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GnarlyCharlie4u posted:Serious post: Didn't they discontinue the Airmotivs?
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Ieee1588 you numbnuts
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Oct 19, 2017 22:28
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qirex posted:If you're curious about those tweeters maybe check out Chane speakers, they're cheaper than those Monoprices and have an actual waveguide and stuff. AVS people go insane for them. I think the center channel is sold out for the moment, though [plus their logo looks like comic sans]. I've looked at the Chane before. I'm not sold on them but I'm not counting them out. While cheaper than the Monoprice speakers, they're still more expensive than the Airmotiv's and the center channel has been out of stock since forever. Having an AMT tweeter isn't a necessity for the living room, I was just considering the monoprice speakers and wanted to see how they stack up to the Emotiva. I've definitely got a heart-on for the Sierra 2's with that Raal Ribbon though. 
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Oct 19, 2017 22:50
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There's this new trend now of Chinese companies doing "clone" amplifiers of Krell, Lab Gruppen and other really expensive companies' stuff just copying the layouts and using similar components. Not sure if I'd want some 6000 watt monster lacking in any CE/UL certification in my living room.
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Oct 19, 2017 23:26
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qirex posted:There's this new trend now of Chinese companies doing "clone" amplifiers of Krell, Lab Gruppen and other really expensive companies' stuff just copying the layouts and using similar components. Not sure if I'd want some 6000 watt monster lacking in any CE/UL certification in my living room. Given the size of those capacitors of unknown provenance, that has Injuries Not Compatible With Life written all over it.
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Oct 19, 2017 23:43
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They named it "Douk", what else do you need to know?
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Oct 20, 2017 01:01
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Hahaha ahhhh 
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Oct 20, 2017 01:04
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Panty Saluter posted:They named it "Douk", what else do you need to know? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpfQkVk-dto
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Oct 20, 2017 04:32
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Left Eye and Right Eye?
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Oct 20, 2017 12:48
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qirex posted:There's this new trend now of Chinese companies doing "clone" amplifiers of Krell, Lab Gruppen and other really expensive companies' stuff just copying the layouts and using similar components. Not sure if I'd want some 6000 watt monster lacking in any CE/UL certification in my living room. For what it's worth I know people who've picked up these copies, particularly the Lab Gruppen ones for use with large PA stacks and they're remarkably well made considering the price difference. They worked out roughly $5500 cheaper PER AMP which is mindblowing, the warranty was also a 3 year from the supplier which is a pretty crazy amount of cover considering how cheap they were (though whether the supplier is still about to honour that I have no clue). Lab Gruppen FP14000 clone: quote:Max output power (all channels driven) 
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Oct 20, 2017 16:06
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The huge price difference is only shocking for people who don't know how cheap the component prices are at 1K+ quantities and sincerely believe the audiophile companies, the masters of weasel world marketing, are truly charitable who will not rip them off at the slightest opportunity. Granted I'm not a EE, but even then I'm confident that designing PCBs for amps are light years easier than what goes into a 2017 $50 Intel motherboard. This reminds me of snobbish Youtube electronic reviewers resorting to racist scorning of Chinese made oscilloscopes that has 95% of the quality at 10% price of the branded version. Palladium fucked around with this message at 04:02 on Oct 22, 2017 |
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Oct 22, 2017 03:56
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The Vinyl Eyezz guy shows us where the true audiophile shops: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXGnNuQzSc4
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Oct 22, 2017 19:10
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Palladium posted:This reminds me of snobbish Youtube electronic reviewers resorting to racist scorning of Chinese made oscilloscopes that has 95% of the quality at 10% price of the branded version. For some odd reason I'm imagining a very high-pitched annoying voice and a very big knife right now.
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Oct 22, 2017 19:12
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Palladium posted:This reminds me of snobbish Youtube electronic reviewers resorting to racist scorning of Chinese made oscilloscopes that has 95% of the quality at 10% price of the branded version. He's not in like Flynn, is he?
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Oct 22, 2017 19:22
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Qwijib0 posted:Creative has released a 5,799 soundbar/STB  I can fully appreciate the need for a relatively high end soundbar market but this is just too crazy. Highlights for me are the "full range" 2.25" drivers and that they're describing two 10" woofers with 600 watts RMS (total) behind them as "hell-shattering."
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Oct 22, 2017 20:46
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KozmoNaut posted:I signed up to win one. Me too. I'll put it in the living room and my wife can enjoy 11.2.4 sound while she's watching Beat Bobby Flay. I'll be in the basement with a real audio system.
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Oct 22, 2017 20:49
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14kW wtf kind of home has 3 phase power coming in
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Malcolm XML posted:14kW wtf kind of home has 3 phase power coming in the best home ever
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Oct 22, 2017 21:26
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Probably 14kW PMPO, or whatever that hilariously skewed metric was called.
