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The Dark Room / Re: ASR links disabled in ster...
Last post by Tranquility Bass - March 14, 2024, 12:27:02 PMNot just ASR links but links to https://www.aussieaudiomart.com/ now. Seriously marc !!
But it's a Hifi community !!
LOL
That Hifi community that buys you a nice big house doesn't it
But it's a Hifi community !!
LOLThat Hifi community that buys you a nice big house doesn't it
#12
The Dark Room / Re: We BAIT Audio FORUM goers ...
Last post by Tranquility Bass - March 13, 2024, 11:17:02 PMHere is a blast from the past from my thread on diyaudio where I was trying to mind my own business on diyaudio but the tentacles from stereonet weren't very far away 
A DEQX fanboy coming out of the woodwork desperately trying to sway people away from buying my preamp at the time of the pre-order for the UP2 and UPP around late 2019 which is about the same time DEQX decided to offer a discount to celebrate an odd 21 year anniversary. Hmmm, funny about that
https://www.diyaudio.com/community/threads/hi-end-dsp-based-multi-channel-integrated-preamp-crossover-dac-project.264743/page-67#post-5934654
Well I have got bad news for you. I have three good reasons why you should AVOID using a linear phase crossover. This should change your mind
https://analog-precision.com/forum/news-updates/why-we-would-never-use-a-deqx-to-build-a-loudspeaker-!/
A DEQX fanboy coming out of the woodwork desperately trying to sway people away from buying my preamp at the time of the pre-order for the UP2 and UPP around late 2019 which is about the same time DEQX decided to offer a discount to celebrate an odd 21 year anniversary. Hmmm, funny about that https://www.diyaudio.com/community/threads/hi-end-dsp-based-multi-channel-integrated-preamp-crossover-dac-project.264743/page-67#post-5934654
QuoteSecond, what I really like about my DEQX crossover at the moment is the implementation of linear-phase crossovers (FIR). The software treats it just the same as Linkwitz or Butterworth crossovers. Just choose it from the list, that simple. All other DSP solutions so far expect you to be a DSP expert to be able to implement linear phase crossovers. I was looking for this in audioweaver but so far have not found it yet. Maybe I'm missing something. Now before anyone likes to discuss the downsides of linear phase crossovers and why I would want them but there is only one simple answer: Because it sounds better in my system and except from linear phase crossover I can't think of anything why I would need the amount of DSP power that is on offer in the Ultimate Preamp
Well I have got bad news for you. I have three good reasons why you should AVOID using a linear phase crossover. This should change your mind
https://analog-precision.com/forum/news-updates/why-we-would-never-use-a-deqx-to-build-a-loudspeaker-!/
#13
Performance and Measurements / Re: A question for DEQX owners...
Last post by Tranquility Bass - March 09, 2024, 11:01:52 PMAnd of course the elephant in the room Why nobody has ever called them out over this ??
https://analog-precision.com/forum/news-updates/why-we-would-never-use-a-deqx-to-build-a-loudspeaker-!/
Why nobody has ever called them out over this ??https://analog-precision.com/forum/news-updates/why-we-would-never-use-a-deqx-to-build-a-loudspeaker-!/
#14
News Updates / Re: Introducing the Ultimate A...
Last post by Tranquility Bass - March 07, 2024, 06:39:29 PMWhy a single amplifier driving a passive speaker is such a bad idea but nobody is talking about the elephant in the room !! Maybe if your amplifier is carved out of a solid block of aluminium billet, or you buy some uber expensive speaker cables, or use some cable lifters or even use a grounding box it may solve these fundamental issues but wishful thinking never solved any technical problems
#15
The Dark Room / Re: Good to see 'Australian Hi...
Last post by Tranquility Bass - March 06, 2024, 06:28:48 PMHas anyone noticed how stereonet starts flogging tickets to their show right at the time Australia Hifi hosts their show even though stereonet's show is 31 weeks away ?? That's what they do
And see what they have this year that is definitely worth going to see
https://analog-precision.com/forum/news-updates/duntech-sovereigns-to-feature-at-this-years-austalia-hifi-show/
And see what they have this year that is definitely worth going to see
https://analog-precision.com/forum/news-updates/duntech-sovereigns-to-feature-at-this-years-austalia-hifi-show/
#16
The Dark Room / Re: We BAIT Audio FORUM goers ...
