+1Before I found ASR I was considering a $6,000 DAC. Never again...
+1Before I found ASR I was considering a $6,000 DAC. Never again...
Alan sent me a picture of one of the completed speakers yesterday which I can share so far. I'll post again when I have them here and my subjective impressions.
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What wood are these made from?
Black Butt
It's hard to tell from the picture, do these have a stain, or just oil rubbed?
Well spotted. I guess the measurement for the March buffer is still useful, factoring for the caveat of it being a) from the manufacturer b) ad hoc c) a very basic test.Noisy high voltage rails are connected to the Purifi buffer while left unplugged for the March buffer.
Measurement wires are running along the same noisy high voltage rails wires on the Purifi while running on a nice clean environment for the March buffer.
Unsurprisingly one is noisier than the other.
Noisy high voltage rails are connected to the Purifi buffer while left unplugged for the March buffer.
Measurement wires are running along the same noisy high voltage rails wires on the Purifi while running on a nice clean environment for the March buffer.
Unsurprisingly one is noisier than the other.
Noisy high voltage rails are connected to the Purifi buffer while left unplugged for the March buffer.
Measurement wires are running along the same noisy high voltage rails wires on the Purifi while running on a nice clean environment for the March buffer.
Unsurprisingly one is noisier than the other.
Sointuva's arrived today, nice and carefully packaged. They look even nicer in person, are very hefty weight wise and feel extremely solid and well made.
I don't have anything to properly measure them with at the moment, but they sound a lot more linear than my old speakers (in a good way). I was getting some considerable booming on certain bass frequencies on my old speakers which I had just assumed were room modes, but I'm not experiencing any of that with the Sointuva's.
Thanks for the feedback. Any pics to share?
Usually less "booming", activation of room modes is a reflection of less bass output (the old my sealed sub sounds better than ported argument). What were your previous speakers?
Stunning, solid wood beauties! Do we know any more about the 'australian timber' qualities? densities compared to known hardwoods? (I have a number of guitars with wood ranging from ash, alder, mahogany...etc., so curious, since I don't know if it's more like mahogany compared to say, indian rubberwood ) In regards to March Audio's build quality - I replaced a couple of Bryston mono blocks with the P452 amp, and the power and build quality has exceeded my expectations.Are you talking about the small darker colored patch to the right side of the woofer? If so this is a natural discoloration in the wood grain. See below the cabinets as they came back from the carpenter.
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March Audio has posted a link in this post on some reference information on the woods available in Australia.Stunning, solid wood beauties! Do we know any more about the 'australian timber' qualities? densities compared to known hardwoods? (I have a number of guitars with wood ranging from ash, alder, mahogany...etc., so curious, since I don't know if it's more like mahogany compared to say, indian rubberwood ) In regards to March Audio's build quality - I replaced a couple of Bryston mono blocks with the P452 amp, and the power and build quality has exceeded my expectations.
Had no idea about this either. Too bad. I liked Alan’s contributions but gosh he could be abrasive.Oh, I must have missed this, didn't realize they had parted ways. Seems a really poor business decision to alienate such an important source of potential support. Oh well.