It seems a shame to hide this behind my equipment. How about a hapa mirror stuck to the wall that reflects (I figure a 15 degree downward slope, ambient light depending, of course) all of that copper or silver goodness in my direction while listening or otherwise enjoying myself in whatever way consenting adults agree to with whatever source of excitement is necessary to 'do the job'. The snakeskin speaker cables have peeked my curiosity.
Your workmanship continues to amaze me. And the resin trick, genius!
What kind of jerk makes you direct wire a cable into his power supply?
What kind of jerk makes you direct wire a cable into his power supply?There is no easy way to say it, this is the right way to go, IEC power plugs are unsafe and add 9 transfers connections to the power, It has no thread to be screwed on and loses its grip after some time.
As the recipient of the one going to California, I can't tell you how excited I am to see the Aero CU USB cable that is headed my way. Jason, I hope it looks as good as the picture shows it to be, and I am really excited about what it should sound like.
As the recipient of the one going to California, I can't tell you how excited I am to see the Aero CU USB cable that is headed my way. Jason, I hope it looks as good as the picture shows it to be, and I am really excited about what it should sound like.
Wayne,
I could do something like this, not quite the same design as Ember, but somewhat similar and better suited for the application. Let me know any time! And I would love to build you a USB cable as well. :thumb:
An Aero Ag USB may be in my future…
Maybe 50ish hours to get you to 95% :thumb:
Who are we kidding here... They sound awesome right out of the box, and only get better with time. :thumb:
Early B,
I don’t currently make a HDMI cable. I have seen a rather large uptick in HDMI being used in audio via the I2S PCM standard. I haven’t even started exploring that, but I’d be curious, are you wanting one from audio specifically or A/V?
Audio. Not sure how labor intensive it is or if they're cost-prohibitive, but if you can find high-end HDMI connectors, it might be worth exploring.
An odd one last week! I had a client who needed to adapt two adaptors :lol: basically he needed to insert a heater to a tube octal and the only way to do it and still have compatibility across a few different options was to make this crazy adaptor:
(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=252375)
(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=252376)
(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=252377)
I used the current favorite tube sockets for the female banana connectors and a gold plated 5.5 OD 2.5 ID dc plug on the other end. I then used an acrylic tube and epoxy with sparkling mica pigment for the female dc connector to secure everything in place. A very attractive and effective solution!
This allowed the client to use 6J5 driver tubes rather than the 6SN7 tubes normally used in his amp. The voltage to the heater is delivered by a Ferrum Hypsos voltage variable voltage unit. :thumb: according to the client the sound quality is excellent with this new addition and gives him the ability to take tube rolling to the next level.
Got a few more sexy builds to post this week. Stay tuned. :thumb:
Hahaha, that's wild! Seriously custom tweak territory there. :thumb:
That’s a first for sure. Outside the box kind of thinking…kinda like hand polishing silver wires 😄
Going out today! I haven’t posted the last few just out of forgetfulness on my part, but this set I remembered before boxing things up. :lol:
2 Aero Ag BNC and one Aero Ag USB. This has been a theme lately, a lot of folks are using the BCA cables for either proprietary BNC interfaces with with streamers and DACs or they’re using them for clocks. I really love the AECO BNC connectors. An excellent design and incredible sound quality.
(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=250616)
(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=250617)
Hi All,
I am the Happy Recipient of these 3 Cables. A little background first.
I auditioned the first Aero USB cable in February of 2022. I put it up against as Sablon 2020 USB; which I owned and later on added a Sablon EVO USB Cable, which a friend owned and we listened together to all 3 cables. Prio to adding the EVO I had been listening to the Aero cable vs the Sablon 2020 for about a week or so. It was clearly that the Hapa was a special cable. Much more refined and musical than the Sablon 2020. When my friend came over with the EVO we kept things simple. At the time my system consisted of a Bryston BP26 Preamp, Bryston 4B cubed amp, Bryston BDA-3 DAC and my front end was and still is a Sonore Signature Rendu SE Optical being fed from a Sonore Optical Module Deluxe and a Custom Built Music Server. My Speakers are Totem Acoustic Mani 2 Signatures.
Like I said we kept things simple; my go to demo CD is Larry Carlton’s “Alone / But Never Alone”, we used Tracks 1 & 5, Track 1 is “Smiles and Smiles to Go”, which contains a wonderful continuous flowing Bass Line along with an Acoustic Guitar. The second track is called High Steppin’, lots of percussive things happening, probably my favorite track on this album. The third track we chose id the Opening track to Chuck Mangione’s “Children of Sanchez”, very dynamic featuring Horn’s and a male vocal. Comparing the Aero to the 2020 we both agreed the Aero was the better of the two. Add the Sablon EVO to the mix; that changed everything. When we listened to the Chuck Mangione track the best way to describe the Aero would be shoutee. Jason had sent me a 2.0M cable; we thought maybe I needed a shorter cable. In the end I ended up purchasing the EVO and returned the Aero to Jason.
