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  1. Rodney Gold

    Best W10 Roon Core set-up? Nucleus+ can't handel my library...

    You can use a decent laptop/desktop .. look at Dell precision/ lenovo thinkpad range (both are quiet or silent mostly) ... noise is not a factor as you can site the server machine and storage anywhere in the house and control via an ipad/droid tablet in the listening room...
  2. Rodney Gold

    Is a very big listening room as bad as a very small one?

    I know him very well , been and listened to all sorts of exotica at 13hof and his new loft..the Trios and 6 basshorns were amazing at booth venues...
  3. Rodney Gold

    Is a very big listening room as bad as a very small one?

    Thats quite a room and gear you got there shaki..... You get a -6db loss of spl with the doubling of distance .. so at 8m you lose 18db of spl compared to 1m ( 6db at 2m , 12 db at 4 and 18db at 8m) .. you also get a greater drop in treble with increased distance on top of just the SPL loss...
  4. Rodney Gold

    Is a very big listening room as bad as a very small one?

    I say go big but not ridiculously so.. you have to bear in mind the cost of building/treating/decorating a big room is very high cos of the areas involved... 5-800 sq ft is probably ideal... the 1500 you envision (33x46) is a humungous room. I have a 500sq (26x19)ft room for my Giya G1 spirits...
  5. Rodney Gold

    South African produced TT .. REVOLVE

    Have a look at this , a locally produced high end TT .. some pics and info .. no idea of price REVOLVE turntable project. I love turntables! All those of you that grew up in the initial vinyl era will understand exactly what I mean when I talk about turntables, how they...
  6. Rodney Gold

    Is a Lower Noise Floor, are "Blacker" Blacks, Consonant With the Music?

    I began with my room , got it down to 19db ambient noise floor without it being dead .. pointless reducing the system noise floor without being able to hear it ...
  7. Rodney Gold

    Recommendation for Speaker + Amplifier - Up to $50k total for both

    Oddly enough , my 22 year old daughter wants to immigrate to go live in Amsterdam .. She was there in December, her fiancees brother lives there I have a nice house in the Western Cape , on the border of a nature reserve , a few Km from the winelands , overlooking table mountain , 11 rooms...
  8. Rodney Gold

    Recommendation for Speaker + Amplifier - Up to $50k total for both

    Nice problem to have...50k...go with something pre owned at 50% RRP...
  9. Rodney Gold

    Network bridge? What is it? Does one choose it over a server/streamer?

    Not unless you use the computers sound card as a dac ....
  10. Rodney Gold

    High-Mounted or Ceiling-Mounted Bass Traps: Is Asymmetrical Okay?

    It does require a digital process , but only for the low bass..you can run your main speakers unmolested and apply the dsp only on the subs or with pendragons , only on the bass towers
  11. Rodney Gold

    High-Mounted or Ceiling-Mounted Bass Traps: Is Asymmetrical Okay?

    To absorb 60hz you need a flat trap of about 4ft spacing from the flat wall (1/4 wavelength of the freq ) and much thicker if you want to go below that ... I would rather use DSP and or a swarm of 4 subs to control bass below 100hz..
  12. Rodney Gold

    Network bridge? What is it? Does one choose it over a server/streamer?

    Wired is more reliable , so go that way if possible..dont get too hung up on whats sending the digits in terms of special "audiophile" computers or isolation tables etc.. its the DAC and whats after it that matters..every month there is a new Dac that comes out and is better than sliced...
  13. Rodney Gold

    Network bridge? What is it? Does one choose it over a server/streamer?

    Streamer is the device that accepts files and plays them (like from a hd or internet) Server is a computer program that accepts instructions to process various files at the instruction of other software ... it accesses the files and sends them on to the streamer The bridge is what joins...
  14. Rodney Gold

    GIK Acoustics N23 5” Quadratic Diffusors

    The best way is to use ASC type tube traps..1/2 the diameter is absorbent , the other 1/2 is reflective (diffusion as its a curved surface) and you can rotate them to change.. bass trapping wont hurt either. You need to measure the rooms interaction at listening position..cheap as chips..a 70...
  15. Rodney Gold

