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The Mac is basically just an endpoint and after you run measurements, you don't need to use it. It can just be in the background. You can use whatever Windows PC that runs Roon Server to control music. That being said, you're really not having to learn anything Mac related. This is the only application your going to run on the Mac other than maybe internet browsing which requires no special Mac skills. You could also buy the ADIO and DIO which you control with an iPad which most know how to use easily.

I forgot the exact model, but it was the one I featured in the Dali video from Munich where they did an entire presentation. You should be able to find and that video will give you more info than I can in a comment.

Thank you

They showed the new rubikore 8 at high end Munich

On their own, the 888 will go lower than the Nxtremes in-room and anechoically. For most people who like box speakers and no subs, the 888 on their own will give a more full range and better off-axis behavior. That being said...the Nxtremes are open baffles and array for bass loading (which has advantages for certain tastes including mine) assuming you mate them properly to subs. When I mate them with 2 subs and Bacch/ORC, it provides BETTER than any cost-no-object system I've heard, BUT again that's a lot of variables other than just the speakers. If you look at the recent UA-cam short I've released, the measurements I'm getting at the listening position in-ear are something you can't duplicate no matter what speakers you buy...unless you have certain tools. With the right tools and subs, the Nxtremes have my preferred open baffle presentation and ceiling of performance. However, we're talking well over 5 figures costs involved to add the subs and tools necessary to reach that potential. On their own with zero help from subs or other tools, I'd recommend the 888 at $5k already build easily.

@@AudiophileJunkie thank you for the detailed response, it helps a lot. Question: are you using the original "stock parts" from GR research that come with the kit? I mean resistors, capacitors, inductors, wires.

I used the upgraded parts option from GR Research at the time

It wouldn't sell... Not enough people know the benefits and then you'd need to buy more amps if it's not included.

@@AudiophileJunkie A major idea of the interview was getting away from passive xovers. Most people have no clue it even exists. Even high end reviewers it seems! Where would you source an active xover if you wanted to? But one specifically designed to just replace the passive xover with hard wired hinge and slopes would be fairly simple. Remove the cost of the passive xover and supply this dedicated to this model one. Lots of bridged amps used as mono-blocks out there that could be split again and just have another one added to give everything needed. I bet there is enough of a market if properly marketed. Think inexpensive Linkwitz.

A state-of-the-art crossover is included with the Bacch on top of all the other benefits. It's best nowadays to do it in the digital domain and have access to far more slopes and options than an analog based active crossover can do.

@@AudiophileJunkie But it's not practical to expect the average audiophile to set this up properly. Way too complicated.

@glenncurry3041 An active crossover can improve a speaker a lot, but leaving it up to the customer to get it working properly is a very risky proposition. Gain matching, correct phasing, and getting the low and high pass connections correct is critical. Get it wrong, and you stand a good chance of blowing a driver. In a system where that driver is coaxial, such a mistake can be very expensive. If a customer has 2 (or 3) different power amps, how is he sure he's got the correct gain or phase? That would require some means of measuring and trimming the amps. And some amps invert phase too, which would be an additional problem. Too many places for things to go wrong. Most manufacturers can't (and don't want to) provide the very high level of technical support a separate line level xover would require. This is why most active speakers come with the amps built in.

Not true >__< By having more Air Space, Passive Speakers almost always can kick Active Speakers in any day.

You have no idea what you’re talking about…

That would be funny

That's what I'll buy, especially if they have red devil horns on them 😈

See replies to other comments on this video or part 2. It was a Classe Amp and Alchemy DAC/Pre

TAD is still using much of his design 20 years later in their reference cost-no-object speaker. I would be interested in seeing him do an electrostatic since the Quads initially got him into the hobby.

Actually my Wisdom Audio Adrenalines in my family room are active with separate amps. You can watch my channel trailer for more details. They date back to 2000 and can easily beat almost anything today calibrated right.

JBL M2 does this.

Good catch...autocorrect doesn't know "Naim" :)

Don't know but many make them...I would search "cloud room treatments" for a variety of options.

