Rearranged the whole rack, providing better wire management. Plugged in a Noise Harvester, which is really just making me wonder what my neighbors are doing to dirty up my power. Lastly, I placed new speaker cables and ICs, delivered to work, in the trunk of my car. Why is my wife still awake???..
Analog Source: Rega P3-24 Exact 2 w/GT delrin platters & Neo TT-PSU
Digital Source: Lumin T2 w/Roon
Preamp: Rogue Ninety Nine Magnum
Amp: Rogue Stereo 100
Speakers: Audio Physic Tempo Plus
Cables: Audio Art IC-3e & SC-5 ePlus, Signal Cable PCs
Misc: APC H15 line conditioner, Noise Harvester, VTI rack, GIK acoustic panels
Nice rig, room and setup man. Now I want to listen to the album on the lower left speaker stand. Haven't rotated that one in for a while...
Tom
In search of accurate reproduction of music. Real sound is my reference and while perfection may not be attainable? If I chase it, I might just catch excellence.
~ The best way to enjoy digital music reproduction is to never listen to good analogue reproduction ~
~ Not all things that can be measured can be heard and not all things heard can be measured ~
With the living room system done, I moved my attention to the sun room. Using the DIY Nelson Pass B1 w/Korg Nutube 6P1 preamp and my DIY version of a ST70 EL34 amplifier pushing the JBL C50 Olympus speakers with custom CNC machined bubinga wood horns. The 2A3 and power supply are waiting for their turn in the system.
Living room: Clearaudio Champion II turntable, EAR 834P phono pre, Auralic Altair DAC/server, PS Audio Quintessence power, DIY 6H30 Class A Linestage, ASL AQ1006 845 DT MKII mono block amplifers, DIY Altec/JBL speakers, DIY Baltic birch rack Sun room: DIY Nelson Pass B1 w/Korg NuTube pre, Technics SL-1700 turntable, DIY Anaview d-class mono block amplfiers, JBL C50 Olympus speakers with custom Smith horns, Mapleshade Samson rack Den: Onkyo TX-NR929 receiver, Oppo BDP-103 player, Behringer EP 4000 sub amp, Electrovoice DX-38 active, DIY EL-34 horn amp, Behringer NU6000 bass amp, Klipsch Jubilee speakers, Martin Logan Cinema center, JBL SAT2 surrounds, Danley DTS-10 sub Dining room: Pro-Ject RPM 1 turntable, Shanling CD-T1500 SACD, Sumo Athena pre, SST Ampzilla 2000 amps, Quad 2905 speakers
THANKS! Ha, right now that is not possible. In tomorrow's episode of what I did to the rig I will be soldering one of the RCA cables back to the plug. I'll take the blame for the cause but will say I was not impressed with what I saw when I unscrewed the plug.
Tomorrow, Cowboy Junkies and many others!
Analog Source: Rega P3-24 Exact 2 w/GT delrin platters & Neo TT-PSU
Digital Source: Lumin T2 w/Roon
Preamp: Rogue Ninety Nine Magnum
Amp: Rogue Stereo 100
Speakers: Audio Physic Tempo Plus
Cables: Audio Art IC-3e & SC-5 ePlus, Signal Cable PCs
Misc: APC H15 line conditioner, Noise Harvester, VTI rack, GIK acoustic panels
With the living room system done, I moved my attention to the sun room. Using the DIY Nelson Pass B1 w/Korg Nutube 6P1 preamp and my DIY version of a ST70 EL34 amplifier pushing the JBL C50 Olympus speakers with custom CNC machined bubinga wood horns. The 2A3 and power supply are waiting for their turn in the system.
Nice rack. Very few people realize how important a good, solid rack is to achieving good sound. You should list it in your sig.
Lumin X1 file player
Sony XA-5400ES SACD
Pass XP-22 pre, X600.5 amps
Magico S5 MKII Mcast Rose speakers, SPOD spikes
Shunyata Triton v3/Typhon QR on source, Denali 2000 (2) on amps
Shunyata Sigma XLR analog ICs, Sigma speaker cables
Shunyata Sigma HC (2), Sigma Analog, Sigma Digital, Z Anaconda (3) power cables
Mapleshade Samson V.3 four shelf solid maple rack, Micropoint brass footers
Three 20 amp circuits.
