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    The plasma project

    Wellll.... I was bored and I have a Panasonic ST60 plasma that sits next to my Sony A90K in my lab... I use the Panasonic as part of pic quality evaul because it has nearly no video processing. Over a long time tho, i have clearly seen that from a suitable distance, the Plasma can hold its...
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    I am going to build a highly modded NUC - I need recommendations and have some questions

    I have been asked by a bunch of people to try modding a NUC like crazy to adapt it to audio use. Apply everything I know from building the AppleTV X and Switch X. I have handy a number of music servers and a lot of experience doing super high end setups. Taiko is my current reference. I have...
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    Ceiling mounted YG Acoustics for ATMOS

    You dont see that everyday :) But if your room is all YG, then your ceiling ATMOS speakers need to be YG too..
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    Physicists split bits of sound using quantum mechanics

    Somehow, I had no idea sound, vibration, was a quantum particle. A phonon... But now I know... So this means all the quantum weirdness applies to vibration and sound.. So this must mean a observer changes things by observing :)...
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    AppleTV X - I am playing with something new

    I made something fairly stunning. Its surprized me and so I have decided to share it with others. I have 9 high end systems that did beta and I have some VERY satisified new clients. It has been quite the 3 month journey but its ready to go. The picture and sound this produces is "shocking"...
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    HDR Confusion

    I am confuzed. How is HDR better with current displays ? I have a Sony VPL-GTZ380. So if a imager chip itself, can only do 12 bits, thats the imager chip not the HDMI format, is 12 bits... So the dynamic range is 12 bits as the last device in the signal chain, the imager chip, is 12 bits.. So...
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    Micromega M-150 + Melco USB / how to control

    Im USB stupid apparently.. So a Micromega M-150 hooked up USB to the Melco N1Z EX shows the files on the Microimega app, but pressing play does nothing. What am I doing wrong ? This all works if I go Ethernet minim server, but USB is not in use.
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    Multigig modem/router mod project

    I am going to do a thread with detailed info/pics/measurements as I mod a Arris S33 Multigig cable modem and a Mikrotik Multigig router . The residential cable world is now going multigig turning on 10G. Speeds above 1Gbps will soon be common. 10G is the future for homes. It comes with vastly...
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    Cable Modems

    I wanted to share some cable modem experence. As far as how a cable modem sounds and a router sounds I assume the discussion is about streaming ? Because if a "clean" switching setup for audio is done correctly, like below, the router and modem are galvanically isolated by optical from the...
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    Stupid questions, SFP+ and some other things.

    So I have a few questions. Please don't smack me too hard for asking stupid questions and being a noob here. I guess my first question is why all the high end audio switches are based on reworked consumer solutions ? You take covers off these high end switches and the base unit before power...

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