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Oct 22, 2017 21:58
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Malcolm XML posted:14kW wtf kind of home has 3 phase power coming in If I remember right, the average home in North America has ~20-24 kilowatt total supply coming into the house and the minimum allowed connection from the utility into a home built in the past like 60 or 70 years has been ~10-12 kilowatts. So a normal person could have a 240 volt high-amp service provided using the +120 and -120 lines coming into the house as one does for heavy appliances, have a really massive breaker fitted for that circuit, and try not to use anything else major in the house and run a 14 kilowatt thing. No need for three phase power. You would however be paying out the rear end for the properly licensed electricians, the materials, and the power company modifications to your service drop that would all be needed to have a legally allowed very high usage circuit built and run to such equipment. But then, dropping $100,000 on a 6 foot power cord is already nothing big to an audiophile, so it's easy to approve such spending!
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Oct 22, 2017 23:59
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The FPB 600 can vaporize some of the smaller speaker cables if inadvertently short-circuited at the speaker end. I measured a huge peak current of >115A into 1 ohm and stopped there, though more might well be available. If you give up listening, you could always use the amplifier for welding! https://www.stereophile.com/content/krell-full-power-balanced-600-power-amplifier-measurements
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Oct 23, 2017 01:43
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Waldo P Barnstormer posted:The FPB 600 can vaporize some of the smaller speaker cables if inadvertently short-circuited at the speaker end. I measured a huge peak current of >115A into 1 ohm and stopped there, though more might well be available. If you give up listening, you could always use the amplifier for welding! I love giant overbuilt audio amps. The stupider the better 
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Oct 23, 2017 01:55
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fishmech posted:If I remember right, the average home in North America has ~20-24 kilowatt total supply coming into the house and the minimum allowed connection from the utility into a home built in the past like 60 or 70 years has been ~10-12 kilowatts. So a normal person could have a 240 volt high-amp service provided using the +120 and -120 lines coming into the house as one does for heavy appliances, have a really massive breaker fitted for that circuit, and try not to use anything else major in the house and run a 14 kilowatt thing. No need for three phase power. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJJy6VJvSCk
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Oct 23, 2017 09:29
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So I forgot that I was asking about surround speakers and did a thing... Oh well 
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Oct 27, 2017 23:20
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GnarlyCharlie4u posted:So I forgot that I was asking about surround speakers and did a thing... it's nice to know my impulsive audio purchasing habits don't run all that deep 
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Oct 28, 2017 00:12
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drat, that's a good price [glances nervously at checking account].
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Oct 28, 2017 16:30
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qirex posted:drat, that's a good price [glances nervously at checking account].
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Oct 28, 2017 16:54
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I bought new speakers a month ago, I can't bring myself to do it [plus I don't want my living room to look like that zeos guy's on youtube]
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Oct 28, 2017 16:59
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Is your current set broken? No? Then don't buy a new one. I really don't get how people buy new audio/visual systems more than once every 5-10 years.
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Oct 28, 2017 21:20
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Speleothing posted:Is your current set broken? you may be in the wrong thread
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Oct 28, 2017 21:41
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Panty Saluter posted:you may be in the wrong thread  
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Oct 28, 2017 22:07
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the only people who would participate in audiophile ridicule are usually in a little too deep themselves (e.g., this entire thread)
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Oct 28, 2017 22:31
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Panty Saluter posted:the only people who would participate in audiophile ridicule are usually in a little too deep themselves (e.g., this entire thread) Don't mistake the guy spending a grand on refurbished 5.25" speakers as a representative of this thread
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Oct 28, 2017 22:39
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metallicaeg posted:Don't mistake the guy spending a grand on refurbished 5.25" speakers as a representative of this thread your denial is unbecoming 
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Oct 28, 2017 22:43
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metallicaeg posted:Don't mistake the guy spending a grand on refurbished 5.25" speakers as a representative of this thread Yeah, a grand is a bit much. Plus that money is much better spent on a set of Shure SE846 canal-phones.
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Proteus Jones posted:Yeah, a grand is a bit much. Plus that money is much better spent on a set of Shure SE846 canal-phones. You Shure about that?
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Oct 29, 2017 02:23
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Even 5 years seems too often, unless you were just upgrading one piece of your system.
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Oct 29, 2017 02:49
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Once you have an Audio-Technica A_____ the only money you need to spend is in fixing its cable once every 5 years. Especially if you live in a country where the Koss PortaPro costs the equivalent of 200 US dollars after conversion. Elentor fucked around with this message at 05:38 on Oct 29, 2017 |
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Oct 29, 2017 05:36
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GnarlyCharlie4u posted:So I forgot that I was asking about surround speakers and did a thing...
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KOTEX GOD OF BLOOD posted:I really want these but they look like dumb dogshit.
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