A gift from my dad, and he brought it from Taiwan

 

on the EL-34..... the grid does looks like the EH tho.



a easy way to compare the RF to the tube amp.... maybe put the Dayton speakers in the car and hook it up to the RF amp and see what it sounds like.

btw: the Sennheizer HD-600 is a good sounding headphone. its definitely a great way to remove room acoustics..... and hear only whats on the recording. and also a good tool to check HU or preamp circuits etc.

 

i forgot to mention Sovtek..... they're also very similar.

 

the "melted" text on the 34 was in black. I guess it's the Russian tube.

 

what is the name on the amp ?

 

this thread originally was about lacking midbass in your car and not lacking midrange response…...

The Dayton II is a well designed DIY speaker, and its designed by people that knows their stuff. They didn’t just throw the speaker into a box and call it a day.. even it is cheap! But comparing it to the car install…. woofer in the door, and just slapping tweeter right next to the windshield, with hardly any x-over tuning and acoustic compensation…. How could you expect it to sound even close to the Dayton and “specially” with the tube amp.

 

It says "Megasound" on the front plate.

Internet was down for 2 days, sucks!

 

Yup that's why I am going kick panel or door pod next, it's more fair to the k2p. They are much more capable drivers than the daytons I have but they are in a car...This lack of midbass, and ok midrange was mostly because of the car environment and install. Sure amp counts but to what degree is still unknown. I will try to maxmize the potential of the gears on hand and see what they can achieve. To be honest I feel midbass improves and high smooths a little during the past weeks. I guess they need some time to break in too. BTW, I do find my ears hurt a bit after a while of listening at mid volume, which I do not experience with the cdt EF61.

Currently I am trying to brown bread the rear deck and hope that will improve bass. I can still hear higher bass from rear even the sub is at 50hz/18db.

 

so whats with Focal and the inverted dome tweeter?

Also, what kind of cone material is that? It looks like kevlar but a bunch of pieces glued together....

 

After removing the rear 6x9, and brown bread the rear deck, midbass/bass improves so much now I felt midbass is not lacking anymore. Man I should have done this 2 years ago it seems bass was traped inside the trunk before. The high smooths out a bit too, but still go some rough edges. For example words like "she", "was" has that shhh sound that hurts sometimes. According to another member fellow, the this problem will go away and tn52 will become much smoother after 3 months of usage so I will wait. Other than that I am very happy with the sound now