Last post by Tranquility Bass - February 28, 2024, 11:47:38 PMMikey is right. Check this out. Recently I caught one of them out on ASR bagging my product. This dude has got sour grapes because I wouldn't sell him a DSP board at minidsp prices. Now he is interested in paying top dollar for the new DEQX, and Audioweaver running on Danville hardware is not a problem but is only a problem when it's running on my hardware apparently. LOL 
Their opinions change depending on which forum they are on. You just can't make this s**t up but like Mikey says that's exactly what goes on in this industry !!
On ASR this person bags both mine and another product for using Audioweaver !
Now we have the same person on WBF now endorsing that same product that he bagged on ASR ! Doesn't mention my product of course. Seems to be a pattern here.
And then he sinks the boots into people like myself who have spent countless hours and risked alot to make somethging that doesn't meet his expectations
Note the people liking this post. The one who started the thread appears to have an agenda. On another forum says it's all about the software but on this forum it's all about the hardware when spruiking DEQX These are the armchair critics like Bjorn who can't build their own hardware or write the code for it but will whinge and whine when someone like myself spends countless UNPAID hours on a superior product but fails to offer it at a price-point lower than minidsp. You could never satisfy people like this no matter what you built and how much effort you put into it nor would they offer you the funds needed to build a product according to their requirements. They just think that you can magically come up with a product that suits their exact needs without them risking a single penny on it. It seems to be a common theme with some people in this industry. Anyway I have one word of advice for people like Bjorn. Build your own DSP hardware and write your own custom DSP code the way you want it and then sell it to all of your mates for 2 dollars and then nobody can complain can they ?? Rather than cop more abuse from the likes of Bjorn etal I decided to do what he is doing and build my own SOTA active speaker system using my own hardware and custom DSP code. Badluck Bjorn, looks like your options just got a whole lot narrower. Be careful what you wish for mate
Their opinions change depending on which forum they are on. You just can't make this s**t up but like Mikey says that's exactly what goes on in this industry !! On ASR this person bags both mine and another product for using Audioweaver !
Now we have the same person on WBF now endorsing that same product that he bagged on ASR ! Doesn't mention my product of course. Seems to be a pattern here.
And then he sinks the boots into people like myself who have spent countless hours and risked alot to make somethging that doesn't meet his expectations
Note the people liking this post. The one who started the thread appears to have an agenda. On another forum says it's all about the software but on this forum it's all about the hardware when spruiking DEQX
These are the armchair critics like Bjorn who can't build their own hardware or write the code for it but will whinge and whine when someone like myself spends countless UNPAID hours on a superior product but fails to offer it at a price-point lower than minidsp. You could never satisfy people like this no matter what you built and how much effort you put into it nor would they offer you the funds needed to build a product according to their requirements. They just think that you can magically come up with a product that suits their exact needs without them risking a single penny on it. It seems to be a common theme with some people in this industry. Anyway I have one word of advice for people like Bjorn. Build your own DSP hardware and write your own custom DSP code the way you want it and then sell it to all of your mates for 2 dollars and then nobody can complain can they ?? Rather than cop more abuse from the likes of Bjorn etal I decided to do what he is doing and build my own SOTA active speaker system using my own hardware and custom DSP code. Badluck Bjorn, looks like your options just got a whole lot narrower. Be careful what you wish for mate #17
The Dark Room / Re: We BAIT Audio FORUM goers ...
Last post by MichaelH - February 28, 2024, 12:54:03 AM #18
News Updates / Re: Introducing the Ultimate A...
Last post by Tranquility Bass - February 26, 2024, 05:35:27 PMSome people spend a fortune on speaker cables thinking it is the most purist form of signal delivery from amplifier to their loudspeakers !!
