mwhouston Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 45 minutes ago, SPR08Y said: Glass of scotch, comfy slippers and a friend in front of, Bill Evans’, Waltz for Debby, on a chilly wet night... Very nice! My dog joins me for our music PMs also. Doesn’t like it overly loud and no male talking voices. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mwhouston Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 47 minutes ago, SPR08Y said: Glass of scotch, comfy slippers and a friend in front of, Bill Evans’, Waltz for Debby, on a chilly wet night... Very nice! And which scotch? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPR08Y Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 Ran out of 'The Chita' after one glass and had to make do with a glass of Johnnie Walker Gold... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mwhouston Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 Gold! I’m lucky to afford red. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cazzesman Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 On 31/08/2019 at 10:08 AM, awayward said: My system looking rather small and docile, nothing to indicate that Tool’s Fear Inoculum is playing at 90db. Looks brilliant. Me thinks abit of OCD in that set up design.. NTTAWWT! Regards Cazzesman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awayward Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 7 minutes ago, cazzesman said: Looks brilliant. Me thinks abit of OCD in that set up design.. NTTAWWT! Regards Cazzesman Thank you, my 3 normal tape measures and my digital measure are my best friends 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vinilink Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 14 hours ago, SPR08Y said: Glass of scotch, comfy slippers and a friend in front of, Bill Evans’, Waltz for Debby, on a chilly wet night... Very nice! Must be very cosy. This is what I call a real listening man's cave. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPR08Y Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 2 hours ago, mwhouston said: Gold! I’m lucky to afford red. Ha! Was a present! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batty Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 On 12/09/2019 at 11:00 AM, Muon N' said: I ended up at a dead end finding the faults in my CD-65 after a series of mods, the CDM2 was showing signs of some failures previous to any mods, and may just have been a coincidence.....or I killed it some how *shrug* So snagged a nice example of a CD-60 Special Edition and at least have music again, in stock form the 60 is better sounding than the 65 in stock form. I'll be getting a better controlled soldering iron before I play with this one, and will take things a lot more slowly. Grab yourself a Hakko FX-888D soldering station, under $200 great piece of kit, I just upgraded a 40 year old weller iron to one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Muon N' Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 4 minutes ago, Batty said: Grab yourself a Hakko FX-888D soldering station, under $200 great piece of kit, I just upgraded a 40 year old weller iron to one. Thanks, for the tip, Batty. I have to save for one, but in order to have one any time soonish it will need to be a cheaper one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buddyev Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 (edited) The system was sounding superb - with the room measured and SVS SB1000 subs set up properly - by people much smarter than me - it was a a bit of a revelation. Then a tweeter goes - who knows why - so the B&W 805 went off for repair - ouch! I set up my old Proac 1s - they are a delight and with a lot of the music I listen to give up very little to the 805s, especially in their spooky imaging ability. I could happily live with them. And they cost me less than half the price of a single new godd@m B&W tweeter. Edited September 20, 2019 by buddyev 12 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pulinap Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 1 hour ago, buddyev said: The system was sounding superb - with the room measured and SVS SB1000 subs set up properly - by people much smarter than me - it was a a bit of a revelation. Then a tweeter goes - who knows why - so the B&W 805 went off for repair - ouch! I set up my old Proac 1s - they are a delight and with a lot of the music I listen to give up very little to the 805s, especially in their spooky imaging ability. I could happily live with them. And they cost me less than half the price of a single new godd@m B&W tweeter. You know Russ...it's the pot plants.....that give the spooky imaging...... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buddyev Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 Just now, pulinap said: You know Russ...it's the pot plants.....that give the spooky imaging...... Yes, they’re audiophile quality and cost me a packet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H.E. Pennypacker Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 9 minutes ago, buddyev said: Yes, they’re audiophile quality and cost me a packet. Bunnings pot plants work just as well... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awayward Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 8 minutes ago, furtherpale said: Bunnings pot plants work just as well... Can I see your double blind test results? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mwhouston Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 Not a pot plant more of a pot or a large urn at the back of my listening area resonates at exactly 50hZ, tested. Just a little room low frequency support. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buddyev Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 30 minutes ago, furtherpale said: Bunnings pot plants work just as well... Problem with Bunnings is that their plants haven’t been burnt in by extensive exposure to a range of quality music. You could end up buying something that has only ever been doused in John Farnham or Dead Can Dance - how would you know till you got it home? For peace of mind I always demand proper certification when I buy audioplants. You can of course do this yourself as long as they are sonically virginal - but they won’t reach their optimum for months.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H.E. Pennypacker Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 5 minutes ago, buddyev said: Problem with Bunnings is that their plants haven’t been burnt in by extensive exposure to a range of quality music. You could end up buying something that has only ever been doused in John Farnham or Dead Can Dance - how would you know till you got it home? For peace of mind I always demand proper certification when I buy audioplants. You can of course do this yourself as long as they are sonically virginal - but they won’t reach their optimum for months.. Bollocks mate... there’s no difference in using a Bunnings plant, high end hand crafted Japanese bonsai or a weed you dug up from the garden... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kab Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 10 minutes ago, furtherpale said: Bollocks mate... there’s no difference in using a Bunnings plant, high end hand crafted Japanese bonsai or a weed you dug up from the garden... Weed from the garden has been known to enhance the musical experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buddyev Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 26 minutes ago, furtherpale said: Bollocks mate... there’s no difference in using a Bunnings plant, high end hand crafted Japanese bonsai or a weed you dug up from the garden... You have to trust your ears. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rantan Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 11 minutes ago, buddyev said: You have to trust your ears. Nope. The only acceptable solution is a plant double blind test and extensive leaf density testing. Many things can be measured on a plant and you just cannot trust your eyes or ears. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mwhouston Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 7 minutes ago, rantan said: Nope. The only acceptable solution is a plant double blind test and extensive leaf density testing. Many things can be measured on a plant and you just cannot trust your eyes or ears. That leaves me out. I only have a single blind in my listening room. 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buddyev Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 3 minutes ago, rantan said: Nope. The only acceptable solution is a plant double blind test and extensive leaf density testing. Many things can be measured on a plant and you just cannot trust your eyes or ears. I’m lucky enough to have access to a wide range of plants for sonic experimentation. My partner loves pot plants but they don’t love her, so there is a stream of sick or dying pots through my study - they have nothing to lose - dig my music or die. it’s a kind of botanical last chance saloon before the compost bin. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ittaku Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 1 hour ago, awayward said: Can I see your double blind test results? I randomly removed his plants and put them back in and he 100% reliably detected when the plants were there. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crtexcnndrm99 Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 10 minutes ago, Ittaku said: I randomly removed his plants and put them back in and he 100% reliably detected when the plants were there. Yes, but we’re you aware he was listening to the plants? Shoddy double blind I think tsk tsk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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