Almost a new year

[briefremarks]

All,

A quick note to wish everyone on this forum all goodness in the soon to be year ahead.  I've been organizing the house after Christmas, including audio gear.  It's quite a revelation to see how the journey with Phasure has evolved.  There is absolutely no one else out there that offers nearly the kind of model Peter has--constant upgrades and innovation, and the best price/performance products on the market.  Correction: the best products at any price.  Special gratitude to Peter and family.  It's been quite a year of transition for me from running a company on the NYSE to getting back to entrepreneurial projects.  The forum is quiet these days, so I hope everyone is well.

Happy New Year soon, and hopefully a little more interaction on this forum again,

Ramesh

[PeterSt]

Dear Ramesh,

What a nice warm message.
With the Nasdaq some 600 points away from an all time high, I sincerely hope that all goes prosperously for you and your organization. I mean, from what I recall it weren't the best of times when you jumped onboard.
It would really be nice if we can meet some day and 2024 looks to be a good year for that.

Dear all,

Like I told the other day, audio forums seem to have had their best days; a world wide phenomenon. This, while I don't recognize that people lost their interest in the hobby - not at all. What does happen though with this quietness, is that I myself lose some of my eagerness to improve on SQ for you people out there. I guess that problem springs a bit from it all still being a hobby of sharing, never mind we charge $ for what we do. Combine this with the sheer fact that I myself would not know why improvement is necessary and ... it becomes quiet from my side just the same.

The other day over here we contemplated whether we maybe should dive into power cords; it seems the only matter we did not exploit yet. This, while in a far past I too was using 1 inch thick power cables because I was sure that it helped. And Yes, it even was the only means of "cabling" I believed in. All the other cable types were shoe laces. And look what happened. So now it is the other way around - only the power cables I don't believe in. But is it justified ? Maybe someone can delve some nice theories about how power cables would work for the better. The "problem" here really is that it will be quite hard to test; to me it feels like that we first need to make power cords for all involved devices, before we can judge what they accomplish.

In any event I want to thank everybody for another year of sharing this great hobby. Looking ahead I wish everyone happiness and foremost a good health !

Peter

[Robert]

Yes been an interesting year. Audio web sites have slowed except perhaps ASR which is inhabited by some characters.

Power cords gosh another minefield but they do have influence.

Have to say I have tried some new Xxhighend settings but always arrive back at the settings we have had for some time.

It seems Dac/amplifier development has plateaued for now.

My single biggest update this year was changing active crossover from analogue to a Minidsp Flex using REW. What a learning curve but have a good improvement in sound with dual subwoofers. Taming the room or speaker to better integrate with room and furnishings. This is worth a try. I was also better able to tame a treble brightness with the minidsp. Not sure this isn't a symptom of the Elac ribbon tweeter. Also playing with crossover frequencies now at 167hz.

My other yearning is to try the Dutch and Dutch 8c's perhaps next year.

Dutch audio enthusiasts still in the hunt for better sound!!!!

Happy New Year 2024

Robert