    GIK Acoustics N23 5” Quadratic Diffusors

    https://www.gearslutz.com/board/studio-building-acoustics/179919-diffusion-vs-absorption-2.html check out ethans video and the discussion
  16. Rodney Gold

    Subwoofers Compared

    Sbnx If you want to control the subs only and leave the g1's unmolested a minidsp 4x10 will do. Its $500 I use the trinnov to control my whole system in the digital domain , im only using 2 of the 4 chans (no subs) digital out of trinnov to my amps...I have tried it as a pre/dac with an...
  17. Rodney Gold

    Subwoofers Compared

    I was really wanting the audiokenesis swarm , but the cost of getting it to South africa was prohibitive .. almost as much as the system itself. Duke is a fantastic guy and gave me a ton of info .. I would at least audition his offering as its not dreadfully expensive My room is not lossy ...
  18. Rodney Gold

    Subwoofers Compared

    Ive had many subs in my time , JL, REL, Velodyne , B&W , KrK , SVS, homemade etc The best value for money were my SVS's (12, 13ultra,16 ultra) I did a 4 sub swarm with the 13 ultras and dual subs with the 16..My primary reason for running the multisubs was to smooth room response , not so much...
  19. Rodney Gold

    A Different Lock at Axpona 2018 and a new Personal Reference Audio System.

    You only live once .... so go for it!!!!! I can identify as I had a quad bypass and 2 back operations in the last year or so (and have mild parkinsons and diabetes) .. these conditions and my physical capabilities made me decide to go "all in" on my system and room and enjoy the results as long...
  20. Rodney Gold

    Listening Room With Brown Wood Floor and Walls of Brown Wood Paneling

    Some before shots .. this room has undergone some transitions ... This was the previous owner of the houses setup
  21. Rodney Gold

    Listening Room With Brown Wood Floor and Walls of Brown Wood Paneling

    The floor is thick faux wood atop an acoustic underlay on concrete The walls use this stuff on battens with acoustic fibre behind (I also had part of the ceiling done but took it down for diffusion http://www.acousticsolutions.co.za/downloads/acoustic%20solutions%20e-brochure.pdf
  22. Rodney Gold

    Listening Room With Brown Wood Floor and Walls of Brown Wood Paneling

    This is mine
  23. Rodney Gold

    No more V12 AMGs....

    I had the chance to pick up a v12 biturbo s600 for very little money (under $10k) ..my madcap idea at the time was strip it of all the weighty accessories , seats etc and bolt on some slicks and use it as a dragster..
  24. Rodney Gold

    A Great Solid State $5K ~ $7K Amp

    A devialet perhaps? A used 200 or 400 system would do.
  25. Rodney Gold

    Tone controls?

    Phono uses eq..hardware based There are bass issues that only eq can fix , like 10+ db humps at 40khz and below..bass trapping will do nothing about those. Another good use is to program in a loudness setting that will make low level listening much better even headphones are eqed these days....
  26. Rodney Gold

    Tone controls?

    Thats the point , eq colours the sound by definition. Roons dsp engine is pretty good .. the results of tweaking can be heard a/bed , turned on or off all on the fly..important..peq, upsampling, headroom management , convolution and and and ..' The real fly in the oinkment is that you have to...
  27. Rodney Gold

    Tone controls?

    The old style bass and treble controls threw away the baby with the bathwater and analog graphic eqs didnt perform so well either However we are in the modern age where DSP parametrics can do a lot more good than harm notable in removing low bass peaks.. Add to that there are units like Trinnov...
  28. Rodney Gold

    The Audio System and High-End Philosophy of Mike Lavigne

    If you take a look at the graphs you will see a pic of my target curve thats overlayed on the flat correction ..my bass rises and isnt flat..flat bass sounds anemic
  29. Rodney Gold

    The Audio System and High-End Philosophy of Mike Lavigne

    There is a corollary to all this..you can get caught up in endless tweaking and one is never really sure what the "right" sound is...so if it sounds good to you , it is
  30. Rodney Gold

    The Audio System and High-End Philosophy of Mike Lavigne

    I have set up 3 inputs into my devialets , uncorrected, DIRAC and Trinnov and can instantly flip between them. Uncorrected is not acceptable at all..end of story..those bass nodes are ridiculous. anyway to get to the nub of the matter , the correction via dirac enhances imaging and is really...

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