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Apogeusiste,

Plug-Up the "Base Port" located in the bottom suface
of the Radio and then give it a re-listen.
- - - Read Page #8 "Placement" in the Owners Manual.
http://www.tivoliaudio.com/files/use...dio_manual.pdf

-IF- The Radio's AM & FM {Tuning} Reception is A-OK
and only the Sound is an Issue - Try a set of Powered
{Computer} Speakers. Use the "Record Out" Jack
-Note- This is a Fixed Line Level Stereo Output.

Use the Tioli Model One as the Center Independent "Base"
Speaker -and- the Two Powered {Computer} Speakers as
the separate Left and Right Speakers.

- - - Read Page # 7 "Guide to Features" [Rear Panel]
http://www.tivoliaudio.com/files/use...dio_manual.pdf



read-the-manual - yes it is that simple ~ RHF

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"RHF" wrote in message
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Apogeusiste,

Plug-Up the "Base Port" located in the bottom suface
of the Radio and then give it a re-listen.
- - - Read Page #8 "Placement" in the Owners Manual.
http://www.tivoliaudio.com/files/use...dio_manual.pdf

$120 for "The best sounding table radio in the world" that doesn't even have
single tone control? LOL!

Mike

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On 29 Dec 2006 23:25:56 -0800, "RHF"
wrote:



-IF- The Radio's AM & FM {Tuning} Reception is A-OK
and only the Sound is an Issue - Try a set of Powered
{Computer} Speakers. Use the "Record Out" Jack
-Note- This is a Fixed Line Level Stereo Output.

Why not use the headphone out?

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On Sat, 30 Dec 2006 08:47:58 -0500, "Mike" wrote:

"RHF" wrote in message
oups.com...
Apogeusiste,

Plug-Up the "Base Port" located in the bottom suface
of the Radio and then give it a re-listen.
- - - Read Page #8 "Placement" in the Owners Manual.
http://www.tivoliaudio.com/files/use...dio_manual.pdf

$120 for "The best sounding table radio in the world" that doesn't even have
single tone control? LOL!

Mike

You ever heard of Henry Kloss?

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"David" wrote in message
...
$120 for "The best sounding table radio in the world" that doesn't even
have
single tone control? LOL!

Mike

You ever heard of Henry Kloss?


You ever heard of tone controls? Anything purporting to be "Hi Fi" needs a
minimum of a single tone control, but preferably separate Bass and Treble.
Not everyone's hearing is the same, and different programs require different
settings (speech, orchestra, rock).

Mike

Tivoli Model One - Read the Manual - It Really Helps !
 

You ever heard of Henry Kloss?


You ever heard of tone controls? Anything purporting to be "Hi Fi"
needs a minimum of a single tone control, but preferably separate Bass
and Treble. Not everyone's hearing is the same, and different programs
require different settings (speech, orchestra, rock).

Mike



Kloss was known, among other things, for minimalism. Tone controls
are not part of that program. And given the size of the panel, a tone
control may would have disrupted the clean lines, while making the panel
more busy than it needed to be.

All of which is a matter of taste.

However, your assertion that 'anything purporting to be "Hi Fi" needs
a minimum of a single tone control," flies in the face of high end
design, where the most expensive, and highest performance hardware have
no tone controls or spectral contouring circuitry at all.

That said, there are simple ways to mitigate undesireable bass content.

One of the simplest ways to control the bass perception of Model One
is to place the radio on a sound absorbant pad (one that extends several
inches from the front sides and back of the set) on a table at least one
foot from a barrier--a wall, or other raised vertical surface.

Minor mitigation of the boom (the offensive part of the bass
response) without reducing bass perception can be achieved by setting
the radio flush with the edge of a table about a foot from a barrier.

You'd be surprised at how much tone control you actually have, by
varying the staging of the set.

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"D Peter Maus" wrote in message
...
One of the simplest ways to control the bass perception of Model One is
to place the radio on a sound absorbant pad (one that extends several
inches from the front sides and back of the set) on a table at least one
foot from a barrier--a wall, or other raised vertical surface.

Great. So to make up for the poor design, you can't place it wherever you
want to. It has to be on a special pad at precise distances from other
objects.

Yeah, that's what I want.

