Category Archives: Audio DIY

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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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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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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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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My sound system as of June 2016

Posted on 2016/06/28 by Sylvain

Someone asked me if I was still using the tannoy in my system. Since the beginning of the year I’ve return to horns. This is the actual setup. It’s not perfect on the aesthetic department and I have to make … Continue reading →

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Ajustement des délais audio/vidéo sous plex

Posted on 2010/09/23 by Sylvain

Petit guide simple pour ajuster le délais entre l’audio et le vidéo du logiciel plex 9 (serveur média xbmc sous osx). Plex est une application gratuite et très puissante servant de “media server”, permettant de transformer votre imac/mac mini/macbook/mac pro … Continue reading →

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Je délaisse déja mon blogue …

Posted on 2010/07/17 by Sylvain

Je manque de temps ces jours-ci. Hier j’ai vendu mes quad esl. Il y a 2 mois environ, j’ai eu la chance de me procurer une paire en bon état de fonctionnement et pu les écouter quelques temps. Cela m’a … Continue reading →

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Tannoy cheviot follow-up

Posted on 2010/07/11 by Sylvain

In my last post about the tannoy cheviot I said that something was bugging me on piano reproduction. Again that noise Today I was listening to some music quite loudly and heard that problem again. It was really obvious that … Continue reading →

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