Comments on: A Paradigm Shift in Hi-fi

By: byron

byron — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 19:42:01 +0000

hi there.
I am pondering the purchase of this unit, but wonder if there will be any negative effects on my vinyl setup. thanks for any insight into this.
byron

By: Kyrill

Kyrill — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 19:06:14 +0000

Hi Tyson

I said it already in audiocircle.com
but plz you owe it to yourself to 1) replace the clock with a much better low jitter clock
I ‘ve chosen for the DEXA super clock see http://www.asi-tek.com/DEQX_HDP3.html The difference is HUGE
I cannot live without the DEQX anymore
nice review
Kyrill
PS you rbalanced oyt with rhe Jensen transformers, does it mean the DEQX does not use or bypass the output (electrolytic) caps anymore?

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 21:22:35 +0000

To confirm your prejudices, or indeed just to prove that you are so right, read this
http://www.tnt-audio.com/casse/active_speakers_intro1_e.html
and this
http://www.tnt-audio.com/casse/active_speakers_intro2_e.html
Happy active lstening!
Ciao,
Mark

By: jimdgoulding

jimdgoulding — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 07:44:27 +0000

I think you’re on top of the endgame, sir. And it IS about the endgame, in’it, for us. With store bought speakers, it’s about, well, I’m not real sure. Manufacturers do have to appeal to some kind of market and that could be determined by all kinds of things: a) a music lover’s preferred kind of music; b) an economic class, some of which magazines focus upon and for economic reasons were we them; c) what the old lady will tolerate (see my reply in the Salk interview); d) and for multiple reasons having less to do with absolute fidelity to the source. I custom make for an individual speaker, with no economic class and especially, an aftermarket product for what I expect your reason is for putting leather around your tweeters. Nice touch, old sport, I hear ya, and my reasoning for mentioning what I make. What the hey, I’m an enthusiast for the best musical presentation any speaker enclosure like yours and mine can deliver to a listener.

Can I list my website, my editor? http://www.diffractionbegone.com. For the preservation of what the microphone(s)captured. For comventional box speaker owners. Mucho gracias.

By: Tyson

Tyson — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 02:39:17 +0000

Hi Jim,
The nice thing about the DEQX is (for example) what happened to me today. I bought some SEAS Nextel midrange drivers to try out in place of my Peerless HDS Nomex drivers I’ve had in there since I built them. Total swap time and measurement time was about 90 minutes. It was clear almost immediately that the SEAS Nextel is just in a higher class than the Peerless Nomex. Having the DEQX pretty much rocks because you can have an optimized crossover and correction done for a new speaker in very little time.

By: Jim Goulding

Jim Goulding — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 18:02:35 +0000

Hi, Tyson, and congratulations. You sound like a happy listener. I listen with active speakers and have since the late 80’s, Meridian M20’s tho on aftermarket stands to give them added height. A dealer I knew at the time decided not to carry them, after all, so I got them at a good price and had just moved into another house and a smaller listening room. Previously, I had Acoustat Three’s in a small barn I had converted into a listening sanctuary and they were rather overwhelming in the bass in my new setting. They continue to serve me well on every kind of music. They have active crossovers with DIP switches on the rear that give me DEQX capability that gives me a sound I don’t hear generally on passive dynamic speakers.