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    I have always said it like YOUR - A

    EI - like Neighbor or Weigh

    (but - if not, it wouldn't be the first time I pronounced something wrong)


    Quote Originally Posted by BMWCCA View Post
    This thread has me wondering: What is the accepted pronunciation of "UREI".

    I realize it's simply an acronym for United Recording Electronics Industries, but I've never heard it pronounced "U—R—E—I, like JBL. So what is the accepted way to say it? "Youree" or "Youreye"? Something else?

    Anxious to put this one to rest!
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    Having been a user of UREI equalizers and compressors from before they even made speakers we called them Your-E.

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    I have always said it like YOUR - A

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    Quote Originally Posted by Riley Casey View Post
    Having been a user of UREI equalizers and compressors from before they even made speakers we called them Your-E.
    Same here! ( with a slight upward-tilting inflection on the "E" for emphasis >> though that might well have been the Quebec influence )


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    In my corner of the world I’ve always heard it pronounced the way that Rusty said. The same as saying Yuri.


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    Ay as in neighbor, ee as in Yuri—both good choices. I always favored aye as in heist, but then
    I like caper movies. The common practice is best, because getting it right shows how plugged-in you are, but since it's not really a word, none are really wrong. Any will be understood.
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    One of my "spare" coaxial drivers has bad surrounds and has been sitting on a shelf in the basement, waiting for me to take time to redo it.
    Well, I bought a set of 4 surrounds from Rick Cobb last month, and took the time this week to clean it up and redo it.

    The Coaxial tweeter driver was unscrewed off the back and removed while I cleaned all the bad surrounds and old glue off the casting and
    back of the woofer cone. I do the cleanup using MEK and scrapers on the frame on my back porch with LOTS of fresh air. NASTY stuff, but effective!

    I did the usual 2 step process - glue the new surround to the back of the woofer cone.
    I did check it with the 30 Hz test tones - then I let it dry overnight,

    Next day glue the surround to the speaker frame, and glue down the 4 pieces of the baffle-spacer in place.
    Clothespins can hold that down and in place overnight, then, you're done.

    Comparison image of JBL 2214 woofers vs UREI 809A Coaxial driver (Same surround kit)
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    Nicely done. One of these days I'd like to attempt a refoam job. Until recently, I did not know they made a coaxial 2214H! Your horns & their foam look perfect, were they redone?

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    Looks Great!!

    I especially like the Blue Ports in the sub-woofers ( nice visual touch! )



    Very cool set up indeed. Thierry, how do you like that 6500 amplifier?

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    I stumbled upon this thread @ Audiokarma:
    https://audiokarma.org/forums/index....er-see.698532/

    A discussion about the former Le Studio in Quebec (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Studio) as well as some urban exploration videos of the historic site. They had UREI 815A's! They're actually still there, or were at the time the video was shot. One still in the soffits and another on the floor, the camera man is unaware of their status/significance as he walks past them to pause on a room full of junk instead. Gotta love that about these urbexer's.. The "music" in the videos within that link is terrible, I imagine that if it was possible for fax machines to fornicate, that's what it would sound like. Good thing for the mute feature I guess. Pretty cool to see UREI monitors in the wild, and even cooler to see the acts which might've used them to mix & master their albums.

    If anyone else has information about studios which used the UREI 8xx series, please post the stuff here! I've even stumbled across a studio on the west side of Michigan which has two rooms utilizing 813C's and 813B's or A's. Really rad to see them still clocking in on the job.

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    From memory, Le Studio was built in the 70's in Morin-Heights with large windows and nice forest surroundings proper for creation and low noise recordings. A number of international stars have recorded there, as well as local ones.

    Nick Blagona was the Engineer, Andre Perry studio manager and Yeal Brendeist owned the studio (i may have misspell some name here but its pretty much what it was).

    However, i simply can't remember the UREI monitors there, nor the recording console they used, dumb me... i might have the info hidden in a pile of Professional Sound Magazines i kept, one of which also presented the Bryston/JBL touring system of a Canadian PA firm.

    As i recall, the UREI monitor was designed (at least for the Time Align crossover) by Edward M. Long (Ed Long and Associates). Among other things, he's also credited for the first near-field monitor. Maybe the smaller UREI??

    Sorry i can't help you more than that.

