The NOS1a requires an update of the XXEngine3.exe & XXHighEnd.exe (transmitted by Peter) to version 1.186e

First listening impressions with the NOS1a ( settings see profile ) after two hours.

1)   It seems that all the “airy dirt” is vanished.
2)   The extreme left/right channel separation with the start of W8 is gone. (due to the new revision of the exe files?)
3)   Replay of cymbals with more details/resolution ( “Sakura, Sakura” – Stanley Clarke Trio)
4)   Bass is more profound ( “Sakura, Sakura” – Stanley Clarke Trio)
5)   Less harshness at wind instruments (trumpets - “Sunflower” from Wynton Marsalis)
6)   A refined 3D image of the recording room.

A prior nearly unlistenable album (Diana Krall – The Look Of Love) sounds much better now.

Thanks to Peter we do have the chance to buy a “very very early Christmas present” now.

Great job!!!!

Joachim

Correct, but the "Tiki-Taka" time is over.
You saw how Bayern Munich beat FC Barcelona in the Champions League with a different tactic last year.
This year Real Madrid smashed the "Tiki-Taka" team Bayern Munich (with Pepe Guardiola), and then Holland Spain a couple of days ago.
But Spain will come back with their wonderful technicians.

Joachim

That is true. The Aussies played really an aggressive fair  tackling. The Dutch were tired and not so ambitious as against Spain, and they underestimated the Aussies.
A  2 : 2  would have been fair result for both sides in this game.

What I do not like absolutely, are the "divers" (Goetze etc.).

I'm sure do believe that we see more surprising results.

Joachim

Spain: 0
Chile:  2

What's going on in Brasil?

Joachim

Some comments from British papers:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/holland/10899097/Holland-coach-Louis-van-Gaals-relaxed-approach-pays-off-as-World-Cup-holders-Spain-are-destroyed-in-Salvador.html
&
http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/jun/14/holland-risky-strategy-spain-world-cup-group-b

Congrats

Netherlands 5 - Spain 1

Unbelievable

Joachim

Hi Mani,

this was my first impression too. Special adaption for your room? This size has a high WAF.
http://www.phasure.com/index.php?topic=2921.0

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Did you find the optimal acoustic position for the speaker already?.

Joachim

Hi Mani,

nice to see, but

no carpets in the room?


Joachim

http://www.phasure.com/index.php?topic=2910.0

Now it dawns to me that this are full ACTIVE  speakers, and that tells a lot and should be more highlighted. This is a different world in sound reproduction.

I heard in Berlin at Max Schlundt last year the Dutch speakers Grimm LS1, an active speaker too, and the SQ was totally different to my system and the sound was ......
incredible.
A full 3D image with an amazing resolution. I sat there with an "open mouth" and my question was, how is this possible.

The active driven speakers seems to be a superior design with an amazing result.

We do not see many reviews in the HiFi press about active speakers, but when, the critics are overwhelming positive.

Joachim

In general the SQ of these speakers must be amazing, but there must be other explanations than the high sensitivity only.

I came across a film report about Gauder Akustik, and Dr. Gauders argument about a good SQ is different.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnYa83UOvG4

Start the film at 3.30 minutes and watch ……… .

Joachim

There is more involved:

http://stereos.about.com/od/stereoscience/a/amppower.htm
http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/how-to-explain-speaker-sensitivity.htm

Ok, Ok!
Germans are not famous for their "jokes"!

Joachim

I do believe this gives the SQ an extra boost!!

Joachim

Seeing the three bass drivers at the Orelo MKII my first thought was, that’s an overkill.

Manuf’s like MBL, Marten, Tidal etc. with their expensive models (between >100K and 400K) are using two separate additional woofer columns. It seems that these additional woofers are creating the last “kick” of the SQ.

Comparing then the Orelo MKII with the a.m. brands they are a bargain.

Joachim