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RE: EV Aristocrat inside bafle dimention - shimmy-shimmy coco bop

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freddyi

In Reply to: RE: EV Aristocrat inside bafle dimention posted by GM on August 05, 2007 at 09:23:20

one of the first things I remember about hearing Aristocrat (and mine) was the high modulation midrnage and highs shimmy from its rather larger area unbraced 1/2" plywood front panel

since PWK is gone - who gets the real credit for designing EV's lineup of that era?

IIRC Stan Ricker is a Cratman

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RE: EV Aristocrat inside bafle dimention - shimmy-shimmy coco bop - GM 10:21:31 08/05/07 (2)
Yeah, all these old designs are poorly braced IMO, not to mention using only 1/2" plywood in most cases! Apparently it was assumed that these would never be driven louder than a typical HIFI console. That, or they preferred all that extra resonance to make it seem more 'musical'. Still, the DIY books of the day stressed good construction techniques, materials, etc., so probably just the usual cost management to the lowest common denominator of what John Q. Public will tolerate at a given price point. Pretty low considering B0$3's overwhelming success. Then there's the low driver positioning typical of the era so they could do double duty as end tables or corner plant/whatever stands, OK for LF drivers, but wide BW ones? Yuck!

As for who gets credit for designing them, I guess it's whoever either posted a patent first and/or brought one to market, but you're a much more knowledgeable historian, so you tell me. ;^)
Loud is Beautiful if it's Clean!
- RE: EV Aristocrat inside bafle dimention - shimmy-shimmy coco bop - freddyi 12:09:41 08/05/07 (1)
  re:low drivers - that's when folks happily lived on the floor - look at early 1950's Radio & TV News + Audio Engineering covers :^)
  - RE: EV Aristocrat inside bafle dimention - shimmy-shimmy coco bop - GM 14:02:25 08/05/07 (0)
    LOL! You're right, but did they because they had to or because the early marketing types determined most folks preferred to? ;^)
    Loud is Beautiful if it's Clean!

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