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Post by BenjaminAshlin on Mar 29, 2018 23:25:27 GMT -6
What price would the 8200 be with a GB?
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Post by BenjaminAshlin on Mar 28, 2018 15:25:12 GMT -6
I made a hack out of my cheesegrater. I didn't have any problems but it didn't have thunderbolt. Thunderbolt on PC motherboards is still not that cheap as only the gaming motherboards really support it. When i was looking it was a bit hit and miss if you could get it running. There are probably more hack build with thunder bolt now though. I have a 2011 i7 mac mini with all the upgrades I use, it is still going strong thought the fan is noisy.
Waiting to see what apple brings to the table next. I it wasn't for logic i would really like to jump on windows 10 instead of being tied to apple.
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Post by BenjaminAshlin on Mar 28, 2018 14:48:25 GMT -6
I don't think they can upgrade the cheese-graters to thunderbolt. I believe they upgrade the 2013 trashcan if you need thunderbolt.
If they can upgrade the older macs to thunderbolt that really would be an achievement.
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Post by BenjaminAshlin on Mar 26, 2018 17:39:59 GMT -6
On the Audio-Scape website, he criticizes another manufacturer doing a 2U version of the LA-2A, saying corners are being cut. Could it be Stam ? I'm asking out of curiosity, not to bash one or another, I have a Stam SA-2A that I love btw. Just technical curiosity (walking on eggs, here...) He does make some more specific criticisms: "Some of these clones have things that shouldn't be there, opamps in the metering section, non original power supply scheme and modify tubes in the side chain..." I don't know enough about the guts in these units to know whose clones he's talking about. Warm has an opamp in the metering section I believe the Stam does too. Both have non original power supplies. I do not know how much difference this makes electrically.
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Post by BenjaminAshlin on Mar 20, 2018 1:53:07 GMT -6
How is this project coming along?
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Post by BenjaminAshlin on Mar 18, 2018 23:29:15 GMT -6
I dunno why RM didn't incorporate the reset in his sr switching. I did. When you hit the switch to change sr on mine, it mutes, changes sr, resets, then unmutes once it relocks to valid data. It wasn't that hard. I think its amazing Ross advertises PCB designing. His PCBs are cobbled together from adapter boards I'm surprised that half the RMA units even work.
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Post by BenjaminAshlin on Mar 17, 2018 3:52:42 GMT -6
ADA8000 is 48k limited. MOTU 8A will work as a stand-alone converter for 8 i/o up to 48k and 4 i/o up to 96k over adat. motu.com/products/avb/8awell, since I'm running mine at 88.2k... it just mirrors the channels, like channel 1 and 2 are the same, 3 and 4 are the same, etc. Never knew this about the ADA8000. I would have brought one to modify years ago if I knew.
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Post by BenjaminAshlin on Mar 17, 2018 1:03:48 GMT -6
I am really loving my Focal's right now.... Aria 906 by the way. Huge upgrade from the pro-sumer monitor speakers I had been using before. Those have similar drivers to the shape correct?
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Post by BenjaminAshlin on Mar 13, 2018 16:19:01 GMT -6
I'm always looking for the next big thing.. The problem is that I'm getting great translation with my current setup and I've formed my workflow around the monitors.. JBL LSR series, so they have digital inputs. I just run a tap from the digital mixdown inputs on my soundcard to go out to the speakers so I can hear exactly what is being written to the HDD. I'd hate to mess with this as my primary speakers.. I do use my D/A converter out to a secondary set of speakers, either NS10's or auratones or one of the pairs I've designed as my "2nd opinion" speakers.. But I'd hate to spend 2000$ on a set of speakers just to run as the second pair. Have you played with DSP in your speaker design. It seems like many companies are using DSP i guess these focals are an example of the cost saving that can be achieved.
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Post by BenjaminAshlin on Feb 20, 2018 15:37:12 GMT -6
No, that is not who makes the Warm WA47. They source their capsule from a boutique Australian company, and I think their headbaslet is Beezneez, but don't quote me. There may be a part or two in common, but that's true of a dozen mics, including some costing 2-3X as much. The WA47 sounds very good, I have one here on loan, no weird Chinese capsule pinch. The warm body and head basket are both out of china. Probably the Alctron factory, but who knows how many factories are making this body now. There is nothing wrong with that body. It was designed out of the GDIY forum. I wouldn't doubt that the WA47 sounds great. They are using better components that many manufactures. The Alctron MK47 came out shortly after the IOaudio MK47 (they copied the name for some reason). I doubt they sold many as they were always overpriced.
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Post by BenjaminAshlin on Feb 19, 2018 12:54:51 GMT -6
Does anyone here run a windows laptop with thunderbolt?