Mike

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Mike wrote:
"D Peter Maus" wrote in message
...
One of the simplest ways to control the bass perception of Model One
is to place the radio on a sound absorbant pad (one that extends
several inches from the front sides and back of the set) on a table at
least one foot from a barrier--a wall, or other raised vertical surface.

Great. So to make up for the poor design, you can't place it wherever
you want to. It has to be on a special pad at precise distances from
other objects.

Yeah, that's what I want.

Mike



Hey, Physics is a bitch, what can I tell you.

Now, you don't have to do any of these. And thousands of users don't
find any objections to the Kloss design, and enjoy the radio as is
daily. I do so, myself.

But if, as some do, you would like to reshape the audio to your
specific tastes, you have options.

You may exercise them, or not, at your discretion.

But bitching doesn't really contour the bass, now does it.

I'd suspect you may be happier with a different set.

Thank God for the free marketplace that will accomodate your
preferences.

Good listening to you.



p

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In article , "Mike"
wrote:

"David" wrote in message
...
$120 for "The best sounding table radio in the world" that doesn't even
have
single tone control? LOL!

Mike

You ever heard of Henry Kloss?


You ever heard of tone controls? Anything purporting to be "Hi Fi" needs a
minimum of a single tone control, but preferably separate Bass and Treble.
Not everyone's hearing is the same, and different programs require different
settings (speech, orchestra, rock).

I thought you were busy listing to low bit rate audio from the BBC. Tone
controls won't help that.

--
Telamon
Ventura, California

Tivoli Model One - Read the Manual - It Really Helps !
 

I don't own a Tivoli radio.Why should I buy one of those?
cuhulin

Tivoli Model One - Read the Manual - It Really Helps !
 

David escreveu:

On 29 Dec 2006 23:25:56 -0800, "RHF"
wrote:



-IF- The Radio's AM & FM {Tuning} Reception is A-OK
and only the Sound is an Issue - Try a set of Powered
{Computer} Speakers. Use the "Record Out" Jack
-Note- This is a Fixed Line Level Stereo Output.

Why not use the headphone out?

I found a very good site about radios (www.eham.net), and there is a
very good review about Tivoli model one the

"The issue I have is that many of the commercial stations (all playing
music I don't want to hear-but you might) around here pump up the audio
and boost the bass in the transmission process, this excessive bass
boost by the station added to the bass boost included in the radio to
offset the tiny speaker can make the radio sound boomy and tubby with
distorted lows, and there aren't any tone controls to fix this."

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"RHF" wrote in message
oups.com...
Mike - So the last time you went to a Live Musical Performance
like a Band-on-Stage, a Concert, or aSymphony did 'you' bring
Your Tone Control ? ~ RHF

No, because the instruments have already been tuned and placed for that
hall. That's what tome controls do in your home - compensate for your
particular room and music *recordings*.

What a silly comparison!

Mike

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"RHF" wrote in message
oups.com...
Mike - Intelligent Radio Design often requires
and equally Intelligent Radio Listener. ~ RHF

If this Tivoli junk was "intelligently designed" you might have a point.

Mike

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In article , "Mike"
wrote:

"RHF" wrote in message
oups.com...
Mike - So the last time you went to a Live Musical Performance
like a Band-on-Stage, a Concert, or aSymphony did 'you' bring
Your Tone Control ? ~ RHF

No, because the instruments have already been tuned and placed for that
hall. That's what tome controls do in your home - compensate for your
particular room and music *recordings*.

What a silly comparison!

I only use the "tome" controls when playing the Grateful dead.

--
Telamon
Ventura, California

Tivoli Model One - Read the Manual - It Really Helps !
 

Mike wrote:
"RHF" wrote in message
oups.com...
Mike - Intelligent Radio Design often requires
and equally Intelligent Radio Listener. ~ RHF

If this Tivoli junk was "intelligently designed" you might have a point.

Mike


I'm very satisfied with my Tivoli Model One. It has a very pleasant
sound, and is reasonably sensitive on FM, which is what I use it for
(to listen to FM). I have a C Crane FM Reflect indoor FM antenna hooked
to it. But the Tivoli sucks on AM. I can probably hear more AM stations
with a brick.

Don't mistake the Tivoli for a serious FM DX machine, it's not. For
that I use an SAE T101 FM tuner.