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    urei 6500 amplifier

    Very cool set up indeed. Thierry, how do you like that 6500 amplifier?[/QUOTE]Hi well, the 6500 power amp from UREI sound good, very powerfull, a bit noisy fan on, i have to exchange the thermistor to lower speed fan (all my studio is in one room). But the sound is very very clear, i have some other amps, but i amways at last for the final mix use the 6500.

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    Quote Originally Posted by RMC View Post
    From memory, Le Studio was built in the 70's in Morin-Heights with large windows and nice forest surroundings proper for creation and low noise recordings. A number of international stars have recorded there, as well as local ones.

    Nick Blagona was the Engineer, Andre Perry studio manager and Yeal Brendeist owned the studio (i may have misspell some name here but its pretty much what it was).

    However, i simply can't remember the UREI monitors there, nor the recording console they used, dumb me... i might have the info hidden in a pile of Professional Sound Magazines i kept, one of which also presented the Bryston/JBL touring system of a Canadian PA firm.

    As i recall, the UREI monitor was designed (at least for the Time Align crossover) by Edward M. Long (Ed Long and Associates). Among other things, he's also credited for the first near-field monitor. Maybe the smaller UREI??

    Sorry i can't help you more than that.

    Richard
    Pretty cool. Maybe they upgraded at some point? I think the music video to April Wine's "I Like to Rock" shows a lot of footage from the studio, but no monitors.

    Quote Originally Posted by thierry View Post
    Hi well, the 6500 power amp from UREI sound good, very powerfull, a bit noisy fan on, i have to exchange the thermistor to lower speed fan (all my studio is in one room). But the sound is very very clear, i have some other amps, but i amways at last for the final mix use the 6500.
    Good to know, thank you for the response. I can't seem to find very much information about the 6500, but I've got my eye on them. How difficult was it to change the thermistor?

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    Not sure how I missed this thread for... checks calendar... 8 years? Being the guy that makes the wooden replica Urei horns I'd have thought I'd noticed.

    I started out building the B series drivers because the parts were plentiful and cheap. Heather's comment about Urei being a good value applies double to the B series since there is no Altec at all. And yet the B series really sounds great. I've got 813B monitors I build–including the 840 networks–in my workshop powered with Urei 6500 amps.


    Here's few Urei tidbits...

    The Super Urei 811A monitors in fiddleback anigre and redwood burl.

    An assortment of horns from an original Altec 604E, And early Urei aftermarket horn for 604E (Mounting for these was slightly altered for the first production monitors), an 801AA horn from A series monitors (604 8K), a B series horn (PAS 1580CX woofer and JBL 2425h compression driver) and an 803 horn (from 12" 809 monitors)

    A pair of original 811 monitors that are now in the Nashville area in Alan Freed's grand daughter's studio...

    A pair of my wood horns for 604 8G based monitors (There were actually for OEM Audio Marketing "Big Red" monitors)

    A set of B series horns for a home theater...
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    Wow, really nice cabinet.

    For a fella who likes the look of the blue horn, what type of foam did Urei use or what can I use to redo mine? Looks to be made from a pool noodle.. Also looks like they were painted blue, what color would be a suitable match? Would you happen to make replacement kits? My foam seems to be in good shape, but has deformed a bit. Not sure if it makes much of a difference, my ears still find these speakers to be quite tasty.

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    Wow - love the look of the dark wood horns! I've got 4 809A coaxials and a spare pair of drivers, just in case.
    Just got a 6260 amp (the fanless model) but my back has been iffy lately, and the darned thing is 44 lbs (!) -
    a bit harsh to lift and test right now. Oy!

    Quote Originally Posted by eso View Post
    Not sure how I missed this thread for... checks calendar... 8 years? Being the guy that makes the wooden replica Urei horns I'd have thought I'd noticed.

    I started out building the B series drivers because the parts were plentiful and cheap. Heather's comment about Urei being a good value applies double to the B series since there is no Altec at all. And yet the B series really sounds great. I've got 813B monitors I build–including the 840 networks–in my workshop powered with Urei 6500 amps.

    Here's few Urei tidbits...

    A pair of my word horns for 604 8G based monitors (There were actually for OEM Audio Marketing "Big Red" monitors)

    A set of B series horns for a home theater...
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