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Post by BenjaminAshlin on Feb 18, 2018 20:49:23 GMT -6
I have just purchased an old i7 mac mini to tie me over for a year or two. I figure that thunderbolt will be more common place on the windows side in a few years. One thing that keeps me on mac is Logic but I believe I could move back to Cubase.
Apple has been fairly uninspiring since there lineup change in 2012. Being all Apple devices at home for many years now I can see the competition catching up in most departments and don't feel it is worth the extra cost to me anymore.
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Post by BenjaminAshlin on Feb 13, 2018 16:37:39 GMT -6
Damn I wanted a matched pair of those.
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Post by BenjaminAshlin on Feb 10, 2018 2:53:30 GMT -6
This is probably a great improvement. (i am still on PT11) But I always find it amazing how DAW manufactures tout these really small changes that probably take a few hours/days to programming as major features.
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Post by BenjaminAshlin on Feb 8, 2018 2:01:37 GMT -6
Yeah, even the Sound on Sound guy has a look on his face like, “are you kidding me?” They should have included some transformer upgrade or something at this cost. Haha the sad thing is that even with a transformer upgrade this price increase would be crazy.....
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Post by BenjaminAshlin on Feb 7, 2018 14:12:45 GMT -6
Hmm, now you guys have me thinking maybe a Symphony's not such a great idea. I'd love to do the BLA mod with a Micro Clock, just can't afford those kinds of things right now. I've been told it can surpass the Symphony with the right mods. I'd love to hear it for myself at my place. Just to be clear I was talking about the last generation Apogee with firewire. Apparently they now write there own drivers and don't rely on Apples core audio. I would actually like to know what the Symphony mk1 runs like on USB? On the Apollo Twins lack of digital out. I completely agree.
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Post by BenjaminAshlin on Feb 6, 2018 23:37:27 GMT -6
Hmmm I've had bad experiences with a apogee drivers too. That's why I brought the apollo blackface over the ensemble th.
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Post by BenjaminAshlin on Feb 1, 2018 19:25:12 GMT -6
If your thinking Amphion 18's do give the ATC SCM20 and Quested H108 passives a listen as well, while neither will work as well as the Amphions in a small realativly untreated room like John's, that what a wave guide can do! The low Distortion of the ATC's or the realativly low Distortion and ability to go lower of the Quested Volt 8 is very different from that of the Amphion. Though load differently 2 of those Same model Volts had my neighbor searching for the sub here on Monday because he couldn't believe "the 2 little 8's per side killed his 12in sub & with only 50 watts" running the little Quested amp because somebody offered me way to much for my JW modded GFA555, time to buy another one have Jim Mod it and have some cash, plus a freind is impressing his Audiofile boss with the Krell this weekend! I would try the ATC, but over here they are a few thousand more than the Amphions. I missed out on a second hand pair of Quested H108 a few years ago. They aren't available new here ether although the higher end Quested are stocked. I agree Volts do make nice speakers.
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Post by BenjaminAshlin on Feb 1, 2018 15:54:31 GMT -6
I would just email Rob at RMS Audioworks for the full details. He gets back to everyone right away. Rob shot me over the price list. You can see it at the link below: www.phaedrus-audio.com/shop.htm That price is actually pretty reasonable.
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Post by BenjaminAshlin on Feb 1, 2018 13:12:53 GMT -6
Does anyone know what the price of these is now. When they came out I remember them being close to $1000 which is probably why you don't hear much about them.
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Post by BenjaminAshlin on Feb 1, 2018 13:10:05 GMT -6
Sounds like the one18 would be a better replacement for my A7x. The shapes sound interesting though.
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Post by BenjaminAshlin on Jan 31, 2018 20:42:34 GMT -6
I have A7x and NS10 currently and was looking to Amphions. Did you try out the One 15s? If so how did you feel about them in regards to bass extension? I am wondering if I should just stretch my budget a bit further. (I will see if there are any in the country for me to listen too.)
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Post by BenjaminAshlin on Jan 21, 2018 19:26:39 GMT -6
Smart idea. I don't know why it hasn't been thought of before.
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Post by BenjaminAshlin on Jan 21, 2018 19:04:58 GMT -6
Phew, Waves terrible plugin manager and WUP......again I haven't ever purchased WUP but as mentioned your plugins will still work.
Waves new system for it licencing/antipiracy is fairly poorly implemented. People complain about iLok but at least you still have your plugins when your computer goes down. Its a shame for paying users when it is much easier to pirate their plugins than purchase them legitimately.
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Post by BenjaminAshlin on Jan 9, 2018 15:55:20 GMT -6
I think he uses Dany’s K47 and Heisermann’s K67 & K87. It's actually his D7, which is based on the M7, not K47. Right? That is correct.
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