raam
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| The best opening act you've ever seen & heard? First concert I attended, everyone sitting on the floor in the gym at WSU in Pullman WA where loaves of bread, bottles of wine and joints were freely passed around. Warm up was a one man band, Duster Bennett, very fun performance, then John May... | |
| Directional wires/cables I might of missed reading a post on this thread but wanted to put in my two cents, just in case:) I have made all my interconnects for around 40 years now. In the last 25+ I have only used Conare Star Quad which is dual twisted pair high grade... | |
| R2R next? Don't like ESS I just searched and watched some reviews on the Deshelli Dayzee with stock, Burson and then top model Sparkos op amps which cost approx $2k with those installed. One review compared it to three more expensive DACs from around $2.8 to $4k, Gustard... | |
| R2R next? Don't like ESS I have used very good R2R DACs, had an OPPO BD83 SE, then top of the line BD player with the best at the time ESS DAC chips, loved it for many years but now just not digging ESS chips. I find I prefer either an R2R which great ones can be found fo... | |
| R2R next? Don't like ESS Geshelli J2 has option of AKM 4493 or 4499, I was just on the site the other daylooking into it and again just now. The J3 has the AKM 4499 listed as the DAC, looking into that as well. I currently have a Topping V70 Velvet with the 4499E... | |
| Which inexpensive speaker cables... I have only used Canare L-4ES6 for interconnects, single ended and balanced, for at least 25 years now and even in my high end car audio comp builds from back then. I will have to give the 4S11 or 4S11G a try in our full time RV system as soon as ... | |
| John Mayall has passed away Very first concert I ever went to, around 16 years old (72 now), Washington State University, in a very small college town around 40 miles south of where I grew up, mostly. Warm up act, Duster Bennett, one man band, incredibly talented and entert... | |
| Bananas rule, spades drool. End of discussion. The absolute best it to hard wire everything, no cable ends or connectors, even wire the speaker lead directly to the speaker wires, just support them really well. Obviously this is not a good option for most and I do not do all of it though I mi... | |
| Battle of the Open Baffles Once I build something as a test bed for what I want to achieve, get it working, etc then I do many things like directly wired drivers, quality wire, quality xover parts as needed and work on time alignment. I plan to use high grade materials for ... | |
| Cable Break In for the Naysayers My only experience in turning a cable 180 degrees, the only one I have done and it was an error, not an experiment, was using Star Quad DIY cables, of which I always make up and use. I attach the shield at the input end and cut it back and tuck it... | |
| Cable Break In for the Naysayers I recently took a look at some rather good threads on that site and found there are those that are far more open minded than I thought would be the case. Of course there are those that are very closed minded as well. I believe all things are possi... | |
| Battle of the Open Baffles I have five 6x30 watt AB amps, can be bridged to 4x60 +2x30, etc...so looking at starting out all active until final speaker selection is done. Evenutally I would like to use an SET amp, or at least mids and tweets on the system. | |
| Battle of the Open Baffles I am building the XDS and really hope I can get them to work in my very limited place of residence, full time RV. I added 1.5 to the rear length and stiffened it up greatly so I could have enough space behind them or any speaker design I find the ... | |
| Cable Break In for the Naysayers Not sure I have written about this here but I have plenty of experience in test gear use as spent 20 years in the US Navy as first a Data Systems Tech then it was merged with Fire Control Tech and re-titled that. The most complex gear I worked on,... | |
| Cable Break In for the Naysayers I agree absolutely with getting the room right is far more important than cables can possibly be whether they make a difference or not. As for cables, there are things we just do not know and might not for generations to come, real science is a bu... |