Reviews and diy of high end Hifi audio systems and other things that interest me. My approach is to build the best audio equipment I can using very advanced an innovative techniques. I also review other non diy audio equipment.
5V = 20000W Li Battery(always for phone) , 12V = 10Ah Motor battery / Car Battery with Deep Cycle, 32V~64V = More Car Battery with input by Solar Power or Wind or Home Battery, but output without pluging in.
Check out "Roll Downs" from Fat Coda Studios from their "Drums for Modern Dance Class" (not the "Horton Technique" version of the album). Check out of his other songs too. Excellent recording SQ wise. If you like this stuff, also listen to Brent Lewis' Drumsex album like the songs "Dinner at the Sugarbush", "Temple of Love", "Sweetheart", "Sex, Drums & Rock 'N Roll".
Audiophile to seperate a great DAC from an Amazing one (listen for mouth noises and micro details)- with all my love, melanie de biasio Chill Trancy stuff (fav tracks are around 7,8,9)- resonant heart various artists Rap (cool modern tracks, not necissarily well recorded)- Lex Bratcher, Chop Style. Roll Call, Tech Nine. Death to mumbel rap, Gawne.
It is s great idea to bring in gresh ideas. Guests are welcome. Unfortunately this set doesn't get my vote. As per my observations: Not because of music style.....because of bad recording. All songs are waaaay over-compressed (thanks to the loudness wars😂). My VU meters are standing still, zero dynamics. Your very first set on the channel was the best. Ill tune in again next time. Regardless, thank you Gaby&Lemon for recommendations.
If I have an external DAC, what difference does this Gabster D5 device make compared to the factory raspberry with some software like volumio? I'm new to this DIY world.
The streamer alone may not change the sound much just a bit as your Dac will most likely reclock the signal and you are still stuck with what ever quality output stage your Dac has You are better off build a Streamer/Dac Combo like the D6 example then you will hear a better difference. Hope that helps
Hi Gabby, I read with interest your new found passion for tda1541a. You wanted to know if there is new production in china but I think the answer is no. Let me explain from my "research". Tda1541A ceased production in 1993/94 as Philips went on to 1 bit or bitstream dac the precusor of modern dacs ( delta sigma ) simply for cost reasons and simplicity of chip manufacture. To date Philips has the preselected S1. The reappearance of tda1541A is because Marantz which is bought over by Philips wanted to commemorate the aniversary of the introduction of the compact disk player. Philips then tasked TSMC of taiwan to make tda1541A but since the silicon technology had improved Philips decided to also make a special selection for this occasion calling it S2. According to one source 2500 pieces of S2 was shipped to Marantz so the rest was sold to chinese resellers. 😱 I believe these are those that did not pass the grading process or as well as ungraded ones. That said at best the last A version date code would be 1998. Now interestingly S2 was put to use in marantz flagship cdplayer D1. You can see the actual markings, that is the S2 and crowns ARE NOT ALIGNED. Photos are in the Dutch Audio Classics. Date code is 9713. I post links that will give more insights to tda1541A. I have bought some A version but the first batch looked genuine but underneath is marked "China" date code 9635 batch 11260. In my mind I don't think TSMC had started production in 96 or is this a trail run. I then bought a 2nd. batch but to my disappointment they were non A remarked as A version. So I am thinking would you like to test them. It could be genuine A and non A at the worst as I had made a diy dac pcb using lm317/319 regulators and cs8412, the then popular digital reciever with low jitter. Both A and non A sounded the same to me but of course you have a much better setup. If you are interested,please give your telegram handle so I can send chips to your postal address free of charge. You can keep them if they are good. A pair each to make a differential pair. www.audialonline.com/blog/tda1541a-and-model-s-usb-part-4-tda1541a-grades-and-series/ cd94blog.wordpress.com/tda1541a-tales-from-the-world-of-make-believe/ www.dutchaudioclassics.nl/marantz_project_d1_d_a_converter/
THANK you 🙏 for all this info that should keep me busy reading all these articles Very interesting information. That makes sense as it does look that the stock being sold has a mixture of Quality levels some are excellent and some ok none are bad I discovered something new since I posted my video some chips that were ok ended up being a lot better after some breaking time I discovered that as I did a second blind test one of my lame ones turned up being good after a couple days it could be moisture issues and needed some time staying hot as they usually run around 47 degrees Celsius My info can be found on my site here Feel free to reach out gabster.ca/Contacts/ I can also send you a couple boards in exchange to try Thanks again Gaby
Not much appealed to me let me suggest Natalia Lacunza: Whole Album: Otras Alas The Milk Carton Kids: You Break My Heart Linda Ronstadt & Emmylou Harris: Sweet Spot
i have a question of the number lapalux , without you. i wanted to buy a cd from lapalux , so i was listening on youtube for different uploaded files to hear if i liked it , and i noticed cracks and a slight noise in this particular number. are the cracks also present on the original cd ? thanks , chris
Hi Chris we listened to the Tidal very and it has the cracks at the beginning it is cool as they sound like they are behind you to the right if you have a well setup system.
