[Paladin79]

So this is what retirement is all about then? Sitting around watching glue dry?

Well I did shower and get dressed eventually too. I need to get an amp ready to ship to someone in NC (not you) and then on to Virginia.

 

[sam6550a]

So this is what retirement is all about then? Sitting around watching glue dry?

You will just have to wait until you retire to uncover the secrets.

 

[OldRoadToad]

Wow. Did I misread that one! My brain immediately processed it as Top Of The Line. Not Tom's OTL.
Though I consider the Incubus in the Top Of The Line category, so....

Audiogal needs more coffee this morning.

Do not feel bad, m'lady. For example, most here think that "ORT" stands for OldRoadToad when oddly enough it stands for OutputResistanceTube or OutlandishlyRetardedToad or...Just make one up! And never forget that a sense of humor is the sixth sense that makes sense on days like these.

And of course, an ORT by any other abbreviation is still a toad. Caffeine sounds like the potion to get you in motion. That coupled with the sacred sixth sense will serve you well, young lady.

ORT

 

[yonson]

Looking at the B stock page and I'm confused. There's some Ragnarok 2's on there that say they are closeout, but they are more expensive than the normal Ragnarok 2's what gives?

 

[tincanear]

I cranked the volume dial on the Kef Cube . I moved it all over the place to see it I could activate it .No dice.

did you try speaker level inputs on the Kube 8b?? with Rag2, use separate wires for the L- and R- connections as both output phases are active.

 

[Ableza]

Looking at the B stock page and I'm confused. There's some Ragnarok 2's on there that say they are closeout, but they are more expensive than the normal Ragnarok 2's what gives?

Obviously, buy a new one and save $100.

 

[RCBinTN]

To all of you here who own Tyrs:
If you haven't played Béla Fleck's Flight of The Cosmic Hippo (on the album of the same name) yet, I don't know what you're doing with your lives.

Yeah, that is Victor Wooten. He's great. If you like Victor's bass playing, also check out Marcus Miller and Stanley Clarke

 

[hornytoad]

did you try speaker level inputs on the Kube 8b?? with Rag2, use separate wires for the L- and R- connections as both output phases are active.

I did not , just rca inputs into the Kef . Don’t really want to connect that way as it’s easier to move rca cables to different amps , which I do.

 

[bcowen]

Looking at the B stock page and I'm confused. There's some Ragnarok 2's on there that say they are closeout, but they are more expensive than the normal Ragnarok 2's what gives?

Looks like the new 'fully loaded' version comes with an ES9028 DAC and the ones listed in B-stock have multibit? Just a guess on my part...

 

[yonson]

Looks like the new 'fully loaded' version comes with an ES9028 DAC and the ones listed in B-stock have multibit? Just a guess on my part...

Ahhh, nice catch!

 

[ArmchairPhilosopher]

Looks like the new 'fully loaded' version comes with an ES9028 DAC and the ones listed in B-stock have multibit? Just a guess on my part...

That's exactly what that is.

 

[bcowen]

Do not feel bad, m'lady. For example, most here think that "ORT" stands for OldRoadToad when oddly enough it stands for OutputResistanceTube or OutlandishlyRetardedToad or...Just make one up! And never forget that a sense of humor is the sixth sense that makes sense on days like these.

And of course, an ORT by any other abbreviation is still a toad. Caffeine sounds like the potion to get you in motion. That coupled with the sacred sixth sense will serve you well, young lady.

ORT

Dang. I thought ORT stood for Old Refurbished Tube. Was thinking you might be this guy:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1146421297...aultOrganicWeb&_trksid=p2563228.c101113.m2108

 

[JCS17]

Since folks are talking about test tracks they use for speakers:
Below are the quality tracks I used back before I started building my own speakers; this was 2 decades back. I made a CD to take around to shops & usually left the test CD so the sales people could listen for themselves at their leisure, and hopefully understand my critique of what I listened to. By the time I had figured out which speakers I wanted to buy, we had to spend $9k to replace a roof, which meant the $3-4k I budgeted for speakers was gone. Somehow, I ended up on DIYaudio where dark forces tempted me to 'roll my own'. Over time, I MAY have spent as much building speakers as I would have buying them, but I had WAY more fun! I have given up building now, as 1) our house is overflowing with speakers & SheWhoMustBeObeyed has declared 'enough'; 2) our daughter & other interested parties will not accept any more; 3) after 2 decades of retirement, I no longer have the energy to do more.

Besides the tracks below, I also played a couple items from Benny Goodman's 1938 Carnegie Hall jazz concert. Even a poor system can sound listenable when fed great material, but a truly great system can take a less than wonderful old recording and retrieve enough to showcase a once in a lifetime event that happened before I was born.

