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  1. Serious liked je2a3's post in the thread Speaker porn.

    What I saw and heard during my recent visit to Manila :) [IMG] [IMG] Monaural HiFi [IMG] Jazz Kissa, Filipino-style [IMG] [IMG] GIP...

    Apr 24, 2024 at 12:27 AM

  2. Serious liked purr1n's post in the thread Musician Draco R2R DAC.

    Musician Draco SE outputs NOS SPDIF in THD (no N) vs Frequency (at four different output levels) 90kHz bandwidth [ATTACH] Note: stepping...

    upload_2024-4-22_10-25-37.png Apr 24, 2024 at 12:26 AM

  3. Serious rated purr1n's post Epic in the thread Musician Draco R2R DAC.

    Now, this is super weird. Musician Draco SE outputs NOS 0dbFS THD (no N) vs Frequency [ATTACH] (50 point crawl to get finer...

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  4. Serious rated purr1n's post Epic in the thread Musician Draco R2R DAC.

    Oh, maybe not. Still some DC offset, just more noticeable at lower levels. Note blockiness because 16-bit and NOS with APx555 at 90kHz...

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  5. Serious liked purr1n's post in the thread Musician Draco R2R DAC.

    I'm done, I know enough already, unless you guys want to see more, then please request. One last one. Balanced outputs do not have the...

    upload_2024-4-16_20-32-33.png Apr 24, 2024 at 12:23 AM

  6. Serious rated purr1n's post Epic in the thread Musician Draco R2R DAC.

    I turned off DC high-pass on the APx555 to allow DC. Looks like some DC offset. -20dbFS [ATTACH] -40dbFS [ATTACH] Starting below...

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  7. Serious liked SoupRKnowva's post in the thread Axpona 2024 - April 12-14th - Chicago IL.

    I forgot some stuff! and I added some more pics above. I meant to list my demo tracks. My main demo track is Elegy by Fleshgod...

    Apr 19, 2024 at 11:06 AM

  8. Serious liked SoupRKnowva's post in the thread Axpona 2024 - April 12-14th - Chicago IL.

    Axpona 2024, this was my first major, speaker based, hifi show. I had only ever been to headphone focused shows in the past. But looking...

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  9. Serious liked SoupRKnowva's comment on Priidik's profile post

    I think I've only seen you even mention the speakers here a few times off hand, which is nice in a way, don't want to MOTs pushing their...

    Apr 18, 2024

  10. Serious liked Priidik's comment on Priidik's profile post

    Estonian women are rather pretty. I swear Alfred had other motives when designing the shape but he insists it is all acoustics.

    Apr 18, 2024
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