audiohobbit
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can you give us a link? thx
Smyth Research Realiser A16
You Gene
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I believe from what I read on the HCFR forum that the manual is a sort of proprietary document of 20 pages. When I asked Gilles by email whether this manual existed, he said : YES, absolutely, it does exist. He did not propose to HCFR or to me to send it over via pdf. And I am kind of embarrassed to demand the bloody thing (sorry for my French...)
That is all I know.
You Gene
PS : wonderful news about this browser thing!!!
audiohobbit
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But let me personally add: That they are working on it doesn't mean that it will be available soon. I think that is a lot of work to do and as they are very busy at the moment, I wouldn't expect it in the next one or two months.
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I have a feeling that there are several individuals that might be beta testing various options for the A16... I know that Giles has the proper sweeps for the capture... and the manual is not being released that he wrote to the public...
audiohobbit
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Thanks. Put this throgh google translate because my french is too bad. having a lo to laugh ...
but I understand most of it.
As I already thought, I think the asynchronous measurement is already fully implemented, we just need the correct signals. Gilles seems to have a set of these (and I think, or nearly know, that other professionals may have as well)
What romain also says is what I already said: The room sizes of the actual listening room and the room that the PRIR was captured in shouldn't differ that much, otherwise you don't get your brain convinced that this is "real" what you're hearing.
Capturing a big cinema auditorium and listening to it at your small living room would not be satisfying.
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yes and no... yes that you most likely won't want to listen to a large virtual room inside of a small living room.... but no, in that I have a friend that has a patio that overlooks a shipping channel with views out to 50 miles...
its amazing sitting on his patio and listening to music in a virtual room ... the visuals come into effect and that small virtual room turns into a 50 mile wide virtual room..
audiohobbit
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wow. But how many people do have such rooms/views?
And Romain (and I also) are referring more to home cinema.
You Gene
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Worth mentioning also is the fact that all of those that received the A16 with the accompanying manual did not - to my knowledge - offer the manual for everyone's use. I do not believe for a second that they signed a "confidentiality agreement". That being said, Gilles is a very helpful guy, believing from the first in the quality of the A16 and the only one (?) to have been in northern Ireland visiting the Smyth brothers ; meaning he knows a lot about the A16...
Still, you are right, I am missing something.
You Gene
audiohobbit
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Do you know if there are or were any studios in France offering PRIR generation for the Realiser (A8 and/or A16)?
It's protected by copyright, like basically any other written document, so everyone who has a copy would need permission from Giles to distribute copies not for their personal use. I believe it's intended as a perk for people who buy directly from Giles.
You Gene
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I just asked on your behalf on HCFR
I will keep you posted.
PS : from a quick search on HCFR, I only saw US addresses. But it is only a search.
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Thanks and careful with that axe!
Fox1977
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On the french forum, "Gilles preorder" #37 has his unit already on the way (or maybe he even got it now). Gilles sends units following the order of those who paid it fully (since the final payment was asked a while after the order was made, some early in the preorder list may have paid later than others and therefore may get their unit eventually later). If Gilles already shipped over 30 units, added to around 80 KS backers and something like 10 full price buyers or more, it means that at least 120 units have been shipped already in 9-10 weeks. It would concur with audiohobbit's quote of James Smyth when he says "we have now tested over 150 systems and counting"
I guess Gilles' list of preorder may run dry soon (i don't know how many preorders he got, but i don't think it reaches 100 or so) which would then make more units to send to backers.
It's a pity that James doesn't inform us about how the number of units shipped, but it's already very good that he at last answered about Brexit.
I guess Gilles' list of preorder may run dry soon (i don't know how many preorders he got, but i don't think it reaches 100 or so) which would then make more units to send to backers.
It's a pity that James doesn't inform us about how the number of units shipped, but it's already very good that he at last answered about Brexit.
