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Ultimate Audio Playback / Playback Tweaks and Source related subjects / RECOMMENDATIONS FOR A GOOD MONITOR
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on: September 08, 2011, 01:33:29 pm
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Iīd like some recommendations for a good monitor of around 22/23" with USB ports to connect the mouse and keyboard to the monitor and this way have the PC with the less possible connections.
Would be a good idea a multi-touch monitor?.
What would be the best way to connect the monitor to the PC looking for the less interaction possible with XXHighEnd and the new NOS1 USB?
Juan
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Ultimate Audio Playback / Your thoughts about the Sound Quality / Re: The W7 black hole
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on: September 04, 2011, 03:25:58 pm
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After installing W7 vanilla these are my first impressions: In general I agree with other people here about the richer upper bass but - Not as big differences as some other see with the previous W7 SP1 - Less smoothness and as a result less charm. Now itīs slightly less darker contrary to what it could seems. Itīs just a feeling that I couldnīt affirm categorically because the highs are really smooth. - Soundstage a little less wide - More presence of the voice that seems more real with better dimensionality in the soundstage, that could explain the light, very light indeed if any, shrink in the width and the apparent lose of smoothness -It looks like the recorded sound is reproduced with more fidelity. Maybe the better upperbass gives more presence to the voice and more body in general and that without darkening the sound. -Obviously the differences are more evident in music with more large spectrum where the notes around the bass region are emphasized (Baremboin-Mi Buenos Aires querido). The piano is really well reproduced. At the end, as you can see, not big differences but the one with the voice looks of enough importance for me to stay with the vanilla version, mostly thinking that it seems that the differences will be more noticeable in the XX next version. Music tested: The Tony Rich Project. WORDS. Tony Rich (LaFace Records) Mi Buenos Aires querido. Baremboin (Teldec) Tarres/Serrat, Cansiones. Joan Manuel Serrat (BMG) Just one more thing: I already asked about it and even I think that there was some post on the issue, but again: Wouldnīt be possible to make the volume increments in 0,5db steps?. In a high resolution system there is a noticeable difference. PS: Peter, last night I went to bed very late trying to finish the W7 installation, you sent me the activation code at 04:00 AM and I later kept thinking, man this guy goes to bed as late as me or HE WOKE UP ALREADY?. Juan
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Ultimate Audio Playback / Your thoughts about the Sound Quality / Re: The W7 black hole
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on: September 02, 2011, 11:19:10 pm
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I was in the same situation. When I initially built the Win7 environment I had slipstreamed SP1 RC into the install disc, and when I attempted to uninstall it a few days back was unable to find a way. It's only a few hours rebuilt time, and you could waste almost that much time searching the net for a possible solution, so just accept that a rebuild is needed and just jump in. It's worth the effort Cheers, Russ Thatīs ok Russ, I will...Thanks! Juan
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Ultimate Audio Playback / Chatter and forum related stuff / Re: Gainclone heaven ?
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on: August 31, 2011, 10:32:02 am
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Thanks Peter, yes we were talking about the Y cables but in that case they were to be used with my Spectron amps in the monoblock configuration (this is basically a stereo amp that can be bridged inside to be used as monoblock). I understand that different reactance/feedback problems could appear using a combination of different amps. I donīt have more amps so I canīt test it, maybe someone else in the forum could do it and let us know if the use of two different pairs of monoblocks affect the sound. I guess that if I want to test the Gainclone Iīll have to buy it or build it and see if they work in combination with the Specton. Anyway, Iīm very happy with Spectron and I feel quite lazy to start with this new path. The only temptation I have is the Gainclone price (if I could build it by myself). Juan
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Ultimate Audio Playback / Chatter and forum related stuff / Re: Gainclone heaven ?
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on: August 31, 2011, 12:20:48 am
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Hi Peter,
Iīd like to know if would be possible to put on the upgraded NOS1 four RCA/XLR outputs (total 8 outputs). I ask it because in case I take the route of the Gainclone Iīd like to amplify the speakers with the Spectron monoblocks on the bass part and with a pair of Gainclone monoblocks on the mid/treble part of the speakers. That means four amps.
Thanks, Juan
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Ultimate Audio Playback / Chatter and forum related stuff / Re: Gainclone heaven ?
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on: August 30, 2011, 01:07:54 pm
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Thank you Chris, Paul, Per, Nick and any other of you that are helping us, the ones with less technical abilities, to build the Gainclon amps. In my personal case I have to confess that although Iīm going to read carefully the documents I have serious doubts that Iīll be able to build it by myself. To begin with I canīt read electrical diagrams and never soldered any electrical thing. Iīll do my best though, and if I canīt do it Iīll look for someone to do it for me (unless any of you kindly want to make me one that Iīll happily pay for, of course).
