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Re: dillinja's valve sound system
TUNES Posted by FishFish on Tuesday 15 October 2002, 04:51PM

There is an article in Knowledge Magazine (one before soundsound sysytem). Its a sick 120+ K sound system made between Dilinja and Lemon D. There are sick amounts of bass bins and stacks of floor standers. The entire system fits on 3 17 1/2 tonne lorries and takes 10 people a good couple of hours to setup. The most crisp sound system in the world

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Smart Ass speaks
by smart ass on Thursday 18 September 2003 @03:14PM
96k actually.

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Valve "only 96k"
by jern on Monday 08 December 2003 @05:28PM
Actually the sound system is only a mere 96k when its turned up to its max,but even then somebodys gonna get hurt.rinse out!!!!!

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Valve sux :-(
by Lil'd on Wednesday 04 May 2005 @03:59PM
Indeed!

The valve sound system is only 96K! Would it shock you to know that it is not actually driven by valve amplifiers at all? In fact it is driven by C - Audio amps - and quite old battered models too...

I don't really see the appeal of the system... Its not very high quality, poorly designed, spec'd and assembled. It certainly doesnt sound crisp, in fact, I'd say its quite lacking in mid range and what treble sounds do penetrate sound distorted and comressed. This is probably due to the exuberant ammounts of scoop bass enclosures and the meagre midrange or treble speakers being driven far to hard. Never liked funktion one RES5s tbh

Hope I haven't offended but thats my view! Any thoughts?
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Dillinja - Mixer Abuser Shocker!
by littleNod on Friday 30 November 2007 @04:16AM
I've worked a gig with Dillinja.
The fact that the meters on the DJ mixer were up to the max without a flicker of movement would suggest that he is not bothered by the ridiculous amount of induced harmonic distortion that everybody has to listen to. He may have the loudest sound system in the world but if the source sound is bad then no matter what system this signal is put through, it will not get any better. It just becomes a loud,bad,painful sound. The whole set had zero dynamics due to the pushed preamps. Saying all that, I'd love to here the Valve but my expectations are low.

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valve sound system is fake
by jamie davies on Thursday 31 January 2008 @04:24PM
the valve system can be built up in many different configs up to a total of 95kw if you go by the makers of the amps
the config of the system is a whole load of crest vs1 american models ie 110v supply bridged into a 16kva 415 volt supply at max config
they are used to drive very primative scoop design bass bins loaded with pd186 drivers 18 inch and smaller scoops pd156 drivers these are arranged in walls with a 90 degree oposing phase to protedt the speakers more than anything but on paper they could drop lower
all this in a nutshell
the valve system is a gymic it contains not 1 single valve and uses very old technology
the company i used to work for built and designed abashanti the uks loudest system using some insane cabs loaded with custom precision devices 28 inch woofers in horn config through 21s 18 s and 15s up to 12 inch mid tops with wide dispersion horns we structually dammaged brixton rec during testing and made alot of people throw up uncontrollably when it dropped just below 40 hz
thats power

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Valve is a brand, not a technology!
by Christopher on Wednesday 13 February 2008 @11:40AM
If it ain't broke... the "Valve" is near enough their trademark. They don't say that it's a valve-amped soundsystem, it's just their 'thing'.

In the case of soundsystems, I love how the Valve is almost tuned to the 'key' frequency ranges of D&B - the system is designed for D&B playback, and from my listening experience, it excels at that.

Granted, they could have technically better drivers, but it'd cost them a shitload and - to be honest - who would *really* notice?

For other musical styles, I guess it'd require a redesign from the ground up, but sometimes primitive scoops can outclass a technically superior bin if they're playing the one type of music they were specifically designed for.

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More views on Valve...
by Earl Green on Wednesday 15 October 2008 @11:50PM
helped install valve at warehouse project manchester, going birmingham to help install it there on friday! It's like a childhood dream. I never thought i would somehow become involved! anyway it doesnt take 10 men to set up, more like a couple of men while the others drink tea but i shouldnt really tell u that! the guys that set it up are proper sound london geeza's and i am forever gratefull! 96k not 110. Very bass heavy, very simple build construction. hell of a lot of fun! isn't that what its all about?
Big shout out to stumblefunk sound system too! running outdoor free parties across manchester.
Check my myspace, spread the love.
www.myspace.com/futurekidrollfunkfresh

Ash

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