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Dacs are like any other piece of gear, Research, and testing are required. I have gone through at least a dozen DACs in the journey. When you get the right one you will know it. DACs absolutely have differences in sound. The trick is getting one that meets your preferences, as well as exceling at. Detail, Resolution, Clarity, Decay etc... I have seen you sell off amps etc... DACs are no different, If you want first class digital it will take a bit to get there. Have fun

Rain, rains and more rain here as a tropical storm moves through. Shouldn’t be horrible but just messy.

I’m starting this Topic for those interested in Acoustics and Room Optimization. Interest in the ASC Tube Trap were expressed in another thread and how they work as a Bass Trap so I will try to gather information and post in this thread as I get time and hopefully keep it updated for those interested. Art Noxon the inventor of the Tube Trap has written extensively on Acoustics in White Papers, AES Papers, Magazine Articles, Newsletters and has also made Videos to share his knowledge extending many decades and I highly suggest others to research them. I would like to cover some of the following all of which can be found in Art Noxon’s writings: Bass Traps: especially as it pertains to the transient nature of music and our listening environment. MATT TEST: invented by ASC (Acoustic Sciences Corporation) QSF (Quick Sound Field) Concept: which was born in the recording and mastering fields and I am experimenting with adapting it for my Listening Room as a logical extension of this powerful technique of controlling the listening environment. Acoustic Shadowing: another powerful tool which can be used in our listening rooms. I’ll start by posting some pictures of a room (converted garage) I’m experimenting with based on ASC Tube Traps and Concepts/Techniques I’ve learned from them and my implementation of the QSF Concept for a dedicated home listening room. miketn🙂 Front Wall: ASC Tube Traps in corners, RPG Skyline Duffusers, and ASC SoundPanel and ASC SoundPlank on custom ceiling grid/frame.

Down to the wire now huh? Ya know we all wish her good luck!

Was hazy here, yesterday. Not so bad today, but still with us. We're in the 40` day/night temp spread. 60`AM Mid/high 90's in the afternoon Things are drying out. The cows are back in town. Another reason to mow the lush summer growth back. [The cows don't do a bad job clearing weeds ... it's just that they are rather indiscriminate and trample what they don't eat.] Wife goes to Flagstaff this week to attends the award/s ceremony. I think she said the winner would be announced Fri evening.. I'll have a quiet few days.

Greetings! Your list is Impressive! However, the Museum has an unfair advantage. The current Archive index to "PWK Papers and Speeches" is attached. It is expected to grow when our archives are located in a space conducive to exploration. Note that most have a Klipsch date associated (YYMMDD). The folders have multiple page scans. The individual pages in the right three columns have yet to be collected into folders. There are also folders with additional content, such as the "Letter to the Editor" folder, also attached. I cannot supply all of these at this time, but a project to make all available does need to happen!

New Capsule

Trombone Shorty with Cyril Neville - "Fire on the Bayou"

A Fistful of Dollars - The Danish National Symphony Orchestra

Venus Hum

Pick them blind folded likely not but I can tell you and anyone else that after a few hours with Higher res info I certainly am looking to go to red book. I find a LOT of the higher res stuff gets brittle and harsh

Haha. I use foobar2000 as my player. When you go into settings, the "output" can be selected. Indeed nice Slabs of wood Dave. I'm sure that will make an amazing final product as always.

CCC&C+a C for Catch of the day. Some great stuff right here that'll leave you shaking your head!

Side View of QSF (6 Studio Traps)

Back Wall and Listening Chair: ASC Tube Trap in corners, ASC Studio Traps for QSF at listener. Currently experimenting with (4) and (6) Studio Traps QSF with spacing/location and reflective versus absorptive orientations.

Right Wall: ASC Studio Traps, ASC SoundPanel and ASC SoundPlank in custom grid/frame on ceiling.

Left Wall: ASC Studio Traps, ASC Wall Panels and ASC SoundPlank in custom grid/frame on ceiling.

I'll take Auburn & the points for $20 please Alex.

Yes wish her good luck, just being in the running is a good thing.

It will last a while, a slight bit of rain heading your way.

I feel better, thought I was the only oddball who cooked them with chips for the grandkids. Added peanut once to try to make them taste like the peanut butter cups, it did not work at all, I even added about half a jar of peanut butter and they had very little peanut butter flavor so I tell them to just add it on top if they want it. They tend to like the crushed banana's or the blueberry the most.

IMO, La Scalas need a subwoofer, or more, in most situations, which makes the djk mod a lot of effort for a stopgap fix. That said, there are situations where sub(s) are not practical or desired. The La Scalas I refurbished for a high school band practice room benefitted from the djk mod done by closing in the tops. There was no way a sub would be considered. One of the attributes of the djk mod is the easy and total reversibility. I would encourage hobbyist tinkerers to try the djk mod. To the impatient and/or unhandy, if La Scalas alone don’t have enough bass, then skip the djk mod and get a sub, or subs.

