Vibelink amp Photo Gallery

[Mr Ee]

Vibelink's likely resting place, for a while.
Currently ultra, usb to rme dac (mainly for headphones), analog to vibelink; but also ultra optical to vibelink. That lovely analyser is usually hidden behind the laptop screen anyway.
As in all the best Wiim pictures, vibelink on Min
I find myself mostly using the ultra on max and controlling volume on the vibelink.
Spot the (bloody obvious) knick nack!

 

[Burnside]

Vibelink's likely resting place, for a while.
Currently ultra, usb to rme dac (mainly for headphones), analog to vibelink; but also ultra optical to vibelink. That lovely analyser is usually hidden behind the laptop screen anyway.
As in all the best Wiim pictures, vibelink on Min
I find myself mostly using the ultra on max and controlling volume on the vibelink.
Spot the (bloody obvious) knick nack!

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Canard pops up again

 

[Pragmatist]

 

[Wiimer]

How many are there in the batch? ;-))

You mean the mirrors? 4.

Btw, I have redecorated my room, removing the large wooden shelf placed between the speakers and moving all devices to the bay window.

The gain here is that the balance between left and right has been improved. Previously, the right speaker sounded a little louder and I had to balance adjustments it by the WiiM, but I no longer have to do that. I thought this was just a matter of room shape and speaker position, but it's good to know that a shelf is the culprit

 

[Audionaut]

I must confess that at first I thought about doing this

Why not?
When absorbing resonances, it is important to consider different vibration spectra in a multilayer structure.
If, for example, granite is used for loudspeaker enclosures, this has many acoustic advantages, but also a few disadvantages, including oscillation at the resonance frequency, as is also the case with glass.

If glass is used in a multi-layer structure, as in some record players, for example, it is useful to insert a highly damping element, such as a gel structure, as an intermediate layer between two hard components.

In your case: plastic / aluminum (housing of the Wiim) / a gel mat / the glass on top of it

 

[Wiimer]

Why not?
When absorbing resonances, it is important to consider different vibration spectra in a multilayer structure.
If, for example, granite is used for loudspeaker enclosures, this has many acoustic advantages, but also a few disadvantages, including oscillation at the resonance frequency, as is also the case with glass.

If glass is used in a multi-layer structure, as in some record players, for example, it is useful to insert a highly damping element, such as a gel structure, as an intermediate layer between two hard components.

In your case: plastic / aluminum (housing of the Wiim) / a gel mat / the glass on top of it

Hi

Thanks for your kind advice, I really appreciate it.

To be honest, I'm not an audiophile so I don't know the hard stuff and I don't think much of it.

And yes, I have a lot of these and put them in all sorts of places . Should I try to put this under the mirror?


There are mainly for seismic isolation for the speakers and earthquake protection
(My country has very many earthquakes.)

 

[telecastermds`]

Any gut shots?

 

[EddNog]

WARNING: Lots of glass ahead and even a screen! You’ve been warned!








-Ed

 

[BowsAndArrows]

Why not?
When absorbing resonances, it is important to consider different vibration spectra in a multilayer structure.
If, for example, granite is used for loudspeaker enclosures, this has many acoustic advantages, but also a few disadvantages, including oscillation at the resonance frequency, as is also the case with glass.

If glass is used in a multi-layer structure, as in some record players, for example, it is useful to insert a highly damping element, such as a gel structure, as an intermediate layer between two hard components.

In your case: plastic / aluminum (housing of the Wiim) / a gel mat / the glass on top of it

Yes, if you sandwich some sort of viscoelastic substance between two hard surfaces then it's a "constrained layer" damping system where the viscoelastic material can absorb vibrations from both the hard planes... the spectrum of absorption is a function of all the materials, however. And this frequency range can be quite limited.
In my opinion these CLD implementations are not as effective as other methods for reducing unwanted vibrations, since other solutions are able to target broader frequency ranges, and can have better real-world performance.
Still better than not doing anything at all to combat vibrations

 

[Puzz]

Here's mine.

 

[EddNog]

Here's mine.

Dual subs! I'm envious. Are you able to high-pass the speakers and still run the subs stereo?

-Ed

 

[Puzz]

Dual subs! I'm envious. Are you able to high-pass the speakers and still run the subs stereo?

-Ed

Actually, the subs aren't hooked up yet. Will eventually try using binding post extensions and hook the the subs up to the speaker or high level inputs. Left and right for true stereo subs. I'm not using any DSP so the towers will be playing full range.

 

[Valentino]

Side note: Bass being bass it's often better to run subs in mono even if you have more than one sub.

 

[Puzz]

To each his own I guess. Not all subs can go below 20hz. Especially the budget subs. A lot of the upper bass is still directional, therefore I prefer using them in stereo.

 

[Valentino]

Mono is perfectly fine up to 100 Hz minimum.

 

[EddNog]

Mono is perfectly fine up to 100 Hz minimum.

So we know that crossovers are not brick walls--they have a taper, be they at 6dB/octave, 12dB/octave, etc...

When people say the crossover at 100Hz does not affect directivity of the perceived sound, is that absolutely at 100Hz, or is that with some degree of margin? Like would it be safe from directionality issues at 4th order (24dB/octave) but not at 2nd order (12dB/octave)?

-Ed

 

[Puzz]

Why is this even being discussed? Like I said, you set your stuff up the way you like and I'll do the same to mine. All of this because someone noticed I had two subs.... And this is the very reason why I'm not on any forums with the exception of this one. It's always "I'm right".. "no, I'm right".. Who cares???

 

[Wiimer]

Why is this even being discussed? Like I said, you set your stuff up the way you like and I'll do the same to mine. All of this because someone noticed I had two subs.... And this is the very reason why I'm not on any forums with the exception of this one. It's always "I'm right".. "no, I'm right".. Who cares???

I also have two subs, connected in stereo from the Pro line out . The main speakers are connected to the Ultra and play through the MRM.

I really want to try mono with the subs on opposite sides of the room, but my room is too small for that. However, I find the bass in the stereo sub to be excellent. (I have KEF R3 METAs crossed at 120Hz).

 

[EddNog]

Why is this even being discussed? Like I said, you set your stuff up the way you like and I'll do the same to mine. All of this because someone noticed I had two subs.... And this is the very reason why I'm not on any forums with the exception of this one. It's always "I'm right".. "no, I'm right".. Who cares???

Sorry…I was just curious, as I wish I could make two subs work in my space & budget, but I can’t.

-Ed

 

[BowsAndArrows]

Why is this even being discussed? Like I said, you set your stuff up the way you like and I'll do the same to mine. All of this because someone noticed I had two subs.... And this is the very reason why I'm not on any forums with the exception of this one. It's always "I'm right".. "no, I'm right".. Who cares???

I mean, that's kind of the point of the forums, no?! To exchange ideas and share our opinions...
Not sure I understand your reaction there to a reasonable discussion that came up naturally