@@Gabster1 hi Gabster , thank you very much for the update , i like your channel very much ! i will try to find out why i notice the crack right on the front side . but i think i no longer want to buy the original cd , cracks do not belong in top quality music , but that is just my opinion.. have a wonderful day! :)
I am always interested to get your suggestions, thank you very much for the lovely songs. Here are my recommendations: 1) Queen Mary, Francine Thirteen 2) I don´t know where I am going , Luna Keller 3) Ohema, Victory, Crayan&Bella Shmunda.
The transformer system has better heft and weight to the sound and a quieter background which obviously improves imaging and soundstage as well. For me there was no question, the transformer based I/V stage sounded better and more realistic and natural.
I recommend Torches, by AntaraTunes. Perfume de Gardenia, by Cascada de Flores. Nothing Else Will Do by Bill Lanphar. The Whole of the Moon by Glen Phillips.
"Human " by Sevdaliza. First time I listened last night with Focal Bathys, kinda put me into a visual kaliedescope trance, while I lay in bed in the middle of nowhere Saskatchewan. Memorable when a song can hit so hard in strange locations and knock me off balance to a different audible induced reality. Cant wait to get home to B.C to listen on my system. while I lay in bed in the middle of nowhere Saskatchewan.
I am a fan of covers that are well mixed and add dynamics that weren't in the original, T-Pain's live cover of Crazy from On Top of The Covers, Atreyu's cover of Like A Stone, Ballyhoo!'s cover of S.T.P. from Sublime, Norah Jones live cover of Black Hole Sun.
Thanks Lemon, I am looking forward to giving them a listen. Some songs I put together the other day. Harvest by Opeth, Nirvana, where did you sleep last night, Duendo by Bozzio Levin , Stevens, the dreamer overture by Neil Morse, South of the line by pitch black, opium by dead can dance, pythia by Amanti, Nutshell by Alice in chains, long gone days, by madseason, golden rust by Robert Miles and Seasoning by. Chris Cornell. I just made a big list of reference songs together last week but a lot of them are bass , bass drums and some aren't traditional songs so I didn't list them. Thanks again Gabby and your Beautiful friend Lemon
@@Gabster1 no problem, there's a lot of different types of music. I have some rock bands but it's slower and some acoustic but it has some good qualities in the recording.
A coil is basically a wound up antenna. It’s the length of wire in the coil that determines it’s resonant frequency. When ever you have two coils that are in perfect ratio to each other in length, such as 1:1/4 you will have coupling of the coils and they will resonate with each other. So if your goal is to minimize their coupling capacity, then you want to make sure the length of each coil wire is not in a perfect ratio length relationship and you want to keep them outside of their magnetic field area, which is largely voltage dependent - the higher the voltage, the larger the field strength. The best way to test this is with a magnometer. You don’t want overlapping magnetic fields between coils.
I just started using the same setup to test a 300B amp. I’m mainly measuring THD vs. power. If I set the volume control on the amp to maximum, the distortion plot shows high distortion. If I set the volume to 1/2, the plot shows much lower distortion for the same power output. His do I know which is correct?
Hi Ralph Sorry to hear Ralph I never had any issues with my sample you must have gotten a bad unit I would simply return it. Please Note I am not affiliated to the manufacturer, but if a few people start reporting issues that will give us more clues if it is a common issue or a 1 or 2 off.
Hey I want to know what you think of the song. All the walls by erotheim, because it sounds amazing and I bet when I get done with my speakers, it'll be absolutely incredible, but I would like to see what you think of it
I’ve done enough woodworking to have the greatest respect for the planning and building process of these loudspeakers. A true leap of faith as it appears to be an original design. Great work!
Hey how are you? I love your work and I think there is enough there for me to but a streamer dac together from Ian Canada. But you’re driving me crazy. You give me enough information on know i want one of these, but not enough to be able to have one. You talk about why you use things and the purpose but and mix it with some how to’s. Do you think your followers would benefit from a “put It together for dummies” Step 1 Buy part 1 as in the description labelled part one with link, attach it here, step 2 buy part 2 as in the description with link, attach it here, and so on and so on. Don’t use any parts you have created or soldered yourself, there is enough out there already prepared to create something magic, maybe not as good as ultimate but still magic. Separate it as much as possible as that is easier to follow , Dac, Streamer, Power supply etc. You are so close to be able to get someone like me able to create something great, but in most of your top stuff you just miss the mark. It needs to be and can be like a complicated lego. What do you think? Keep up the great work.😊
Not surprised! Even two chips from the same wafer can often have differences as the coatings are not evenly spread out so the inner area will often have better coverage unlike the outer edge chips. Within the digital realm this is not that big a risk as long as the state is still set correctly. Unlike the digital space analog is very tricky! So A to D or D to A chips is an art like trying to grade fine wines!
None Do I even tried running the -5v only in case they did reverse the pins internally, also all need the 15v. They have a average TDA consumption and a Thermal scan showed a average of 45 degrees Celsius which is typical. they are Legit or they figured out a way to reproduce and manufacture the chip. As @mark4571 mentioned they all run in Sim mode.
Изготовление хорошо звучащего рупора - задача на несколько порядков сложнее чем обычная столярная работа. Столяр без музыкальной подготовки сможет изготовить что-то приемлемое только в содружестве с музыкантом, после того, как будет изготовлено 5-6 вариантов устройства. А данное устройство не более, чем дискредитация рупорного звучания. Сожалею...
