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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1562: Neutrik powerCON. by xandcg on 2017-02-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
Paul,Have you tried Neutrik powerCON? Do you have any opinion about them? I personally like the locking system idea.EDIT: not power cord but digital, ANUK have a Palladium plated SILVER foil cable (Black  Pallas). Have you tried anything palladium?Ch...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #178: There is a Premium now. by xandcg on 2017-02-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Ultimate Turntable in Analog Playback  220 Replies 
TechDAS launch the "Air Force One Premium": http://www.techdas.jp/analog_00.html...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: Yes. by xandcg on 2017-02-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A big room with good acoustics before treatment, and some ot... in Audio Discussions  8 Replies 
[quote user="zztop7"]Once you have all these contacts come-up with a concrete mix, let me see it if you would like my opinion.  I will let you know if I agree or disagree & possible improvements.IMPORTANT: Is this an existing room?  Is this room ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: I see. by xandcg on 2017-02-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A big room with good acoustics before treatment, and some ot... in Audio Discussions  8 Replies 
[quote]Xandcg, I did not see this thread below. I would not comment on 5x10x14 vs. 4x8x12 rooms, the answer is obvious, What I will comment that the scenario you propose is very close to ultimate configuration for Macondo-like acoustic system. A f...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: One more research to be made. by xandcg on 2017-02-21 
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@zztopThank you, it is a good idea, but now you make me add a new research on my audio research queue. :-D If somehow I find out what are the right material characteristics for a >50 Hz horn, I may try contact my old University¹, to try to grab so...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #129: Please, elaborate. by xandcg on 2017-02-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: High Quality Music Server / CD player in Didital Things  169 Replies 
There is a difference between something that sound bad (faulty) and something I do not like (taste) - what "it is not my cup of tea" means.Since you previously said it is not good I assumed you found out it is a faulty product, but apparently you thi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #127: Musica Pristina 2. by xandcg on 2017-02-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: High Quality Music Server / CD player in Didital Things  169 Replies 
A bit more about the Music Pristina: http://6moons.com/audioreviews2/musicapristina/1.html...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #126: What is the problem with N10? by xandcg on 2017-02-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: High Quality Music Server / CD player in Didital Things  169 Replies 
Armir,I did not heard the N10, what you did not like in it? It is terrible or something more specific?...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Smaller room. by xandcg on 2017-02-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A big room with good acoustics before treatment, and some ot... in Audio Discussions  8 Replies 
I did an update for a smaller room (4 m H x 8 m W x 12,5 m D). I do not have idea if something like this would work properly:...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #124: Musica Pristina. by xandcg on 2017-02-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: High Quality Music Server / CD player in Didital Things  169 Replies 
Eventually, they may have a interesting product:http://musicapristina.com/about/http://musicapristina.com/6-aspects-digital-audio/...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #123: A mistake then. by xandcg on 2017-02-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: High Quality Music Server / CD player in Didital Things  169 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] xandcg wrote:²as Romy already said on this forum, he is a developer and certainly he know how to proper build a DAW.Hm, I do not think I ever said it ether. As a software engineer I have for sure expertise but: I am abso...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #121: Custom MOBO. by xandcg on 2017-02-18 
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Now, this subject made me remember (apparently) Supermicro do custom motherboards, even just one.Would be interesting to try a very minimal motherboard with a very low clocked processor, PCIe M.2 support (or even DOM module), RDIMM, and with just a I...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #120: So many variables. by xandcg on 2017-02-18 
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It has some many variables involved what make in practice very "system dependent".A CD transport follow (more or less) a constant design, while each PC can have so many differences between each other it is impossible to make a statement.At the (norm...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #247: ALE Loudspeakers. by xandcg on 2016-12-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Midbass Horns and Real Estate. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  247 Replies 
Apparently, ALE will come out with it own loudspeakers.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmdDvYW7kwECheers!...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: There is a video of the final "form". by xandcg on 2016-12-08 
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The video:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuaST1e7Qb4 ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: A big room with good acoustics before treatment, and some other audio ... by xandcg on 2016-12-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A big room with good acoustics before treatment, and some ot... in Audio Discussions  8 Replies 
