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JackD201 wrote:Thanks for starting this thread Phil! Thanks to you Mullard, O.D. and Randy for sharing your impressions of both the machines and the men who built 'em. You guys ROCK!
Sorry for my not replying right away or for this being a short one. Jim, Keith and I pretty much put the day jobs on the back burner for the duration of Albert's and Damon's stay. Backlog has got us pretty tightly wound now. No listening tonight, that bad
The 9 Mk2 and 11Mk2 upgrades project is the result of various things learned in the last 4 years. The Triple layer technique from the Unifields, the passive servo-crossovers from the SRs and 5 Anniversaries, damping and propogation techniques from the VR-33/35 projects and three more I am not at liberty to divulge. In short these are improvements present in the current line that the 5 year old 9s (launched in 2006) and 7 year old 11s (launched in 2004) needed to catch up with their own siblings.
It was great to see you guys again. It's ben too long! I missed fellow Bozanians Dante and VD but duty called. Especially for Dante.
To O.D and Randy, the 35 and "Ehem" may not be able to do what Kuya Nines and Papa Elevens can do SPL wise but you will be surprised just how much of that experience you'll be able to get at a fraction of their prices. I was at a meeting with my Big Boss (Dad not wife, here title is Supreme Commander ) and he had his 5 Anniversaries playing. When he noticed I was distracted he scolded me, stood up and turned off his amp.
I packed the guy in the barrel in the crate of tools and testing equipment to be sent back to California today. I can't wait to hear about the reaction of the VSA employee who unpacks that crate!!!!!!!!
This November, Keith and I will be going SMALL. Yup, REALLY SMALL. We're bringing the Unifield 1s this year, the tiniest VSA speaker in the line. Small in size but like their brothers, they have that natural tonality, precise imaging and large soundstage, the transparency that is the result of almost immeasurably low levels of distortion, and that chameleon like ability to be both lightning fast and smooth and harmonically rich depending on the recording.
Keith will be posting his pics soon enough I guess, when he catches up on his own back logs.
Albert and Damon said that they definitely will be back because they said the Philippines and Filipinos are THE BOMB. Thank you all for contributing to their wonderful experience on our shores. Albert likes the Philippines so much he said he wants to retire here. Mukhang Tagaytay ang tinatarget Looks liek we'll be seeing a lot more of Da Man!
keith wrote:Thanks for posting Phil! Am trying to catch up with so much work, I haven't been able to log in much.
JackD201 wrote:Pareng Dante, you got it man! Kuwentohan mo nalang ako, then again Gentlemen never talk so huwag nalang
Pareng Phil, you are very correct. One of my favorite sayings is "Horses for Courses". This doesn't just apply to individual preferences as is the usual practice, but to objective criteria too
In the case of listening room sizes vis-a-vis loudspeaker radiation and lower octave output capability, what you mentioned has great importance. All sound is vibration, Noise and Music are sound. The only difference between noise and music is how we perceive it. It's easy to turn music into noise, it takes an artist to turn noise into music
When it comes to bass being audible, the rule of thumb is that the lowest bass you can hear is the frequency whose quarter wavelength is the same as your longest dimension. If you've got a length that is half wave, three quarter wave and full wave the pitch definition goes up as you go longer. This may seem like a lot but the quarter wave length of 20Hz is just 14ft or so. My room is greater than three quarter and Emperors is greater than full wave. When one is at or below half wave, bass trapping or DRC is a must to avoid overloading or what acousticians specifically call ringing. What we call Ugong (Bad) as opposed to Gapang (Good). The chalenge is to get the Gapang without any of the Ugong. Now the Ugong comes from two places. It is the sound of flexure resonances on boundary surfaces and typically the loudspeaker cabinets themselves. Teka......
Am I getting nerdy again? Tama na nga muna!
ttommy wrote:Thanks for documenting this Philip! I'm reminded of that movie Analyze This -- Robert de Niro and Billy Crystal going -- "you..." no "you..." oh but "you..."
Congratulations on such a special event!
ttommy wrote:Thanks for documenting this Philip! I'm reminded of that movie Analyze This -- Robert de Niro and Billy Crystal going -- "you..." no "you..." oh but "you..."
Albert and Damon said that they definitely will be back because they said the Philippines and Filipinos are THE BOMB. Thank you all for contributing to their wonderful experience on our shores. Albert likes the Philippines so much he said he wants to retire here. Mukhang Tagaytay ang tinatarget
dimfer wrote:Albert and Damon said that they definitely will be back because they said the Philippines and Filipinos are THE BOMB. Thank you all for contributing to their wonderful experience on our shores. Albert likes the Philippines so much he said he wants to retire here. Mukhang Tagaytay ang tinatarget
he can relocate his factory to the Phils... and move sooner
dimfer wrote:Albert and Damon said that they definitely will be back because they said the Philippines and Filipinos are THE BOMB. Thank you all for contributing to their wonderful experience on our shores. Albert likes the Philippines so much he said he wants to retire here. Mukhang Tagaytay ang tinatarget
he can relocate his factory to the Phils... and move sooner
dafos wrote:As one of those present at last Tuesday's session, there is little I can add to the glowing descriptions of the vr9's ability to accurately reproduce whatever signal is fed it. There is a serious downside, however, of experiencing this type of musical reproduction. Once you fire up your own stereo system, what just a day ago was fabulous is now mundane.
what struck me was it s way with vocals, my preferred musical genre, which for me rivaled the best single ended, single driver system. I just have to say it but Sonus Faber fans you will not be disappointed!
JackD201 wrote:Ahhhh. The honeymoon is over and now the work has begun.
There are a whole lot of copper foil teflon caps in the new XOs and the "Teflon Roller Coaster" ride has begun. There'll be ups and downs (down today and probably tomorrow as well, highs are a bit icy sounding compared to the up cycle we had at the meet and greet) as from experience these are 40 to 50 hour cycles. Changes between cycles should decrease until things settle down after 300 hours or so.
Still, the system is very listenable and still better in performance over the Mk.1. This is one burn-in I will be enjoying
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