Anyone up for a UK diyAudio Meet?

[SimontY]

Originally posted by ShinOBIWAN
Err, Simon how much does that diffuser weigh?

Enough

It'd have been stupidly heavy (as opposed to just very) if I'd not hollowed out bits that are not exposed at the sides...

[Salas]

Do you have the dimensions and a general description of materials and objects in the room? Maybe I can sim it 4U lot in Ease 4 or CARA when I set em up again.

[Netlist]

It has been a great experience for me to meet a lot of you in real life.
The friendly, harmonious atmosphere and passion for the hobby was the real highlight for me.
I bow for the many, many hours of dedication each one must have put in his project(s).
A big thanks to all who made this happen, and the minor imperfections such as room acoustics were no big deal compared to the joy the event brought me.

With only one hour of delay on the M25 Jan and I made it to Belgium where Fabine surprised us with a delicious homemade spaghetti and by the time I write this, Jan will hopefully be home as well. Stay tuned for more (Jan's) pictures without ‘grim’ faces.

/Hugo

[ShinOBIWAN]

Originally posted by SimontY


Enough

It'd have been stupidly heavy (as opposed to just very) if I'd not hollowed out bits that are not exposed at the sides...

That looks like a smart move. All that MDF strapped to a wall might need planning permission at some point.

Nice work BTW.

Here's a couple of my fav acoustic treatment links covering all aspects with much DIY-able:

http://www.ethanwiner.com/acoustics.html
http://home.comcast.net/~thomasw-2/S...ndEQpage9.html
http://www.auralex.com/literature/acoustics101v3_0.pdf
http://www.mhsoft.nl/DiffusorCalculator.html

[sploo]

Vik - great photos... apart from the only one that has me in it looks like I was asleep In my defence, I had driven 200 miles!

As various people have pointed out - Chris' Jordan speakers were very impressive. Not a huge fan of full range drivers myself, but those certainly gave me food for thought.

Shame I couldn't make Sunday, there looked to be lots more kit turning up.

Originally posted by ivorcally
...Just a thought, but I reckon the dipole speakers sounded more realistic in the very reverberant rooms than did the monopoles - not really more accurate, just more realistic. Did anyone else find that?...

That's because they don't excite the room as much, due to their figure of eight pattern. Or to quote the master, Linkwitz:

"By far the most uniform response in the range below 200 Hz is obtained with an open-baffle, dipole or figure-of-eight radiating source. Because of its directionality, the dipole excites far fewer room resonances than an omni-directional source. The difference in bass reproduction is startling at first, because we are so used to hearing the irregular and booming bass of the typical box speaker in acoustically small rooms. Quickly one learns to recognize the distortion of this combination and it becomes intolerable."

Originally posted by AdamThorne
Who's starting work on DIY room treatments? Sounds like they'll be the stars of next years show...

Yup!

Measurements here: http://spikyfish.com/acoustics/
"How to" here: http://spikyfish.com/acoustics/panels.html

No magic beans or green marker pen around the outside of CDs, just measurement based science!

Gordon.

[Cal Weldon]

Sounds like you all had a great time. We sure did at Dave's place with that version of the same event. Mind you, I see some real speakers in your pics...

[pinkmouse]

Originally posted by salas
Do you have the dimensions and a general description of materials and objects in the room? Maybe I can sim it 4U lot in Ease 4 or CARA when I set em up again.

Thanks for the offer mate, but I think we'll be moving a little further down towards the south of England. The journey up to the venue was a killer, and so I might pull organisers privilege and move it a little closer to me next year.


Hugo, glad you enjoyed yourself, and I hope Jan did too. I'll sort out that CD sampler tomorrow. Feeling tired?

[SimontY]

Thanks for those links Ant. They look pretty useful.

...I think it's only fair that the event moves around a bit, so it's easy for those that it was tough for this time and vice versa. I'll be there wherever it is

And this time with CD63 (now with two more low-noise regs lol).

[richie00boy]

I would like to get a copy of that piano track for my own references. What is it called and where can I get it?

[ShinOBIWAN]

Originally posted by pinkmouse
Re. YMCA, it was for the good of all.

Ha! I was probably off chain smoking or something at the time but gutted I missed that.