie organ music. He brought some amps the next week and the new owner was stunned so he got into valve hifi too! :o) AN-E go down to 15Hz, Snell C are lower and the Snell A's are the only speaker that can reproduce the 'Arch Angel' sound from Apocalypse Now.

can you do a video of some like hip hop?

Sorry. What kind of speaker plan have you used?

This gives me the horn. 🎷

I don't know if you're still around, but I'm curious about your speaker build. First, I usually see these speakers in single-driver configurations, and am curious about the reasons you added tweeters, and specifically these, what appear to be ribbon tweeters? It's a little hard to see what's going on with the "stovepipes" that they're mounted in. I though at first that they were connected to the white structure behind the speakers, but I see that in other videos now with other speakers; are these simply some sort of acoustic baffle? Anyway, nice openness of sound, obviously the upper ranges are well-covered here. I certainly appreciate the work you put into your system too!

バックロードホーンの割にはカチッと硬い低音が出てますね！ホーンの開口部の面積が広いのが良かったのかも？GOOD

..nice..

how much does the speaker cost?

Just a question, which is perhaps way too late. Did you playing with the stuffing in the labyrinth? Too many upper bass/midbass tones are making this sound nasally. I love the fullrange driver concept, but a bunch of practice and luck is involved in getting as few compromises as possible. Except for the nasality, and a bit of brightness, I like the sound. Perhaps I want to like it a lot more than I think. I don't know why.

dire straitsssss

ilike too build horn speakers 3 way ,,active crossover filters. 3 mono block amps ,,,, i like tube amp ...good for de mid and high tweeter drivers,,? let me now what you think ,,,thanks thanks

Good👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

are these custom built speakers?

I am not convinced, still hear tiny wood box resonance If I close my eyes I would know for sure that the sound comes from wooden box. Muffling inside is needed.It would make good as well to upholster the duct with absorbing material.The cross cut is rectangular ,that shape is in favour to make unkontroled resonance

I'm noticing some of the comments that are attempting to troll the OP. We need to realize that most of us are forced to work around the environment that we have, not the other way around. To the OP - How was the build on this DIY for you? Did you get the kit from Madisound? Now that a few years have passed, what are your opinions on the project and it's outcome? Also, love the musical choices.

Che twetter hai montato ? Grazie

高音と重低音がバランス良く音がいい音がしますね。

🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏dammm good sound

Nice setup. I think sound is ok...except for the slight tizz at the top end. I am extra sensitive to that...could be fine for you though.

200Hz以下をカットしたような音ですが、録音機材の問題でしょうか？

I didnt care for them, then I discovered hifi and suddenly Dire Straits became staple diet They must have a deal with retailers or manufactures - they're in every demo room I've ever been in! Of course the reality is excellent, inspired musicianship, a brown sugar-sweet sound signature that has wormed into my soul over the years, and production technique that is, no doubt, famous within the industry. It just, I dont know - changes when a decent system gets a hold of it. I mean its sudenly there!

This doesn't look like the Fostex recommended cabinet. Which cabinet did you use?

10kHz付近が10dBほど凸になって臨場感があるのはサブコーン効果でしょうか？ 1ｍか2ｍ前視聴位置での周波数特性図があればみたいです。

Tienes los planos de las cajas?

Subwoofer - Whats that disco boy? :o) These speakers use Lowther PM6 drivers yes? So they should have lots of bass. Air is a fluid, if you have your head as far from the wall behind you as the speakers are from the wall behind them then you will have optimum bass. This may need to be adjusted - nearer the wall equals tighter bass.

all the FE208Sigma's don't have the center piece in them(can't remember the name). Did you add those?

i would try to find a smaller room for them, the attic is way to big. a system like this needs less air to move.

Err - I don't have Lowthers! I knew a guy who worked for Lowthers and he had some big speakers with PM6 drivers and they where okay. Not many real instruments have lots of bass. I recently got a pair of AR38s for free and can't wait to refoam them and have them running with my Radford. I might replace the paper tweeter with a Vifa 3/4" too.

don't you find their placement so near the rear wall and especially near the side walls to be way to reflective? Some absorption panels on the rear and some deflection panels on the side just in front of the speakers would quiet down the intense reflections in the room. I am not knocking your setup, looks great, but it sound a bit harsh because of the size of the room. I face the same problem, which is why I commented.

What tweeters are they?

Oh, since Peter Snell died so has all the invention and most of the secrets that he never wrote down. Like Quad that are a name owned by two Chinese brothers, Snell today are a total waste of time and money. The horns I heard where powered by single ended 2A3 amps and where totally gracious. Strings sounded like a real string section - I used to pay violin so I know :o) The only flaw was that they where silicon rectified which made them harder than they could with a valve rectifier.

A bit shril on the high end.. the. .low end is great. Overall they sound really good. . Cap off the high end and they would sound awesome.. . That's just my opt. Cap the tweets down a bit and wow . Sounds good. G

I used to work for Audio Note and at a show in the states one of our £70k amps blew a channel so they wired the speakers to the working channel, played it in mono and everyone was still amazed! :o)

i agreed with an

Suddenly my Techniques turntable and Cerwin Vega speakers (with Onkyo receiver)....looks a bit lame. X)

That slab that the turntable is mounted to looks impressive.

i miss the basstones

Those speakers should be pulled away from the walls and have nothing between them at least nothing large to interfere with the sound wave interaction. Having a window on one side and a bare wall on the other likely isn't helping either.

Please take a look at Rethm Maarga, looks a lot better and should sound better especially bottom part

my heart stopped a beat there, but, I suppose if you built it then you could fix it too. amazing how 'much' of the music still we can hear through your cam mic, download to your computer, upload to youtube, playback on my computer to my headphones... strange how acustomed to 2D sound we have become. I find also that movie theatres, for al the milions spent on equip the stage is much shalower that I\'d personally set up and of course the midrage is al but lost for the zealotry up high/down low

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