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Focals latest - Cat Houses? @ghdprentice - In that spirit I’ll share a joke I heard in Switzerland while studying abroad, ages ago. Q: How many Frenchmen does it take to defend the borders of France? A: No one knows, it’s never been successfully defended! | |
Focals latest - Cat Houses? @jeffbij Double check the models. The one with 6.5" woofers is $40k. The larger one with 8" woofers is $70k, but I would not be surprised to find deep discounts. | |
Focals latest - Cat Houses? Also, really interesting to note the difference in measurements Stereophile took for the Focal Diva Utopia actives and the Grimm LS1. The Grimm gets detailed off-axis as well as as step response. Still, they do note that the Focals rings like... | |
Focals latest - Cat Houses? Thanks @jeffbij - It is supposed to be fun and to be honest I feel a little guilty making fun of these speakers. There are real human beings in France (or India?) whose talents are being spent imagining new ways to house our pets... er, I mean s... | |
Using optical Ethernet input for your Hifi Rose RS130 Sorry, should have been more clear. You should use multimode fiber with LC connectors unless you want to reach a mile distance. :) | |
Using optical Ethernet input for your Hifi Rose RS130 Hey OP: So it looks like you have an SFP port. These ports are configurable thanks to the plug-in nature with anything from Ethernet to fiber. Here’s a link to possible options. On your router side, you can use an Ethernet to fiber converter... | |
Audio Grade Ethernet Cable +1 @cleeds There’s no case to be made for a router being co-located next to your audio gear as having any benefit compared to say 30’ away if we are talking about a wired connection. On the other hand, picking up noise from the internal CPU... | |
Focals latest - Cat Houses? OK, now to be less catty about the subject I was really curious how much Focal had taken advantage of the DSP capabilities to alter how the active Focals differ from their similar sized passive models. In particular the midrange to tweeter crosso... | |
Do some DACs "handle" sibilance better than others? Personal opinion is I can only "hear" this happening in systems which have been uber designed for "detail." Usually these systems are either bright or have a very uneven response which accentuates certain frequencies and nulls others. | |
Focals latest - Cat Houses? Those aren't worth $70,000. Now this, this is worth $70,000: | |
Audio Grade Ethernet Cable Keep your wifi router and network related wall warts away from your stereo! Cheap-o Ethernet 6 will be just fine. The most realistic concerns are over radiated RFI from inside the Wifi router. It's job is literally to radiate radio frequency... | |
Focals latest - Cat Houses? $70,000 for a plastic cabinet wrapped in carpet and it isnt even shag. | |
Duroch Capacitors If you are interesting in modding or switching caps a good trial to do is to get low uF Audyn TrueCopper (0.1 or so) and bypass the output caps. Make sure to get the right V rating equal to or exceeding the existing (especially important in tubes... | |
Long(too) captive A/C cords Hey OP, I agree that if they really are too long and you are sure you’ll never need the length cutting them yourself is a good idea. Depending on the angle you need I use Leviton hospital grade plugs when connecting to a wall socket. The extra ... | |
Luxman C900u owners I honestly don't even know if this post has a question. Assuming it does, what are you trying to do and what speakers are you trying to do it with? |