2016 DIY Audio Ottawa Gathering
All DIYers are invited to this event. There will be a range of gear and music to listen to in a casual atmosphere.
Where:
At the General Burns Park and Community Centre
107 Chesterton Drive (86 Argue Drive)
This is east of Merivale Road, and south of Meadowlands Drive
https://www.google.ca/maps/place/Ge...2!3m1!1s0x4cce0655ac222cb5:0x841c6e3ad6747351
When:
Saturday 9 April from 9:30 am to 8 pm or so
Schedule to be announced in ten days or so.
Brown bag lunch (there is a fridge to keep food and beverages cold).
Pizza or Subway sandwich dinner.
How much: A $10 fee to cover rental of the room. This is a not-for-profit event.
Parking is free and close by. Right beside the building.
Bring your music you want to hear on the systems. We will be able to play anything connectable via USB be it a stick or a hard drive, Or optical media like a CD or SACD. There will be a turntable available after 4:00pm.
Who will be there: Old timers and new comers. Feel free to drop by.
Justin (jjrh88) created a Google group for signing up equipment and talks.
What will be there:
Two listening rooms will be used with organizers providing a "baseline system" in each, to swap your gear into.
Each system will include an amp, pre-amp, DAC, and a digital source (CD or PC) and at least one will have a turntable.
Headphones and at least one headphone pre-amp for comparative listening. It has one input and four headphone outputs.
Particulars:
Grant Marshall Pi7 Speakers with required amps/ etc.
Pierre Lavoie EAR 859 Tube Integrated Kit
Dave Dal Farra JR149 Speakers, Napoleon Speaker Redesigns, Hypex NC400+SMPS1200
Mark Kravchenko Horn Loaded two ways and sub all self amplified.
Tyler Elliott USB DAC
John Kucharski Kef TL speaker circa 1980, LME49810 based power amp
Justin Hornosty LM3886 XY board, Cheap DAC
And wait.... There's more!
DIY TALKS
Grant Explains the setup of his system and his three way crossover.
Tyler Explains his latest creation, USB DAC
Mark Horn Loudspeaker Design Q/A
The plan of the day:
http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/club...iy-audio-2016-get-together-3.html#post4670850
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All DIYers are invited to this event. There will be a range of gear and music to listen to in a casual atmosphere.
Where:
At the General Burns Park and Community Centre
107 Chesterton Drive (86 Argue Drive)
This is east of Merivale Road, and south of Meadowlands Drive
https://www.google.ca/maps/place/Ge...2!3m1!1s0x4cce0655ac222cb5:0x841c6e3ad6747351
When:
Saturday 9 April from 9:30 am to 8 pm or so
Schedule to be announced in ten days or so.
Brown bag lunch (there is a fridge to keep food and beverages cold).
Pizza or Subway sandwich dinner.
How much: A $10 fee to cover rental of the room. This is a not-for-profit event.
Parking is free and close by. Right beside the building.
Bring your music you want to hear on the systems. We will be able to play anything connectable via USB be it a stick or a hard drive, Or optical media like a CD or SACD. There will be a turntable available after 4:00pm.
Who will be there: Old timers and new comers. Feel free to drop by.
Justin (jjrh88) created a Google group for signing up equipment and talks.
What will be there:
Two listening rooms will be used with organizers providing a "baseline system" in each, to swap your gear into.
Each system will include an amp, pre-amp, DAC, and a digital source (CD or PC) and at least one will have a turntable.
Headphones and at least one headphone pre-amp for comparative listening. It has one input and four headphone outputs.
Particulars:
Grant Marshall Pi7 Speakers with required amps/ etc.
Pierre Lavoie EAR 859 Tube Integrated Kit
Dave Dal Farra JR149 Speakers, Napoleon Speaker Redesigns, Hypex NC400+SMPS1200
Mark Kravchenko Horn Loaded two ways and sub all self amplified.
Tyler Elliott USB DAC
John Kucharski Kef TL speaker circa 1980, LME49810 based power amp
Justin Hornosty LM3886 XY board, Cheap DAC
And wait.... There's more!
DIY TALKS
Grant Explains the setup of his system and his three way crossover.
Tyler Explains his latest creation, USB DAC
Mark Horn Loudspeaker Design Q/A
The plan of the day:
http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/club...iy-audio-2016-get-together-3.html#post4670850
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So far...
January:
ronu9400
DDF
December:
mwmkravchenko
December or January:
bearberry
Unknown:
jjrh88
January:
ronu9400
DDF
December:
mwmkravchenko
December or January:
bearberry
Unknown:
jjrh88
I spoke at length with Pierre right after the last get together and we agreed on a few ideas to maybe make the event even better.
Will bring white boards and flow charts (not) to the lunch (but will table ideas)
Any time sounds good but I really enjoyed getting together on the cold nasty days last year. It's a great break.
Grant.
Grant.
Sorta relevant question - has anyone built frugalhorns ? I'm thinking of building a pair of XL's and was hoping to do a listen.
Any time after Jan 7th is good with me, but I do vote for warmer months. Everything I have is built already.
Nice to see more members calling in.
There are many more that have not given their availability.
Everyone that knows a friend or member of the DIY community might do well to get out the call to arms.
Lets make this one one of the best.
That means we need as many people as possible.
You need not be building or bringing anything.
You need an interest in audio. We have a great core of people that have things both new and old that sound awesome.
If I am around I will be bringing some interesting toys.
As for horns.
There is a set of back loaded horns that will be coming.
And most likely a set of two way coaxial front loaded horns that will be coming.
Might cobble together another front loaded horn subwoofer to!
We haven't shook up the place for a year or so....
There are many more that have not given their availability.
Everyone that knows a friend or member of the DIY community might do well to get out the call to arms.
Lets make this one one of the best.
That means we need as many people as possible.
You need not be building or bringing anything.
You need an interest in audio. We have a great core of people that have things both new and old that sound awesome.
If I am around I will be bringing some interesting toys.
As for horns.
There is a set of back loaded horns that will be coming.
And most likely a set of two way coaxial front loaded horns that will be coming.
Might cobble together another front loaded horn subwoofer to!
We haven't shook up the place for a year or so....
Looking forward to it Mark. I picked up a ClassD Audio 4 channel with 300 watts RMS per channel. I'm likin' it very much.
Have you got the horns veneered or are they "project level" still?
Grant.
The horns are a triple set.
And are to be painted flat black.
There is a second set that will be veneered.
Well, it's unlikely we're going to manage lunch together in December, with Christmas one week away! So what dates in January work for people? Post your preferred Saturday and an alternate date.
John: 30th, 9th
John: 30th, 9th
2,9,23 Jan are ok for me
wait, the 2nd may not be a good idea, I may need a few aspirins and be a bit grogy
wait, the 2nd may not be a good idea, I may need a few aspirins and be a bit grogy
I know someone who has some N-Core modules and a spanky powersupply.
And a beeewwwtiful case to fit them into.
Maybe he might bring said wonderments?
And a beeewwwtiful case to fit them into.
Maybe he might bring said wonderments?
I'm currently building a Hypex NC400 stereo amp and the smps makes it a fly weight, so I know what you mean. If I have it done, I'll bring that along too.
But I'm not as ambitious as Mark, it may be ready in '17 🙂
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