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    Ron Reporting from Southwest Audio Fest 2024

    I actually dont recall which track I played for Ron, but that recording Jason did was the Kevin Lovejoy trio. Kevin flew in from New York and performed at the First Presbyterian church in Georgetown TX. Since I run the Austin Audio Society and am a part of the Austin Jazz Society we can record...
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    SXSW Audio Show in Dallas TX - Who's Going?

    Hard to say being a new show to determine what is worth it or not, but I hope you decide to come
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    SXSW Audio Show in Dallas TX - Who's Going?

    Believe High Fidelity will be in attendance at the SWAF next week. We will have some some exceptional gear at the show this year. Sources Pink Faun: Ultra Music Server (in dual ultra "Ultra X" configuration) Torqueo Audio: T-34 Titanium Edition Turntable Origin Live: Reknown...
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    Believe High Fidelity is now representing Acoustic Fields!

    Sample playback. You can clearly hear the separation in each instrument and with clarity and body.
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    Believe High Fidelity is now representing Acoustic Fields!

    Hello WBF Members! We are proud to announce that after many years of searching we decided on Acoustic Fields as the gold standard of acoustic treatment to maximize system performance in small rooms. This was a lengthy and difficult process of testing many different panels individually. We were...
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    Todd's AG Trio G3 System -- it's about time

    Have to agree with Caesar as this has been one of the most enjoyable reads since I have been on WBF. I admire your passion and tenacity to really get the horns dialed it. As a horn man myself I can attest to the immense challenge of this undertaking. Kudos to you and I hope to one day get to...
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    Ron’s New System

    New tubes means you should try adjusting the bias. I would guess a few notches lower in bias should improve the sound
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    Aries Cerat Genus SET 25 watts integrated amplifier - on order

    Will have the Genus on demo at the Dallas Southwest Audio show along will a lot of AC gear next march. Would be worth the trip
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    Oh my, oh my - Aries Cerat Helene DAC

    Been using Vermouth Audio for close to a decade with AC gear. The Reference and Red Velvet series are the best match from our experience
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    Full Limited Edition Aries Cerat System Build and World Exclusive LEGEND Series!

    The eagle has landed! The 4 chassis Zephyrus ultimate phonostage joins the rest of the Aries Cerat Legend equipment to create a full Legend Series System! Stay tuned for a lot of videos showing this bad boy in action next week
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    SXSW Audio Show in Dallas TX - Who's Going?

    Greetings All, After many years of having only the local Lone Star Show in Dallas, Gary Gill and Lou Hinkley have joined forces yet again to launch the SXSW Audio Show. It will be March 15-17 at the Anatole Hilton in Dallas TX. https://www.southwestaudiofest.com/ Who is planning to...
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    Pink Faun V4 Updates

    Yes you are correct. Been too used to talking through everything as a dual Ultra setup. Thanks for catching that!
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    My Pinkfaun 2.16 ultra experience

    Just posted a video walking through all of the latest changes to the Ultra in the latest release. https://www.whatsbestforum.com/threads/pink-faun-v4-updates.37034/
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    Pink Faun V4 Updates

    Since this video is more focused on Stylus updates here is the video of the walkthrough of Stylus for general use and playback
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    Pink Faun V4 Updates

    Hello Everyone, I finally got around to doing a full run through of the updates of the latest release from Pink Faun for Stylus. Forgot to mention in the video the improvements in sound as I was focused on getting the features covered. There is a definite improvement in the midrange and...
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    Most Accurate Stylus Force Gauge?

    And one more note... Measuring within .0001 or some crazy super accurate reading while nice is not really a value add. Reason? Because most arms do not have this level of super fine microscopic adjustment. As noted in this thread, knobs, or other conveniences in making adjustments often are...
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    Most Accurate Stylus Force Gauge?

    I should also note over the years lighter VTF (within the Mfg specs) tends to perform better than higher VTF
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    Most Accurate Stylus Force Gauge?

    I use the ClearAudio Weightwatcher. I can't say what is the best one to get so long as it has a flat surface unobstructed by anything surrounding the landing zone and offers calibration + weight. I have had some carts that have recessed styli/cantilevers that wont reach because the body hits...
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    DSD to PCM Conversion A/B Test Results

    This is another reason for a second test. I am going to convert the file DSD64 (without the upsampling) to see if this had an effect.
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    DSD to PCM Conversion A/B Test Results

    Here is a visual representation of how the conversion process was done.
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    DSD to PCM Conversion A/B Test Results

    This is very true. So one would think that a higher bit depth would not make a difference. So rather than dismiss this entirely, I am always looking for new and relevant content to promote to the member of the society. If it is just 1's and 0's that make up the audio performance in the DAC then...
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    Videos of Acoustically-Coupled Audio Recordings

    I didnt link it to derail the topic, but to demonstrate that video recordings are: 1) Flawed and do not represent the full scope of the system, but.. 2) Can and do provide a level of insight into the quality of sound that the hardware and system can deliver even if highly degraded 3) And also...
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    DSD to PCM Conversion A/B Test Results

    Well the opinions based on scientific data (looked and asked for the easy button) were all over the place from what is the right sampling rate to bit depth so figured we would try them all. Logically what you say makes sense, but it didn't pan out that way from the results. So thats where I...
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    Videos of Acoustically-Coupled Audio Recordings

    It definitely wasnt the recording. There was a distinct buzzing in the top of the frequency range that was eliminated with a filter. You can hear it in the recording it is very colored like a blanket over the speaker
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    DSD to PCM Conversion A/B Test Results

    Here is a good intro and I plan to add a video tutorial of Stylus (their playback software) soon https://www.whatsbestforum.com/threads/pink-faun-dual-ultra-arrives-at-believe-high-fidelity-analog-is-obsolete.35232/#post-819618

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