a Norwegian tale of the road to greater sound - by kaap

Audiophile Bill · Sep 3, 2019

kaap said:
Lazy lazy lazy

Days fly by, soon autum and then winter. jeez.. Soon xmas :/

Got this awesome doormat for my audioroom this summer for my bithday

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Anywho.... just gonna post a resent photo form the "audio barn".. It's a bit messy, but I'm in the process of rebuilding/upgrading my speakers.
Meaning, wider baffle, new xover chassis, with new xover parts and new connectors.

(The blue ribbon is just a loading strap, holding some wooden boards, that the large new side panels rests against.... In other words.. work in progress )

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Regards Kai

Is that a Manger wide bander? How do you like that?

kaap · Sep 3, 2019

Audiophile Bill said:
Is that a Manger wide bander? How do you like that?

Yes. Had Manger for about 15years, not the best on paper, but I have still not heard anything I want to trade out Manger with.

In the shortest of words; They play music, not hifi.

Regards Kai

Audiophile Bill · Sep 3, 2019

kaap said:
Yes. Had Manger for about 15years, not the best on paper, but I have still not heard anything I want to trade out Manger with.

In the shortest of words; They play music, not hifi.

Regards Kai

I heard from a friend that they were exceptional. Did you ever try horn loading it per chance?

kaap · Sep 3, 2019

Audiophile Bill said:
I heard from a friend that they were exceptional. Did you ever try horn loading it per chance?

Nope, never, sorry, and never heard about anyone who has put a Manger "in a horn"..
Anyway, I'm not a big horn fan.

Regards Kai

jeff1225 · Sep 3, 2019

Folsom · Sep 3, 2019

The gnome speaker!

Vienna · Sep 4, 2019

Great job and taste. Very nice space and system . Thank you for sharing

jeff1225 · Sep 4, 2019

I've heard Manger based systems twice, and throughly enjoyed both sessions. Like Tannoy, they make music and not hifi. Congratulations on a well thought out and executed system and room.

kaap · Jul 12, 2021

First off, sorry for being inactive for quite some time.

Second, "the hifi world" has changed over the years, and so have my passion for hifi. I started out at the age of 13, I'm now 40 (41 in a few days), where hifi was afforable for the avarage guy. Now "HighEnd" has gone, IMO, bananas. Cudos to anyone how has made a nice living, and has the opportunity to go-all-in, getting the best of the best, but to me this is far form reach. I've put "a pair of nordost ODIN2 speaker cable set worth" into my system, spread over 25 years..... Buying and selling to make the best deals, getting what I want.

Third, now, I "there". I have built the the room I allways wanted, by myself, with my dream system. Today my system plays everyting well.. Even records thats sounded absolute horrible years ago.. now they play fine.. not reference of course, but still enjoyable. And that, to me, is key. I dont wanna sit and listen strictly to reference recordings. I enjoy going out to my "barn", with a beer, and just relax with whatever music I feel like that day.

As for keeping ones mind active.. one gotta have a hobby *.. So I gotten a new one. Not related to hifi/music.. not even one bit.. But its fun.

* a wise friend one day said; "if the boy within a man, goes away, the man is lost".... and my inner boy is childish as ever

Kind reagards
Kai

Addicted to hifi · Jul 12, 2021

kaap said:
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First off, sorry for being inactive for quite some time.

Second, "the hifi world" has changed over the years, and so have my passion for hifi. I started out at the age of 13, I'm now 40 (41 in a few days), where hifi was afforable for the avarage guy. Now "HighEnd" has gone, IMO, bananas. Cudos to anyone how has made a nice living, and has the opportunity to go-all-in, getting the best of the best, but to me this is far form reach. I've put "a pair of nordost ODIN2 speaker cable set worth" into my system, spread over 25 years..... Buying and selling to make the best deals, getting what I want.

Third, now, I "there". I have built the the room I allways wanted, by myself, with my dream system. Today my system plays everyting well.. Even records thats sounded absolute horrible years ago.. now they play fine.. not reference of course, but still enjoyable. And that, to me, is key. I dont wanna sit and listen strictly to reference recordings. I enjoy going out to my "barn", with a beer, and just relax with whatever music I feel like that day.

As for keeping ones mind active.. one gotta have a hobby *.. So I gotten a new one. Not related to hifi/music.. not even one bit.. But its fun.

* a wise friend one day said; "if the boy within a man, goes away, the man is lost".... and my inner boy is childish as ever

Kind reagards
Kai

What a stunning system and room.

Ron Resnick · Jul 12, 2021

Congratulations on this achievement, Kai! The room looks absolutely beautiful!

kaap · Jul 13, 2021

Addicted to hifi said:
What a stunning system and room.

Thank you sir

Ron Resnick said:
Congratulations on this achievement, Kai! The room looks absolutely beautiful!

Thank you so much

This room is worthy of the frase "blood, sweat and tears"... This room was build to house both the stereo, and a photostudio, set to each end of the room. Early on the build, I took on a wedding photoshoot for a couple of friends of mine, and the wedding date was set... So I had a deadline to finish.. Allways good to have a deadline to keep up the pace, but it dam near killed me. For a periode of 1/2 year++...after dayjob and dinner, I was in the room, building, until nightfall in the weekdays, and all day in the weekends. I got 95% done to the wedding, only missing the flooring, but I still cringe when thinking back on the months of work, by my self.