One of my members was in the room with me 🤠

@@AudiophileJunkie Jealous! Me! 😉 Best wishes from Scotland. Jim 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🙂

@@AudiophileJunkie just watched the other video, well done Sir! 👌

@@AudiophileJunkie now I know exactly how big my bald spot is.

Check my Munich coverage with the full presentation by Dali...I think the model is about $7k but I can't recall the model off hand.

@@AudiophileJunkie thank you so much, Will do.

Rubikore 8

My pleasure

Just a Galaxy S24 phone for recording. When you're in a good room with great speakers, it's even easy to hear via UA-cam and a camera phone.

@@AudiophileJunkie That is so true! One of my friends sends me clips of his sound system all the time he changes anything and sound so good. He treated his garage and his system is nowhere near as expensive as mine however, his sounds better than mine. One day i will treat my listening room too. I just have to!

Yes

The phone you're using likely was made in China as are the clothes you're wearing. I get the sentiment, but there isn't even many mfg left in the USA to get all the parts.

Alchemy DDP2 DAC/Pre, with Classé 400W monoblocks

Most graphs (unless done by certain software like the Bacch) are barely even a taste of what's happening at the listening position ... Especially in the bass because they are taken 1 foot away. There are ways to use that data to extrapolate what may be happening at the listening position, but that depends on the experience looking at the graphs and how those measurements were taken. Those are the two variables people miss and I wanted to point out in the video.

Ohhhh…oh,at the end of the vid . I have an understanding now. Thanks

Looks like the sourcepoint 10

Correct

It's usually a MoFi distributed product like the BAT amps or HiFi Rose. However he's got a museum of gear and was using Alchemy DDP2 DAC/Pre, with Classé 400W monoblocks.

@@AudiophileJunkieThere’s a VTL stereo tube amp in-between the Classè monoblocks (?)

Lol... That's true, but certain products can help you mitigate that neuroticism 🤠

Watching the next video now 😎

I don't know the brand but they are actually referred to as "cloud" treatments by many vendors.

It's a delicate balance... Using advanced skills and tools in the hobby can be intimidating, but these shorts showed you can basically get great results letting technology do everything in a worst case scenario, but also optimize things further investing in learning a few skills.

I get it, but the irony is that DSP allows you to do more that just a flat response. The Bacch gives 6 curves by the most famous recording engineers and their flavor... Plus you can manually change things to whatever taste you want or even account for hearing loss. Thus, it's the ONLY way to do all those things. Now with measurements in your ear at the listening position, they are also the most accurate measurements possible.. Versus estimating in the past. Once you hear perfectly corrected bass though, I seriously doubt you will go back to not using DSP. The fear of accuracy and high fidelity is unwarranted over the long haul of most recordings... You can always find examples where flat isn't preferred, but you'll see that accuracy wins the war regardless of an individual battle.

Yeah it's pretty much a guarantee most are seeing even worse uncorrected and they don't realize the improvement possible. As you say, they hide behind excuses out of either fear, laziness, or brainwashing. The good news is that I'm showing that the fear is no longer an issue (ala Joe Rogan on Fear Factor 🤠). There's a product that will do it all for you no matter how bad it is, but you can also leverage your skills over time to help it out even more.

It's coming soon... I'm anxious to get it on my Bacch Grand

It can indeed be intimidating when you first look at it, but after spending a bit of time, the basics can get going relatively easily. The advanced functions are a bit more of a learning curve for sure! And when people with fantastic knowledge in the community such as you share their knowledge it makes it even better. Infinitely grateful. My perceived loudness difference is 7db. By rearranging my room and my bass traps trying to get it even lower. Met you once at the Toronto audio show. It was a pleasure. Looking forward to your next video 👊🏻

That's great results...yeah...If I spent a few hours, I could get things even better before using ORC...the third video got it down to 8db and I could have got it down to 6 by choosing the 2db max gain default, but once you have the perceived loudness low enough for your overall system gain, a few DB volume becomes less material and I go for maximum FR results.