Curt962;620064 Wrote:
Not much on riddles, and I can't speak for Phil.
I don't believe I advocated Radio Shack cable, but for the record..I
have made interconnects out of their RG-8/U coaxial cable. Measures
great...just too stiff.
I'm more of a Belden/Canare/Mogami guy.The same
magiccarpetride;620073 Wrote:
The above contains a Russellian paradox: if your claim is that none of
the three above are correct, that means that you've actually bought
Nordost cables. And if you have indeed bought those cables, you should,
by your own definition, think that Nordost cables
MrSinatra;620059 Wrote:
so Curt and Phil, whats ur answer to my riddle?
radio shack kool and the gang? when is it overkill?
http://www.bluejeanscable.com/store/speaker/
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You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it
ain't what you'd call minimal...
Hmm, speaker cables, interesting subject. Here is my take.
Currently I'm using a twisted pair of high purity single crystal magnet
wire (18AWG), the wire cost a whopping $1 per foot, so with two wires
its $2 per foot. With my current speakers this is the best wire I have
ever heard. I have a
Phil Leigh;620102 Wrote:
I have tried Nordost Valhalla speaker cables in my system (3 lengths on
the main speakers).
This was several years ago. A friend has some.
Caveat as per JS post: I have NO crossovers in my speakers.
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You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets
earwaxer9;620060 Wrote:
I have been enjoying my 24/96 now for some time. Either native or
upsampled. I find it to be much more enjoyable than the 16/44.1.
Richer, more realistic. Not sure what can be credited. The sample rate
or the frequency. I suspect the frequency has a larger role,
Phil Leigh;620113 Wrote:
Caveat as per JS post: I have NO crossovers in my speakers.
Guys, I agree. Passive speakers can have weird impedance profiles which
could highlight cable effects. Active speakers are more
straightforward.
Darren
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darrenyeats
That takes much more advanced technology than good ol' stereophonics is
capable of. Maybe this is a starting point?:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wave_field_synthesis
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death may die.-
touch + duet + boom + radio
One of their aims is to introduce a dynamic range label for music - what
a brilliant idea.
http://www.dynamicrange.de/
You can sign up to show your support. Regards,
Darren
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Phil Leigh;619556 Wrote:
Excellent - yes that looks good!
Thanks again for all your help. I have been having fun fiddling with
the settings. In the end I bought a cheap(ish) maplins SPL meter to
help me fiddle with the equaliser. I am not sure how consistent it is
in its measurements (accuracy
Most SPL meters do not have a flat frequency response. For example, the
Radio Shack SPL meter I own needs significant calibration -
http://www.subwoofer-builder.com/SPL-corrections.htm
Regards,
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Thanks for the link. Appears to be a very worthwhile cause and nice web
site as well.
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Daverz;620077 Wrote:
From the description it sounds like the wire is being used as a low-pass
filter.
Instead of moving to more and more exotic wire, why not move to
monoblock amps and then shorter and shorter lengths of low AWG standard
copper wire (8 gauge, say).
Hey, I'll do whatever,
earwaxer9;620060 Wrote:
I have been enjoying my 24/96 now for some time. Either native or
upsampled. I find it to be much more enjoyable than the 16/44.1.
Richer, more realistic. Not sure what can be credited. The sample rate
or the frequency. I suspect the frequency has a larger role,
Signed
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sub.
Bedroom/Office: Boom
Kitchen: SB3 + powered Fostex PM0.4
Misc
You may have seen my previous post
http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85319
I already know stand mounts will probably be more suitable than my
current floorstanders.
As the room will be 15x8 and contain a dining room table i'm exploring
all avenues.
Are in wall speakers for 2
ralphpnj;607751 Wrote:
And most importantly - a very large picture of Miles Davis should hung
in the room to ensure that the proper listening ambiance is maintained
at all times.
LOL. I have a large picture of Miles over my listening chair in my
living room. NOW I understand why that
As always with audio, and especially with speakers, a lot depends on the
budget. There are some very good two channel in-wall speakers available,
although I don't know if any will sound as good as your Dynaudio
floorstanders. Even so, as discussed in that earlier thread, your
garage conversion
Say 600 budget
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It's quite hard to decouple the speakers from the wall - especially a
stud wall and especially if you use 'in-wall' loudspeakers - most of
which actually clip to the wall and so transmit a lot of energy to it.
Many are just rebadged car speakers too. Not what you want.
I'd go for a pair of ATC
1.5 Output tuning and selection
With this modification you will disable either the analog or the
digital output.
