[Leigh]

Fulla 3 question for you folks: Does the ADC record both from the mic input and the analog line input, or just the mic input? It would be cool if I could mix the mic input with whatever I send through the analog input and have it get into the ADC. It looks from the docs like the analog in that's not the mic just gets amplified for the headphone jack and bypasses the digital stuff.

 

[macdonjh]

Can someone advise what everyone means when they say underpowered?

With respect to my post, it was a joke. I think a pair of Threshold SA-1 amplifiers would make head phone killing amps: 160W per channel.

I'm not sure if you're into DIY at all, but you can build a Aleph J clone, with the blessing and support of Nelson Pass, for around $750-$850. This assumes you already have the tools, supplies and a bit of DIY electronics experience to do so. But it is a super fun hobby. I plan to build an Aleph J sometime here in the future. I probably wouldn't recommend it for your first, or even second, DIY audio project. But it is an option. Look up the CMoy headphone amp if you're looking for a good "my first DIY audio project".

Btw, I have no idea of the current value of a pair of Aleph 1.2s on the used market, so this whole DIY idea may not make financial sense. But I have read that Nelson Pass says the Aleph J is his favorite amp in the Aleph series.

DIY Aleph J links:
https://www.diyaudio.com/forums/pass-labs/357002-aleph-build-guide-noobs.html
https://www.diyaudio.com/forums/pass-labs/241729-aleph-illustrated-build-guide.html
https://diyaudiostore.com/collections/printed-circuit-boards/products/aleph-j

That would be a good project. Perhaps someday. I have no electronics knowledge. Stuffing the PCB would be no problem (I have basic soldering skills and can follow instructions), but circuit checking, testing and troubleshooting would be a problem. The soldering station and multi-meter I have, oscilloscope: not. I also like the idea of the F4.

Oh, the Aleph 1.2 are apparently sold. I didn't see them when I tried to visit them (virtually at least) today. I don't remember the asking price. Likely more than $5000.

 

[macdonjh]

On a remastering-related topic:
Does anyone have any experience with the various Led Zeppelin remasters out there? The Japanese SHM? The Complete Recordings box set? Rather than derail this thread, please send a PM with your thoughts.

 

[Jason Stoddard]

Jason has been suspiciously quiet for the past two weeks, is there a new product or a chapter coming soon?

We can certainly hope! Although my suspicion is the rest of 2020 will be light on prod intros...it appears Modius is already in backorder a little over a month since release...with an estimated ship date of mid-September!

Just busy...

And we fixed the Modius date--that was in error.

 

[StevePNW]

Can someone advise what everyone means when they say underpowered? My ipad Air 2 will drive my HD6XXs to ear splittingly loud levels.

Is it something to do with how the 20hz-20khz frequency response of the HPs respond to a given amp? Weaker amps, don't give the expected frequency response curve?

Re LRS's

12-14 week wait time for those bad boys, I'm hoping mine will ship by the end of September.

@Rensek - I know the wait is hard. It took my LRS pair about 13 weeks to finally make the journey to me in March. Just enjoy family & friends safely, get your stuff done, and listen to some great music. They will be here before you know it!

 

[caenlenfromOCN]

He's been busy on the Magnius balanced amp for $199

@Voxata if this becomes true I will need you to make me a balanced cable for my HD58X LOL

 

[myquealer]

Re LRS's

12-14 week wait time for those bad boys, I'm hoping mine will ship by the end of September.

I ordered mine from a local dealer at the end of February, finally got them mid June. Dunno if ordering direct would have been quicker.

 

[Jason Stoddard]

He's been busy on the Magnius balanced amp for $199

@Voxata if this becomes true I will need you to make me a balanced cable for my HD58X LOL

I have written a new chapter...just can't release it yet. If things drag on more than a week or two, I'll write another chapter, probably on business-y stuff like systems. Yeah, I know, boring. But necessary.

 

[Jason Stoddard]

And, ironically enough, I'm setting up the home theater to be a dual-purpose home theater/listening room. For now, using an Eitr into the XMC-1. Next, Yggy, Freya+, and Vidars, with the Freya handling front channel duty and Vidars replacing the Emotiva amp. Not that I'm against Emotiva, but this is long overdue.

Aside: this is prompted by moving house about a year ago, to a new place with less, er, opportunity for a good separate listening room. The home theater is great acoustically, the rest of the house less so. It's time I have more than LS50s on the desktop (and a listening room at Schiit).

Then I can work on improving the ancient Odeon speakers.

 

[Ripper2860]

@Jason Stoddard -- how about some pics of 'Ancient Odeons'??

 

[Jason Stoddard]

@Jason Stoddard -- how about some pics of 'Ancient Odeons'??

I posted them before...these guys.

Circa 1992.

At the old house.

 

[Byronb]

I posted them before...these guys.
Circa 1992.


At the old house.

Love the El Camino

 

[roadcykler]

Ahh Boeing I assume, huh? I'm an engineer so I know lots of people here in St.L who work or have worked for Boeing / McDonnell Douglas. I would be ecstatic to have a job engineering airplanes, but I can't bring myself to do so here in any of the St. Louis-based programs because they're all defense programs as far as I know, and I can't in good conscience make a living designing war machines. I have no personal qualms with anyone who does so though. It's just not for me. But man, if Boeing ever starts engineering commercial aircraft or spacecraft here in St. Louis, I would be first in line for that job fair. Maybe when my wife's business is more established we should look at moving to Seattle. My wife has always been a fan of Seattle but I've still never been there. We were thinking about planning a trip to the PNW this fall before Covid came around. Is it really as cloudy & rainy as people say?

I actually have heard the LRSs here at a local audiophile gathering. Those LRSs are actually owned by a semi-retired Boeing engineer! They were driven by an Aleph 5 and, with a subwoofer filling in the bottom end, they sounded amazing. I'm also strongly considering picking up a pair of HD6XXs as well! Great minds think alike I guess, huh?

To answer your rain question, I'm south of the Seattle area and it rains a little more there than here, but when it rains, it's generally more of a heavy mist or sprinkle, but that may last several hours or a couple of days. The thing that I don't care for is it may be overcast for many days in a row during late Fall thru middle to late Spring. I last lived about 20ish miles east of St Louis and the rain that you experience there almost never happens here. Sometimes we do get an actual downpour but it doesn't last very long and is very, very infrequent. To give you an example, I have a huge Douglas Fir at the end of my driveway and even after it "rains" all day, I come home from work and the ground underneath it is dry.

edited to add: I missed the much shorter answer to the rain question. Soory aboot that.

 

[roadcykler]

I posted them before...these guys.
Circa 1992.

Nice looking, lowered El Camino and a Fiero not on fire. Holy heck, those are some big speakers.

 

[AndreYew]

And, ironically enough, I'm setting up the home theater to be a dual-purpose home theater/listening room. For now, using an Eitr into the XMC-1. Next, Yggy, Freya+, and Vidars, with the Freya handling front channel duty and Vidars replacing the Emotiva amp. Not that I'm against Emotiva, but this is long overdue.

Maybe this will inspire a firmware update for a special Freya S/+ mode that puts it into HT bypass mode?

I was thinking it would respond to two new IR codes that would switch the preamp to a particular input (say, balanced 1 or SE 3 depending on which IR code), turn on passive mode, and turn the volume up full, maybe muted so if it accidentally happens, it won't blow your speakers away. One can dream!