Recent content by Rodney Gold
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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...- Rodney Gold
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- Forum: Computer Based Music Server Forum
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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...- Rodney Gold
- Post #17
- Forum: Room Acoustics Forum
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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...- Rodney Gold
- Post #11
- Forum: Room Acoustics Forum
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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...- Rodney Gold
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- Forum: Room Acoustics Forum
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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...- Rodney Gold
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- Forum: Turntables
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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 ...- Rodney Gold
- Post #3
- Forum: General Audio Forum
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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...- Rodney Gold
- Post #44
- Forum: General Audio Forum
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Recommendation for Speaker + Amplifier - Up to $50k total for both
Nice problem to have...50k...go with something pre owned at 50% RRP...- Rodney Gold
- Post #41
- Forum: General Audio Forum
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Network bridge? What is it? Does one choose it over a server/streamer?
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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- Rodney Gold
- Post #15
- Forum: Acoustics and Room EQ Forum
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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..- Rodney Gold
- Post #12
- Forum: Acoustics and Room EQ Forum
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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... -
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... -
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...- Rodney Gold
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- Forum: Acoustics and Room EQ Forum
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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- Rodney Gold
- Post #3
- Forum: Acoustics and Room EQ Forum
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