Mr. Miller , thanks for your thread . I love Porsches and I’m considering a pair of Tektons . My Porsche memories are only that of a race fan , but they were some fun times . Number 1 was watching Mark Donahue drive the Sunoco Porsche 917-30 at Laguna Seca . Number 2 is the picture my buddy snapped as I helped Al Holbert push his #14 Lowenbrau 962 into the garage at Riverside. While the 917’s were certainly the Beast of the Era , those 962’s were one of the most consistent race cars ever created . A couple years ago , I got to sit in the Sunoco 917-30 at the Rennsport Reunion at Laguna Seca . Another notable car was the Slantnose rebuilds from Mclaren complete with an F1 engine from either Laudas’ or Prost’ . I’m looking at adding a higher power amp to my single ended SEP system, and obtaining a new pair of Double impacts to replace my Zu Omens . I will certainly spend some time studying your system, as it is light years ahead of mine . I would love to spend time at your house , first to hear your system , and second to learn about your mods . I have certainly learned from this site , and been entertained too . Although growing up in a family that couldn’t afford to have a race car , I was fortunate enough to be exposed by my father to a lifetime of watching races all over California. My fathers school mate raced a Mclaren Can-Am car and owned the famous 198 Cobra that earned its fame later when owned by Dick Smith . So thanks for triggering happy memories and the the Tekton update . Regards , Mike B.
Millercarbon's Mega Moab Mod Meander
One of the all time great automotive engineers, Norbert Singer, was a key player in every one of the 16 Porsche LeMans victories from 1970 to 1998. His dominance was such that at one point Porsche had won LeMans more than all other marques combined. This was all accomplished by building on the already solid foundation of Porsche production models. The air cooled flat 12 in the 917 was really two flat sixes combined to make 12. This car so dominated motorsport the rules had to be changed to stop it!
So Norbert Singer modified Porsche production technology to extract the absolute most for racing. His legacy is today’s Singer Vehicle Design https://singervehicledesign.com Norbert doesn’t make for a very good car name so they called it Singer. What is a Singer? It is a modified Porsche. It is in essence a hot rod. What Norbert Singer did was make the most hot rod racing Porsche. What Singer does is take that to the next level, capturing every aspect of Porsche right down to excellence of design and aesthetics.
I am not anywhere near the level of Singer. But that is the spirit of what we are doing: taking an already world-class design and hot-rodding it to be even better. Well, better for me anyway- or so we hope!
The early modders started with substituting off the shelf parts to get more power or less weight. That is pretty much all we are doing here. Would be cool if some day people are doing this with a lot more sophisticated approach. Maybe they will. Maybe even I will. For now though we have the current crossover project.
My approach is pretty simple: better parts sound better.
This lesson was learned back in the late 90’s with Linaeum Model 10 speakers. The designer had a new tweeter and told me how to modify the crossover for it. Simple mod, one cap, one resistor. Bought the parts from Radio Shack, put it together, sounded like crap. Absolute horrid crap! Called him up, he said those parts are crap. Said Musicap, Vishay. But they measure the same? Just do it. I did. It worked. Even though they measure exactly the same, the sound difference is off the charts.
Even though they measure exactly the same. There is a lesson here. For those willing to learn.
So this is the essence of it: Eric Alexander has made a speaker the equivalent of a Porsche 911. Even better: an affordable Porsche 911! But after a while with my 911, after learning what makes it drive and feel the way it does, it was only natural to change the shocks and torsion bar and other items to bring out even more of what I like so much about the 911.
That is what we are doing here. Hot-rodding a speaker. Thank you Rick for the metaphor!
The parts are on order. Next week the fun begins!
So Norbert Singer modified Porsche production technology to extract the absolute most for racing. His legacy is today’s Singer Vehicle Design https://singervehicledesign.com Norbert doesn’t make for a very good car name so they called it Singer. What is a Singer? It is a modified Porsche. It is in essence a hot rod. What Norbert Singer did was make the most hot rod racing Porsche. What Singer does is take that to the next level, capturing every aspect of Porsche right down to excellence of design and aesthetics.
I am not anywhere near the level of Singer. But that is the spirit of what we are doing: taking an already world-class design and hot-rodding it to be even better. Well, better for me anyway- or so we hope!
The early modders started with substituting off the shelf parts to get more power or less weight. That is pretty much all we are doing here. Would be cool if some day people are doing this with a lot more sophisticated approach. Maybe they will. Maybe even I will. For now though we have the current crossover project.
My approach is pretty simple: better parts sound better.
This lesson was learned back in the late 90’s with Linaeum Model 10 speakers. The designer had a new tweeter and told me how to modify the crossover for it. Simple mod, one cap, one resistor. Bought the parts from Radio Shack, put it together, sounded like crap. Absolute horrid crap! Called him up, he said those parts are crap. Said Musicap, Vishay. But they measure the same? Just do it. I did. It worked. Even though they measure exactly the same, the sound difference is off the charts.
Even though they measure exactly the same. There is a lesson here. For those willing to learn.
So this is the essence of it: Eric Alexander has made a speaker the equivalent of a Porsche 911. Even better: an affordable Porsche 911! But after a while with my 911, after learning what makes it drive and feel the way it does, it was only natural to change the shocks and torsion bar and other items to bring out even more of what I like so much about the 911.
That is what we are doing here. Hot-rodding a speaker. Thank you Rick for the metaphor!
The parts are on order. Next week the fun begins!
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The truth is that Porsches only become the joy they are at speed. Here in Arizona where everyone is doing 80/90 on the highway, mine starts to make me smile.....the car sticks better, the engine is quieter/smoother, the body becomes more responsive....it becomes a part of me. Around town its much like a Honda/Suberu, etc. |
Rennsport Reunion is the pinnacle of Porsche, at least in the USA. Donahue, Redman, and Bell were telling tales at the Mission when Porsche was the featured marque at Laguna Seca one year. Hurley Haywood's plane barely got him there in time to get to the track, hop in a 914/6 and go from last in the field to win in only I think a 15 or 20 lap race. He won by a foot at the line, most exciting race ever and I was watching from the hill above Andretti Hairpin where between the view and the big screens you could see almost the entire circuit. To top it off this was the last race of the weekend- and Porsche won! After passing the whole field! Thrilling! Haven't heard them myself but Double Impacts are his best selling speakers for a reason. Outstanding reviews. Moabs have the full MTM array. A lot more money but guys who have heard both say well worth the extra. At the same time there are guys who say DI is so good it is their end game speaker. Hard to go wrong with any Tekton, far as I can tell. I'm just east of Seattle in Redmond, and would love to have you over any time. There's so many tweaks that just to give an overview, people ask questions, it can be a good 20-30 minutes just to skim the surface. Seems sometimes like this is all I do, but the truth is years go by doing hardly anything, yet after 30 years it really adds up. This being one of those years where it is adding up a lot faster than average!😂 |
stringreen- The truth is that Porsches only become the joy they are at speed. Here in Arizona where everyone is doing 80/90 on the highway, mine starts to make me smile.....the car sticks better, the engine is quieter/smoother, the body becomes more responsive....it becomes a part of me. Around town its much like a Honda/Suberu, etc. https://youtu.be/bXRyy-RBuzc?t=581 |
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