Would look great on there.
Those decks were supposed to be very good.
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Would look great on there.
Those decks were supposed to be very good.
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Bit of tweakin’ of a Thursday...
On clearing out my Hifi bits n bobs drawer, came across a spare Synergistic Research Blue fuse I used on my (now sold) Transporter.
Turns out its rating compatible with my PS Audio BHK preamp, so in it went.
jobs a good ‘un. Nice improvement over stock fuse.
Have them elsewhere in my kit, and they do what it says on the tin.
Also, been playing with isolation feet, having a glass shelved rack’s not the ideal, but having sorted my turntable support recently, was looking at my digital source now, the Oppo 203.
This is my Roon Network renderer as well as the Hub for Netflix, Youtube and the like...all sound goes through the Oppo.
So worth tweaking more out of it if I could.
Had some bits lying around tried a few combo’s and settled on these.
3 part footer,
SoundDampedSteel “constrained layer damping” plate
https://sounddampedsteel.com/hifi/
RDC Cone “Cups”, sat on top of the SDS plate for 2 layer isolation from the glass shelf.
https://www.analogueseduction.net/is...ack-of-4-.html
The top of these (conveniently) are recessed to fit onto the matching RDC Cones.
I tried the Cones with them, but weren’t as effective as using the recess in the Cup to fit a ball bearing in.
Taking an idea from the Naim Fraim Hifi stand, a ball bearing gives the smallest point of contact under your kits casework and offers really good decoupling.
So with two Additive layers of vibration absorption, topped off with a good way to decouple your kit from the surface...job done.
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good job getting stuff off glass gary.. it causes issues ive found...
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Made a really good improvement Grant, better sound all round.Originally Posted by struth
Oh,
replaced the steel ball bearing with a Silicon Nitride ceramic ball bearing today, they are same as the ones used in the mega spendy Stillpoints.
Always good to trickle down mega money design tweaks to your own homebrew ones if you can!
Old
New
Better than the steel bearings, speakers doing a better job of disappearing and music has more texture and timbre to it.
Better music,
all from spare bits I had lying around too.
Was going to get more IsoAcoustic Footers for under my Dac and Preamp, but will save a chunk of change and make these up for under them instead.
Can’t see the IsoAcoustic feet bringing much over the improvement I’m getting here.
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The Games afoot...
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new feet is it?
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I've said it before and I'll say it again: democracy simply-doesn't-work.... ..... ...... ...... ................... ..... ..... ..... ..... .....
FIIO K7 BT, M11 PLUS, BTR7, KA5 - OPPO BDP-103D - PANASONIC UB450 - PANASONIC 4K ULTRA HD TV - PIXEL 6 - AVANTREE LR BLUETOOTH - 2* X600 SOUNDCORE - HEADPHONES INCLUDE, FIIO, NURAPHONES', FOCAL, OPPO, BOSE, CAMBRIDGE, BOWER & WILKINS, DEVIALET, MARSHALL, SONY, MITCHELL & JOHNSTON - 2*ZBOOK'S- MERCURY BD ROM, ROON, QOBUZ, TIDAL, PLEX, CYBERLINK, JRIVER - MULTI HDD'S -
Oh my god! There's nothing wrong with the bidet is there?
“Nothing discloses real character like the use of power. It is easy for the weak to be gentle. Most people can bear adversity. But if you wish to know what a man really is, give him power. This is the supreme test. It is the glory of Lincoln that, having almost absolute power, he never abused it, except on the side of mercy".
“You see these dictators on their pedestals, surrounded by the bayonets of their soldiers and the truncheons of their police ... yet in their hearts there is unspoken fear. They are afraid of words and thoughts: words spoken abroad, thoughts stirring at home -- all the more powerful because forbidden -- terrify them. A little mouse of thought appears in the room, and even the mightiest potentates are thrown into panic.”
"You don't have free will. You have the appearance of free will.”
“There's a war out there, old friend. A world war. And it's not about who's got the most bullets. It's about who controls the information. What we see and hear, how we work, what we think... it's all about the information!”
***SMILE, BE HAPPY***
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naa.
Like yourself a big box delivery.
I've sold both Rotel power amps so...
Hows your new amp coming along Grant, the volume getting better?
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ok the amp from italy thats not italiannaa.
Like yourself a big box delivery.
I've sold both Rotel power amps so...
Hows your new amp coming along Grant, the volume getting better?yup getting used to it now. was just odd how youve gotta go so high with these speakers.. i wonder if less sensitive speakers need it up a lot more..
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FIIO K7 BT, M11 PLUS, BTR7, KA5 - OPPO BDP-103D - PANASONIC UB450 - PANASONIC 4K ULTRA HD TV - PIXEL 6 - AVANTREE LR BLUETOOTH - 2* X600 SOUNDCORE - HEADPHONES INCLUDE, FIIO, NURAPHONES', FOCAL, OPPO, BOSE, CAMBRIDGE, BOWER & WILKINS, DEVIALET, MARSHALL, SONY, MITCHELL & JOHNSTON - 2*ZBOOK'S- MERCURY BD ROM, ROON, QOBUZ, TIDAL, PLEX, CYBERLINK, JRIVER - MULTI HDD'S -
Oh my god! There's nothing wrong with the bidet is there?
“Nothing discloses real character like the use of power. It is easy for the weak to be gentle. Most people can bear adversity. But if you wish to know what a man really is, give him power. This is the supreme test. It is the glory of Lincoln that, having almost absolute power, he never abused it, except on the side of mercy".
“You see these dictators on their pedestals, surrounded by the bayonets of their soldiers and the truncheons of their police ... yet in their hearts there is unspoken fear. They are afraid of words and thoughts: words spoken abroad, thoughts stirring at home -- all the more powerful because forbidden -- terrify them. A little mouse of thought appears in the room, and even the mightiest potentates are thrown into panic.”
"You don't have free will. You have the appearance of free will.”
“There's a war out there, old friend. A world war. And it's not about who's got the most bullets. It's about who controls the information. What we see and hear, how we work, what we think... it's all about the information!”
***SMILE, BE HAPPY***
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Aye, that one.
Thought it had gone AWOL somewhere over the Atlantic, had sourced some alternatives and given up on it, but showed up in Parcelforce tracking this morning as having arrived in UK.
Soon after was out for delivery today, so an unexpected result.
Funny how things work out sometimes, fingers crossed it wont be in bits or have fish stuck in the box!
Efficiency is Efficiency , speakers kicked out a hoolie with 8 valve watts so should be fine I'd have thought.
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It's only the system gain structure Grant IMO, as long as you can get the sound level you need it's good.ok the amp from italy thats not italian
Changed a pot for a stepped attenuator in a high end preamp and the same happened, had to rotate the volume knob more for the same volume level.
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