The configuration Iīd use would be a pair of monoblocks to drive the upper (mids/treble/supertweeter) separated part of my speakers. The impedance of this M/T part is 8 ohm, sensitivity is 94 dB 1w/1m using 2.83 V.
The other part of the speakers, upper bass/bass, would be driven by my Spectron class D monoblocks.
I really donīt know if this configuration could have any inconvenience.
To make this configuration possible will need that the NOS1 have another pair of RCA/XLR outputs with the same signal than the ones already there.
Would it be possible when you upgrade my NOS1, Peter?
Thanks again, Juan
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Ultimate Audio Playback / Chatter and forum related stuff / Re: Gainclone heaven ?
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on: August 30, 2011, 01:49:25 am
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Please let me tell you (to all of you, techi-guys ) that we, the poor of us that donīt have enough technical knowledge nor the ability to build such a great amps would like also to have the opportunity to enjoy it. Wouldnīt be anyone of you that write a "Gainclone for Dummies" to make it possible to build it ourselves or even to pass it to someone who could build it for us?. Same thing about the cables and more of the same about almost everything related to the technical stuff so often present here in the forum. Please make a little effort and spread it in an easy and understanding way. Best always, Juan
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Ultimate Audio Playback / XXHighEnd Support / Re: The Data Based Generation of Replay - What's the Best Route to Sonic Nirvana?
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on: August 29, 2011, 11:35:33 pm
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Hi Mike,
I recommend you to take the route of computer music with the new NOS1, that is supposed to sound better even than the current NOS1. Just build a computer with Windows 7 Ultimate 64bits as silent as possible and with as much memory as possible. Connect it to the NOS1 and forget your preamp and cd player (sorry) or use them, at least the preamp, in your other system. Thatīs the best I can suggest from my experience. I have an EMM Labs player resting without use and some time ago I sold also my Supratek Dual tube preamp. And I donīt miss it. You wonīt regret.
Juan
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Ultimate Audio Playback / Chatter and forum related stuff / Re: Give me a reason NOT to do this
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on: August 23, 2011, 04:39:20 pm
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Ah but none of these can produce a 1KHz square wave like an electrostatic can. Electrostatics still remain the cleanest speakers I have heard...
BUT... they're a right royal pain in the ass to live with.
Mani.
Well, all that I can say on this regard is that I lived for around four years with the big electrostatics SoundLab A-1. Of course the sound was very clear and big but in my experience it was a little diffuse and a little too big. I had them in a room of 70 square meters. When I changed to a smaller apartment in downtown I couldnīt take with me the A-1 and then I looked for the same clarity and soundstage but in a more appropriate size. What I found was the Von Schweikert VR-9SE and what I can say is that they have at least the same clarity than the A-1 but with much more precision in the delimitation of the sound images which in my opinion contributes to give a sensation of even more clarity. The soundstage is also huge and I can see here some similarities with an electrostatic speaker because of the way this VR-9SE are built with a rear ribbon following the principle of what Von Schweikert calls ACOUSTIC INVERSE REPLICATION: Additional research led to my further discovery that recording microphones encode the musical signal with their overlaying pickup response patterns. After making a series of recordings, using several different microphones, it was obvious during playback that the mics not only had tonal differences related to frequency response errors, but also created different types of imaging patterns. The perception of depth and space was not only dependent on the recording environment and mic placement, but also on the mic's off-axis polar response. For this reason, I decided to engineer an adjustable ambience retrieval system radiating from the rear of the VR speakers, in able to recreate the space and depth heard in the concert hall when the spaced omni method of recording is used. Thus, a correctly designed speaker system should project the inverse of the mic signal, acting as a decoder to translate the original sound field. I have termed my design for this decoding as Inverse Acoustic Replication, and the Virtual Reality series of designs was developed from several important concepts related to microphone pick-up patterns. These concepts are based on the consistent phase/frequency relationships in the polar response pattern of the mics, which was later reverse engineered into the VR speaker systems. For the ones interested I recommend to read the complete article: Speaker Design Theory by Albert Von Schweikert (see beneath the VR-9SE Specifications): http://www.vonschweikert.com/techspecs/5.phpAt the end, and in my humble experience, the electrostatics are not the last word in clarity, not always at least, of course it depends also of the rest of the system. Sound is also a personal thing and you can perceive it in a different way than me. If the Quads, or any other speakers, give you what you like, then they are the perfect speakers for you, and thatīs what counts. Juan
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