As a heads-up, linear-phase FIR filters don't need delay correction and you could use far fewer taps in the crossover. Bonus: even FIRs with a relatively small number of taps have serious attenuation a couple of octaves past the -6dB point.
Hi, not sure if this has been asked, havent had time to go throught the 100 or so pages yet,is the following set-up achievable?
I have a 5.2 speaker setup.
PC(running Dirac Live, outputting multichannel PCM over USB) / Ultimate Preamp(used for X'overs, DAC, Volume control) / Amps?
Is there any bass management? Or would I still have to run subs through a miniDSP 2x4HD?
Whats the best way to order?
Regards,
Mitch
I have a 5.2 speaker setup.
PC(running Dirac Live, outputting multichannel PCM over USB) / Ultimate Preamp(used for X'overs, DAC, Volume control) / Amps?
Is there any bass management? Or would I still have to run subs through a miniDSP 2x4HD?
Whats the best way to order?
Regards,
Mitch
Edit....now that I’ve read most of it....realised it’s 2 channels in.
Are there plans for multi-channel in?.....Have been looking at the new exaSound e38....but this is much more versatile.
Are there plans for multi-channel in?.....Have been looking at the new exaSound e38....but this is much more versatile.
Currently looking into it. Will be more expensive though but offer much more than a simple DAC 😉
cheers
cheers
Great news, I'm in Sydney if you need a beta tester! I'm not on FB so if you could update on here or PM that would be awesome.
Cheers
Mitch
Cheers
Mitch
Ditto that. Great looking product but I've now been waiting 3+ years for it to materialize...
I've been listening to mine for well over 6 months (& VERY happy), but I'm a local and was an early beta tester. I'm sure that David will reply, but I think they are available even if manufacturing is problematic. Maybe contact him through the website?
Hi there,
Looks great, I'd like to see more of it.
From what I understood it's still not finally to order... What would be especially very interesting for me (and I'm sure for others) is this solution with a multichannel input so replace multichannel Interfaces for active loudspeakers.
So if your design is unfinished yet, such complementation could also find a lot of friends.
Anyway, looks great!
Best regards
Stammheim
Looks great, I'd like to see more of it.
From what I understood it's still not finally to order... What would be especially very interesting for me (and I'm sure for others) is this solution with a multichannel input so replace multichannel Interfaces for active loudspeakers.
So if your design is unfinished yet, such complementation could also find a lot of friends.
Anyway, looks great!
Best regards
Stammheim
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You could try the website Analog-Precision - maybe Tranquility Bass is not getting notifications from this forum for some reason. That happened to me a few weeks ago, for no reason at all I was not getting any notifications and I had to uncheck and recheck all of the threads in my user CP to fix it.
Yes I’m still here. Sorry for the lack of updates recently 🙁
Recently have been dealing with what I would classify as the customer from hell who owns a poorly designed power amplifier with an equally poorly implemented balanced input stage basically providing little or no immunity to ground induced noise and common mode noise produced by the DAC used in the Preamp. This dude has caused me no end of grief and has thrown road blocks in front of me so it has become impossible to resolve the problem by dealing directly with him !
It's a long story but basically my Preamp has been blamed for every noise problem in his system whilst his mates flawed amp design gets let off the hook. I have repeatedly requested that he sends me his amp or similar amp for evaluation so it could help me diagnose the problem and rectify any possible issues in future designs but so far, no amp has materialized. He has scoffed at the AES48 standard for balanced interconnect system saying in his own words that it is "unsafe" and a "dubious standard", so instead I have done the next best thing and through some detective work have found a similar schematic of this amp and entered it into a circuit simulator and have simulated all possible contingencies and have found that this amp has some serious design flaws. To summarize it has more holes in it than Swiss cheese when it comes to suppressing unwanted noise in the system !