With the living room system done, I moved my attention to the sun room. Using the DIY Nelson Pass B1 w/Korg Nutube 6P1 preamp and my DIY version of a ST70 EL34 amplifier pushing the JBL C50 Olympus speakers with custom CNC machined bubinga wood horns. The 2A3 and power supply are waiting for their turn in the system.
Nice rack. Very few people realize how important a good, solid rack is to achieving good sound. You should list it in your sig.
I agree. It’s as important as not playing Lady Gaga or Marilyn Manson on your rig. Paramount.
Tomorrow night is music night. Probably playing Metal, but maybe some Gaga and Marilyn Manson. Christmas Eve tunes.
Lumin X1 file player
Sony XA-5400ES SACD
Pass XP-22 pre, X600.5 amps
Magico S5 MKII Mcast Rose speakers, SPOD spikes
Shunyata Triton v3/Typhon QR on source, Denali 2000 (2) on amps
Shunyata Sigma XLR analog ICs, Sigma speaker cables
Shunyata Sigma HC (2), Sigma Analog, Sigma Digital, Z Anaconda (3) power cables
Mapleshade Samson V.3 four shelf solid maple rack, Micropoint brass footers
Three 20 amp circuits.
Parasound A21 , Yamaha wxc-50 , Polk SDA 1c’s ( my first love .. ) , Kimber Kable 4TC, Sony 42” - BEDROOM
B&K EX-442 ( it will go in my casket when I die ... ) , PS Audio 4.6 preamp ( old school , but it still jams on ... ) , Yamaha wxc-50 , Boston Acoustic voyager 7’s - POOL
PS Audio Stellar S300 , Cambridge Audio 851n , Yamaha wxc-50 , Kimber Kable 4vs , Salk Supercharged Song towers ( difficult choice between these and my family if I had to choose ... 😩 ) , Sony XBR-A8F 65” OLED , Onkyo TX-RZ610 - DEN , MAIN RIG
Onkyo TX-nr609 , Polk atrium 7 , Boston acoustic sound ware (4) , Boston acoustic sub , B&W center , Sharp 65” TV - PATIO
DAYENS AMPINO ( thanks Verb ! ) , KEiiD streamer ( this was only 60 bucks ?? ) , Polk atrium 8SDi’s - KID’s BEDROOM
I decided to make a bunch of Mercury vapor this evening with mine.
Nice images!
FYI and FWIW; that's not mercury vapor -- it's stuff in the glass fluorescing. I take it as a sign of a good "hard" vacuum in a vacuum tube (again, FWIW). There's no mercury in those tubes.
That said -- there can be "mercury vapor" in hifi. There is a place for it in hifi, too -- 'specially as long as it stays inside the tubes that contain it.
Can I find a good photo of Gary Kaufman's SE 211 amp with its 866jr mercury vapor rectifiers all aglow? Nooooooo... -- so this one'll have to do
The 866jr tubes in the P/S (module on the left) are on and glowin' -- but the lighting in the photo makes them look kinda dull
meanwhile, here's a stock photo from teh webz of an arbitrary mercury vapor tube lit up
Mercury plasma has its most intense emission at 254 nm (in the UV and not visible, although dangerous to vision if not attenuated), but there's some fairly intense lines in the blue/green wavelengths that made it popular for street lamps for quite a while. To this day, CFLs and old-time fluorescent tubes use the 254 nm emission from mercury plasma to 'excite' phosphors coated on the inside of the tube to emit visible light.
Sorry to go all Cliff Clavin on you -- especially on Christmas!
EDIT: oops, so much for my belief about the 254 nm emission vs the visible emission of mercury.
Well, he just blew about 20-30K on it......it had better be that nice!
Tom
In search of accurate reproduction of music. Real sound is my reference and while perfection may not be attainable? If I chase it, I might just catch excellence.
~ The best way to enjoy digital music reproduction is to never listen to good analogue reproduction ~
~ Not all things that can be measured can be heard and not all things heard can be measured ~
I found some floor lamps and a nice multi bulb fixture for the bar using those lights. Love them.
