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Industry Circles => Odyssey Audio => Topic started by: jMelvin on 19 Mar 2022, 12:25 pm
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Hey guys .. it’s been a while. I’ve had my Cyclops for about 10 years now and recently put it back into service after a 4 year hiatus. It only went into storage because I decided to pursue a long time SET curiosity and purchased a Decware SE84UFO. I’ve been very happy with my little Zen amp but for a change of pace this winter I swapped back to the Cyclops. I decided to pair it with my Mark & Daniel Ruby loudspeakers. Boy, I had forgotten just how good this combination is. These speakers are terribly inefficient (82.5dB/2.83V/1m) with a nominal impedance of 3-6 ohms. The Cyclops, which was the Extreme level back then, never even breaks a sweat, driving the speakers with power and finesse. Fantastic sound quality. I’ll be living with this system for the foreseeable future. Happy to be back.
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Old One-Eye is a strong amp with plenty of Triple A mojo packed inside. As long as you avoid backing off a ladder and stepping on a binding post (story told elsewhere, and every word is true), it should last pretty much forever, or 20+ years and maybe by then you're looking at a re-cap. Maybe not. Parts quality in these amps are pretty darn stout.
Mine drives a pair of JBL 4311Bs, which were en vogue (especially the "civilian" version, the L-100s) back when I was in school. The L-100s that still run are likely on a 3rd or 4th refoam, the 4311B drivers are still working fine, I rebuilt/rewired the crossover networks in '09 (a good how-to exists in some detail on *another board*). Of note to audio historians with a taste for the bizarre, one Mr F. Zappa used 4311s to mix and master several of his albums. If only he had had some Odyssey electronics...
(https://www.alohacriticon.com/wp-content/uploads/2003/07/frank-zappa-nariz.jpg)
My girlfriend despised this picture.
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I need to read about your ladder incident! A link perhaps?
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I think this will get you close...
https://www.audiocircle.com/index.php?topic=95425.msg1751267#msg1751267
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LOL .. thank Ed. Stout amps and parts indeed!