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  1. I've got my system sounding pretty good (at least to me) but I'd like to go one step further. I am using Tidal with an RME ADI-2 Dac. My music server is a Win10 Laptop that I remote control with RDP. My Khorns have been modded with ALK's ESS crossovers, BMS drivers, wood horns, DE-120 tweeter drivers. McIntosh MA-352 integrated amp.

     

    All is good except I have to get up and change the EQ on the dac occasionally to get some tracks sounding like they should.  For instance I like Emmy Lou Harris how ever her voice comes on to strong in the mid-range. I'd like to have an equalizer on the server that I could use to  alter the sound a bit remotely. 

     

    I  am still experimenting with the settings on Al's crossovers but I think that their will always be the need for minor adjustments.

     

    Appreciate any input.

  2. 23 minutes ago, geezin' said:

     

    I've got this for back road shenanigans. Although you'd be surprised at how well the Harley handles. Tuono chassis is magic. Bike has over 150K miles on it. One of the best I've ever owned and that's not a short list.

     

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    I wanted a Tuono bad but the dealership closed down. The nearest dealer now is in Savannah. Nearly 5 hours from me. I considered a BMW S1000R but I found a deal on the Yamaha and read alot of good things about it.

     

    I bought a '74 R75/6 back in 1982 and sold it in 2015 with almost 200,000 miles on it. I put a set of pistons in it and just about every other part on the bike, but it was reliable. I have a 2008 BMW R1200R, I picked it up in 2015 as a project bike. It had 15,000 miles on it and was not running well, was using oil and had a bad abs unit. I changed the oil every 1000 miles until the oil came out clear. Eventually it stopped smoking. Now it's a very reliable bike, with 35,000 miles on it.

  3. 7 hours ago, JohnJ said:

    Built around the time my Honda was there was a Yamaha Phazer that had functional ram air. Thing was so efficient if your wrist moved when you sneezed the front tire could come off the road. Instant torque!

    That is how my Yamaha MT-10 is. Easy to power wheelie in third gear. Throttle is very twitchy. Fixin to correct that by having the ECU flashed. Then a new suspension. It's a 2020 and the factory suspension is crap. Almost became one of those crosses in Geezin's photo. Almost had my helmet scrapin the pavement I was leaning so far over to get control of the bike in a tight switchback on a road I've ridden my BMW many times at a faster pace.

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  4. 9 hours ago, RandyH said:

    LE MANS  racing winner -   kawasaki  900 Z1 bikes of the 70's , the story is in the link -

     

    they took a few ZI bikes , lightened the wheels and added a monoshock suspension, racing engines  --brakes- headers -forks -oil coolers , they were the 1st American endurance racing  team running  4 stroke Japanese 4 cylinder bikes , to reach  speeds of +  165 mph -  

     

    https://www.rbracing-rsr.com/aboutrb.htm

     

    Flat Track Racing was done primarly with Harleys on a modified frame. I used to live in Southern Illinois and there was a track not far from where I lived. Dangerous sport.

     

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  5. 1 hour ago, JohnJ said:

    Been a long time since I've been on Main St, Daytona Beach. That bike would draw a few folks around! See a ram-air intake below the tank?

    My MT-10 has "Ram Air" on both sides of the tank. Both fake. As is the gas tank. Tank is more like a gas can 

    buried under metal and plastic. Bike is a ***** to work on. My BMW is the opposite, easy to maintain

     

     

  6. I have an RME ADI DAC2 that has 20 presets for a 5 band equalizer. It allows for amplitude and width of each band. The problem is that I find myself getting up and changing the settings because a track does not sound quite right with the current track and I don't remember what preset to use. I am using a Windows notebook and Tidal as my music server. 

    I see that there are Windows based equalizers out there, some free some not. I'm thinking that I can adjust EQ using Remote Desktop. Any thoughts or recommendations?

     

    thanks,

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