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I have been happily using a UMIK-1 and REW for DIY speaker tuning and room EQ and it seemed like it was working OK. I am starting on a new speaker project and decided to get a little more serious and look at CAD help. When reading through the documents for VituixCAD I came across this in the...

Hello, my Windows based music system motherboard just died and since I had to get a new MB I also jumped ahead a couple of generations on CPU. This change is forcing me to decide if I want to pay the "Windows tax" or go with Linux. While I don't particularly like Windows I am a very happy user...

I use REW and Rephase to create FIR filters for room correction and use the Convolver plug in with Foobar 2000. The Convolver Plug in has "automatic level control" which I assumed would prevent digital clipping. The other day I ran a 0 dB sweep and was surprised to hear several frequencies...

There are many threads past and present regarding some aspect of listening to vinyl. These threads always seem to devolve into claims of how terrible vinyl measures and sounds verses those that say while vinyl may measure poorly it can sound good and due to other factors (nostalgia, artwork...

Today was the first I heard about NFT for music https://www.rollingstone.com/pro/news/kings-of-leon-when-you-see-yourself-album-nft-crypto-1135192/ I think a strong argument could be made that streaming has seen it's peak and NFT could be the future of music delivery. The biggest issue for...

There is a lot of discussion on the internet about “original master tapes” of music from the past and their condition and availability as these tapes are used for “re-issues”, “re-masters”, and “re-mixes”. Some people claim original LP’s and even CD’s made from “fresh” master tapes decades ago...

Apparently not content with just disrupting the car market Elon Musk now wants to disrupt the Hi-Fi market with direct streaming to the brain. No more worries about age related hearing loss, WAF of speakers, Class D vs Class AB vs Tubes...

I am working on a DIY monoblock project using a salvaged transformer. The transformer is 48 volt (58 volt no load) ~ 500 VA from a Kenwood power amp from the 1980's (rated at 150 Watts continuous pre channel both channels driven) . Amp will be approximately 150 watts into 8 ohms and 250 into 4...