Feedback for you guys, and visitors how come to have a listen, all help to "numb the memories for pain"

...and for the last year of covid, this has also been my home office.. so I have used the room quite a lot

Regards Kai

Argonaut · Jul 13, 2021

Very much enjoyed reading through this journal of your HiFi journey Kai...particularly as most of the design concept and implementation have been of your own, Blood , Sweat and Tears indeed.

kaap · Jul 13, 2021

TheMooN said:
Very much enjoyed reading through this journal of your HiFi journey Kai...particularly as most of the design concept and implementation have been of your own, Blood , Sweat and Tears indeed.

thx! but since english is my secound language, doing a complete writeup in english is a big job... I have done a full "journal" on a "whatsbestforum-in-my-contry-forum", with a LOT more pictures and info along the way... I can put in a link to the thread.. If linking to another forum is illigal, just say so, and I remove it.

https://translate.google.com/transl...ds/kaap-konverterer-stall-til-lytterom.78955/

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I linked it thru google translate.. and did a quick look.. The translation aint half bad.. But I did not quality check the hole ting... (disclaimer

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It's 10+ pages, with a lot of text and pictures... but if anyone have the time to read thru it, post feedback here, that would be fun

regards Kai

Andrew S. · Jul 13, 2021

I just caught up reading this thread.

What an amazing fellow you are to have built all that yourself, and including speakers and some electronics: I take it they are Open Baffle?

Congratulations on one of the most interesting systems and write ups I have come across. Definitely one off the beaten path!

I'd love it if you would link your other forum thread, if that is allowed.

kaap · Jul 14, 2021

Andrew S. said:
I just caught up reading this thread.

What an amazing fellow you are to have built all that yourself, and including speakers and some electronics: I take it they are Open Baffle?

Congratulations on one of the most interesting systems and write ups I have come across. Definitely one off the beaten path!

I'd love it if you would link your other forum thread, if that is allowed.

Very kind words, thank you.

They are open baffle yes.

The link is in the middle of my post from yesterday, isnt visable? Here it is again, if not...

https://translate.google.com/transl...ds/kaap-konverterer-stall-til-lytterom.78955/

Andrew S. · Jul 14, 2021

kaap said:
The link is in the middle of my post from yesterday, isnt visable? Here it is again, if not...

Ahhh there we go - I didn't have success the first time around, but cut and paste into the address bar and was successful.

I shall very much enjoy reading in depth. Thank you for sharing.

ACHiPo · Jul 15, 2021

kaap said:
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First off, sorry for being inactive for quite some time.

Second, "the hifi world" has changed over the years, and so have my passion for hifi. I started out at the age of 13, I'm now 40 (41 in a few days), where hifi was afforable for the avarage guy. Now "HighEnd" has gone, IMO, bananas. Cudos to anyone how has made a nice living, and has the opportunity to go-all-in, getting the best of the best, but to me this is far form reach. I've put "a pair of nordost ODIN2 speaker cable set worth" into my system, spread over 25 years..... Buying and selling to make the best deals, getting what I want.

Third, now, I "there". I have built the the room I allways wanted, by myself, with my dream system. Today my system plays everyting well.. Even records thats sounded absolute horrible years ago.. now they play fine.. not reference of course, but still enjoyable. And that, to me, is key. I dont wanna sit and listen strictly to reference recordings. I enjoy going out to my "barn", with a beer, and just relax with whatever music I feel like that day.

As for keeping ones mind active.. one gotta have a hobby *.. So I gotten a new one. Not related to hifi/music.. not even one bit.. But its fun.

* a wise friend one day said; "if the boy within a man, goes away, the man is lost".... and my inner boy is childish as ever

Kind reagards
Kai

Kai,
This is beautiful! Congratulations!

kaap · Jul 16, 2021

ACHiPo said:
Kai,
This is beautiful! Congratulations!

Thanks a lot

Andrew S. said:
Ahhh there we go - I didn't have success the first time around, but cut and paste into the address bar and was successful.

I shall very much enjoy reading in depth. Thank you for sharing.

No prob... happy reading

Gregm · Jul 16, 2021

kaap said:
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First off, sorry for being inactive for quite some time.

Second, "the hifi world" has changed over the years, and so have my passion for hifi. I started out at the age of 13, I'm now 40 (41 in a few days), where hifi was afforable for the avarage guy. Now "HighEnd" has gone, IMO, bananas. Cudos to anyone how has made a nice living, and has the opportunity to go-all-in, getting the best of the best, but to me this is far form reach. I've put "a pair of nordost ODIN2 speaker cable set worth" into my system, spread over 25 years..... Buying and selling to make the best deals, getting what I want.

Third, now, I "there". I have built the the room I allways wanted, by myself, with my dream system. Today my system plays everyting well.. Even records thats sounded absolute horrible years ago.. now they play fine.. not reference of course, but still enjoyable. And that, to me, is key. I dont wanna sit and listen strictly to reference recordings. I enjoy going out to my "barn", with a beer, and just relax with whatever music I feel like that day.

As for keeping ones mind active.. one gotta have a hobby *.. So I gotten a new one. Not related to hifi/music.. not even one bit.. But its fun.

* a wise friend one day said; "if the boy within a man, goes away, the man is lost".... and my inner boy is childish as ever

Kind reagards
Kai

Very impressive and peaceful looking room. Enjoy the tunes and keep safe!

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