Both lamps in my office use them but I rarely use the lamps in my office.
"Some people find it easier to be conceited rather than correct."
"Unwad those panties and have a good time man. We're all here to help each other, no matter how it might appear." DSkip
I continued my efforts in digital signal noise reduction by ordering an Uptone Audio EtherREGEN audio grade Ethernet switch. This will replace the Cisco SG110D-08 Ethernet switch that my Bryston BDP-3 digital player and Synology DS718+ NAS are connected to. The EtherREGEN is made in small quantities and is currently sold out, therefore, I won't get mine until February.
Last June, I discovered that the signal integrity of audio and video signals carried via Ethernet could be improved by using low noise linear power power supplies. I also learned that music sound quality was improved by isolating my digital music player and music NAS from my home's wireless network with a dedicated Ethernet switch.
The results with the Cisco SD110D-08 Ethernet switch were a little surprising. Whether powered by its stock SMPS or by the TeraDak DC-30 linear power supply, It sounded better than the Amped Wireless range extender powered by the DC-30. The Cisco was more holographic, provided more ambient information retrieval, and had deeper, more articulate, and more tactile bass.
The hierarchy of sound quality was:
1. Cisco SD110D-08 switch powered by the TeraDak DC-30 linear power supply.
2. Cisco SD110D-08 switch powered by its stock (wall wart) switch mode power supply.
3. Amped Wireless SR10000 (wireless mode turned off) range extender powered by the TeraDak DC-30 linear power supply.
4. I perceived no sonic difference between the Amped Wireless Athena Ex range extender (wireless mode left on) with its stock SMPS and the Amped Wireless SR10000 range extender with its stock SMPS.
Figure 19. The Cisco SG110D-08 under evaluation.
"So hot it burnsMice!"~DK
"Polk SDA-SRSs are hopelessly out of date both sonically and technologically... I see no value whatsoever in older SDA speakers."~Audio Asylum Member
"Knowledge, without understanding, is a path to failure."~DK
"Those who irrationally rail against something or someone that is no threat to them, actually desire (or desire to be like) the thing or person they are railing against."~DK
Comments
Close...KD-550 (identical except the 550 came ready to rock while the 500 required you add your own magical fairies to finish it up.)
"Unwad those panties and have a good time man. We're all here to help each other, no matter how it might appear." DSkip
Digital Source: Lumin T2 w/Roon
Preamp: Rogue Ninety Nine Magnum
Amp: Rogue Stereo 100
Speakers: Audio Physic Tempo Plus
Cables: Audio Art IC-3e & SC-5 ePlus, Signal Cable PCs
Misc: APC H15 line conditioner, Noise Harvester, VTI rack, GIK acoustic panels
Tom
~ The best way to enjoy digital music reproduction is to never listen to good analogue reproduction ~
~ When the law ends, tyranny begins ~
Sun room: DIY Nelson Pass B1 w/Korg NuTube pre, Technics SL-1700 turntable, DIY Anaview d-class mono block amplfiers, JBL C50 Olympus speakers with custom Smith horns, Mapleshade Samson rack
Den: Onkyo TX-NR929 receiver, Oppo BDP-103 player, Behringer EP 4000 sub amp, Electrovoice DX-38 active, DIY EL-34 horn amp, Behringer NU6000 bass amp, Klipsch Jubilee speakers, Martin Logan Cinema center, JBL SAT2 surrounds, Danley DTS-10 sub
Dining room: Pro-Ject RPM 1 turntable, Shanling CD-T1500 SACD, Sumo Athena pre, SST Ampzilla 2000 amps, Quad 2905 speakers
"No, that's silly talk. Dude, you can't possibly be this audio dumb so quit the act." - Doro
Tomorrow, Cowboy Junkies and many others!
Digital Source: Lumin T2 w/Roon
Preamp: Rogue Ninety Nine Magnum
Amp: Rogue Stereo 100
Speakers: Audio Physic Tempo Plus
Cables: Audio Art IC-3e & SC-5 ePlus, Signal Cable PCs
Misc: APC H15 line conditioner, Noise Harvester, VTI rack, GIK acoustic panels
No but you should get on my wife's list for guys to call, when I die. She's giving it all away.