The build by @sootshe is in this thread https://community.klipsch.com/index.php?/topic/108425-la-scala-bass-reflex-mod/

A lot of things on here have been poo-pooed in the past. Still are. The idea of porting may be more acceptable now. 🤐

A lot of “smoke haze” around the south central Midwest, KC area, from west coast wild fires. Weather pattern takes smoke to the north then swings down through south central. Quite noticeable and has been like this many times this summer. Stunning sunsets though -

Bailey Quarters

It was @djk Dennis RIP , who created the 1st LS Bass reflex mod - I posted your own technical drawing to demonstrate the concept -

Some good stuff right there from back in the day.

Change up this evening, it got dark a bit earlier tonight. These guys killed it here the one time I got to see...

Thanks for the mention I’m not sure about who actually designed the lower bass cabinet for the La Scala However what I do know is - the original build on my speakers was done by member @sootshe For my part I actually measured the bass cabinet and uploaded those measurements for others to follow

You use whaaa @Westcoastdrums??? Now I'm REALLY losted! hahaha I got a my old JBL128S Sub fired up a bit ago. Auction find for $150 coupled w/a new to me Sunfire plate amp? Also had some great help and guidance from a friend in here as to what to do and how to do it. I won't mention his name cause one of me floating around in here is enough! Finally hangin some stuff in here but that's on a temporary hold cause these LS coupled w/that old sub is killin me. Glad my neighbors love me is all I can say. hahaha Damn it's freakin incredible!

Please do not inject science and logic into a wire conversation.

Hi I will also put my 5 cents in as I have built almost the same project but in two separate blocks. Tweeter is B&C de10 with Dave small eliptrack, squawker is B&C DCM50 with fastlane 400 horn and woofer is crites 1526c. Crossover for now is upgraded Crites(with duelund) but it is temporary due to long waiting time for ALK. Currently, I stuck with crossover because crites and ALK allows for maximum 12db attenuation and it seems it isn't enough... With best regards, Andrew.

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I assume that the length is exactly 57 1/8 inches. (Oh, I'm so sorry. I just can't get past that Medwin meme.)

OP You need to find a different “professional audio specialist”. A good two channel/amp preamp combo or quality tube integrated amp will be head and shoulders above what you are using now. Yes it’s true that the law of diminishing returns kicks in at some point, but you aren’t there yet. You are leaving too much on the table. Oz

He's talking about routing a lip to inset a panel so you could leave out the larger bottom access cover.

Some beautiful slabs right there @Dave A Whaaaaa??? @Emile you got all that? I was losted from the ASIO... Keep an eye on him @Westcoastdrums 😂

our tiny Pocket dog Chihuahua , loves the Kirkland brand , he even growls if we touch it , if the Coffee's the same , I would be careful

He was even better back when he came to my town and played!

Nooooooooooooooo. This one is Friday Night Worthy!! Don't look it ain't pretty... just feel it!

Soundsmith and sleeve city...

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Following Claude's strong suggestion for a volume control preceding an N-Core amp I ordered a pair of "FV3 SMD Dact 21 Stepped attenuator 50K Passive Pre-amplifier preamp HIFI audio" to connect between the outputs of the miniDSPs and inputs of the Hypex Ncore NC122MP amps in my tri-amp setup. I chose these attenuators on the theory that being stepped they would be reset-able (by counting the steps from off to the desired volume) with more precision than a standard potentiometer. Using REW I measured one K-Horn, removed the L-Pads from the mid and hi DCX464 in the Top Hat, cabled the volume control in between the miniDSP and the N-Core amps, set the stepped vol to maximum and measured again. Clicked the vol down one, measure, repeat until the SPL of the mid and hi were exactly the same as with the L-Pad. I expected the SPL to be 1/2 a db or so out and require some dsp gain adjustment but SPL was spot on. I swapped in the second volume control, set it to the same attenuation as the first and ran another REW sweep. Exactly the same SPL in the mid and hi, so I installed the stepped vol control in the second channel. I had used L-Pads with the DCX464s to lower their sensitivity and therefore lower the miniDSP noise. Following on from the opinions on N-Core Hypex amps, the next day I re-arranged the tri amping to use my NAD C725BEE as the mid amp and the N-Core amps for Bass and Hi. After getting the gains adjusted the music sounds a bit warmer, not as dry and sterile as it did with the N-Core amps for Mid range. Time will tell.

I completely agree on both fronts I'd personal take a pair of Chorus 1's with a good sub over almost ever other speaker I've ever owned or heard (all things considered) and I've seen a lot over the years. I've made some prototype Chorus III's and have dangled them in front of the Chief and he seemed to infer parts cost would be too much. I'm sure using lesser quality parts same compliment as whats in the CW-IV (tweeter midhorn/ driver) with updated crossover they'd still be incredible. With the news that the KD-16's are back in production I'm still holding out hope that there may be something in the works??