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DQ-10s and Son of Ampzilla!
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Blue Shadow
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Well you said gear no in position in the pictures and that you are on the slippery slope. So let’s start spending your money…on a pair of feet or stands for those DQ-10s. Nice to see the other grille cloth choice.
I have had a few pair and had stands made after determining what I wanted. The speaker originally came with 3” legs, 3 per speaker. There were two types of stands available during the 15+ year availability of the speakers. The feet make it sound like you are listening into the orchestra pit, 10” milk crates were a little low and the dining room chairs at about 18” put the speakers at “sofa listening height” according to one friend.
Try different height supports, no spending money, yet and decide what height works best for you.
It doesn’t look like your speakers are mirror imaged a later update to them. No need to do that until you have enjoyed them and gotten other projects done.
I have had a few pair and had stands made after determining what I wanted. The speaker originally came with 3” legs, 3 per speaker. There were two types of stands available during the 15+ year availability of the speakers. The feet make it sound like you are listening into the orchestra pit, 10” milk crates were a little low and the dining room chairs at about 18” put the speakers at “sofa listening height” according to one friend.
Try different height supports, no spending money, yet and decide what height works best for you.
It doesn’t look like your speakers are mirror imaged a later update to them. No need to do that until you have enjoyed them and gotten other projects done.
conm
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They are not mirrored. I'm gonna build stands, I just need to get around to it.
Blue Shadow
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The Dahlquistspeakers . io group has dimension drawings of the three post stands. Make them the right height for your listening position. Stocks stands seem a bit low. The wiki on the site has lots of info.
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conm
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Thank you!The Dahlquistspeakers . io group has dimension drawings of the three post stands. Make them the right height for your listening position. Stocks stands seem a bit low. The wiki on the site has lots of info.
DahlquistSpeakers groups.io Group
A gathering place for fans and owners of all speakers released under the famed Dahlquist brand.
I'll never give up my GAS Son of Ampzilla. That's it in my avatar sitting on top of it's GAS Thalia pre-amp. I also have an SAE tuner and they were all rack mounted back in the day. Both the GAS units have been fully refurbed and dialed in.
BTW, shouldn't need bridged Son's. One Son is way more than enough power. Mine never gets out of class A mode. Meter's barely move even when I turn it up.
Welcome aboard!
BTW, shouldn't need bridged Son's. One Son is way more than enough power. Mine never gets out of class A mode. Meter's barely move even when I turn it up.
Welcome aboard!
conm
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My meters hardly move as well, but I also care for my hearing haha. My grandfather not so much. I think it would have been a killer setup back in the day though. I think the design of the GAS gear is amazing.
I had and sold all the above. Very early DQ10s, they did not have the stands, just the 3" pegs I never used. Mirror imaged and new caps before anyone knew what that was all about. Son new and refurbed later on. Thoebe new and sold later on. I knew Jim Bongirno, and also met Jon Dahlquist and Saul Marantz.
I used to drive my Son plenty hard, but it did take quite a bit to make the needle move. I always left it powered on, Cinder did establish that amp as hers! Ran quite a few different pairs of speakers with it. At one time I was listening to a Romeo Void track and I popped the woofer in one of the Klipsch Heresies.
Sold it to a collector, asked him what he was going to do with it; he said it goes in my warehouse. Had the original box too.
Selling was one of my mistakes, along my audio journey, I truly regret.
You lucky guys treasure your Son’s- and remember James Bonjiorno, he was quite the colorful guy.
Sold it to a collector, asked him what he was going to do with it; he said it goes in my warehouse. Had the original box too.
Selling was one of my mistakes, along my audio journey, I truly regret.
You lucky guys treasure your Son’s- and remember James Bonjiorno, he was quite the colorful guy.
conm
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Mine was used enough that the paper reflector thing behind the bulbs was melted and burnt. I don't know what my grandfather did to it. I doubt he left it on since the preamp has a on off switch. I turn mine off and unplug it from the wall when I'm not using it. The manual says the son is fine to plug into the switched outlets, but the bigger ampzilla is not.
I can't imagine buying this stuff to let it sit in a warehouse in a box. Atleast leave it on a shelf so you can walk through and see it. Very beautiful piece of equipment. Most if not all of the GAS stuff was.
I run my Son (and SAE tuner) through the Thalia switched outlets. Always have. Never a problem. Nowadays I leave the Thalia on and run it through a switched wall outlet so I only have to flip the wall switch. Don't have to put any wear on the Thalia power switch.
Also, I removed that burnt reflector paper some time ago. Probably when I replaced the bulbs with lower wattage ones.
Also, I removed that burnt reflector paper some time ago. Probably when I replaced the bulbs with lower wattage ones.
conm
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The switch is hit or miss on mine. If you don't hit it with enough force it turns off pops and springs back on. That is just user error.
conm
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It works fine, I think the contacts are dirty inside. I just cant get inside to spray them with contact cleaner. I did it from the outside pressed them and let it dry. It is better now. It works fine it just needs to be a harder push.
