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Anonymous   08-15-2004 at 08:45:06 PM

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Does anyone have any info on these Studio Monitors. I know they are
two-way and have a horn tweeter and one single 12" woofer. Any specs
or info would be appreciated

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Anonymous   08-16-2004 at 11:49:00 AM
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I recall that the EV literature claimed a frequency response of 45-18k Hz
+/- 3 dB. I don't recall their sensitivity. They're a pretty simple bass
reflex design with a box-like large port and a rather stiff-compliance
woofer.

They need a really, really large room. As much as I liked them in the old
AM Top-40 days, now you can easily do better, particularly in the imaging
department, as they only "come to life" quite a distance out in the room.
To me, they've always been on the "quacky" side. Clients might be
impressed, but mixing judgments were better over a 2" cue speaker.

Good luck!

Jeff Jasper
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"Bryan Dibble" <bedibble@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> Does anyone have any info on these Studio Monitors. I know they are
> two-way and have a horn tweeter and one single 12" woofer. Any specs
> or info would be appreciated

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Anonymous   08-16-2004 at 05:47:20 PM
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In article <61ca5ef0.0408151345.55c5d5bc@posting.google.com>,
Bryan Dibble <bedibble@comcast.net> wrote:
>Does anyone have any info on these Studio Monitors. I know they are
>two-way and have a horn tweeter and one single 12" woofer. Any specs
>or info would be appreciated

They were mostly sold into the broadcast world and never really made it
into the recording industry, and EV pretty much missed out on the whole
project studio thing with them. They are actually not bad sounding little
monitors for cheap. There is some upper midrange honk and there are some
cabinet resonances, but you can mix on them, which is more than I can say
for a lot of budget monitors.
--scott
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"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

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Anonymous   08-17-2004 at 03:46:13 AM
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"Scott Dorsey" <kludge@panix.com> wrote:

> They are actually not bad sounding little monitors for cheap.

Scott, I think you're thinking of the Sentry 100's. The Sentry II's, III's,
and IV's were the big wedge wall-mount jobbies, or also came in about a
24"x12"x30" rectangular box with the screw-on front grill.

I liked the 100's pretty well myself, and Ty Ford swears by them. The 500's
are about the size of the old rectangular Sentries, but I've never had a
chance to hear them.

Jeff Jasper
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Anonymous   08-17-2004 at 05:45:21 AM
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Jeff Jasper wrote:

> "Scott Dorsey" <kludge@panix.com> wrote:
>
> > They are actually not bad sounding little monitors for cheap.
>
> Scott, I think you're thinking of the Sentry 100's. The Sentry II's, III's,
> and IV's were the big wedge wall-mount jobbies, or also came in about a
> 24"x12"x30" rectangular box with the screw-on front grill.
>
> I liked the 100's pretty well myself, and Ty Ford swears by them. The 500's
> are about the size of the old rectangular Sentries, but I've never had a
> chance to hear them.

Sentry IVs were the all horn-loaded 3 way beasts with no grille at all !

About 28" x 20" x 40" from memory. Oh - that's just the bass cabinet !


Graham

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Anonymous   08-17-2004 at 03:46:14 AM
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Jeff Jasper <machovox@jam.rr.com> wrote:
>"Scott Dorsey" <kludge@panix.com> wrote:
>
>> They are actually not bad sounding little monitors for cheap.
>
>Scott, I think you're thinking of the Sentry 100's. The Sentry II's, III's,
>and IV's were the big wedge wall-mount jobbies, or also came in about a
>24"x12"x30" rectangular box with the screw-on front grill.

Right. The Sentry 100s don't have enough low end for me to feel comfortable
with. But the II and IIIs were very popular in broadcast studios for years.
--scott
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"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

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Anonymous   08-17-2004 at 11:49:46 AM
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"Pooh Bear" wrote:

> Sentry IVs were the all horn-loaded 3 way beasts with no grille at all !
> About 28" x 20" x 40" from memory. Oh - that's just the bass cabinet !
>
> Graham
>

Hmm, are you talking about a PA speaker or is the Sentry IV a studio
monitor. I thought the IV was the last of the wall-wedges, but it's been a
few years and I could be flat wrong...or EV could have slipped one by me
during the EE/accounting school years. <G> Enquiring minds want to know.

Jeff Jasper
Disappointment to David Correia ;-)

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"Pooh Bear" <rabbitsfriendsandrelations@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Sentry IVs were the all horn-loaded 3 way beasts with no grille at all !
>
> About 28" x 20" x 40" from memory. Oh - that's just the bass cabinet !

Tell me about it; I just hauled a pair to a folk festival. If biamped, it
makes a decent speaker for not-too-loud PA work.

The Sentry III was a fancy veneered floor-standing cabinet with the same mid
and HF horns as the Sentry IV and a single 15" woofer in a vented box. It
took up the same floor space as the Sentry IV but wasn't as tall. Both the
III and the IV were marketed as studio monitors, but only the III got bought
for that purpose. Most of the IVs I've seen were used for PA. (There was a
coffeehouse in Evanston, IL that hung IIIs from the ceiling for PA.)

The I and the II were intended for control-room use. One was rectangular,
and hung on the wall, the other was wedge-shaped and mounted up at the
wall-ceiling junction. They came out a good deal earlier than the III and
IV, and used different drivers.

Peace,
Paul

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Anonymous   08-18-2004 at 08:55:03 AM
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Jeff Jasper wrote:

> "Pooh Bear" wrote:
>
> > Sentry IVs were the all horn-loaded 3 way beasts with no grille at all !
> > About 28" x 20" x 40" from memory. Oh - that's just the bass cabinet !
> >
> > Graham
> >
>
> Hmm, are you talking about a PA speaker or is the Sentry IV a studio
> monitor. I thought the IV was the last of the wall-wedges, but it's been a
> few years and I could be flat wrong...or EV could have slipped one by me
> during the EE/accounting school years. <G> Enquiring minds want to know.

It was apparently designed as a studio monitor but was used as an SR speaker
too due to its high efficiency for the day.

I've used them in the latter application from around the mid-70s to mid 80s.
They slaughtered much of what was then available, especially as we tri-amping
them. Ppl were still using 'PA columns' back then sometimes !

The EV tweeters that came with the Sentry IV are useless for SR ( no power
handling ) - so we had some Vitavox S2 ( modified ) drivers for 4kHz + with
Vitavox's diffraction horn.


Graham

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Anonymous   09-17-2004 at 07:04:22 PM
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The EV Sentry IIA has a SP-12 12" woofer and a T-35 tweeter. I believe the
crossover freq is 1.5 KHz. Advertised frequency response is 30-20 KHz,
but more like 15 K at the top end. Nice low end response and good to 30
Hz. 8 ohms. They measure 21 1/2" H, 37" W, 16 3/8" D. Large. 82 lbs.

I still have a pair and mixed on them for many years in a large control
room.

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Anonymous   09-17-2004 at 07:05:11 PM
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The EV Sentry IIA has a SP-12 12" woofer and a T-35 tweeter. I believe the
crossover freq is 1.5 KHz. Advertised frequency response is 30-20 KHz,
but more like 15 K at the top end. Nice low end response and good to 30
Hz. 8 ohms. They measure 21 1/2" H, 37" W, 16 3/8" D. Large. 82 lbs.

I still have a pair and mixed on them for many years in a large control
room.

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