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    Quote Originally Posted by Edwardlon View Post
    Thanks Russell

    Certainly not a mile away, it is precisely what I'm trying to achieve. The big difference in my plan is it is just for fun but primarily I will be doing it on the cheap. Essentially I will take a USB feed from a computer and go into a cheap multi-channel DAC (stuff they use everyday in gaming rigs) and from there to a multi-channel amp. From there I will take 3 stereo pairs and drive the 3-way drivers in Goodmans Magnum K2s. Within the computer there will be a digital cross-over such that the feed to the DAC will have 3 stereo pairs. That is the first step.

    As a second step, assuming the first step is fine, I will do room correction via REW (as per your link) and a mic. As I understand it REW will create a FIR filter which I can inject into my software.

    Looking at my costs (I consider the computer, software, multi-channel amp, cabling and speakers free as I already have them) the biggest cost will actually be the banana plugs, binding posts and DAC. That should be about £100 - so a cheap(ish) experiment. Not sure what I will do with it all once I have done it as my main system are more than adequate.
    So, if you’ve got the multi channel amp, and a computer, that’s a major head start!

    You could get by cheaper with my scenario by buying a Behringer digital crossover, used. And a calibration mic, you may even find one used? But I’ve seen new ones for $35. And as I was searching for the software, like the one I referred to, I see a lot of versions that were free for download. How much they will do? I guess you’d have to try a few. So, a used Behringer digital crossover may not be more than $100? These digital DSP’s have 24bit processing and run exceedingly quiet. The DBX brand is more feature rich, but one of the articles I read about used the Behringer with great success.

    But you sound like you’ve got a handle on it! I was not aware that there were DAC’s that you could control with a computer to create crossover points? It sounds very interesting!

    Of course, you will have to keep us updated as you go, with photos and listening impressions. To educate the masses!

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    Quote Originally Posted by alphaGT View Post
    So, if you’ve got the multi channel amp, and a computer, that’s a major head start!

    You could get by cheaper with my scenario by buying a Behringer digital crossover, used. And a calibration mic, you may even find one used? But I’ve seen new ones for $35. And as I was searching for the software, like the one I referred to, I see a lot of versions that were free for download. How much they will do? I guess you’d have to try a few. So, a used Behringer digital crossover may not be more than $100? These digital DSP’s have 24bit processing and run exceedingly quiet. The DBX brand is more feature rich, but one of the articles I read about used the Behringer with great success.

    But you sound like you’ve got a handle on it! I was not aware that there were DAC’s that you could control with a computer to create crossover points? It sounds very interesting!

    Of course, you will have to keep us updated as you go, with photos and listening impressions. To educate the masses!

    Russ


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    Oh I'm just part of the masses Russell, learning as I go along. Mostly making mistakes.

    Speaking of Behringers a mate has one to semi-actively drive his speakers. In his case he is driving the bass of his XTZ Divine Alphas (costing thousands) with a cheap Beheringer. So what with the addition of another stereo amp and tuning of the xover point the bass has vastly improved. In fact it is this improvement that is part of what inspires me to try things out - but in my case focusing on lower end stuff and full digital xovers.

    Got to pull the trigger on the remaining bits of pieces. Just deciding if I go with spades or bananas. Probably just bare wire and cable couplings for now.
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    I had one of the early deqx units pdc 2.6, bought it ex demo £600 and sold it later for £700, a rare occasion where I didn't lose money. Great bit of kit. I now use Najda dsp, bought for future projects but used in my office set up as a Dac, very good Dac it has too.

    I have some behringer analogue crossovers you could try, one is a 3 way the other a 2 way. I used them early on in my horn build. Easy to use, just twiddle the knobs to the desired crossover point.
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    You’ve got me curious to try one of these software packages. I’m not planning any digital crossovers, but I just want to see what the sound looks like at my listening position. Get me a cheap calibration mic with USB, and download a free app, and perhaps help me get the speakers into the best position? I don’t have a lot of leeway, but some, I’ve pulled them way out into the room recently, they are majorly in the way but sound much better. The woofer in the rear really creates tons of bass in the room and it gets hard to tame. Perhaps some sound treatments behind the speaker would help?

