Stereogram, anyone?

[Ammonite Audio]

Perusing Enjoy The Music's coverage of the New York Audio Show (http://www.enjoythemusic.com/new_york_audio_av_2013/), this came up:

http://www.enjoythemusic.com/new_york_audio_av_2013/saturday/DSC00251.jpg

See Symbol Audio's website (http://www.symbolaudio.com/collection/modern-record-console/) for details, but I do like the idea and the look.

[Thing Fish]

I've seen this picture before. No idea what it sounds like but it looks mighty fine...:)

[icehockeyboy]

Wouldn't the fact the speakers are attached and so close to the TT cause rumble or other problems?

[Marco]

Perusing Enjoy The Music's coverage of the New York Audio Show (http://www.enjoythemusic.com/new_york_audio_av_2013/), this came up:

http://www.enjoythemusic.com/new_york_audio_av_2013/saturday/DSC00251.jpg


Piccy no worky! ;)

Try posting it through Photobucket or Imageshack instead.

Marco.

[icehockeyboy]

Piccy no worky! ;)

Try posting it through Photobucket or Imageshack instead.

Marco.
It's opening fine here, and for Thingfish........

[jollyfix]

Opening fine for me too.

[Marco]

Lol, well not for me, and I've tried three different browsers: Aol, Firefox and IE... All I'm getting is a white box with a small red cross.

What browsers are you guys using? Perhaps someone could copy the image and re-post it using Imageshack or Photobucket - I'll be able to see it then! :)

Marco.

[synsei]

Not working for me either, I am getting an error message in the browser: '403 Forbidden: Your client does not have permission to get URL /new_york_audio_av_2013/saturday/DSC00251.jpg from this server.'

[Marco]

Tried accessing it using Google Chrome - still nothing....

Marco.

[DSJR]

I went to the site and scrooled through to the page (Saturday's report I think). Looks great and who cares about the all-in-one vibe? I mean, most of us old-uns were brought up on such devices (record deck, valve amp and speaker system all-in-one) and the whole case was the sound-box with the turntable fully immersed in it... This one looks as if the speaker enclosures are at least reasonably isolated from the bits in the middle, although the exposed valves may not be a good idea, personally speaking..

[Marco]

Can you repost the picture then, Dave (by uploading it through Imageshack or Photobucket)? The suspense is killing me! :)

Marco.

[DSJR]

I really rather like this - an update on a Decca radiogram :lol:

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q8/DSJR_photos/DSC00251_zps72245d4f.jpg (http://s132.photobucket.com/user/DSJR_photos/media/DSC00251_zps72245d4f.jpg.html)

[Marco]

Hey, that's well cool! :eek:

Marco.

[Barry]

May look cool - but what about possible acoustic feedback to the turntable and to microphonic valves?

Doesn't look like my 'radiogram'! :lol:

[istari_knight]

Frequency response looks rather optimistic: 15Hz – 30000Hz + 1dB :scratch:

Love the look of it though.

[chelsea]

Very cool thing.

[DSJR]

May look cool - but what about possible acoustic feedback to the turntable and to microphonic valves?

Doesn't look like my 'radiogram'! :lol:

Like I said, it's what I/we grew up with, only better :)

[Ammonite Audio]

May look cool - but what about possible acoustic feedback to the turntable and to microphonic valves?

Doesn't look like my 'radiogram'! :lol:

Those issues can be easily addressed with a bit of engineering and intuition.

I do wonder if I had something like this, maybe I'd just listen to music rather than fiddling with equipment and setup? I do enjoy the fiddling around, though!

[Marco]

Hi Hugo,

What about showing us the original picture of the stereogram, which some of us can't see? Pretty please? :)

Or is it the one that Dave posted a picture of earlier?

Marco.

[Alex_UK]

I think it is the same picture Marco, if you follow the link the URLs match.

It does look very nice, but $26,500!!!!

[Ammonite Audio]

Hi Hugo,

What about showing us the original picture of the stereogram, which some of us can't see? Pretty please? :)

Or is it the one that Dave posted a picture of earlier?

Marco.

It is the same picture - I just linked to the image in Enjoy The Music's report.

Yes, $26500 is rather a lot, particularly since it has a Project turntable inside, but it does look so cool and would not look out of place in a Hermann Miller catalogue! The sort of design-conscious people who buy such items of furniture are unlikely to baulk at the price.

[Marco]

It is the same picture - I just linked to the image in Enjoy The Music's report.


Ah, thanks for the clarification. Does the picture show for you (in your original link)? :)


Yes, $26500 is rather a lot, particularly since it has a Project turntable inside, but it does look so cool and would not look out of place in a Hermann Miller catalogue! The sort of design-conscious people who buy such items of furniture are unlikely to baulk at the price.

