Another noob question: I would love to learn more about measuring noise and distortions, and also comparing measurements to the listening experience. I have an Analog Discovery 2 USB scope with audio adapter, and a Focusrite Scarlett Solo that I use with REW software. I assume people at Burning Amp have experience with this kind of stuff, but would hooking something like that up to amplifiers fit into the program, or not so much?
That only works if he doesn't interact in either of the camp sessions...."Quantum ZM" could be cloned and maintain quantum entanglement between the copies...
Thanks for all the sign-ups! We have an amazing community.
Bring it. You can test my amp and sure a few others.
I like this ide a lot, and would like to see the crossover, which are not in the paper on the BAF site… care to share here?
Thanks; Jesper
Just got my tickets, I'll see you all there! 🙂
You do not have to bring a complete audio system, if you only have one piece, bring it we will mix and match . I alway bring a backup amp, preamp and CD player which have been loaned out several times.
Speaking of sources, it’s super helpful to have a smartphone to RCA cable in your pocket…
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If you recall, last year I brought this. It provided the source to test the amps.
A portable DAC, USB-OTG cable and the RCA cable. It's my portable listening space, with the IEM ( not pictured ) and it does 24/96.
My phone has a 512 GB card and Tidal HiFi installed... remember when I was playing Zappa?
Sure, it requires an Android phone, I got no clue how the Apple people do it.
BTW, bye bye High End Samsung phones for me... no audio jack and no support for a user micro SD card.
A portable DAC, USB-OTG cable and the RCA cable. It's my portable listening space, with the IEM ( not pictured ) and it does 24/96.
My phone has a 512 GB card and Tidal HiFi installed... remember when I was playing Zappa?
Sure, it requires an Android phone, I got no clue how the Apple people do it.
BTW, bye bye High End Samsung phones for me... no audio jack and no support for a user micro SD card.
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Crossover is super simple....10 Ohm and 1uF in series with the tweeter. 330uF to lower the F3/flatten the Q of the woofer, providing a bit of extension. That's it. Frequency response could be made flatter with more parts..but you'd have a tough time fitting them in the box.
If there's sufficient interest I could potentially either give a talk on that topic or lead a workshop ... or both. Next year, though.
Tom
Apropos talks: Is there already a (tentative) lineup or schedule? I checked https://burningampfestival.com/burning-amp-festival-2024/ just now, but there are no details yet. It just says '10am - 3pm Presentations' for Sunday. Or maybe I'm looking in the wrong spot?
I expect it might not be terribly urgent to nail down the exact timelots and the exact titles of the presentations, until maybe Thursday or Friday before the Festival.
How does anyone's behavior actually change, once they learn (a) who is talking; and (b) what are the topics; and (c) when do the presentations begin and end?
Probably the only result is to answer the questions "when do I want to grab a chair?" , "do I want to listen to the talk right before lunch, or can I get a head start on the food?" , and most important of all "when is The Speaker Of Greatest Importance going to be talking?" Or for those watching remotely, "when do I watch and when do I not?"
Doris Day was right: what will be, will be.
How does anyone's behavior actually change, once they learn (a) who is talking; and (b) what are the topics; and (c) when do the presentations begin and end?
Probably the only result is to answer the questions "when do I want to grab a chair?" , "do I want to listen to the talk right before lunch, or can I get a head start on the food?" , and most important of all "when is The Speaker Of Greatest Importance going to be talking?" Or for those watching remotely, "when do I watch and when do I not?"
Doris Day was right: what will be, will be.
Sunday speaking schedule -
Before lunch speakers have :30 min slots, the order is Tiemann, Christiansen, Johnson.
There is a 90min gap for lunch, listening, and general chatting/kibitzing/friendship.
After lunch speakers have :55min slots, Hinson, Pass.
Auction follows after Nelson.
The actual schedule should be updated in the near future.
Before lunch speakers have :30 min slots, the order is Tiemann, Christiansen, Johnson.
There is a 90min gap for lunch, listening, and general chatting/kibitzing/friendship.
After lunch speakers have :55min slots, Hinson, Pass.
Auction follows after Nelson.
The actual schedule should be updated in the near future.
I'm curious about this as well. I have a number of speaker units that I'm trying to offload to good homes. I just don't want to deal with shipping etc. I would literally give the drivers away at the end of the day to a good home so to speak. I checked the web site but didn't see any mention of this. I'm not commercial, not looking to make money. Just trying to clean out my garage. Got tired of sending out one pair of speakers at a time-shipping is murder these days.
Fell free to bring them, we will have an area for giveaways like we did last year. People will take what they can use, so whatever you bring it will go to a good home.
It gives people something to look forward to. Some people like to plan more than others.
I plan to talk about the ins, outs, and pitfalls of discrete opamps. Which means that I should probably get a presentation of sorts together... 🙂
Tom
There's not typically a swap meet but a give a way pile and a raffle pile and some fancier auction items.
ucla88 where are you? maybe someone could grab whatever you'd like to give away if you don't wish to attend. I did this for a guy local to me who had a bunch of stuff a couple years ago.
ucla88 where are you? maybe someone could grab whatever you'd like to give away if you don't wish to attend. I did this for a guy local to me who had a bunch of stuff a couple years ago.
Swap, raffle, donate, exchange, whatever. Just don't let anything remain there at the end of the show.