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How very true is that... 'Unspectacular' they may look, but boy do they work!Quote:
I'm sure that you will love and keep the Lockwood cabs...this very simple boxdesign somehow makes the TMG sing.
Dave, tell wifey yer gettin' a pair of Lockwoods, and she'll have to like it or lump it, or it'll be HER going against the back wall on the naughty step!! ;)
Marco.
Mine are even beginning to to look the job:-) I have just finished making new stands/feets for the cabs. They are simple cubes measuring 70mm x 70mm x 70mm in massive pine which i simply spray-coloured in silver like the rest of my furniture feet. These cubes are glued to the cabinet base and underneath each foot I have used some damping material. The bottom edge is about 20mm over the floor allowing a free airflow. The difference is surprising - the bass is much more articulated and my wooden floors are less energised.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marco
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If you have big boxy speakers and they are on the floor you should try this - great results in my room.
very nice Martin i'm very jelous :drool:
Thanks JonQuote:
Originally Posted by Jonboy
You have no reason to be...I have seen the amount pearls passing through your living room:eyebrows: How do get all that stuff?
I am interested in your opinion on valve based dacs. Any pearls?
This is my current DAC-setup. Benchmark DAC-1, Squeezebox with a regulated PSU from Welborne Labs.
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I use the Cambridge Dacmagic at the office with my headphones - great dac but the Benchmark is by far superior....better line stage. I have also tried the AN DAC Zero and One - nice glow but I feel its lacking details...to pleasing. I am sure that i.e. the DAC Five is fantastic...but too costly. I dreaming of a valvebased DAC around the 1500-2000GBP mark.
Superb job, Martin - they look really nice in that finish! :)
You can't beat a nice pair of 15" drivers in huge cabinets pumping out yer choons, can you? Tiny speakers are for poofs... :eyebrows:
Marco.
Thanks...size does matter! That why a contrabass does not look like a violin.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marco
Not valve based but I can't recommend the Moon 300D highly enough......
The Audio Note 1x dacs are a good step up from the basic Zero dacs, my home built Valve dac ( made by Tubehunter) is a good one and punches up there with the top end AN ones, i have not had that much experience with different dacs but you could always add a valve buffer in between the dac and pre amp or just use a valve preamp anyway as this is essentually adding in a valve buffer, i find that this can take the hardness out of the solid state part of things if you are finding this a problem, there are a few good dac kits out there that are very cheap and worth having a play with, have a look on this site loads of interesting stuff here, diy is where you can get value for moneyQuote:
Originally Posted by martin_kbh
Dave at Heatherdale Audio has a few AN dacs if your interested in these,
Is Martin still about?
Be great to get an update :)