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[Purité Audio]

This week‘s BLOG more sickly sentimental nonsense, this time about Dutch&Dutch ( not the U.K. based estate agents Dutch&Dutch) but the Dutch based Dutch&Dutch.
There is another completely gratuitous cat photo, tempted?

Dutch&Dutch Reloaded!

Eight years a slave to the Dutch&Dutch 8c! I think it was early 2016, I was still a relatively young man back then, that was then but sadly this is now. I was discussing Kii loudspeakers on a forum, we hadn't had the Kiis that long and they had impressed, compact, more or less full-range, a...

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Keith

 

[MKR]

This week‘s BLOG more sickly sentimental nonsense, this time about Dutch&Dutch ( not the U.K. based estate agents Dutch&Dutch) but the Dutch based Dutch&Dutch.
There is another completely gratuitous cat photo, tempted?

Dutch&Dutch Reloaded!

Eight years a slave to the Dutch&Dutch 8c! I think it was early 2016, I was still a relatively young man back then, that was then but sadly this is now. I was discussing Kii loudspeakers on a forum, we hadn't had the Kiis that long and they had impressed, compact, more or less full-range, a...

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Keith

Great write up and description of the 8Cs, couldn’t agree more, thanks Keith

 

[Purité Audio]

I have, much to the despair of my wife been moving the ’studios’ ( front and back living rooms) around again in search of a more even response.
I moved the three large RPG Modex membrane traps to the rear wall so they are now behind me ( the room has a pernicious 30Hz room mode )
I moved the Mantas so they are now firing down the long axis and I have been measuring and re-measuring dimensions , looking at the Amroc room mode calculator, and REW’s ‘room simulation’.
I know it’s old hat to ASR members but I wrote up a quick how to on my BLOG.

Where's the best position for my loudspeakers?

Positioning loudspeaker and listening positions:-There are a couple of really useful tools that can help if you are thinking about where to position loudspeakers and of course yourself in the room.Online room mode calculators, you don't need a microphone to use these just measure your room's...

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To be frank it isn’t one of my most entertaining ( no change there I hear you cry) no pictures of cats, but you can’t have everything.
Next one will be the actual acoustic measurements with REW!
Keith

 

[Purité Audio]

I have also added part one of a very basic idiots guide to REW,I know there are more REW guides than you can shake a stick at but this one is different because it was written by an idiot.

Acoustic measurement with REW.

In the last thrill packed instalment I described how you could use an online room mode calculator such as Amroc to discover your rooms main axial modes, the frequencies which are most likely to produce 'boomy' bass, which of course has absolutely nothing to do with the design of your...

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Keith

 

[MKR]

I have also added part one of a very basic idiots guide to REW,I know there are more REW guides than you can shake a stick at but this one is different because it was written by an idiot.

Acoustic measurement with REW.

In the last thrill packed instalment I described how you could use an online room mode calculator such as Amroc to discover your rooms main axial modes, the frequencies which are most likely to produce 'boomy' bass, which of course has absolutely nothing to do with the design of your...

www.puriteaudio.co.uk

Keith

I for one am a self proclaimed idiot, so likely will be useful for me, thanks Keith!

 

[antcollinet]

Can I just say - nearly one year on - I love the title of this thread.

If I were buying something you stocked, I'd buy it from you just because of the title of this thread.

 

[teched58]

Can I just say - nearly one year on - I love the title of this thread.

If I were buying something you stocked, I'd buy it from you just because of the title of this thread.

I don't much care for Keith's @Purité Audio tie, either.

 

[antcollinet]

I don't much care for Keith's @Purité Audio tie, either.

You've lost me there

 

[teched58]

You've lost me there

It's a Beatles reference, to a remark by George Harrison. Please see "The Beatles First Recording Session" and also "When George Martin met The Beatles"

"We gave them a long lecture about their equipment and what would have to be done about it if they were to become recording artists. They didn’t say a word back, not a word, they didn’t even nod their heads in agreement. When he finished, George Martin said ‘Look, I’ve laid into you for quite a time, you haven’t responded. Is there anything you don’t like?’

I remember they all looked at each other for a long while, shuffling their feet, then George Harrison took a long look at George [Martin] and said ‘Yeah, I don’t like your tie!’

That cracked the ice for us and for the next 15-20 minutes they were pure entertainment. When they left to go home George [Martin] and I just sat there saying ‘Phew! What do you think of that lot then?’ I had tears running down my face." -- Norman Smith (recording engineer at Apple)

 

[Purité Audio]

I like that!
There was a cracking, I think BBC documentary about George Martin made a few years back.
Keith

 

[antcollinet]

It's a Beatles reference, to a remark by George Harrison. Please see "The Beatles First Recording Session" and also "When George Martin met The Beatles"

"We gave them a long lecture about their equipment and what would have to be done about it if they were to become recording artists. They didn’t say a word back, not a word, they didn’t even nod their heads in agreement. When he finished, George Martin said ‘Look, I’ve laid into you for quite a time, you haven’t responded. Is there anything you don’t like?’

I remember they all looked at each other for a long while, shuffling their feet, then George Harrison took a long look at George [Martin] and said ‘Yeah, I don’t like your tie!’

That cracked the ice for us and for the next 15-20 minutes they were pure entertainment. When they left to go home George [Martin] and I just sat there saying ‘Phew! What do you think of that lot then?’ I had tears running down my face." -- Norman Smith (recording engineer at Apple)

Not surprised I was lost. . Thanks for the explanation.

 

[Purité Audio]

Third and final ( I promise) of my REW trilogy, in which my writing style has been compared favourably to Mario Puzo’s .

REW creating EQ filters!

Last time we looked at how to capture a measurement with REW ( Room Eq Wizard).I should have mentioned that after the measurement is taken REW automatically displays the 'SPL+Phase' window ( sound pressure level), don't apply smoothing to that window instead display the 'All SPL' window.Go...

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Keith

 

[Purité Audio]

No cats, but as I have a new pair of the salacious Dutch&Dutch 8c, I thought I would just summarise the set-up routine which is enabled via the D&D ‘Ascend’ app, which is free!
The 8Cs are Roon/Spotify ready, and have REW integration, which means that once you have connected them to your LAN REW sees the 8Cs, no need for cabling, just select the 8C as ‘equaliser in REW and press ‘start’ once REW has created the filters you can then send them directly to the speakers easy peasy lemon squeezy.

Dutch&Dutch 8Cs - Set up.

I have a new demonstration pair of the superb Dutch&Dutch 8C loudspeakers, I thought I would just illustrate the set up process, the 8Cs are extremely configurable allowing you to choose the sound you enjoy, despite their versatility the actual set-up process is straightforward.For those...

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Truly we live in a golden age in terms of home audio reproduction.
Keith