Converted my friend to Beyerdynamics(lol), ordered some replacement parts for my old computer rig because it quite literally combusted into flames(power supply failure) and screwed up the motherboard, ordered some replacement upgrades to my current rig, gotta work today unfortunately
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my Panasonic HZW2004 came a week ago, to say i’m blown away would be a huge understatement. Even the sound is great.
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I had a dilemma, my living room system DAC has only one set of RCA out so I’ve been plugging and unplugging RCA cables to switch between setups. BHC for headphone listening and Freya + for speaker listening.
It’s getting old. So after a while trying to find an A/B switch that is 1) the right fit, I don’t need four or five outputs. 2) one RCA in and two RCA out. Most of the available models are multi in and single out. The ones available are either poor quality, super expensive or just unnecessary switching.
I decided to make my own. I used some Belden RCA cable I already had, I bought an aluminum project box, 6 pairs of RCA panel connectors and one DPDT center off switch.
Total cost, about $35 dollars and like 4 hours of work. LOL what can I say? I have the week off so…
Works great, I really can’t hear it in the signal path (I make good work) and all I have to do now it flip a switch. Oh, and I even lined it with copper foil for noise rejection, just for the audiophile seal of approval. Happy camper.
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Sexy little box you got there.
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That sounds dirty.
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I modded my Zu DW speakers. Did some reading, talked to Sean, weighed pros/cons about what I wanted to do and ultimately decided I wanted everything I did to be reversible, bringing the entire speaker back to stock if I so desired.
What I did, added some high density Dynamat type anti resonant sheets to each panel on the tower excluding the top and bottom. I concentrated the material on the area of the panel that would be most susceptible to vibration. I understand that it’s easy to overdo this and in a sense take the life out of the speakers. It’s a balance between taking away unwanted resonance but keeping the desired coloration that the speaker is tuned/designed for.
The Zu have an interesting porting system which basically consists of 4 teardrop shaped slots on the bottom and a corresponding heavy density foam pyramid in the middle sort of isolating the area in the middle while keeping everything flowing to the slot. You can see what I’m talking about better in the picture.
The other thing I did is install a 10.5 in oak dowel in the area between the tweeter and the full range speaker as according to Sean at Zu that’s the area most susceptible to vibration and it’s a good easy and noticeable improvement.
Been working on it all day and I’m pretty exhausted, measuring thrice and cutting once and then trying to have everything aligned properly. Aesthetics and symmetry even on the inside. 
Looking forward to giving these a nice listen in the next couple of days. I want the brace to really cure before I pump up the jam.
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I technically did this yesterday and it might sound unusual or even weird to some of you guys, especially to those who are not into anime stuff, I filled an application for an audition to join a VTuber group that are looking for English speakers to be a part of them and that kind of application is a once in a life time to come by and thought to myself, “Why not give it a try and fill up an application for it?” I know it can be a daunting task to do streaming like always but I think with such stuff like that, I am willing to learn and to improve on it, for I think nowadays it is a good idea to work something that does not only fall or limited to your specific skills that you have attained from College, for I believe it is also a good idea or even an asset for you to partake something where you can showcase your skills as well outside of your learned course.
I am not expecting to be accepted by them or whatever, but it was an opportunity for me to take, so I took it. If I did get accepted, well, I guess I can finally do something worth while for myself and for my family while having fun doing it.
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Oh, you mean the application for next hololive en group?
I mean I did tried to take an audition for Hololive EN back then but in my case it was Holostars EN since I am a male, in the end of that though I didn’t get accepted since I was basically bored at that time and I am like “You know what? let me give it a try” basically the application that I did back then was kind of half-serious, thus I am not surprised that I didn’t get accepted since I am not expecting to be accepted anyway.
The application that I took is from Nijisanji and they are looking for English speakers regardless of country, and they wanted to get some potential VTubers that can speak the language. I took that chance since to me it was like an opportunity and I am like “let me give it a try once again.” I am not expecting any results of being accepted by them but at least I took it.
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Oh Nijisanji. Haha maybe or maybe not, but good luck. I used to like putting Vtubers in the background while I do stuff, but not anymore.
I can’t listen to music and youtube at the same time. 
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yeah true, also it is my own fault falling into this rabbit hole of VTubers. After discovering them, my friends as well fell into it and they are like “Bro, you better take responsibility for this shit” I am like “Lol it is not my fault, I just showed them to you and that is all.” and yeah, thanks for the luck, we are going to need it all either way regardless of the circumstances.
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Good luck!
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I received a Genelec Certificate, from the GLM 4 training course.
Small piece of happiness in a paper.
Do you have a link to it?
Sure.
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Today I experimented with inserts to try and tame the 3khz and 8khz peaks in the Pro4AA. Also for added comfort. 
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Just a 2-ply paper towel. I didn’t really notice much difference. Maybe 3khz was a bit better, but the 8khz peak persisted at full volume. Music I though sounded less shouty, but still very honky in timbre. At least they are much more comfortable than the mesh that the Pro4AA has - the weave is very open and feels like a cheese grater pressing on my ears. The biggest problem for comfort is not the clamp, but this f***ing mesh. See last pic for some…eh… gore.
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Now I tried adding foam from my M40x to see if that does anything. Yes. 3khz was very much tamed… but not the 8khz spike. Worse yet, the frequency response just sounds off for music. Vocals, for example, are no longer honky, but they lack presence and air. In fact, mids sound recess for some reason. The tonality is no longer bright and shouty but very very dark yet… still sibilant every now and then. IMO much worse than stock.
In conclusion for now, I think I will keep the paper towels till they disintigrate. They do improve comfort hundred-fold: fit is very snug and clampy, but much easier to bear with for long periods of time since the Pro4AAs no longer cut against my ears. I want to try some more durable material later on, but I don’t think I’ll intentionally pursue sound modification. I can well tolerate the prominent peaks.
As promised, what the stock meshing does to my ears after 2hrs of use:
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Somehow i feel that little bit of treble taming would be easier to do with little EQ tweaks than added toilet paper. Cause anything physical added, effects full range imo.
Comfort is always my priority but if headphones causes red markings… maybe they just are shit and should be changed from start?
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Obviously EQ is the easier way to do it, but it’s also not as fun imo. It’s like saying why go through the trouble of playing around with a 70s Challenger when a 2020 one is so much better.
I’m not pursuing outright performance with the Pro4AA, but it’s has been surprisingly good with acoustic music. I normally hate closed-backs but I legitimately started to enjoy stuff like Jazz and Rock since Monday.
Comfort… I can’t argue with that, but I did get used to it. Since it no longer destroys my ears I can put several hours on these (with some neck stretching every now and then) easily. These obviously will turn away a lot of people, but I’m having a lot of fun with it. Crazy as it sounds, I’m more satisfied with this sonically than my M40x. I find the AT to be too hyped in the treble overall.
Well I am about to do things this week in one word, Cardio. Yes I do workout and I am not just someone who is all day busy with his works, doing all of the chores or just plain slacking while having his health deteriorated slowly but surely due to his tendencies of slacking. I was like that back then and nowadays I have been trying to keep my body healthy and fit as much as I can for it was a bad state of my life getting all fat back then.
I did weights last week and now it’s time to do cardio, for I think your heart’s health should not be neglected at all just because you want bigger muscles or something.
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Cool 
the Olympia is a week and a half away so you should be just about ready? 