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 51 
 on: December 29, 2023, 10:39:33 pm 
Started by briefremarks - Last post by Robert
Yes been an interesting year. Audio web sites have slowed except perhaps ASR which is inhabited by some characters.

Power cords gosh another minefield but they do have influence.

Have to say I have tried some new Xxhighend settings but always arrive back at the settings we have had for some time.

It seems Dac/amplifier development has plateaued for now.

My single biggest update this year was changing active crossover from analogue to a Minidsp Flex using REW. What a learning curve but have a good improvement in sound with dual subwoofers. Taming the room or speaker to better integrate with room and furnishings. This is worth a try. I was also better able to tame a treble brightness with the minidsp. Not sure this isn't a symptom of the Elac ribbon tweeter. Also playing with crossover frequencies now at 167hz.

My other yearning is to try the Dutch and Dutch 8c's perhaps next year.

Dutch audio enthusiasts still in the hunt for better sound!!!!

Happy New Year 2024

Robert

 52 
 on: December 28, 2023, 08:38:54 am 
Started by briefremarks - Last post by PeterSt
Dear Ramesh,

What a nice warm message.
With the Nasdaq some 600 points away from an all time high, I sincerely hope that all goes prosperously for you and your organization. I mean, from what I recall it weren't the best of times when you jumped onboard.
It would really be nice if we can meet some day and 2024 looks to be a good year for that.

Dear all,

Like I told the other day, audio forums seem to have had their best days; a world wide phenomenon. This, while I don't recognize that people lost their interest in the hobby - not at all. What does happen though with this quietness, is that I myself lose some of my eagerness to improve on SQ for you people out there. I guess that problem springs a bit from it all still being a hobby of sharing, never mind we charge $ for what we do. Combine this with the sheer fact that I myself would not know why improvement is necessary and ... it becomes quiet from my side just the same.

The other day over here we contemplated whether we maybe should dive into power cords; it seems the only matter we did not exploit yet. This, while in a far past I too was using 1 inch thick power cables because I was sure that it helped. And Yes, it even was the only means of "cabling" I believed in. All the other cable types were shoe laces. And look what happened. So now it is the other way around - only the power cables I don't believe in. But is it justified ? Maybe someone can delve some nice theories about how power cables would work for the better. The "problem" here really is that it will be quite hard to test; to me it feels like that we first need to make power cords for all involved devices, before we can judge what they accomplish.

In any event I want to thank everybody for another year of sharing this great hobby. Looking ahead I wish everyone happiness and foremost a good health !

Peter

 53 
 on: December 28, 2023, 04:14:47 am 
Started by briefremarks - Last post by briefremarks
All,

A quick note to wish everyone on this forum all goodness in the soon to be year ahead.  I've been organizing the house after Christmas, including audio gear.  It's quite a revelation to see how the journey with Phasure has evolved.  There is absolutely no one else out there that offers nearly the kind of model Peter has--constant upgrades and innovation, and the best price/performance products on the market.  Correction: the best products at any price.  Special gratitude to Peter and family.  It's been quite a year of transition for me from running a company on the NYSE to getting back to entrepreneurial projects.  The forum is quiet these days, so I hope everyone is well.

Happy New Year soon, and hopefully a little more interaction on this forum again,

Ramesh

 54 
 on: September 18, 2023, 02:25:59 am 
Started by briefremarks - Last post by briefremarks
Just found a note from Bert.  The pair marked with a red sleeve are for the outer terminal, which are the connectors for the mid-range

 55 
 on: September 18, 2023, 01:57:57 am 
Started by briefremarks - Last post by briefremarks
Just reassembled the Orelo speakers after some work on the house.  Now I cannot remember how the BMS drivers are wired.  There are two pairs of wires coming out of the woofer section to wire the horns.  One pair has a red sleeve to mark this pair.  Does the pair with the red sleeve go to the outer terminals on the BMS driver or the inner terminals.  I have the pair going to the outer terminals but do not want to try until I can confirm.  Also are the outer terminals the mid-range, and the inner ones the tweeter?

Thanks for the help.

 56 
 on: August 28, 2023, 02:32:16 pm 
Started by PeterSt - Last post by PeterSt
Hey Richard !
If you got married ... then I hope you didn't need to sell your boat. ;-)

There is a (slow) work in progress regarding Tidal. But as how it is now, it is not really possible to integrate it with XXHighEnd. But see the post from Rudolf above; that brings something at least.

Kind regards,
Peter

 57 
 on: August 27, 2023, 11:52:11 am 
Started by PeterSt - Last post by Rmalits
Hi Peter,

I am back here again after doing other stuff like building a new house, getting married, …
I was not happy with the sound in my new music room, but I fixed it now and enjoying again listening with my Phasure system.

Today I tried to login into Tidal, but the login failed. Could this Tidal issue be fixed?
Do I maybe need a updrade of XXHE to be able to login into Tidal?
Anyway I would like to install a new XXHE version on my new laptop especially for downloading from Tidal.

Kind regards
Richard

 58 
 on: August 21, 2023, 07:48:54 pm 
Started by coliny - Last post by PeterSt
I think there is interpretation involved as well.

As I have a kind of proved (kind of !) that all can be done on ad-hoc basis by Tidal, they could execute the MQA "folding" just the same. But now it all depends on the Tidal "download app" which a. downloads and b. interprets what to do with it (example : MQA).

My own conclusions so far in this topic could be wrong just the same. We must really throw some IQ/reasoning at it.

 59 
 on: August 20, 2023, 10:04:13 am 
Started by coliny - Last post by coliny
Album Sample Rate data in revised spreadsheet attached.

I am cautious to draw conclusions because it is not clear to me yet whether the Tidal App see different files than 3rd party apps such as Volumio and XXHE.

My data does suggest that Patricia Barber/Cliques is still MQA with the Tidal App (but this could change at any time).

The only thing that is consistent for all the other albums in the spreadsheet would be if Tidal is seeing different files now, otherwise how or why has the Emotional Oranges album gone from 44K to 48K, if Tidal App is upsampling would it not have gone to 88K.

Colin


 60 
 on: August 17, 2023, 09:37:26 am 
Started by coliny - Last post by coliny
The data I published in this post was misleading.

The Tidal PC App with Exclusive Mode OFF plays at whatever sample rate is set as Default in Windows Audio Device settings (ie Windows does the sample rate conversion) see attached. Therefore Sample Rates from Tidal App will only mean something With Exclusive Mode ON.

Will re publish my album sample rate data in a new post.


Colin

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