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[trawetSluaP]

That was an interesting read. Thanks.

Sub has been purchased. Arriving Sunday. Looking forward to seeing how they all sound together.

 

[AlienALX]

Awesome.

 

[AlienALX]

Here. This video explains how BS can bend measurements.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IikqAg38FPs&ab_channel=AudioScienceReview

They just chop off the chart or zoom it in to show certain parts.

The sole aim of a speaker is to reproduce sound waves on the audio spectrum. As I said before, this is designed into the speaker. They first choose the drivers (in our case we either hand made them in the UK or for the cheaper models used VIFA who were in Spain, IIRC) and then the crossover was designed. Before the speaker is even real the design denotes how it will sound and how it will measure. We ALWAYS measured. We had to, it was a part of the contract we had with the BBC. They did not want their broadcasts ever sounding different on different days at different locations.

Now obviously nothing ever has to be that boring, because you CAN prefer a different sounding speaker. Me? I am clinical. If something sounds cold? or warm? it is because that is how it sounds. I base my buys 100% on vocals. They are what I love about music, and so both of my buys were either clinically flat sounding (IE no colour added) or were slightly better at the high end than low end. That is where the sub comes in, and unless you go for something like the JBL classics with the 12" drivers you need a sub. End of. Like I said, some "audiophiles" don't like subs as they say that feeling the music is not as it should be. Thing is, if an artist like say, Radiohead, make a track that bangs at 20hz? it is supposed to bang at 20hz. Anything below that you can't really hear any way, contrary to what audiophiles believe.

Just buy what you like the sound of. If that means warmer? colder? etc? F em, buy what your ears enjoy listening to. Again my amps? very very flat and neutral. No adjustments, no EQ. Nothing. Some songs sound absolutely bloody awful on my system but then they should, as my system isn't masking how they actually sound by changing the way the sound is produced. If it sounds crap? it is crap basically.

 

[AlienALX]

BTW going back to break in? it is good for one thing and one thing only. Like I said, the sound WILL NOT change, and the speaker will not measure any differently.

What it DOES do is allow things like the moving parts to wear in. A speaker is suspended in a gap. On the outside you have the rolled surround, and at the back you have a spider (that yellow thing, AKA a diaphragm). You can easily damage a brand new speaker by playing it loud. If you over stretch those parts too soon they can deform, leading to coil scrape and or blowing the speaker up. Those parts DO need to be worn in, but yeah the sound absolutely does not change.

It's like an engine. It needs some break in time, and that is a thing, but yeah totally does not change the sound at all.

 

[trawetSluaP]

I've very much realised if something has been recorded poorly that the speakers make it much more obvious and there is very little that can be done about it. Just got to take each song as it comes.

 

[FTLN]

7950X3d arrived to replace my 7950x
And some A-Die 7600 to replace my Expo 6000 Samsung kit.

 

[AlienALX]

Nice dude.

 

[scubasteve]

when i first bought it it came with a broke O keycap Durgod Taurus K320 TKL

i emailed them about it from 3 different emails and all they done was block my emails the slimey gits, so just swapped it out of another board i had but it was black, it was giving me ocd lol


could not find a decent set of caps for ages (that would ship to the tiny rock i live on) finally bit the bullet and got a set of these from the states

they got some nice looking keyboards as well like the SLEEKER MD870 in brushed aluminum

looks crisp now

 

[AlienALX]

Wicked.

I need to mod my razer Star Wars but not in the way you’d think. It needs more angle so I need to cnc something to tilt it up more. It also likes to move, so I need to either make it very heavy or stick it down.

 

[AlienALX]

OK so other than working on my BMX collection I too did a lot of work on my single speed last year. I then didn't ride it. I was still very para about Covid, and it had an issue.

First let me go through all of the upgrades. The brake system was totally replaced. On the front it has a Campagnolo TT brake and on the rear a Campagnolo potenza? something like that.

One of those. This is the front.

I originally had a disc brake on there with an adapter, but it was dangerous and heavy. The wheels I had on there (alloy mags) were also very VERY heavy. Problem was when I built the bike so was I. I was 19 stones. I did not trust little skinny wheels so I went strong. I then got to nearly 21 stones before I finally called being fat a day. I now weigh 15.2, and have dropped weight steadily since totally changing my lifestyle.

Any way, the first upgrade last year was a very light weight carbon wheel. I got this for £60, redone the clear in matt and rebuilt it (had no axle no bearings etc) and put a single speed converter on it.

I made the new decals too as they were missing.

I then bought light weight CNC levers.

In white, and a Campagnolo front wheel (extremely light. Not carbon.... Yet)

I then got new grips (mine were rotten)

And all Jagwire cables. I then got some forks. These are Bontrager carbon. They were £40 in silver. I repainted them in satin black.

Leaving the front exposed carbon on show.

Chain tensioners were next.

And then some bling.

I then started building.

But ran into a snag. Well, two. The first one was that the pedals I put on there are too big. As such if you are not careful you can easily steer the front wheel into your foot. Which is scary. The second was the brake at the back did not reach far enough. So I got these to fix that.

I then got some Nukeproof "urchin" kids pedals as they were the same size as the horrid fixie pedals that came on the bike.

Oh and a new BMX stem for my carbon BMX race bars.

And a very light weight seat clamp.

And titanium studs and bolts.

Better.

