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« on: November 30, 2009, 10:35:29 AM » |
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Eileen and I figure it's time for a party. Let's shoot for Sunday Dec. 13, noon to 3 or 4. I have our Bottlehead DAC project further along than last time, with new stepup transformers and a tube output stage. Romo has supplied me with some very high quality 24 bit 88.2K and 96K files that show the potential of the setup and I might be able to get my headless Linux server up and running in time for the meet.
I will also try to have some of our latest home-infused gin available to sample.
As usual BYOB, BYOGear, BYOSigOther, BYOSoftWare (digital this time)
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« Reply #1 on: December 01, 2009, 01:35:28 PM » |
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I should add that an RSVP here from anyone planning on coming will help us to plan this. I moved the conversation about the new DAC to a thread titled DAC progress in Digital http://www.bottlehead.com/smf/index.php/topic,278.0.html |
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Paul Joppa
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« Reply #2 on: December 01, 2009, 03:47:57 PM » |
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I plan to be there.
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« Reply #3 on: December 02, 2009, 07:24:48 AM » |
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Sounds good.
I'll bring the Paramount II prototypes along for discussion and listening. For those who don't know, these are running 5670 drivers and new C4S/Shunt reg boards with soft start for the output tubes.
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« Reply #4 on: December 02, 2009, 10:45:54 AM » |
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I will come along and bring something interesting along... but I'm not sure what that is at the moment.
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Paul "PB" Birkeland
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« Reply #5 on: December 09, 2009, 06:06:56 PM » |
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Hi Dan,
I will try to come.
Richard
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Aural Robert
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« Reply #6 on: December 09, 2009, 06:54:00 PM » |
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I'll be there, pending weather. Count me in for 2 please. Looking forward to it.
Any other B'heads in the Vancouver area looking to carpool, ping me at melnykrob at yahoo dot com. I have room for 2 more. I'm in the Surrey Fleetwood area.
Aural Robert.
... this ain't no disco, this ain't no fooling around ...
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BIX TT w upgraded Rega arm, Seduction -> FPII -> Paramours with iron upgrade => FE166E blh AND Enhanced SEX w Sexy spkrs and subs in the WAF zone
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« Reply #7 on: December 12, 2009, 08:33:18 AM » |
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Dang it, gotta work wish I could join you guys it's been much too long. Annabelle says "Hi and Merry Christmas".
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« Reply #8 on: December 13, 2009, 09:27:49 AM » |
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I'm afraid we have to pass. Have a great time all, and thanks Doc & Eileen for the invite.
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BIX TT w upgraded Rega arm, Seduction -> FPII -> Paramours with iron upgrade => FE166E blh AND Enhanced SEX w Sexy spkrs and subs in the WAF zone
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Doc B.
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« Reply #9 on: December 13, 2009, 09:49:01 AM » |
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For those who are coming today who may be on the fence about the weather, it's above freezing here this a.m. and I see no frost anywhere, so it looks like we are off to a dry start. Supposed to get all the way up to a blistering 36, so if it rains later this afternoon it should not be a problem.
These are the days I appreciate having 18 tube amps in the living room - toasty!
Eileen was up until 2 cooking and decorating and I am just finishing up a batch of gin.
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« Reply #10 on: December 13, 2009, 01:54:00 PM » |
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I mean, PG tips are great, but might be nice to try some DIY gin. :-)
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David B Bliss
Bottlehead: Foreplay I, Foreplay III, Paramour I w/Iron Upgrade, S.E.X. w/Iron Upgrade
Speakers: FE127E Metronomes, Jim Griffin Jordan/Aurum Cantus Monitors, ART Arrays
Other: Lightspeed Attenuator, "My Ref" Rev C Amps, Lampucera DAC
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« Reply #11 on: December 13, 2009, 09:18:53 PM » |
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For those who missed it, the gin made a darn good dry martini - Doc is getting the recipe down!
Oh yeah - and the latest digital effort sounds pretty damn good now that the transformers are breaking in. This is the first time I can say that the high treble is closer to analog than to CDs. Of course, Michael's remix of Jacqui's latest album in 24/96 hi-res helped! But I've heard this resolution before without hearing such clean high treble.
Ed's prototype of the Paramount driver re-design sounded great, though we didn't get a chance to really wring it out. But he's been living with it for several weeks, hopefully he'll post his impressions. The totally silent startup is really sweet!
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« Reply #12 on: December 14, 2009, 07:59:53 AM » |
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Thanks to the homies who came, it was a very fun afternoon. The DAC setup is definitely getting to sound good. I agree with PJ that one of the more difficult aspects of good digital is a smooth and open top end. This setup seems to be doing that job well. Now that we have a prototype that I feel sounds like it should we will begin to work on getting it packaged into a finished product. Kudos to John Swenson and PJ for coming up with their respective parts of the design.
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