There is a buzz that scientists have discovered a superconducting material @ room temperature / atmospheric pressure .
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-08-03/room-temperature-superconductor-and-lk-99-what-to-know?in_source=embedded-checkout-banner
This is a thread to combine info regarding characteristics of compression drivers / horn combinations.
(incl Vitavox S2)
http://unepassionaudiophile.fr/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Horns_measurements_ETF2010d-1.pdf
I m going 19 - 21 May to both shows in munchen
Hifideluxe on friday and MOC on saturday and sunday
Who s going?
What brands you wanna hear ??
( Just got my holidays confirmed):)
Definetively on my wish to hear list ( again ) among a few others
The Gryphon Apex pre/ power
Robert...
I found this second hand ad . on the net.
70 watts triode via an exotic large tube with seperate power supply
I see these on the net once in a while , these are dutch DIY , i wonder how such would sound .
Its a bit far from brussels otherwise i d go and hear it , stunning...
From what i understand its currently not possible to aquire new NOMEX Kevlar woofers 11 12 inch
Eton makes units for Car hifi / home hifi and many well known manaufacturers use them
I really hope the new owner will continue manufacturing them , but i understand currently...
Organ videos.
CD / Digital is likely to be the most capable at the lowest freq. , as both tape and LP roll off slightly .
Since i have the Levinson Dac i m finally satisfied with the digital performance .
Some of you who google second hand audio gear in europe might have already stumbled on this site .
Marche.fr
I saw some of the adds and was always suspicious because of the low pricing
Now i know it definetively has frauduleus adds .
I did not put this add together and also...
As there is no mentioning yet of the finite element brand in this section .
I thought i bring them to the spotlight.
I did some maintenance today.
I took mine apart 1 by one , cleaned them and put some new grease .
I like good machined gear and this is defintively it.
The balls are...
I open hereby this thread and I hope it will have lots of vids .
Goal is to have the best sound quality you tube videos of recorded tape played over a hifi system .
I hope to hear lots of different machines and mastertapes / tapes , please add the type of recording device as well .
I start of...
I bought interconnect rca - rca cables today for the first time in 17 years.
I went to the local studio / music equipment shop and bought Roland black series studio cable 1,5 meter .
I ll post the results, 18 euro 1,5 meter
If they use 100 meters of it in a concerthall recording it should be...
What do you think?
Im either gonna switch or add expensive different amps one more time or go the other simple way.
and buy a simple integrated transistor.
Ml 383,NAD, rotel, primare, one touch button listening no hassles.
Those who have gone all out with custom built rooms Will have another...
I thought i might be interesting to know if anybody tried it and what were the results ?
I do talk mastertapequality here no copies :
" The best recorded music i have is done by an amateur , he had a couple of mikes and a small mixing console , from the equipment he used it looked quite...
For sale Studer A80 RC incl wagon , 3877 hours 1/4 inch
All degraded/ dried out capacitators in audio/ steering and powersupply part of the machine have been replaced professionally .
In good working order .
Minus , VU meterlights dont work , meters themselves are okay .
The...
For those who dont have an office job looking at a screen lol , here is the new CAT S 41 ,CAT comes from Caterpillar , and it can take a beating :D, its been put on the market since sept this year
I have it now for a week or 2 and i must say its a wonderfull Phone , it has android 7,0...
In looking for a new bike .
I stumbeld across a interesting vid about the use of graphene .
But i m still a bit in doubt about the use in audiomembranes , for bass membranes yes , for mids the material/diagphrams has to have a human touch after listening , papercomposite might have...
Been comparing solid state / tubes for ages off course .
Lately i switch a lot between this amp and the convergent JL2 sign/kt 120 , to be sure whether my next amp will be SS or still tubes .
Its just amazing how this little cheap DIY amp ( built it myself from parts/ schematics ) holds...
About the most interesting vid i found until now, on studio (room) acoustics .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmEzMYYmnyw
Glass distracts a bit okay ..:p
Hello id like to give my problems /expirience here with various loudspeakermeasurement programs hardware .
Tried kirchner http://www.kirchner-elektronik.de/ atb pc
well this actually worked , it had a audiocard correction program within and worked using pink noise on a dvd which one then...