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Post by MartinT on Mar 16, 2022 8:08:46 GMT
The Silent Point grounding box has just arrived. A pretty hefty thing... Not one you want to carry around a lot. |
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Post by brettj on Mar 16, 2022 19:16:38 GMT
The Silent Point grounding box has just arrived. A pretty hefty thing... Not one you want to carry around a lot. Buy another and I could do weights with them... |
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Post by stellabagpuss on Mar 16, 2022 23:29:35 GMT
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Post by brettj on Mar 17, 2022 0:15:10 GMT
Where are you thinking of putting them? If your washing machine and dryer affect your stereo, that is some serious isolation issues to sort... |
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Post by brettj on Mar 17, 2022 0:22:12 GMT
Just bought an AVplay HD-300 I2S cable.
Will try that from M2Tech HiFace Evo 2 to LKS MA-DH004 Dac.
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Post by stellabagpuss on Mar 17, 2022 6:37:57 GMT
[/quote]Where are you thinking of putting them?
If your washing machine and dryer affect your stereo, that is some serious isolation issues to sort...[/quote]
Underneath my equipment DAC PC etc
Obviously not for a washing machine 🙄
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Post by brettj on Mar 17, 2022 9:02:39 GMT
Is time for me to consider what tablet to get, although need to sell a few items first.
To run the Project steamer (Project Stream Box S2 Ultra).
Audio streaming is most important.
Then Bluetooth, movies.
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Post by speedysteve on Mar 17, 2022 21:07:47 GMT
Tonight's little tweaking... I totally forgotten that I'd made some 'temporary' small changes to three of the channel's amplitude, at some point when I was measuring / tweaking. I'd done them quickly in the digital domain! Balancing driver output level / room effects when measuring. From the designer himself, this is "sub-optimal in its use of the dynamic range at the processing level and on top of that you reduce resolution further with digital volume". This is the control panel excerpt / example (not my adjustments 😱)  This evening I put that right, restoring all digital levels to 0dB and using Najda's ability to custom each channel's output in the analogue domain, as above. I also tried 'slow roll-off' Dac interpolation instead of fast, which it's been set on since forever. I definitely didn't like it on slow?! Not sure I should be able to hear the difference? |
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Post by speedysteve on Mar 17, 2022 21:12:37 GMT
Had my electrician doing some work on my house. An old railway cottage, built 1929. Solid timber, with extension. My miscalculation (or lack of knowledge) meant I didn't run ethernet cable to the new part of the house. With a flat roof, not able to do it now. Bought a wifi extender a couple of months ago. He said I can run internet through the telephone cable, which has been installed. Just re-terminated. That has me very excited! Next time I get him in, will get ethernet running to my switch and streamer. That's cool. This is what I did to both listening room and lounge. Fixed line phones are so 20th Century 😀 They'd used Cat6 👍 It was a new build 2015. Sense of achievement connecting them all up and getting it to work. |
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Post by realysm42 on Mar 23, 2022 8:41:30 GMT
Recent tweaks and accessories: 1. Townshend speaker podiums: waiting for me in the UK, so will have to be patient (difficult because I am expect big things from them). 2. Bybee Quantum Clarifiers (x8): designed to be magnetically attached to the back of your speakers' drivers. I've not fit these properly (at all lol); I'll wait until I have sufficient help with these (UK) but have placed them on my speakers jumpers and various power connections as an interim measure, lowering of the noise floor and allow for more clarity and low level resolution. 3. Shakti Airs (x9): finally! One tweak I can use properly right now. Lowering of noise floor, increased immediacy to sound, removal of slight greyness of sound that was only conspicuous by its absence. Tweaks two and three have been game changers, I wouldn't take my money back, even with the Bybees being sub-optimal in implementation. Bonus item, #4: Akiko Audio foo stickers (X way too many): on capacitors in amps, fuses throughout system and frankly the gateway drug that caused my purchases of #two and three. I was surprised of the positive impact these had on my system, sound has increased impact and energy, 'oomph' if you will and and touch more colour and saturation, without washing out texture in sound. Loving how everything is sounding now, it's like a new system and I'm excited with what's left to try, e.g., grounding, more Akiko stuff, better power conditioning, (more) clock upgrades, silver transformer version of my preamp, the list goes on and I'm here for it  |
