G2G \ DIY Meet 3/26/11

stereocilia · « **Reply #40 on:** 28 Mar 2011, 04:56 pm »

Good times, absolutely. Thanks so much Kris!

sts9fan · « **Reply #41 on:** 30 Mar 2011, 02:41 pm »

Here are some pictures taken by Henry.

Photog

Stereocilia

DACs on top of Class A

Main rack

Solo103 in front of the cd rack I built

DougSmith

MarkM and Stereocilia Mmmmm Nugget Nectar

BostonHighEnd, Ericus and myself sitting (looking confused) listening to the single drivers upstairs

Thanks again everyone for coming. It was a great time and we should do it again. Who's next? Its almost BBQ season so...

Ericus Rex · « **Reply #42 on:** 30 Mar 2011, 02:45 pm »

I wish I knew someone with a good system, a back yard and a paella pan

sts9fan · « **Reply #43 on:** 30 Mar 2011, 02:52 pm »

The first paella of the season is soooo close!

stereocilia · « **Reply #44 on:** 31 Mar 2011, 04:51 pm »

Oh man. I should never have done a back to back comparison of my class d with your DIY class a. Now I want a new amp. You know, I might be willing to put up with the fact that you could almost cook paella on on amp as long as it sounds that sweet.

sts9fan · « **Reply #45 on:** 31 Mar 2011, 05:51 pm »

I think it may have been unfair using the XLR to RCA connectors.

DougSmith · « **Reply #46 on:** 31 Mar 2011, 10:46 pm »

I don't think it was the cables. That particular amp uses a TAS5630 chip, and is not as refined as some of the other Class D offerings. The input impedance was probably not well matched and as a result, it was audibly deficient over the high end of the frequency spectrum. An appropriate input buffer might make a difference.

stereocilia · « **Reply #47 on:** 1 Apr 2011, 02:45 am »

Dammit, Doug, as much as I prefer sts9fan's answer I think you're probably right. I will say, though, the class D amp's mojo really is better in my system -- it was even less bad with maggies. It's almost as if sound quality is inversely proportional to speaker sensitivity.

DougSmith · « **Reply #48 on:** 1 Apr 2011, 03:19 am »

Could be.