    Anyway, I find your project most interesting and would love to hear how it goes, and what you learn as you go along.

    Russell

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    I've stalled a bit as other things like work has got in the way. Also when firing up the AV receiver (a Sony) I found one channel is down. So I need to get another 7.1 AVR but they are cheap as chips when bought used . Just have to ensure the 7.1 channels are accessible via RCA inputs rather than just HDMI which many newer AVRs have. Got my eye on several in eBay. HDMI alone may work but, judging from other forums, there may be an issue with needing an attached video - which in my implementation I don't want/need.

    I feel confident that it will all work out - based on many other people doing the same via JRiver in particular.

    But turning to your situation I'm not clear if active dsp crossovers alone will cure your bass issues. Physical room treatment (bass traps, speaker placement etc) will I'm sure go some way and probably digital room correction (via creation of a filter after mic measurement) will also have some improvement. As mentioned all I'm seeking to do at this stage is create a 3-way active digital crossover. Later on I may create a room correcting filter with a mic and REW).
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    Quote Originally Posted by paulf-2007 View Post
    I had one of the early deqx units pdc 2.6, bought it ex demo £600 and sold it later for £700, a rare occasion where I didn't lose money. Great bit of kit. I now use Najda dsp, bought for future projects but used in my office set up as a Dac, very good Dac it has too.

    I have some behringer analogue crossovers you could try, one is a 3 way the other a 2 way. I used them early on in my horn build. Easy to use, just twiddle the knobs to the desired crossover point.

    Hi Paul, that is very generous of you. This may also be very interesting indeed. I'm inclined to try the full digital idea as a priority but perhaps I can try the Behringer's as well. After all I will have sufficient multi amp channels so it would be simply taking the computer and DAC offline and rerouting as required. What model Behringers are they and whereabouts are you? Feel free to use PM.

    I have a friend who uses Behringer's in a semi active form (I think I mentioned this in this thread already) to great effect.
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    Interesting using JRiver to do the X/O stuff.
    Had that existed / been on my horizon 5 years ago I'd have been interested in it.

    The Berhringer DEQ 24/96 is in my opinion not sufficiently Hifi.
    I tried them even modded.
    They would work on bass frequency duty though.

    I use a WAF Najda DSP X/O in my 5 way horn system.
    The flexibility and SQ are amazing.
    There's a wealth of info on Diyaudio. The part 1 thread is all about the Reqs, part 2 is about the creation, manufacture and folk using this very high quality solution. They even do a complete turn key option now too.

    Several of us HQ multi way horn addicts use them to stunning affect.

    I use room correction on my tapped horn subs only (18Hz to 90Hz) and 4th order X/O. I've tried 8th order but it's a bit too constrained somehow..
    Without DSP room correction you would not want to listen to it with it the results are stunning.

    Going active with Tannoys with a big PP or Silicon amp on bass and a sweet SET on the treble is the way to go. L-pads, Zobels etc sap clarity and dynamics terribly.

    Be interesting to see how you get on.
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    I have heard several hardware solutions from miniDSP and own the Hypex DLCP.

    They are all pretty good with digital sources, but the ADC on any of these is not up to the standard required for vinyl reproduction.

    If I was going Digital Active (I am Analogue Active now) I would go the software route on a PC. Waiting on delivery (this morning) of the power amps for my set up.

    Halfwaytree of this parish uses JRiver and "Accurate" for the filter/room correction, in his superb sounding Linkwitz LX521 set up, try dropping him a PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Magna Audio View Post

    Going active with Tannoys with a big PP or Silicon amp on bass and a sweet SET on the treble is the way to go. L-pads, Zobels etc sap clarity and dynamics terribly.
    Thanks Steve. For simplicity and 'proof of concept' just planning on using an AV amp for its multi-channel audio amps and one volume control for all channels. But certainly the idea of using PP for the bass and SET for the highs is very attractive. The amps in an AV unit I suspect are not really high end. Probably cheap class D boards.

    Quote Originally Posted by Qwin View Post
    I have heard several hardware solutions from miniDSP and own the Hypex DLCP.