Fast forward a year later; after many changes to my system; I reach out to Jason again and ask him if I could demo the new Aero Ag USB and a couple of Aero Ag BNC Cables. I have been a fan of Silver cables for many years, my Power cables are Audio Magic and my XLR Cables were Audio Magic and Silversmith Audio. Both based on silver conductors. He obliged; and so my latest Hapa journey began.
My system is very different from the previous one as well; Bricasti M12 Controller and M25 Amp, a new server build, 2 Custom built Linear Power Supplies. The server is built off the Taiko DIY Chassis, ended up being quite a challenge due to QC issues and mistakes on my end as well. This is the end result…..
(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=252838)
The reason for the BNC Cables was the pending use of a AfterDark 10M Master Clock, it has 3 outputs, the plan was one to a Uptone Audio EtherRegen, one to a Sotm Motherboard / Sotm SCLK-EX combo and a third to a AfterDark Network Card which I initially did not have. My Network card when I was doing all of this was a JCAT NET CARD-XE.
Jason sent me a Aero Ag USB and 2 Aero AG BNC Cables. While waiting on the AfterDark Clock I wasted no time, in with the Aero Ag USB and out went the Sablon EVO. All I could say was Holy Moly; this was a complete 360 degree about face. I used the same 3 tracks and it was an entirely different experience. The amount of detail retrieval and the musicality of this cable was outstanding right from the get go.
I did a quick swap just to be sure, and then back to the Aero. I listened for at least a week, letting the system play 24/7 to assist with the break in, I had no desire to go back to the EVO. I obviously had to and I did, and allowed that to settle in again and listened to that for a period of time again. The EVO is no slouch and very popular but it was boring compared to the Aero Ag. At a significant upcharge was the Hapa Aero Ag worth it? To my ears absolutely. I was hearing things I had not noticed in tracks that I had been listening to for years.
On to the BNC Cables…..I originally had a single output AfterDark Clock tied to my EtherRegen Network Switch along with a AfterDark BNC Cable, somewhat entry level at the time I upgraded that to their EVA version, the affect of a clock can take things to a new level in terms of Live Sound. Not here to debate that, this is about Jason and Hapa….
With the additional changes to my system my needs changed and I asked AfterDark to build me a custom clock with 3 outputs.
No plans for the 3rd output yet; the clock arrived and the listening began.
The first test was to reset the EtherRegen to its internal clock and put the first Aero Ag BNC on the Sotm SCLK-EX. Again using the same 3 tracks, the first thing I noticed was a much lower noise floor, obviously this is a result of having the clock but no doubt the cable as
well. I also noticed a much larger soundstage and much more precision overall. Next I added the second cable to the EtherRegen, more improvement, much closer to a Live presentation. After deciding I wanted to put the 3rd output of the clock to good use I decided to order the AfterDark NIC. In terms of maybe trying to save some money as I have been out of control, I asked Jason if I could try the Aero Copper BNC, lucky for me he had one available to send to me. Once it arrived I quickly swapped out the cable on the SOTM Clock Board. Well so much for saving any money, there was no comparison between the two. The copper cable is now residing on the AfterDark NIC while I wait for a third silver cable. I am keeping the AfterDark NIC by the way. Again things are that much closer to a Live performance. My system has never sounded more musical and life like.
You can see the 3 BNC Cables here.
(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=252837)
I highly recommend trying out the Hapa Cables. In fact here is the perfect opportunity……..
https://www.audiocircle.com/index.php?topic=185768.msg1948927#new
Enjoy the Music! I know I am…..Thanks to Jason and Hapa Audio!
Cheers,
Mike
If I did an Ember tour it would be RCA, XLR and USB. Maybe a giveaway??? :scratch: :nono: :wink:
These were supposed to be on tour for the Ember tour, however I got a client order just as the connectors arrived and I thought I had ordered more! :duh: More are incoming! These ones are 2.5 meters long and yes, I can make them longer if clients have their amps separate from the rest of their gear.
If you’re interested in hearing these check out my tour thread! https://www.audiocircle.com/index.php?topic=187097.0
(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=257383)
(https://www.audiocircle.com/image.php?id=257384)
I appreciate you all and your continued support. :thumb: