atomicbob

I am simply amazed by the breadth of all these measurements. I don't understand a lot of it (still; trying to learn), but I can recognize concerted hours of effort when I see it. We are spoiled by the richness of your work.

Thanks that's exactly what I was looking for. I was about to ask if it was not updated by tomorrow.

@Qildail : thank-you. It takes many many hours to make the measurements, vet the data, prepare pre-post data organization and writeup and then execute the posts.

Is the link blocked for anyone else? When I click on the link it opens a blank page with "about:blank#blocked" in the search bar.

try this link: https://www.superbestaudiofriends.org/index.php?threads/schiit-yggdrasil-lim-technical-measurements.12728/

the previous link seems to be blocked.

Cancer is a demon...

@Jinxy245 & @Wilson : agreed. Cancer is very bad news. My wife (& best friend) is a 20+ year survivor. Chemo & radiation back then were brutal. So in comparison I'm kind of whining.

Fuck cancer. I've lost too many loved ones, including dogs, to this scurge.

@Azimuth hmm can't say i've really noticed that problem, maybe because most of my files are 16bit 44.1kzh? For other stuff like youtube etc i just use pipewire or pulse.

I could not get any Linux distro to output high-res no matter what my settings were. Even even over USB - it would just down convert everything. And I changed a bunch of settings and lines in the code files of Pulse and Alsamixer...could never get it to work.

Did you play with the hw:0,0 stuff? That should be bit-perfect. Even so there are disable resample setting for for asound.conf and if you keep the alsamixer at unity gain it should not touch anything.

someone somewhere should be paying you for this…..

@jexby Thank-you for the sentiment. To provide perspective, corporate typically pays me 3K to 4K for similar amounts of work.

Awhile back @GoodEnoughGear sent a sampling of wonderful wines, many produced in his neighborhood in South Africa as a really nice perk.

I still need an amp that can heat the lab, provide great visuals with those Linlai tubes and sound great too.

I’ll trade you a really nice lava lamp. Last offer.

I bid two lava lamps, a falafel, and a slightly used Dixie cup

Amps used were McIntosh & Crown
MC3500 - 16
MC2105 - 3
MC275 - 2
DC300 - 2
Over 12.7KW of amp power

Speakers were conservatively rated at 10 KW actual continuous usage.

Festival power:
1200 amps per phase, 3 phase power for a total of 3600 A
and 346 KVA total.

Oh, my friend has a 2105 and the HD600 have big bass and sound great out of it...

Was there anything special or is it mostly of historical interest?

@crenca - see latest status update
It was a detailed technical review of the festival sound and power and how it guided development for generations of sound reinforcement rigs.

HD8xx has a better low frequency leading edge impact for sounds such as kick and upright bass, which I enjoy. But it sounds a bit recessed above 3000 Hz leaving me feeling as if a treble tone control was turned down 3dB.

My HD800 J-mod variant hasn't been getting a lot of love since Voldemort and then BP800 arrived, but it's still a great sounding headphone.

@gixxerwimp Still enjoy my HD800-Jmod immensely but need to have a backup plan if or when they deteriorate for any reason.

the above prompted by the new ditto / +1 button.

Problems are still problems, I hope they all resolve soon, Bob.

Any of these alone might be merely annoying, but together it sounds exhausting. I hope things turn around for you and yours soon.

Issues and problems are resolving. It was overwhelming to have so many occur in rapid succession in a short span of time. Digging out, things are better. Still, my issues pale in comparison to those experiencing madness of war, or fighting chronic illness.

https://www.superbestaudiofriends.org/index.php?threads/system-synergy-special-sound.11676/page-17#post-380948

Always a pleasure to share music. I'm very glad you enjoyed!

I've heard so much terrific music from the "listening now" thread. Its lovely to experience such a huge range of styles. Thanks Bob for being so generous with your time and expertise with all the contributions you make at sbaf, it gives folks a lot of joy - you have a big heart!

Johnnie B. Bad and The Ego Trap both drove my musical enjoyment meter to a high level. Just what was needed on a day that had not been going well up to those introductions.

My dad passed two weeks ago, so this is close to me right now. One of my favorite albums, BTW.

@GoodEnoughGear , my condolences...

My condolences…

Agree wholeheartedly with the sentiment, though I don't think I am capable of giddy.

After seven decades I have done many things and hope they are of service to the world in general. Many of my audio endeavors were to refine my understanding of communication, especially during acute events when lives hang in the balance. Surprising the level of overlap between musical endeavors and critical communication.

I am thinking that neuroscience will reveal that it isn't all that surprising after all.

@Thad E Ginathom the defibrillators my city fire and paramedics use have wifi and cellular connectivity. If they have any issues they loan us one to test with. I've never shocked anyone with it, yet.

@Thad E Ginathom AEDs and Pre-Hospital defibrillator-monitors can stream ECG and other physiological signals to in-hospital medical staff to gain additional expert advice during acute events. Wifi and cell networks.

@Kernel Kurtz @atomicbob

Thanks. Wow.

The good side to ignorance is that I am more often amazed!

While I understand (or think I do or pretend to) the significance of the changes... not sure at all if this is a good or bad change overall.

H*W*D? Or W*H*D?

@gixxerwimp that is a start. here is the standard reference: https://www.amazon.com/Sound-Reinforcement-Handbook-Gary-Davis/dp/0881889008/
I've used this to teach students about SR. I keep this on the reference shelf within arm's reach in the lab along with several other useful texts.