    They are all pretty good with digital sources, but the ADC on any of these is not up to the standard required for vinyl reproduction.

    If I was going Digital Active (I am Analogue Active now) I would go the software route on a PC. Waiting on delivery (this morning) of the power amps for my set up.

    Halfwaytree of this parish uses JRiver and "Accurate" for the filter/room correction, in his superb sounding Linkwitz LX521 set up, try dropping him a PM.
    Thanks Ken.

    On the vinyl side of things have you considered using a pro ADC? Something like that RME does. Their ADI-2 Pro will sample at 192/24 with, I understand, great results. But I'm sure most people with great vinyl rigs will want to stay in the analog domain from the black circle all the way to the speakers. Purism rules ok!

    Between other things I've been mucking around with JRiver Parametric EQ and trying to get my head around stuff like Linkwitz Transforms and the like. All very interesting.

    Still waiting for an AV amp to come up. I may, assuming I get to grips with the parametric eq soon, just go for a 2 way stereo idea using a different (sacrificial) speaker and the existing AV amp I have.

    Thanks for the tip on Halfwaytree (Gordon) - I may well drop him a message.

    What power amps you getting?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Edwardlon View Post
    Thanks Steve. For simplicity and 'proof of concept' just planning on using an AV amp for its multi-channel audio amps and one volume control for all channels. But certainly the idea of using PP for the bass and SET for the highs is very attractive. The amps in an AV unit I suspect are not really high end. Probably cheap class D boards.



    Thanks Ken.

    On the vinyl side of things have you considered using a pro ADC? Something like that RME does. Their ADI-2 Pro will sample at 192/24 with, I understand, great results. But I'm sure most people with great vinyl rigs will want to stay in the analog domain from the black circle all the way to the speakers. Purism rules ok!

    Between other things I've been mucking around with JRiver Parametric EQ and trying to get my head around stuff like Linkwitz Transforms and the like. All very interesting.

    Still waiting for an AV amp to come up. I may, assuming I get to grips with the parametric eq soon, just go for a 2 way stereo idea using a different (sacrificial) speaker and the existing AV amp I have.

    Thanks for the tip on Halfwaytree (Gordon) - I may well drop him a message.

    What power amps you getting?
    I considered getting the Burl Audio B2 Bomber ADC which plenty of producers swear by for an "Analogue sound", the cost of the overall set up including 6 channels of power amp was getting a bit much though.

    I decided to stick with an Analogue active solution, from which I was getting good results with my vinyl set up. This was using a two way active crossover (Rod Elliott's boards) to cross at 500Hz and feed the <500hz direct to the bass via amps and the >500 to the amps then to a passive cross over further splitting at 6kHz for mid/tweeter. So the mid still only sees 500Hz to 6kHz. This semi active set up works great and avoids a big bank of caps which were in series with the mid driver in the original passive crossover. My op-amp choice in the active crossover tames the previously forward treble (Yam NS1000M) and by using an alternative 12" Scanspeak bass driver I have taken the bass f3 point from 52Hz to about 29Hz. It doesn't start to roll off till 35Hz and in a similar sized closed box to the NS1000m, both were measured in my room, which does give some bass lift.

    I also considered a Linkwitz transform and Rod Elliott produces a board to achieve this, Rod steered me clear, his crossover is phase coherent and adding a transform circuit would alter the phase. So unless I wanted to get into sorting that can of worms, he suggested I leave it out. If your doing it in the digital domain, then things may well be different.

    I'm getting a pair of Nord One UP NC500DM (Dual Mono) so 4 Channels of amplification.
    These use the Hypex NC500 modules providing 700w each channel for my two 4ohm woofers and 400w each channel shared between a 8ohm Mid/Twtr. It's the model with their own discrete input buffer and regulators which is supposed to give an improvement over the stock Hypex input which uses a chip op-amp.

    I have a Nakamichi 7 channel Amp 110w/channel I may be moving on, its an absolute cracker. I promised someone first refusal if I ever sold it, so it would depend on whether he is still interested. It weighs 32kg, the pair of Nord class D weigh 18kg and take up less space, which is the only reason I am replacing the Nakamichi. I'll let you know if it's available.

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