Hello,Can you give me some ideas for a good room? Also, audio related ideas are always welcome too.The initial plan is a room with 5m H x 10m W x 14m D (about 16,5ft H x 33ft W x 46ft D). Solid floor, probably porcelain tile (chess floor style), and ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Seem a test. by xandcg on 2016-11-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Direct to Disc: The Brahms Symphonies / Rattle · Berlin... in Analog Playback  5 Replies 
It seem a market test for that type of recording. They probably will launch a few more "luxurious" limited editions to cover everything they spent and guarantee some profit before lower the cost, and if they find out that fashion could be profitable ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Plextor PX-891SAF. by xandcg on 2016-11-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How Well Shall a CD Transport "Track" a CD? in Didital Things  6 Replies 
I always had very luck with Plextor CD/DVD drives (sound-wise) but they had disappeared of the PC market, but seem to come back now:http://www.goplextor.com/Product/Detail/PX-891SAF#/FeaturesI would buy one now but I need to import it and there are a...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #139: I thought on tetrodo and write pentodo. by xandcg on 2016-10-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A listening room for a domesticated Cat? in Audio Discussions  283 Replies 
Hi,I thought on tetrodo (KT-88, KT-120, KT150) and  write pentodo, sorry. Wherever the tetrodo sound were nothing special I personally find them a lot of better than solid state, that why I was asking, and these days one can have 300W with to KT150 P...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #137: Why not pentode or push-pull instead solid state. by xandcg on 2016-10-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A listening room for a domesticated Cat? in Audio Discussions  283 Replies 
Romy,I would like to know, if you do not mind to explain, since you cannot drive your bass modules using SET, why you use Solid State amplifiers instead Pentode or Push-Pull Triode?Thanks!...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: "Reference Room". by xandcg on 2016-08-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Acoustic Treatments That DON'T Work? in Audio For Dummies ™  2 Replies 
A thing that our friends never fail to  amaze  me is how they like to talk about their "Reference Room". Every single time I hear/read some one say "My Reference Room" automatically come to my mind something very professional made, a like m...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: ELROG tubes sinked but saved. by xandcg on 2016-08-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: ELROG tubes sinked but saved. in Audio News  0 Replies 
Seem ELROG was sinking. Thomas Mayer (aka Vinyl Savor) bought the ELROG assets and the production should continues. I have some "interest" on their 300B tube just because that is not really a 300B, it have thoriated tungsten filaments. I did not hear...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #100: I do not know details. by xandcg on 2016-08-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to get a LOT of SET power. in Audio Discussions  106 Replies 
I do not know details, and I am not a technical person, but I think when they told me "any power tube" they was not talking about simple driver swaps but more likely they current amplifiers. Ongaku, Kageki, Kegon etc. seems to be all basically the "s...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #98: I am not willing to do it. by xandcg on 2016-08-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to get a LOT of SET power. in Audio Discussions  106 Replies 
@N-setI am not walling to have it, I was just pointing out there is already a commercial option. Also, if I am not wrong, and remember correctly what they told me, the same amplifier can be done with any SE (single or PSE), so Eimac or other similar ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #96: 212E PSE. by xandcg on 2016-08-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to get a LOT of SET power. in Audio Discussions  106 Replies 
This topic is a bit old and I do want to pose as Audio Note (UK) promoter, but it is almost the only manufacturer of amplifiers I pay close attention so I usually talk about them.That said, I know the project of the new amplifier from them, and as fa...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1532: May be possible in US too. by xandcg on 2016-08-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
I know in US business like recording studios can have exclusive transformers installed by the electricity company, but do not know if it is possible on residential buildings. It still do not warrant you will not have problems from noises coming from ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #96: In regards to chairs... by xandcg on 2016-08-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A listening room for a domesticated Cat? in Audio Discussions  283 Replies 
In regards to chairs, I am still to find anything more comfortable than Ekornes:http://www.ekornes.com/usThey are a expensive but worth each cent....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Custom made woofers. by xandcg on 2016-06-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Custom made woofers. in Audio Discussions  0 Replies 
I do not know anything about them, or ever if they are already well know or not, but may be interesting:http://www.pierceaudioproducts.comThere are a lot of pictures on their Facebook page:https://www.facebook.com/paul.pierce.376...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #88: Congratulations! by xandcg on 2016-06-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A listening room for a domesticated Cat? in Audio Discussions  283 Replies 
Congratulations Romy!Hope you enjoy your new house. :-D...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #27: DAC3 - R-2R by xandcg on 2016-06-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Really Expensive DACs? in Didital Things  29 Replies 
I do know anything about it but seems a cost effective true R-2R DAC: http://audio.starting-point-systems.com ...
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