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I am not sure if this is the correct place to post this but I would like to find an orban XT2. Please email me if you know where I can find one.
Paul
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Allready
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.......would also like a (working)"cobalt blue" card
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Allready
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No one knows of an XT2 out there? :'(
Going for a Prisms-8100-XT2 combination?Allready said:
If so, I would skip the Cobalt Blue card and go for a RCF1 or RCF-2
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Allready
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Well not certain. I need to find the XT2 first. :-\
IMHO the Prism/8100 is a somewhat smoother combination than the 8100/XT2. I'ts multiband leveling and dualband limiting vs. dualband leveling and multiband limiting.
Try the Prisms with the rcf-1/rcf-2 first, they are easier to get and really do a great job...
If your still not satisfied you can ad a XT-2 and ease down on the Prisms.
Be sure the Prisms are recapped and recalibrated though ;D
Try the Prisms with the rcf-1/rcf-2 first, they are easier to get and really do a great job...
If your still not satisfied you can ad a XT-2 and ease down on the Prisms. Be sure the Prisms are recapped and recalibrated though ;D
Sadly, they are rare as hens teeth & when you do find one, it'll go for an arm & a leg. The 8100A/XT2 is still a potent force to be reckoned with. I wish someone would make an XT-2 knock off...or better yet, Orban would do a retro run of them. The demand is certainly there.Allready said:
Sgeirk said:
The Ariane Sequel has a preset that sounds similar to the old Prisms. I believe it is called "stereo bigger." There is a description in the manual.
I know where one is that's on the air. It needs some help though. You'll need to send it to the Sacks bunch to have it re-worked. Something tells me the owner of the XT2 would take a new Omnia One as a trade. Again, you'll need to fix the XT2 + 8100 but I think it won't be that big of a deal. It's an old box and you'd want to get it referbed anyway... PM me if you want.
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Eng.Mike
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We have the Texar RCF-1 card for the 8100 and you are welcome to make an offer on it. It's been on the shelf here for at least 8 years. I't doesn't have the face plate but you don't need one any way. The face is only for looks ; ) and you'll have it parked behind that locked door on your 8100. We have a few pairs of Prisms, Gentner and Texar. They are untested and at this age should be re-caped and calibrated.
fm-engineer said:
At one point I used a pair of Texars in a home-brewed stereo matrix on the air at Z100. Later, I built a matrix with high-pass filters into a box that was installed at a number of European stations I was consulting.
Ultimately, that's where the inspiration for that preset comes from.
Kind Regards,
David
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stha said:
I saw one go quickly at a ham swap for $2500 this past year.
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fugazi
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You almost buy a 8300 for that money. it's sick. A 8300 doesn't need recapping nor calibratrion.
I agree on the suberb sound of the 8100 XT2, but for that aged technology the price is quite high.
Would love to have an xt2 unit though.
br.
Further proof that audio processing is entirely subjective. After recapping and modification of an xt2, I thought it had a pretty "spongy" sound to it. Could have been a number of things, though. Mainly the music being fed through it (highly clipped modern stuff).
I will say, though, it sounded better than the early Omnia that we had.
I will say, though, it sounded better than the early Omnia that we had.
Eng.Mike said:
Hey, mike... Contact me at [email protected]. I would be interested in some of this stuff.
fm-engineer said:
Thats not true.. It sounds far from the original prisms. It comes close to the crappy digital Prizm version Gentner made, but thats it.
The decision point to compress, expand or do notthin is FAR better than the ariane in my opinion.
I would choose prisms over the Ariane. But i would prefer the XT2
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