1) Jennifer Higdon: Concerto for Orchestra, movement V
2) Sharon Isbin, et al: Journey to the Amazon: Seis por Derecho (Antonio Lauro)
3) Nickel Creek: Ode to a Butterfly
4) Richard Elliot: Crush
5) Mickey Hart: Temple Caves
6) Gottschalk: Le Banjo
7) Woody Phillips: Habanera
8) Dixie Chicks: There's Your Trouble
9) Lara Fabian: Urgent Desire
10) Alison Krauss & Union Station: Crazy Faith
11) Diana Krall: Let's Fall in Love
12) Dave Brubeck Quartet: Blue Ronda a la Turk
13) Airto Moreira & the Gods of Jazz: Nevermind
14) The Hot Club of San Francisco: Gong Oh
15) Ska Cubano: Cumbia En Do Menor
16) Fleetwood Mac: Gypsy

Cheers, Jim

 

[bcowen]

Since folks are talking about test tracks they use for speakers:
Below are the quality tracks I used back before I started building my own speakers; this was 2 decades back. I made a CD to take around to shops & usually left the test CD so the sales people could listen for themselves at their leisure, and hopefully understand my critique of what I listened to. By the time I had figured out which speakers I wanted to buy, we had to spend $9k to replace a roof, which meant the $3-4k I budgeted for speakers was gone. Somehow, I ended up on DIYaudio where dark forces tempted me to 'roll my own'. Over time, I MAY have spent as much building speakers as I would have buying them, but I had WAY more fun! I have given up building now, as 1) our house is overflowing with speakers & SheWhoMustBeObeyed has declared 'enough'; 2) our daughter & other interested parties will not accept any more; 3) after 2 decades of retirement, I no longer have the energy to do more.

Besides the tracks below, I also played a couple items from Benny Goodman's 1938 Carnegie Hall jazz concert. Even a poor system can sound listenable when fed great material, but a truly great system can take a less than wonderful old recording and retrieve enough to showcase a once in a lifetime event that happened before I was born.

1) Jennifer Higdon: Concerto for Orchestra, movement V
2) Sharon Isbin, et al: Journey to the Amazon: Seis por Derecho (Antonio Lauro)
3) Nickel Creek: Ode to a Butterfly
4) Richard Elliot: Crush
5) Mickey Hart: Temple Caves
6) Gottschalk: Le Banjo
7) Woody Phillips: Habanera
8) Dixie Chicks: There's Your Trouble
9) Lara Fabian: Urgent Desire
10) Alison Krauss & Union Station: Crazy Faith
11) Diana Krall: Let's Fall in Love
12) Dave Brubeck Quartet: Blue Ronda a la Turk
13) Airto Moreira & the Gods of Jazz: Nevermind
14) The Hot Club of San Francisco: Gong Oh
15) Ska Cubano: Cumbia En Do Menor
16) Fleetwood Mac: Gypsy

Cheers, Jim

Pics or it didn't happen.

Seriously, any photos of your creation(s)? Would love to see them.

 

[Paladin79]

Since folks are talking about test tracks they use for speakers:
Below are the quality tracks I used back before I started building my own speakers; this was 2 decades back. I made a CD to take around to shops & usually left the test CD so the sales people could listen for themselves at their leisure, and hopefully understand my critique of what I listened to. By the time I had figured out which speakers I wanted to buy, we had to spend $9k to replace a roof, which meant the $3-4k I budgeted for speakers was gone. Somehow, I ended up on DIYaudio where dark forces tempted me to 'roll my own'. Over time, I MAY have spent as much building speakers as I would have buying them, but I had WAY more fun! I have given up building now, as 1) our house is overflowing with speakers & SheWhoMustBeObeyed has declared 'enough'; 2) our daughter & other interested parties will not accept any more; 3) after 2 decades of retirement, I no longer have the energy to do more.

Besides the tracks below, I also played a couple items from Benny Goodman's 1938 Carnegie Hall jazz concert. Even a poor system can sound listenable when fed great material, but a truly great system can take a less than wonderful old recording and retrieve enough to showcase a once in a lifetime event that happened before I was born.

1) Jennifer Higdon: Concerto for Orchestra, movement V
2) Sharon Isbin, et al: Journey to the Amazon: Seis por Derecho (Antonio Lauro)
3) Nickel Creek: Ode to a Butterfly
4) Richard Elliot: Crush
5) Mickey Hart: Temple Caves
6) Gottschalk: Le Banjo
7) Woody Phillips: Habanera
8) Dixie Chicks: There's Your Trouble
9) Lara Fabian: Urgent Desire
10) Alison Krauss & Union Station: Crazy Faith
11) Diana Krall: Let's Fall in Love
12) Dave Brubeck Quartet: Blue Ronda a la Turk
13) Airto Moreira & the Gods of Jazz: Nevermind
14) The Hot Club of San Francisco: Gong Oh
15) Ska Cubano: Cumbia En Do Menor
16) Fleetwood Mac: Gypsy

Cheers, Jim

I am impressed that you built your own speakers! I spent some time working in speaker design with a good friend years ago but my shop is not set up for larger pieces at this time. My current project in spalted maple with a bit of mineral spirits applied to show off the color.