Just a warning to young players. Please be careful of amplifiers that have balanced inputs. A lot of them appear to be poor implementations and provide little or no noise immunity. In particular ask the manufacturer whether their balanced inputs or outputs conform to the AES48 standard. One way of testing this is by measuring the resistance between pin 1 on the XLR connector and chassis ground. It should be a near short circuit and no more than half an ohm. If it is 1 ohms or more then this signals a potential problem with this equipment. Move onto the next vendors equipment if this is the case ! I don’t want to have to go through this crap again ☹
I have written up a white paper on the subject which you can download from here.
http://www.analog-precision.com/Downloads/Docs/Not_all_balanced_inputs_are_created_equally.pdf
I wasn’t going to get involved in amplifier design at this stage but because of this less than satisfactory experience along with requests from another customer for a custom designed power amp, the gloves have come off and I have decided to join the fray of amplifier builders ! I am now engaged in producing a custom multi-channel amp design for a stereo 4-way active speakers, which like the Preamp also doubles as a no-compromise high-quality, high-powered stereo power amplifier ! Will have more to say about this later.
regards
David
Recently have been dealing with what I would classify as the customer from hell who owns a poorly designed power amplifier with an equally poorly implemented balanced input stage basically providing little or no immunity to ground induced noise and common mode noise produced by the DAC used in the Preamp. This dude has caused me no end of grief and has thrown road blocks in front of me so it has become impossible to resolve the problem by dealing directly with him !
It's a long story but basically my Preamp has been blamed for every noise problem in his system whilst his mates flawed amp design gets let off the hook. I have repeatedly requested that he sends me his amp or similar amp for evaluation so it could help me diagnose the problem and rectify any possible issues in future designs but so far, no amp has materialized. He has scoffed at the AES48 standard for balanced interconnect system saying in his own words that it is "unsafe" and a "dubious standard", so instead I have done the next best thing and through some detective work have found a similar schematic of this amp and entered it into a circuit simulator and have simulated all possible contingencies and have found that this amp has some serious design flaws. To summarize it has more holes in it than Swiss cheese when it comes to suppressing unwanted noise in the system !
Just a warning to young players. Please be careful of amplifiers that have balanced inputs. A lot of them appear to be poor implementations and provide little or no noise immunity. In particular ask the manufacturer whether their balanced inputs or outputs conform to the AES48 standard. One way of testing this is by measuring the resistance between pin 1 on the XLR connector and chassis ground. It should be a near short circuit and no more than half an ohm. If it is 1 ohms or more then this signals a potential problem with this equipment. Move onto the next vendors equipment if this is the case ! I don’t want to have to go through this crap again ☹
I have written up a white paper on the subject which you can download from here.
http://www.analog-precision.com/Downloads/Docs/Not_all_balanced_inputs_are_created_equally.pdf
I wasn’t going to get involved in amplifier design at this stage but because of this less than satisfactory experience along with requests from another customer for a custom designed power amp, the gloves have come off and I have decided to join the fray of amplifier builders ! I am now engaged in producing a custom multi-channel amp design for a stereo 4-way active speakers, which like the Preamp also doubles as a no-compromise high-quality, high-powered stereo power amplifier ! Will have more to say about this later.
regards
David
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I see.
So the preamp is on hold until the aforementioned amplifier is done? It looked like a godsend because I had really hoped to avoid rolling my own DSP hardware, but if necessity compels then the task must be done, I suppose.
*sigh*
So the preamp is on hold until the aforementioned amplifier is done? It looked like a godsend because I had really hoped to avoid rolling my own DSP hardware, but if necessity compels then the task must be done, I suppose.
*sigh*
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It was kind of on hold whilst I investigated this issue as I did not want to repeat the same mistake again on the next revision if I could avoid it. It could have been resolved a lot quicker if the said customer had of cooperated with me and communicated with me a lot better instead of funneling communications via another channel and instead preferring to take advice from people who had absolutely no design input into this project. Most of the time wasted could have been avoided 🙁
It turns out that the redesign to the post DAC processing in the next revision more or less eliminates or substantially reduces the DAC common mode noise on the balanced outputs. However this does not let bad amplifier designs off the hook with poor balanced input stages. These amps will most likely still have problems with the Ultimate Preamp or any other source unit if they are not AES48 compliant and wire their balanced interconnect shields directly to some magic ground plane on their amplifier pcb's which is just a magnet for noise problems.
Currently the amp I am looking at building is just a one off custom build for an existing Ultimate Preamp customer, however, if it proves to be an exceptionally good performer than I may add it to our portfolio 😉
regards
david
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That is appreciated, thanks.
You have got to be *****ing me.
er, ah, that is rather against the intent of shielding as I understand it. From my days of working with & debugging multi-kilowatt sound systems surrounded by many, many lights on dimmers: isn't shielding supposed to be hooked up to the chassis and nothing else?
Do please know you've others waiting for the Preamp, so with respect a release schedule would be appreciated so we could plan ahead.