Visit to Audiophile Bill to hear his horns project

[christensenleif@msn.com]

you have them cooled before hooking them up?

 

[spiritofmusic]

The beer's on Bill. Figuratively...and occasionally literally.

If life wasn't so PC, I'd suggest Bill's marketing slogan to be...

Horns. Driven by beer.

 

[Audiophile Bill]

you have them cooled before hooking them up?

Yes so I have 2 machines that both chill them down. But best to store them in the fridge prior to putting into the machine as it reduces the wear on the motor. I have a dedicated beer fridge and can fit 4 of the 8L kegs and 2 of the 6L kegs.

 

[Audiophile Bill]

Yes so I have 2 machines that both chill them down. But best to store them in the fridge prior to putting into the machine as it reduces the wear on the motor. I have a dedicated beer fridge and can fit 4 of the 8L kegs and 2 of the 6L kegs.

Leif - this machine cools them to 2 degrees and keeps it there for you. Once a keg is loaded, you must consume in 30 days. I didn’t make it to 10 days yet lol.

 

[spiritofmusic]

Are you sure that's not a part that fell off yr old Vyger?

 

[Audiophile Bill]

Are you sure that's not a part that fell off yr old Vyger?

It needs a mains conditioner and audiophile power cord for best flavour I found

 

[spiritofmusic]

Don't tell the coffee guys...

 

[christensenleif@msn.com]

so if you want to vary type you need at least 2 of those machines.....
lets do the math....and since you never spent more than 10 days on a keg, you could actually have 3......and still be under the 30 days...
what are you waiting for..

 

[Audiophile Bill]

so if you want to vary type you need at least 2 of those machines.....
lets do the math....and since you never spent more than 10 days on a keg, you could actually have 3......and still be under the 30 days...
what are you waiting for..

Yeah I have 2 machines. One has a lager on tap and the other an IPA. But I do like Wit bier and Belgian so arguably 4 would be my preference. So my line up based on current supplies would be:
1. Lowenbrau Oktoberfest or Moretti for lager
2. Drunken Sailor or Jaipur or Clwb for IPA
3. Franziskaner Royal or Hoegaarden for wheat beer
4. Affligem blond or Kwak for Belgian

 

[the sound of Tao]

so if you want to vary type you need at least 2 of those machines.....
lets do the math....and since you never spent more than 10 days on a keg, you could actually have 3......and still be under the 30 days...
what are you waiting for..

... and also then Bill won’t have to replace the valves in his beer taps anywhere near as often. BTW Have you tried rolling in NOS beer valves Bill? We used them in our pubs... cleaner bass notes and more extended beer highs. Beer highs are very important in a hotel

 

[christoph]

Yeah I have 2 machines. One has a lager on tap and the other an IPA. But I do like Wit bier and Belgian so arguably 4 would be my preference. So my line up based on current supplies would be:
1. Lowenbrau Oktoberfest or Moretti for lager
2. Drunken Sailor or Jaipur or Clwb for IPA
3. Franziskaner Royal or Hoegaarden for wheat beer
4. Affligem blond or Kwak for Belgian

1. Please try Czech Budvar
3. Instead of Franziskaner (which is very good), please give Schneider Aventinus a try

 

[Audiophile Bill]

1. Please try Czech Budvar
3. Instead of Franziskaner (which is very good), please give Schneider Aventinus a try

Hi Chris,

I am limited by what is available on my machine - the kegs are only available for certain brands

 

[spiritofmusic]

We just crack open bottles here.
Chimay/Peres Trappistes
Samuel Smith/Nut Brown Ale, Yorkshire Stingo, Taddy Porter, Oatmeal Stout and Organic Chocolate Stout
Robinsons/Old Tom
Dark Island
Brew Toon/Dark Nite
Elgood's/Blackberry and Plum Porters

SOOO makes Covid distancing and isolation go with a swing.

 

[Lagonda]

We just crack open bottles here.
Chimay/Peres Trappistes
Samuel Smith/Nut Brown Ale, Yorkshire Stingo, Taddy Porter, Oatmeal Stout and Organic Chocolate Stout
Robinsons/Old Tom
Dark Island
Brew Toon/Dark Nite
Elgood's/Blackberry and Plum Porters

SOOO makes Covid distancing and isolation go with a swing.

I am hereby officially questioning what you hear when you visit Bill, heck i’m questioning your ability to hear anything by the end of the night

 

[cjfrbw]

Which audio system sounds most natural with popping corks? It begs the age old question of whether listening sessions need standardized intoxication for proper A-B comparison.
It's the old Grateful Dead joke: You never want your drugs to wear off before the end of the concert or you might get bummed out.
Does anybody have a suggestion to standardize doobied, dropped, or bottled intoxicants so we all have a level listening field?

 

[the sound of Tao]

I am hereby officially questioning what you hear when you visit Bill, heck i’m questioning your ability to hear anything by the end of the night

We just crack open bottles here.
Chimay/Peres Trappistes
Samuel Smith/Nut Brown Ale, Yorkshire Stingo, Taddy Porter, Oatmeal Stout and Organic Chocolate Stout
Robinsons/Old Tom
Dark Island
Brew Toon/Dark Nite
Elgood's/Blackberry and Plum Porters

SOOO makes Covid distancing and isolation go with a swing.

Milan, I actually think Marc is just talking mainly about his breakfast drinking and not his dinner drinking as well... though he’s clearly drank his way through most of his early listening but has gone full cycle and sobered up again by nightfall when he later draws many of his conclusions . Besides I’m actually just jealous that he’s getting to hear Bill’s new horns

 

[Ron Resnick]

Hi Ron,

Perilously close now. There are some minor changes still to complete including a newly revised curved baffle and wiring loom testing / listening. On the latter, I’ll probably have to hire Kedar to sit in the room for a week listening to Scheherazade on repeat as we siphon through all the different metallurgy, conductor types, shielding (or not). Now and again, I’ll throw a dessert or something his way to fuel the madness. Lol.

In terms of production itself, each pair will effectively be unique in the “cosmetic” sense since none of this is based on any veneers or mdf or ply thus the timber grain structure will have its own profile. Moreover there is a choice of hardwood and inlay options. Finally whilst the topology will be fully consistent, there will be different “levels” based on which level of AER you would pick for your budget.

I have had to be very disciplined indeed to focus on the finish line but finally the end is in sight. The thousands of hours, blood (yes woodworking causes a fair amount of that), sweat (yes the build of this is simply off the charts even when I use CNC for specialist parts of the design), and tears (the frustration of all the iterations etc has caused some of that too) have been worth it. I am really happy with the sound especially now across all genres and I was thrilled to read Marc’s feedback.

Best.

Thank you, Bill, for that detailed reply. That is great news, and it sounds like great progress!

 

[Ron Resnick]

But I am concerned about you feeding sweets to Kedar if he is going to factor prominently on such important design decisions. Do you have any empirical evidence that sugar intake does not alter Kedar's hearing sensitivity across frequency bands?

(When Kedar visits me I am planning to feed him the exact same food and beverage (purified water) at eight hour intervals to minimize any food variance induced listening anomalies.)

 

[cjfrbw]

Do they start listening before or after they can no longer read the labels?

 

[DaveC]

Belgian beer is often a lot better closer to Belgium... I miss working in Denmark, partially because of Den Tatoverede Enke in Copenhagen, they had all sorts of Belgian beers on tap and an amazing restaurant upstairs. I think they are closed now, but it was one of my favorite places and responsible for a good part of my weight gain while there...