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    Most vinyl-sounding DAC?

    This whole thread is pointless when you consider that Vinyl transfer is mastered and/or prepped differently from digital. I have tried numerous LP's that had digital versions and it is clear that the mastering is very different and nobody is talking about that. Something to try or consider the...
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    Part 1: My history and philosophy, some comments on field coils, and the future of this forum

    I has the most enjoyable time chatting shop at the WCAF and have tremendous respect for every aspect of your venture! The OB was so much better than the ported system and was so happy I got to experience both.
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    Can digital get to vinyl sound and at what price?

    Yes, a computer is needed to test these situations, however as a means to identify sonic attributes it is an easy to accomplish task. High level use is obviously an whole other topic.
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    Can digital get to vinyl sound and at what price?

    One easy way to identify the signature of the 44k sample rate is to use a program like HQ Player with an apodizing algorithm that strips the fundamental Fs artifacts from the uprezz. It is a very nice tool for identifying the signature of upsample algorithms and if you have a DAC that is NOS it...
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    Can digital get to vinyl sound and at what price?

    As a retired engineer who worked in R&D for several major consumer electronics manufacturers and has designed and produced several tonearms + turntables as well as digital equipment i have a different perspective. I see both systems as sonically dominated by resonances of different natures that...
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    Does DSP belong in State of the Art Systems?

    I love how polarizing this subject is. My experience is Yes and No. LOL So far I have been able to get very significant improvements from DSP but not in full range. The best so far has been to do a digital XO and speaker correction in my PAP Quattro 15's a multi amped setup and using DSP and...
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    Solar Cell electricity effect on Audio???

    Sol-Ark has EMP hardened Inverters. I was thinking along similar lines as well.
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    Solar Cell electricity effect on Audio???

    There are many differing opinions about whole home solar and I have been looking into it for a good while. I have been holding back because there is going to be some new tech coming very soon that utilizes GaN transistors with their much higher efficiency and operating frequency and some units...
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    My end-game speakers

    You don’t mention your room treatments . Your 12 ft width is going to put the speakers close and i assume you will be sitting fairly close due to the narrow 12‘ room width. It’s really not that big of a room and could be easily overloaded with the confluence of the 12’ and 25’ wavelength. The...
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    Euphony OS v4 beta test results COMING SOON!

    I am really happy w Mozzaik. I should probably mention that it definitely sounds VERY different from the Euphony upsampling and is closer to the effect of converting PCM to DSD in HQ Player with the highest number of taps your system can process. The PCM seems to have some artifact that is...
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    Are Bass Horns a MUST HAVE for Great Horn Sound? Any Alternatives if Too Big to Accommodate?

    BD Designs has several bass bin designs. The Compact Bass fitted with the rare JBL Everest / Summit woofer (E145) is incredible. Insane dynamics, authority and freedom from coloration is exemplary. I have this setup and went with the E145 after being floored by the JBL Everest and Summit. I...
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    Single Driver Thoughts?

    The way I would approach something like this is to establish a baseline by running the C10 full range and see where baffle step starts to come in. Then there will be the working in the tradeoff of how much compensation to use on the FR vs augmentation with the 15. Obviously this is easiest done...
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    Single Driver Thoughts?

    Yes I made them. They started off as a way to use some of our spare mouldings from what my company accumulates as scrap. I have made many and highly modified many speakers in my years as a retired R&D consumer electronics technician. These were probably the best return on time and investment by...
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    Single Driver Thoughts?

    Well, I almost NEVER see unsmoothed plots because even slight positional adjustments can have a dramatic effect on comb filtering and other cancellation effects. Manufacturers show smoothed plots for very good reasons. Anyhow I have the same drivers however there are at least 3 iterations of the...
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    Euphony OS v4 beta test results COMING SOON!

    Well I am really enjoying music now with the upgrade. So much that I have not been feeling the impulse to check out the forums. That is actually a very good thing. I have tried the uprezz algos and Mozzaik is the most natural and engaging uprezz method to me. I hear artifacts on the other...
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    Counterfeit Audioquest cables?

    While AQ says their cables are made in the USA it’s very easy to figure out that their facility is not a foundry with the smelters and other gigantic industrial machinery needed to produce wire product. I don’t even thing they can make anything like that with the harsh EPA rules that moved...
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    Single Driver Thoughts?

    I have had quite a bit of single driver setups and have several friends with them as well. They generally fall into 3 categories. 1 open baffle setups 2 front loaded horn 3 back loaded wether it’s a horn or closed box. If you really must have a single driver wide band setup then the field...
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    E80cc comparison

    It is interesting how tubes can be so system specific. The Tungsram is my DAC has some extra bite that does not seem consonant with the music whereas the Miniwatt is coherent, bigger and detailed. The Seimens has a slightly cooler sound than the Tungsgrams but has a more coherent sound. We...
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    E80cc comparison

    I use the E80CC in my Audio Note DAC5 and it is unquestionably superior compared to the lot of 12au7 offerings with the Brimar 13d7 being the best of the usual suspects. I have 5 different E80cc’s ranked in ascending order by my preference they are: a Siemen, Tunsgram, a Phillips non plated...
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    Euphony OS v4 beta test results COMING SOON!

    I have been testing a beta version of Euphony 4 this week. I built an Ultracap supplied Ryzen 9 based server a few months ago and was not able to get it going on OS 3 which had some network card compatibility issues and some CPU management glitches however the new kernel and latest Linux compile...
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    Network Improvements and their Impact on Sound Quality

    I am based in Las Vegas and I have a business associate wo does the modifications, installations and maintenance at the Switch Exascale Data center here. https://www.switch.com/ I was speaking to him about my audio setup with cascaded switches and he mentioned that they did a new upgraded setup...
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    Symphonic Line

    Even the low (ha) power RG1 is an incredibly satisfying amp if you do not need more than 130w. I still have an RG1 mk4 that I simply refuse to sell even though I now only need 15w. Symphonic Line amps tick more boxes than most and I know Alon Wolfe of Maggico personally. He uses Symphonic Line...
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    Preamp choice for GoldeGate2 and ATC SCM50 (~20-25k)

    The Veloce' LS1 battery preamp with the magic dated reflektor 6H30 tubes in the most transparent preamp I have heard to date.

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