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It's dead. Nobody cares about sound anymore. Esp. not about passive listening. The few music lovers left there, are usually immune to their systems, and lack the knowledge to build their own. Most high end audio is a fraud anyway. I agree with Earl c...
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Thank you for the input guys. Paul, I hate those audiopedofile(tm) talks about connectors, but unfortunately I must go through it: there is possibly one non-kosher element in my planned Ag path: Au-on-Cu Vampire, connectors soldered to silver cables...
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[quote user="Antonio J."]I think I can afford one of those cables to learn some things. Moreover it would allow me to tell Romy if my AES/EBU cable could be any good for him. Have checked the auction and they still have some more available, but I've ...
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I tried a highly modded DEQX on my horns for some time, we did all the time alignment with it, we used 1st order and 4th order xovers and everything in between, we used LeCleach adjustment for bass and all the other drivers we had it sounding for som...
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I spent a few hours trying to setup my 3 PurePower units. My initial plans got screwed. The PurePower sent of the units with wrong power plugs. Plus 3 dedicated 20A power line that I brought to the locations what I intend to install the PP2000s did n...
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[quote user="decoud"]Still partially wrapt in mystery, but here is potentially the first SS DSET:http://www.firstwatt.com/sit1.htmlI say potentially for that is not naturally Pass's direction, but each monobloc is designed to be tunable to its specif...
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I have in my basement a room that I do not use and I am in process of building Finnish cedar sauna in there. The pre-sauna room will have a fireplace, shower, rest facility and the rest ordinary sauna suspects. While I am constructing the frame and w...
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I meant to say, tuner with self-powered speakers or receiver with "regular" speakers, supposing Sterling or similar near-field "monitors", but it might be anything comfortable and easy to deal with. Two "parts" plus some cables. You can't beat that...
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I have my amps open and made safe from the cats diddling or so I thought.One day, I am listening to the system and reading a book.I heard a loud thud and looked up.There was my poor cat, on its back with all of its paws pointing to the ceiling an...
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Yes, I've been meaning to aquire such things for quite a while now.The biggest obstacle is that I think I need to format the drive and do a clean install of XP (or Vista).I did some audiophile trick with the system and since then XP doesn't acknowled...
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I'm glad that Adrian is waxing philosophic but reviewing his prior posts he was plenty angry as he should have been. It wasn't his private complaints that got a response; it was the repeated public excoriations for years of a variety of people on a v...
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Thanks for these amazing stories. My own "profound" experiences with audio playback (where I was moved by the sound) have always been related to acoustics/room. Sometimes it all comes together, and equipment that have no right to sound much better th...
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Hi N,I just use my turntable, arm and cartridge to measure the effects of vibrations. Don't turn the platter on, drop the cartridge into a groove and your phono corrector output will tell you everything that you need to know - as it would happen duri...
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[quote user="Jorge"]If you put the Melqualdes in the basement you can put a smoke detector very close and maybe a camera and a monitor to keep an eye on them.NOw you cold also make a statement piece and put some sort of medieval looking cages around...
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May I at least ass-u-me that you plan to high pass these horns? If so, go ahead and figure that in, too. In any case, just looking at 70', impedance is not the only number you'll be running up, and the last place you want this load is for LF chan...
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[quote user="martinshorn"]hi Anthony Im not saying to use ribbons (really not) but why you’re afraid of high capacitance that kind of shortens the resistance in high frequencies while you’re not playing the woofers in those (>10k) ?It’s purely AC ...
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I'm wondering if anyone used the industrial standard 2RM-type of connectors for a DIY Lo MC phono connection?http://www.trimmer.ru/?target=61&nom=20251The smallest is 2RM14 with 4 pins, 1mm dia so pretty low mass--no big diameter jump along the p...
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[quote user="drdna"] Option #2 is appealing since it will free up a lot of space and make the equipment more cat-proof. I was thrilled to come home a month ago to find the tonearm wires chewed through and the tonearm swinging freely. [/qu...
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I am all set with my reference arm but my dally arm with SME 3009/Otophone SPU Classic severely underperforms in my view. The arm use Otophone SPU Classic that is all together is OK balanced cartridge. Nothing overly exciting but more or less neu...
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I think I can afford one of those cables to learn some things. Moreover it would allow me to tell Romy if my AES/EBU cable could be any good for him. Have checked the auction and they still have some more available, but I've noticed that the referenc...
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Here I share some thoughts about what you have shown. I will
share only critical and warning thoughts not because I have nothing but critiques.
All nessesary compliments for your planning come as a default and I do not
t...
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...so I measured Vac at the Junction Box for a -12dB 120Hz sine. And I measured a DC-200Hz sweep in REW.Then I added 8m of 14AWG wire between the amp and the Junction Box and measured the same things.By adding the 8m of 14awg Vac at the Junction Box...
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Hi Romy,I am building a modularizable version of the Melquiades (i.e. it is full range, but one can add more channels to it) and therefore wish to have the power supply in a separate enclosure. This raises two questions:1. From what you say, points M...
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Guys, I am not looking or care about the design specifics but rather looking for some fresh idea and inspirations that would make me to think further. You see, if I shut down Macondo and measure just ULF channels then I have just little bump at minus...
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Yes and No... Yes, I saw/heard some exhibitors with music on servers, that I felt was limited in scope, and insufficiant quality to show what I wanted to hear (dynamics, range, complexity, whatever). It can be used as a convienient "reason" not...
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It look like the project progress well. I have a little concern
about heat the will be building up in your PS enclosure. I do not know what
kind ventilation hole you have in there but be advised that it will be quite
hot. In worst case you mig...
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Amir, the RCA vs. balanced can be a huge difference, depending on the application, and the longer the runs, the greater the difference. But I was talking about the materials and construction of available connectors, which are primarily made the way t...
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Yes I do use them for both my Bidat and battery power Idat/M both reworked by John (BTW Idat/M has some performing benefits over the Bidat in my experience). The Synapse cable does have the special qualities mentioned in this thread.I had considered ...
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When you get a horn that will work i will trade for a couple weeks!I don't think wide band drivers are the ideal way to do things but the most cost effective way to injoy good sound i would like to make another pair to crossover from 3k to 10k.some...
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Anthony, it might be a reasonable
question but I will not put myself in a position to pretend that I know the answer.
In my past I spent a LOT of time to deal with cables and I know that any rationalization
you apply to it is faulty as the cables ...
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