[artur9]

Knockoff sounds better than FAKE!

Cheers!

My cables have had their atoms aligned by a fakir (cryo is so last century).

 

[artur9]

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Distance from listening seat to amp is more like 12 feet, but does have to go through the wood floor.
...

Wood shouldn't present much of a problem unless it's panzerholz.

 

[tincanear]

So @Jason Stoddard @ArmchairPhilosopher I’ve a Forkbeard Question: What do you estimate the range to realistically be, in-home? For example, I have my Kara (which I can upgrade to FB), and gonna have Stjarna…. Both in my cabinet at back corner of listening room about 20 feet away from where my amp is (which is UNDER the wood flooring in the basement under the speakers. So 3/4” of plywood, with hard oak flooring over that. There is a foiled / vapor barrier in between. Were I to replace current amp with Wotan FB’d, would it work? I’m really not familiar with BT ranges IRL (beyond in my cars to my phones also in said car),

Thanks for any thoughts…

(Revised)
IMHO, BT has a range of about 25’ clear line of sight. Distance and objects between iDevice and each FB transceiver are what matters. The foil vapor barrier (depending on how many seams) might be a no-go.

(Ninja’d by @ArmchairPhilosopher)
You can test this by placing your phone w/ bluetooth active at your normal listening spot & using a standard BT earpiece downstairs

https://wifivitae.com/2021/12/15/wall-attenuation/

 

[Adam Balm]

Is that different than the Stereophile test CD set? I have one that's handy every once in a while: "this is the left channel -- LEFT CHANNEL"

There were two volumes of those.
Don't remember too much about them except for John Atkinson slappin' his Fender Bass for channel identification.

 

[Paladin79]

That so explains the special affinity you've been showing!

Yeah that’s it.

 

[Brubacca]

The real product is Nordost Valhalla 2 speaker cable. My knockoff version sounds amazing.

Can you give us the recipe? What cable did you buy? How did you make it. I use nordost interconnects but I buy them used and only have one blue heaven and one purple flare. Valhalla is a bit out of my range for the actual.

 

[Ripper2860]

I suspect the secret sauce is AliExpress.

 

[Ripper2860]

My cables have had their atoms aligned by a fakir (cryo is so last century).

I had my speaker cables' and Schiit gear's chakras aligned and it took sound to the next level.

 

[Ripper2860]

Happy Saturday!

 

[bcowen]

I had my speaker cables' and Schiit gear's Barbie aligned and it took sound to the next level.

FTFY.

 

[Syan25]

Happy Saturday!

Great drummer Erskine.
I love him on the Chick Corea Again and Again album.

 

[rkw]

And you can create a FIR filter with REW.
I use REW all the time for speaker measurements, but never use it to create filters.

How do you utilize the measurements, if not for DSP?

 

[Bowmoreman]

Oh that's a gorgeous set up. I bet you have had wonderful listening sessions in that room.

Thanks. Actually listening to a new (to me) LP of Resphighi gifted by @bagwell359 during his visit for our 34 year overdue catchup listening session earlier this week. Between the wood stove on this chilly night and the tunes, it’s quite awesome. Meinem Gemütlichkieit, as it were. I turn the wood stove fireplace fan off during listening.

Reminds me…

When is Stjarna!!! (In silver!). Afficianados want to know.

 

[Bowmoreman]

(Revised)
IMHO, BT has a range of about 25’ clear line of sight. Distance and objects between iDevice and each FB transceiver are what matters. The foil vapor barrier (depending on how many seams) might be a no-go.

(Ninja’d by @ArmchairPhilosopher)
You can test this by placing your phone w/ bluetooth active at your normal listening spot & using a standard BT earpiece downstairs

https://wifivitae.com/2021/12/15/wall-attenuation/

I shall test this out probably tomorrow. My Bose QC25 gaming headset connects via BT to my iPad…

I will report back.

 

[Ripper2860]

How do you utilize the measurements, if not for DSP?

Folks can find REW measurements useful for determining changes to FR when adding acoustic treatments or moving their listening position / speakers. It can prove beneficial for determining the impact of tweaking the listening environment and not just for creating FIR files for DSP use.