And you'll turn of the Alsa plugin output mode - which is the 2nd
best choice in terms of SQ.. With this mod we go straight to the
hardware=hw.
By default they all outputs
Dynaudio makes purpose built in-wall speakers:
http://www.dynaudio.com/relaunch1/pdf/DYN_IP_INT.pdf
I don't think 600 is going to touch them, though.
P
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pski
real stereo doesn't just wake the neighbors, it -enrages- them.. It is
truly the Golden Age of Wireless
http://www.coconut-audio.com/
I particularly like the audiophile spherulina and the Rockfoot Monster
electrostatic isolation foot.
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He He, competition for the peeple guys
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MeridianDSP5200 MeridianDSP5200HC 2 xMeridianDSP3100 +Rel Stadium 3
sub.
Bedroom/Office: Boom
Kitchen:
And it makes a very large improvement in the sound.
I bought only the SBooster and added it to the stock PS. Excellent
investment.
Thought you all would be happy and interested to hear that. :D
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Canada HiFi Magazine (canadahifi.com, has a review of RegaDac - free
download)'
Lorenzo
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Howard Turkster;620331 Wrote:
And it makes a very large improvement in the sound.
I bought only the SBooster and added it to the stock PS. Excellent
investment.
Thought you all would be happy and interested to hear that. :D
PMI (pardon my ignorance), but what is SBooster?
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magiccarpetride;620352 Wrote:
PMI (pardon my ignorance), but what is SBooster?
Some people use a magical thing called google. ;)
Stratmangler;620356 Wrote:
Some people use a magical thing called google. ;)
soundcheck;619568 Wrote:
4. Mounting the board on a piece of wood
ee
I say, old boy, what type of wood did you use? I find that a selected
piece of willow gives excellent sonic peformance. Oak gives a tighter
bass response, but with a noticable fall-off for the midrange and
highs. A
Phil Leigh;620363 Wrote:
I love the way that website carefully avoids explaining how it works its
magic...
Me too - I definitely caught a whiff of Audiophoolery BS going on. ;)
Chris :D
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Stratmangler
There is no element of personal attack in my response.
Peter314;620321 Wrote:
http://www.coconut-audio.com/
I particularly like the audiophile spherulina and the Rockfoot Monster
electrostatic isolation foot.
Please tell me this isn't real... please
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Phil Leigh
You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it
ain't
Percival Sweetwater;620365 Wrote:
I say, old boy, what type of wood did you use? I find that a selected
piece of willow gives excellent sonic peformance. Oak gives a tighter
bass response, but with a noticable fall-off for the midrange and
highs. A colleague of mine swears by Venezuelan
darrenyeats;620151 Wrote:
Hi earwaxer9,
Are you comparing the same music files but down-sampled properly to
16/44.1? If not, the difference may be due to mastering.
Regards, Darren
Hi Darren - I havent experimented with downsampled 24/96 to 16/44.1.
What I have been messing with is
garym;620370 Wrote:
I've just rebuilt the TOUCH entirely in Wood. The results are
unbelievable!
I think it would sound even better if you ran it headless by removing
the dial display.
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Percival
It'll cost you to find out. $1995 for what appears to be a Pet Rock.
:eek:
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been up in here before
http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=81454highlight=s-Booster
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Mem)
You have to give this guy his due where his aesthetic sensibilities are
concerned.
He's definitely taken the road-less-traveled.
From what appears to be a fossilized spleen hanging from an RCA
connectorto an Isolation stand that has the WOW factor of the
severed leg of a Clydesdale. What
From a random web site (so must be correct). I wonder if coconut labs
was named after this effect. I like the monty python example...works
well for audiophilia as well...
The Coconut Effect
An element that is patently unrealistic, but which you have to
Soulkeeper;619260 Wrote:
+1. I love music, and I love it when the music sounds good. I'm even
interested in technology (geek).
Still, -I refuse to call myself an audiophile-. Why? Because I'm a
skeptic, not a gullible new-age airhead who couldn't care less about
reality. The term
ralphpnj;619650 Wrote:
Full of it? No. Misguided? Yes.
Much, if not all, of what you and Mervin describe can just as easily be
described in easy to understand technical terms instead of the
completely worn out audiophile mumbo-jumbo.
For example:
Instead of like there's less
Phil Leigh;620363 Wrote:
I love the way that website carefully avoids explaining how it works its
magic...
From memory the site mentions that it uses a (ferrite) choke and (a
series of) capacitors (in parallel).
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