OK so fast forward to now. At the end of that I removed the heavy AF white BMX chain. The company who made the bike are, and have always been, a BMX company. Since the 70s. So when they designed a fixed 700c bike they were a bit clueless. Steel cranks, BMX parts etc. I put carbon cranks on the day I got it. Again bought cheap and restored. Well the white chain looked crap now, and it was heavy AF. I bought a Shimano light weight chain (just a cheap one, funds were low by this point) but you have to bend it laterally to get it to join and my extractor was broken. I could not get it to join and hurt my hands real bad so I put a link in it. Problem is it is narrow, and the link had a lot of slop. Long story short the last time I had a chain snap I needed 3 surgeries, so it is my one big phobia about riding.

So, I left it. Not even a test ride Obviously now the weather is improving so it was time to tackle that. I found the chain I wanted in orange and black but £120. OUCH. I then found it on clearance in red and black for £45.

I loved the evil look.

And, as it would happen I also put a pad set on the bike at the end again because I am para about chain snap. The bike has floval tubing so at best case it's smashed plums. Worst case you yeet face first over the bars like I did the last time I had a chain snap.

I reckon it will go real well. Well, way better than a BMX white heavy ass chain any way.

The seat clamp has been replaced since that pic btw.

 

[scubasteve]

Wicked.

I need to mod my razer Star Wars but not in the way you’d think. It needs more angle so I need to cnc something to tilt it up more. It also likes to move, so I need to either make it very heavy or stick it down.

loads of 3D printing options out there eg:

 

[AlienALX]

Ooo good call. I ordered a piece of 6mm acrylic, so I can just CNC them out.

I want to put the fan into the bottom of the new build.

Kinda like that (look front of the PSU side, on the floor not connected or lit up). Sadly the floor is "flat V" shaped, so I need to machine two sides that the fan can screw into, then I can screw into those through the bottom. So I already ordered a piece of 6mm, so I will design something up later for those and cut them at the same time !

 

[scubasteve]

managed to get all my bits and bobs and slap it together

even when i turn it up full blast it dose not sound to loud the phone vid makes it sound louder than what it really is ......


https://i.imgur.com/SY12IKv.mp4


but whats the green led when i click it i dont know what it dose ?

 

[AlienALX]

Awesome. Believe it or not I’ve been planning something the same for years. I am clearly more lazy than you lmao. I’ll show you later when I’m totally awake.

 

[AlienALX]

That thing has been sat on my desk for over two years. The PSU for it, however, hasn't. At one point I had them together, then the PSU got lost. I found it the other day.

It's a 180mm blade (but fits 200) Enermax TB Vegas. I've had it for about 15 years. It was supposed to be like a ferris wheel in a mod I did based on L4D2 but I never did get the tilted mounts. Or make them as CNC and 3D printing did not exist then.

Good thing is it has its own speed controller built in, hence why I set it aside years ago for a desk fan. Yeah I know my desk is terrible. I need to modify and extend it and then wrap it, but right now it's "operation new bed" in hnyar.

 

[scubasteve]

Awesome. Believe it or not I’ve been planning something the same for years. I am clearly more lazy than you lmao. I’ll show you later when I’m totally awake.

did you see the small video clip i linked as well what dose the switch on the fan controller do , do you know ?

 

[KingNosser]

ariel cable + splitter, 2x fire sticks, cat8 cable.

Shortly going to order TP-Link Deco M4 Whole Home Mesh Wi-Fi System waiting as i want to see what the routers wifi is like first and how good the cat8 cable is expected down is 948mbps but if anyone knows of a mesh setup that is better i'm all ears as i've not looked into it greatly so the deco M4 is kinda a place holder idea is to have as much speed on any device in the house if the router isn't upto it.

Might also pick up the cheap creative pebble 2 plus speakers, they seem okay for the low price i don't need anything major at the PC as i have a good surround sound in the bedroom but they seem okay, i'd spend a little more if it gives better sound, just fed up with the sound bar it's nice when it works but when it plays up and cuts out it's really annoying.

 

[trawetSluaP]

KEF speakers are amazing. Need to rearrange my living room a bit to properly accommodate them. Then decided I need a sub to compliment them so ordered one of these:

An SVS SB1000 Pro.

They really started to sing in combo with a sub.

After much faffing about I found there are quite a few nulls and peaks in my crappy little living room (with a large null at my preferred seating position) and the most common advice to help with these is another sub.......so I've ordered a second SVS SB1000 Pro.

 

[AlienALX]

Nice

I still remember calibrating and setting mine up. God that was fun HEAR THE FLAT ROAR hahaha

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7_jzuWMfQ4&ab_channel=MyMidschoolLife

I managed to tune it really well. The flat still sounds like it will explode at any time, but with the rest in play you can't tell

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHyOKQUYdG4&ab_channel=MyMidschoolLife

 

[scubasteve]

KEF speakers are amazing. Need to rearrange my living room a bit to properly accommodate them. Then decided I need a sub to compliment them so ordered one of these:

An SVS SB1000 Pro.

They really started to sing in combo with a sub.

After much faffing about I found there are quite a few nulls and peaks in my crappy little living room (with a large null at my preferred seating position) and the most common advice to help with these is another sub.......so I've ordered a second SVS SB1000 Pro.

same one i got but in white and these subs are one of the best purchases i have done , remember to nail down your kitchen cabinets and tape up your windows like back in the day during the blitz :rock: