Author Archives: Sylvain

Single ended tube amplifier using 808 and 6EM7 tubes

Posted on 2021/02/06 by Sylvain

In a previous post I mentioned acquiring a pair of 808 tube amplifiers and over last two months I completely rebuilded the amplifiers in order to improve the sound quality and reduce the noise floor. The final circuit (lower in … Continue reading →

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Quick update for my sound system

Posted on 2020/11/15 by Sylvain

I’ve selected the bms 4526nd and azura horns 5/8″ 1200hz to replace the beyma tpl-150. I’ve since painted the horns in black. I also have a new pair of amplifier using 808 tubes in a shishido configuration in A2 operating … Continue reading →

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Experimenting with new horns.

Posted on 2020/06/29 by Sylvain

After my last update I added a set of Beyma cp21 on top of tpl-150 and was happy with the results even if this added the complication of a 4th way. This week I’m trying something different, by replacing the … Continue reading →

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Replacing the old bass cabinets with the new ones.

Posted on 2020/04/18 by Sylvain

A friend of mine, good with woodworking, had the time to build my new bass cabs recently and, last week-end I found the time to assemble everything. I’ve reporter building the bass cabs for two years so it was time, … Continue reading →

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State of my audio system in early 2020

Posted on 2020/01/07 by Sylvain

After a complete change of career, around 5 years ago, I didn’t had much time to invest in hobbies anymore. The limited free time I had was invested in learning more about pedagogy. This is Slowly changing, returning to more … Continue reading →

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Ajouts de photo a mon compte flickr, adding pictures to my flickr account

Posted on 2017/08/13 by Sylvain

Compte tenu qu’un blogue n’est pas la place idéale pour présenter des photos j’ai envoyé le tout sur un compte Flickr que vous pouvez consulter ici : Compte Flickr Sylvain Paquette’s account. Since exposing pictures on a blog isn’t quite … Continue reading →

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Exporail St-Constant Lowkey Monochrome gallery

Posted on 2017/06/28 by Sylvain

I went shooting at Exporail St-Constant and used my panasonic GX85 with an olympus 7-14mm F2.8, a panasonic 20mm F1.7 and a 42.5mm F1.7. Most shot are made using L.monochrome profile and fiddling with the filters and contrast. All shot … Continue reading →

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Olympus 7-14mm F2.8 pro lense

Posted on 2017/06/24 by Sylvain

Yesterday was my birthday and I got myself a nice gift … ok it wasn’t really my birthday but still got the lense. I’ve been using Micro 4/3 for couple of years now and still hasn’t got a UWA lense … Continue reading →

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Experimenting with JMLC (Jean-Michel Le Cléac’h) horn loaded beyma tpl 150

Posted on 2017/05/11 by Sylvain

I bought a pair of beyma TPL 150 with 4 horns (JMLC expansion) configured in dipole from a friend. Replacing my raal 70-20xr for something more efficient has been almost impossible so far but gave a shot to those. I’ve not … Continue reading →

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Retour à la photographie comme passe temps, mes commentaires sur la panasonic GX85

Posted on 2017/05/02 by Sylvain

Après avoir mis mes équipements photos de côtés dans les 2-3 dernières années, j’ai ressorti le tout pour faire un peu de ménage, recharger mes batteries et faire quelques photos. Mon vieux olympus pen e-pl1 fonctionne toujours mais il commence à … Continue reading →

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