[Not Tuned, Characterless, Boring To listen Speaker System]

6 hours ago, Jon L said:

Veerry interesting.  Argon is one of my favorite home speaker brands, and I wonder how much their studio line sounds different from their home line, i.e. Argon 3.  

It's probably similar microscope. 

[What Are You Building Today]

On 9.12.2017 at 6:35 PM, cspirou said:

So I thought I would try out reflow oven soldering with a toaster oven.

 

The AMB regulators for the Dynalo Mini are $40 whereas the toaster oven was practically free. I figured trying to solder with the toaster would be worth a try. It would also help with all the other SMD projects I have. I don't have a controller for now so I did it manually. As a test I bought an SMT adjustable power supply kit from Nightfire electronics.

I had a little too much solder for the LM317 and one resistor didn't self-center but I'm pretty satisfied with the result.

I'm thinking about using this for the R2R attenuator board. Anyone know what the procedure is for doing reflow on 2 sided boards?

 

Nice work.

[K1000 successor Mysphere?]

On 2.11.2017 at 2:58 PM, Pars said:

Pretty low expectations for $4K, eh? And no, the product doesn't look very good. "Flimsy piece of shit" isn't an impression that I would associate with a good product.


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On 27.10.2017 at 12:04 PM, penmarker said:

If you don't mind looking like a tool, a Sony PFR-V1 is cheaper.

It is indeed, especially these days 

[Watches]

On 13.12.2017 at 6:22 AM, EdipisReks1 said:

This is a very nice piece!

[What are you listening to Part the Third]

[Diablo 3]

Necrothreading alert: does anyone still play D3?

[Focal Utopia headphones...with Beryllium driver]

2 hours ago, Bjorn said:

I pulled the trigger and bought one. New toy and all, but man I’m really loving the sound of this thing. Finally a not-fucking-around, dead serious ultra High-end dynamic driver headphone that isn’t cheaply built and/or uncomfortable. This is how an expensive headphone should look and feel on and off your head.

I know a LOT of effort went into that Beryllium driver, but its shocking to me just how smoothly, accurately and realistically it can convey every little harmonic and dynamic swing of an orchestra, from deep bass to the highest of highs. I’d even go as far as saying I’ve never heard treble so smoothly extended and cleanly and naturally textured from any transducer that I can remember. The 007s might have the ultimate upper hand on the mids and deep-bass (altough this is, amazingly, definitely no slouch) but on dynamics, treble coherency and ultimate resolve I rank the Utopia as a superior performer personally.

A fine recording of Verdi’s Requiem Dies Irae popped up earlier and the dynamics actually scared the crap out of me, while every little component in the recording was kept clear as day and separated in a free floating three dimensional space. The sound isn’t thin or lean at all, it’s lively, powerful and authorative and ready to fight should it be called upon to do so. 

This is the best dynamic driver headphone in the world to my ears and, all things considered, somewhat deserving of its high price relative to cheaply built crap a la Hifiman and Abyss. I’m just blown away by its capabilities, and it achieves this driven from a Chord Mojo should you want to stay ”portable” with something like just an iPad and Tidal HiFi. 

You should have a listen to Final D8000. We really like Utopias, but these new cans by Final blew us away. Utopias are slightly more expensive.

[What are you EATING right now?]

16 minutes ago, MexicanDragon said:

Had the office Holiday/welcome (new guy)/birthday (2 people)/congrats (one guy promoted internally)/ going away (this guy) party today. Now we get to go home early.

Not a bad Friday.

That steak though...