I do like it, but the ridiculous price reduces it to a state of somewhat pointless pretentiousness. If I wanted that look I'd be more likely to buy an original radiogram in good condition and fit the hi-fi gubbins to it accordingly. I suspect that I'd get a more than a few pennies change from $26,500....! ;)

Marco.

[Ammonite Audio]

The original picture does not show for me either.

You may be right about re-stuffing an original stereogram, but aside from B&O, I have not seen any that look even remotely desirable as items of furniture.

[Marco]

The original picture does not show for me either.


Hahahaha - that's rather ironically amusing! :lol:

I've no idea what kind of 'magical machines' those who claimed to have seen it originally were using!!

It might seem daft, but stuff like that bothers me because I've no idea what technical mechanism causes some people to see certain images and others not, especially when I tried four different browsers (unsuccessfully) in an attempt to view the bloody thing!


You may be right about re-stuffing an original stereogram, but aside from B&O, I have not seen any that look even remotely desirable as items of furniture.

I'm pretty sure that some of the talented DIYers and cabinet makers on here could make a damned good fist of it... I do like the stereogram, although the rather modern looking speakers put me off. By all means use modern drive units, for high-quality sound, but at least cover them in traditional grilles, thus preserving the unit's 'retro' looks!

Marco.

[Beobloke]

I do like it, but 3 thing temper my enthusiasm for it:

(1) The price
(2) Twin cones on the speakers
(3) The fact you can't stack 6 LPs on the record deck!

[jollyfix]

I have no magic machine ,just a cheap dell, tap on the symbol audio's website and there is a picture of the stereogram.
I am not that good with computers , is this picture thing something to do with the small blue square with a question mark on it?

[Marco]

No idea, Dave. All I get is a little white box with a red cross on it. Who's your ISP and what browser are you using? :)

Marco.

[jollyfix]

Sorry Marco but i don't know what a ISP is, as for a browser ( i think i know this) i use Safari.

[Thing Fish]

Here are some more pics -

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-opqgnP5Ty2s/UW-FXtjXbPI/AAAAAAAABxE/jKZRCTPGKvs/s600/IMG_5.JPG

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-dAO7hP1fzF0/UW-FXnIUcxI/AAAAAAAABxA/W3Ef2JWYnaE/s500/symbol-audio-modern-record-console-player.jpg

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-Grl7e1YvO-U/UW-FYgjPiwI/AAAAAAAABxI/Mzx1LhM4laM/s550/symbol_audio_modern_recd.jpg

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-VWVyAMiOy-o/UW-Ffs3U6cI/AAAAAAAABxQ/VWoi5XEWKGU/s540/22_at_1.39.jpg

[Marco]

Sorry Marco but i don't know what a ISP is, as for a browser ( i think i know this) i use Safari.

ISP = Internet Service Provider.

Safari? Ah, maybe that's it... It's the one browser I haven't downloaded.

Marco.

[Marco]

Interesting... I've just downloaded Safari, and now get the small blue square with a question mark on it you were talking about, Dave, but still no picture in Hugo's opening post.

Did you originally see the picture of the stereogram in Hugo's opening post (as in it automatically appearing on the page) or did you have to go looking for it, by following the link? And if so, is that not there now and you're just getting the question mark thing?

Marco.

[Thing Fish]

I followed it from the link. I never saw a picture automatically.

I never had/ saw a question mark?

[UV101]

I think this is probably a similar issue to the one I have with tapatalk photos. The forum code is now too clever!!! I guess some apps or browsers just don't know how to handle the code and so they don't display it (or in my case with tapatalk launch a new browser to display)

I'm fairly sure if the ONLY way to include an image was to use the IMG tags there wouldn't be all these sorts of issues? I could be wrong tho, just a thought!! :)

[Marco]

I followed it from the link. I never saw a picture automatically.


Lol... That was the whole point of what I was getting at. When Dave and you said earlier that you could see the image, I presumed that you'd seen it after it had automatically loaded on the page! ;)

Anyway, enough about browsers. Let's get back to stereograms... :)

Marco.

[Ammonite Audio]

Indeed! But, that picture did appear correctly in my opening post, before it somehow disappeared.

I reckon a Balanced Mode Radiator (BMR) would be perfect for placing in the middle of the relatively large baffles of a stereogram, with a stereo sub underneath just like Symbol have done. The right BMR can sound quite good, as in the HiFi Critic Rhythm King, handling all frequencies from upper bass to beyond hearing range. Bung in a decent record player, perhaps suspended in a separate floating enclosure. I'd incorporate a good USB DAC device along with a radio, amplified using Hypex N-Core modules; also using Hupex DSP modules for the subs. Add niceties such as remote control and job done!