Sun room: DIY Nelson Pass B1 w/Korg NuTube pre, Technics SL-1700 turntable, DIY Anaview d-class mono block amplfiers, JBL C50 Olympus speakers with custom Smith horns, Mapleshade Samson rack
Den: Onkyo TX-NR929 receiver, Oppo BDP-103 player, Behringer EP 4000 sub amp, Electrovoice DX-38 active, DIY EL-34 horn amp, Behringer NU6000 bass amp, Klipsch Jubilee speakers, Martin Logan Cinema center, JBL SAT2 surrounds, Danley DTS-10 sub
Dining room: Pro-Ject RPM 1 turntable, Shanling CD-T1500 SACD, Sumo Athena pre, SST Ampzilla 2000 amps, Quad 2905 speakers
Too funny! And love the setups. It's nice to have options!
Digital Source: Lumin T2 w/Roon
Preamp: Rogue Ninety Nine Magnum
Amp: Rogue Stereo 100
Speakers: Audio Physic Tempo Plus
Cables: Audio Art IC-3e & SC-5 ePlus, Signal Cable PCs
Misc: APC H15 line conditioner, Noise Harvester, VTI rack, GIK acoustic panels
Typical...
Belles 21A Pre modded with Mundorf Supreme caps
B&K M200 Sonata monoblocks refreshed and upgraded
Polk SDA 1C's modded
Wireworld Silver Eclipse IC's and speaker cables
Nice rack. Very few people realize how important a good, solid rack is to achieving good sound. You should list it in your sig.
Sony XA-5400ES SACD
Pass XP-22 pre, X600.5 amps
Magico S5 MKII Mcast Rose speakers, SPOD spikes
Shunyata Triton v3/Typhon QR on source, Denali 2000 (2) on amps
Shunyata Sigma XLR analog ICs, Sigma speaker cables
Shunyata Sigma HC (2), Sigma Analog, Sigma Digital, Z Anaconda (3) power cables
Mapleshade Samson V.3 four shelf solid maple rack, Micropoint brass footers
Three 20 amp circuits.
I agree. It’s as important as not playing Lady Gaga or Marilyn Manson on your rig. Paramount.
Sony XA-5400ES SACD
Pass XP-22 pre, X600.5 amps
Magico S5 MKII Mcast Rose speakers, SPOD spikes
Shunyata Triton v3/Typhon QR on source, Denali 2000 (2) on amps
Shunyata Sigma XLR analog ICs, Sigma speaker cables
Shunyata Sigma HC (2), Sigma Analog, Sigma Digital, Z Anaconda (3) power cables
Mapleshade Samson V.3 four shelf solid maple rack, Micropoint brass footers
Three 20 amp circuits.
K
B&K EX-442 ( it will go in my casket when I die ... ) , PS Audio 4.6 preamp ( old school , but it still jams on ... ) , Yamaha wxc-50 , Boston Acoustic voyager 7’s - POOL
PS Audio Stellar S300 , Cambridge Audio 851n , Yamaha wxc-50 , Kimber Kable 4vs , Salk Supercharged Song towers ( difficult choice between these and my family if I had to choose ... 😩 ) , Sony XBR-A8F 65” OLED , Onkyo TX-RZ610 - DEN , MAIN RIG
Onkyo TX-nr609 , Polk atrium 7 , Boston acoustic sound ware (4) , Boston acoustic sub , B&W center , Sharp 65” TV - PATIO
DAYENS AMPINO ( thanks Verb ! ) , KEiiD streamer ( this was only 60 bucks ?? ) , Polk atrium 8SDi’s - KID’s BEDROOM
"Unwad those panties and have a good time man. We're all here to help each other, no matter how it might appear." DSkip
Joule-Electra LA-100; Balanced Power Technology AC conditioner;
Odyssey Khartago monos (with most factory upgrades); Magnepan MG 3.6R
Nice images!
FYI and FWIW; that's not mercury vapor -- it's stuff in the glass fluorescing. I take it as a sign of a good "hard" vacuum in a vacuum tube (again, FWIW). There's no mercury in those tubes.