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Post by brettj on Mar 24, 2022 23:44:12 GMT
Recent tweaks and accessories: Shakti Airs (x9): finally! One tweak I can use properly right now. Lowering of noise floor, increased immediacy to sound, removal of slight greyness of sound that was only conspicuous by its absence. Where have you put the Shakti Airs? |
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Post by brettj on Mar 24, 2022 23:47:29 GMT
Had my electrician doing some work on my house. He said I can run internet through the telephone cable, which has been installed. Just re-terminated. That has me very excited! That's cool. This is what I did to both listening room and lounge. Fixed line phones are so 20th Century 😀 They'd used Cat6 👍 It was a new build 2015. Sense of achievement connecting them all up and getting it to work. Back to newbie status for me Steve. Not knowing that telephone cable can be used to carry an ethernet signal. |
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Post by brettj on Mar 24, 2022 23:59:48 GMT
Had the AVplay HD-300 I2S cable arrive, as well as a DC cable from GhentAudio.
Have plugged them in, in my bedroom with the new:
AliExpress 15v linear power supply with AMR Gold fuse for the Hiface Evo
Mad Scientist Black Magic USB cable (only has 50 hours on it)
Silent Point grounding box
LKS MH DA-004 with SR purple fuses
Akiko Audio USB Tuning Stick
Will leave this to run for three + weeks
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Post by brettj on Mar 25, 2022 0:04:48 GMT
Also have plugged in and running on my daughter's computer:
Modded Cisco 2960 switch with OCXO clock
GhentAudio DC cable
Meicord ethernet cables
Acoustic Revive RLI 1GB Triple C LAN isolator
Teradak 12v linear power supply with AMR Gold fuse
Will leave these in and running until I piece my system back together
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Post by brettj on Mar 25, 2022 0:08:14 GMT
I almost forgot.
The Lenovo Tab P11 tablet arrived a couple of days ago.
Will leave that for awhile.
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Post by brettj on Mar 25, 2022 1:00:49 GMT
All in and burning in.
A couple of questions about the LKS Dac.
I've reset the volume bypass, as it will be connected to my integrated Perreaux.
Not sure about the DPLL bandwidth setting.
And the digital filter settings.
Where did you run those Martin?
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Post by MartinT on Mar 25, 2022 8:48:18 GMT
I ran DPLL as low as I could, I think I ran it at 2. It depends on the accuracy of the incoming clock.
The filters are only microscopically different. I used SLOW-M most of the time (slow roll-off Minimum Phase).
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Post by MartinT on Mar 25, 2022 8:51:18 GMT
The best tweak for me recently was replacing a bunch of different grounding cables with ones from an AliExpress vendor. Just good quality with silver plated stranded copper cable with 4mm plug ends and spades, phono, clips etc. the other end. They seem to have improved the efficacy of the grounding boxes.
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Post by John on Mar 25, 2022 9:05:43 GMT
What tweaks have been the best value for money in terms of costs to performance in your system
For me grounding my mains and digital equipment have been mine
I also like the BR big feet, but the grounding has had the most significant effect
I did not think the BR ethos made a big difference compared to the long Aucharm I would describe the Ethos as subtle in impact in my system.
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Post by brettj on Mar 25, 2022 9:23:57 GMT
The best tweak for me recently was replacing a bunch of different grounding cables with ones from an AliExpress vendor. Just good quality with tinned stranded copper cable with 4mm plug ends and spades, phono, clips etc. the other end. They seem to have improved the efficacy of the grounding boxes. Have you got a link to the AliExpress grounding cables? I have a couple of SGS green cables. |
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