But unbeknownst to them the signal has to pass through a complex passive crossover full of an array of lossy and imperfect passive components before it reaches their loudspeaker drivers which is kind of defeating the purpose of having this ultra-pure interconnect cable in the first place !! Passing large amounts of current through capacitors, inductors and resistors was never a good idea. If a passive component was ever going to show its flaws was in a hostile environment like this and yet people continue to seek out the law of diminishing returns by throwing good money after bad on interconnect cables whilst ignoring the elephant in the room ! Hell, there are some speaker vendors who even go to great lengths to hide their passive crossovers by potting the components so people can't scrutinize their design choices !
With our active speaker, each driver is connected directly to its own amplifier channel with the shortest possible cable length, and even like speaker drivers do not share an amplifier. Every speaker driver has its own associated amplifier channel with its own active crossover network implemented in the most purest form inside a DSP in the form of a mathematical algorithm that more accurately mimics a passive crossover without any of its disadvantages. The advantage of doing it inside a DSP is that there are no issues with power dissipation, component tolerances and drift in values over time, component non-linearities, capacitor dielectric absorption, inductor iron losses and of course cost !! Not only that we can accurately match levels between drivers without using padding resistors that dissipate a lot of power and can drift in value over time. You might think this is overkill but when you consider that the cost of this whole speaker is less than the cost of these speaker cables alone you'd have to agree that the Ultimate Active Speaker has a hell of a lot more to offer than a traditional passive speaker system !
But unbeknownst to them the signal has to pass through a complex passive crossover full of an array of lossy and imperfect passive components before it reaches their loudspeaker drivers which is kind of defeating the purpose of having this ultra-pure interconnect cable in the first place !! Passing large amounts of current through capacitors, inductors and resistors was never a good idea. If a passive component was ever going to show its flaws was in a hostile environment like this and yet people continue to seek out the law of diminishing returns by throwing good money after bad on interconnect cables whilst ignoring the elephant in the room ! Hell, there are some speaker vendors who even go to great lengths to hide their passive crossovers by potting the components so people can't scrutinize their design choices !
With our active speaker, each driver is connected directly to its own amplifier channel with the shortest possible cable length, and even like speaker drivers do not share an amplifier. Every speaker driver has its own associated amplifier channel with its own active crossover network implemented in the most purest form inside a DSP in the form of a mathematical algorithm that more accurately mimics a passive crossover without any of its disadvantages. The advantage of doing it inside a DSP is that there are no issues with power dissipation, component tolerances and drift in values over time, component non-linearities, capacitor dielectric absorption, inductor iron losses and of course cost !! Not only that we can accurately match levels between drivers without using padding resistors that dissipate a lot of power and can drift in value over time. You might think this is overkill but when you consider that the cost of this whole speaker is less than the cost of these speaker cables alone you'd have to agree that the Ultimate Active Speaker has a hell of a lot more to offer than a traditional passive speaker system !
#19
The Dark Room / Duntech Sovereigns to feature ...
Last post by Tranquility Bass - February 16, 2024, 10:52:51 AMWorth going just for that. See how this old timeless classic stacks up against the new !
https://www.whathifi.com/news/australian-hi-fi-show-sydney-2024-dates-venue-and-ticket-info
https://www.whathifi.com/news/australian-hi-fi-show-sydney-2024-dates-venue-and-ticket-info
QuoteLEVEL 1: FARM COVE ROOM
Halcro & Duntech & Döhmann
The best of Australian – maybe the best in the world!
This unmissable audio suite will host Duntech's flagship Sovereign loudspeakers – acknowledged by experts as the finest in the world, certainly the most accurate, a seven driver system with the drivers symmetrically arranged on a vertical axis and time aligned.
The power comes from Halcro's very latest reference amplification, a triumph of form and function, unique in its imagination of what an amplifier is and how to puh the boundaries of technology.
The third Aussie legend is analogue playback courtesy of a Döhmann Helix turntable, engineered to deliver unparalleled performance in analogue playback and is the result of many years of research, development, collaboration and listening by internationally acclaimed analogue designer Mark Döhmann and his team.
It's an Australian supersystem not to be missed!
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