That said -- there can be "mercury vapor" in hifi. There is a place for it in hifi, too -- 'specially as long as it stays inside the tubes that contain it.
Can I find a good photo of Gary Kaufman's SE 211 amp with its 866jr mercury vapor rectifiers all aglow? Nooooooo... -- so this one'll have to do
The 866jr tubes in the P/S (module on the left) are on and glowin' -- but the lighting in the photo makes them look kinda dull
meanwhile, here's a stock photo from teh webz of an arbitrary mercury vapor tube lit up
Mercury plasma has its most intense emission at 254 nm (in the UV and not visible, although dangerous to vision if not attenuated), but there's some fairly intense lines in the blue/green wavelengths that made it popular for street lamps for quite a while. To this day, CFLs and old-time fluorescent tubes use the 254 nm emission from mercury plasma to 'excite' phosphors coated on the inside of the tube to emit visible light.
Sorry to go all Cliff Clavin on you -- especially on Christmas!
EDIT: oops, so much for my belief about the 254 nm emission vs the visible emission of mercury.
http://zeiss-campus.magnet.fsu.edu/articles/lightsources/mercuryarc.html
Office: PC, EAR Acute CD Player, EAR 834L Pre, Northstar Designs Intenso DAC, PASS ACA Monoblocks, Denon UDR-F10 Cassette, Acoustic Technologies Classic FR Speakers, SVS SB12 Plus sub, MIT AVt2 speaker cables, IFI Purifier2, AQ Cinnamon USB cable, Groneberg Quatro Reference IC's
Spare Room: Antique Sound Labs Wave AV-8 Monoblocks, Tisbury Mini Passive Pre, Tjoeb 99 tube CD player (modified Marantz CD-38), Analysis Plus Oval 9's, Zu Jumpers, AudioEngine B1 Streamer, Klipsch RB-61 v2, SVS PB1000 sub, Blue Jeans RCA IC's, Shunyata Hydra 8 Power Conditioner
Living Room: Peachtree Nova Integrated, Cambridge CXN v2 Streamer, Rotel RCD-1072 CD player, Furman 15PFi Power Conditioner, Polk RT265 In Wall Speakers, Polk DSW Pro 660wi sub
Garage: Cambridge Audio 640A Integrated Amp, Project Box-E BT Streamer, Polk Tsi200 Bookies, Douglas Speaker Cables, Shunyata Power Conditioner
"Unwad those panties and have a good time man. We're all here to help each other, no matter how it might appear." DSkip
Denon DVD 2910
Quad 12L Active Monitors
Marin Logan Dynamo 700W
Not Audio related, but I came across this Lamp and had to have it.
Village Idiot of Club Polk
Tom
~ The best way to enjoy digital music reproduction is to never listen to good analogue reproduction ~
~ When the law ends, tyranny begins ~
But thank you
Both lamps in my office use them but I rarely use the lamps in my office.
"Unwad those panties and have a good time man. We're all here to help each other, no matter how it might appear." DSkip
Was thinking about ordering one for the cave..........
https://luxledlights.com/pages/brooklyn
SRS 2.3TL (Fully Modded)...Velodyne Optimum 8 subwoofer
1KVA Dreadnought
Marantz SA 8005
Pioneer PLX-1000 Turntable - Shure SC35C/N35X - V15III/VN35HE
Yamaha TX-540 Tuner...Sony BDP-S570
Sony PS4
Separate subpanel with four dedicated 20 amp circuits.
1. Amplification 2. Analog 3. Digital 4. Video
"All THAT IS LOST FROM THE SOURCE IS LOST FOREVER"
https://uptoneaudio.com/products/etherregen
Last June, I discovered that the signal integrity of audio and video signals carried via Ethernet could be improved by using low noise linear power power supplies. I also learned that music sound quality was improved by isolating my digital music player and music NAS from my home's wireless network with a dedicated Ethernet switch.
"Polk SDA-SRSs are hopelessly out of date both sonically and technologically... I see no value whatsoever in older SDA speakers."~Audio Asylum Member
"Knowledge, without understanding, is a path to failure."~DK
"Those who irrationally rail against something or someone that is no threat to them, actually desire (or desire to be like) the thing or person they are railing against."~DK