as an upcoming kenyan producer I find new knowledge in your shares on sound systems,I get to experience different aspects of sound engineering

Dirac is a game changer. I can't listen to music without it after hearing what is possible. I hope more people will become aware. Should be included in every hifi system as the room is always present and needs to be dealt with.

I would love to see a Mini Dsp feature with various price points covered Terry. The unit you mention is beyond my budget...... But I would appreciate knowing if the smaller, cheaper models would help integrate my rels.

Love it mate, great advice, great enthusiasm. , keep it coming, I trust you.... Thank you. Anthony Warrington...

Good coffee and good hi-fi is a way of life

There's a sticker at my local cafe that says: "Friends don't let friends drink Starbucks". :)) Thanks for an interesting and informative watch!

Terry, thanks for the recommendation of The HiFi Podcast with Darren and Duncan. These guys are really fun to listen to.

@PursuitPerfectSystem

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah I have been enjoying it too :)

@ericharrelson32

3 жыл бұрын

@@PursuitPerfectSystem the new music recommendations are pretty good too.

Great video Terry 👍

Nice job Terry next time you're over here in Australia I'll make you a coffee you'll never forget mate😁🎧☕ I might have to get you to iron out whatever bugs you can find in my system. In actual fact you might need two or three coffees and a piece of cake 🍰 😀🤣 l enjoyed the video mate it was nice to look at someone else's system as well. All us audiophiles are really sticky beaks.😁🎧👍

I like coffee and audio and whilst I admire perfectionism, I don’t have the patience to go into such depth. Just give me a flat white with one sugar, turn up the volume and press play :-)

@PursuitPerfectSystem

3 жыл бұрын

Haha great comment :)

@chris292

2 жыл бұрын

@@PursuitPerfectSystem I would love to have your thoughts on which speakers are your favorite and what kind of music do you like

You are awesome. Keep up the good content.

@PursuitPerfectSystem

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Charles

YES…I have an Italian Espresso Machine on the countertop in my tiny kitchen! There is also a learning curve, skill level, bean selection and equipment choices, etc…involved in producing a killer macchiato. My grinder set-up is kind of insane, but effective. Sounds familiar! 😂 Great vid, good analogy!

@PursuitPerfectSystem

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah I am just heading down the rabbit hole now making more mistakes than getting things right at the minute, burned through a whole bag of quality beans this morning as an example, buts its fun and I know it will be worth the work :) Thanks Bob

@bobb.9917

3 жыл бұрын

@@PursuitPerfectSystem There are soooooo many parallels to audio. ….but let me also say that right now I am enjoying a drip-made cup of coffee from pre-ground coffee that I bought at Aldi Supermarket. (It did drip thru my Dutch MoccaMaster brewer, tho 😬). Let's ALL keep some perspective! 👍🏼😁

@cantfindanamefree

3 жыл бұрын

I recently got a rancilio silvia from a bambino express. Installed a PID unit straight away. The hardest thing is getting the milk texturing right where the bambino just did it 'okay' every time just not great.

hi terry.can you do another how to vid for the mini dsp..i purchased one and then just left it sat in its box.i couldnt work out how to use it. cheers

Hi - would you consider a review of the mini dsp SHD studio both as a streamer and Dirac live tool?

Thanks for this video . I have a similar problem. I bought a $ 3000.00 dollars system, at the store this system sounded good, but in my house it sounds different.

@TEST-rt1ui

2 жыл бұрын

Room acoustics

Thanks Terry for serving us with top Barista level hi-fi reviews and advice. As for me, I drank so much coffee in my lifetime that I developed serious acid reflux. I stopped drinking coffee, and went straight to caffeine pills. Yeah, I'm a real caffeine addict. Like wise in my own hi-fi journey of over 40 years, I've ended up with full range tower speakers plus four 10" subs, and using ARC dsp calibration. As you said, once you enjoy a great cup of coffee you just can't go back.

Inspiring video, Terry. Many thanks for sharing your thoughts and experience. Q: did you ever work your digital magic with open baffle speakers? Greetings to you and yours

@PursuitPerfectSystem

3 жыл бұрын

Not yet with Open baffle but there might be something in the works - cant say any more right now :) Thanks BTW

Exactly the kind of review I like to watch, nice job sir.

@PursuitPerfectSystem

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks really glad you enjoyed it :)

If I was that serious into hifi, had that level of high end equipment and had that high expectations on stereo imaging, one of the first things I would do is to get rid of the obstacle between the speakers on speaker level atleast before I Dirac anything. First things first.

First raisins and now coffee love the analogy... Love this channel 🙌🏽👌🏽

@PursuitPerfectSystem

3 жыл бұрын

Haha thanks Andre - the Raisins was a random one but the coffee situation is totally true :)

Good video Terry. When i win the lottery im flying you to Danmark for Coffee and setting up My system.

@PursuitPerfectSystem

3 жыл бұрын

I will hold you to that :)

Nice work, Terry. I learned a few things on this one. I liked the way you dovetailed the perfect cup of coffee analogy, to the hifi setup in the enjoyment of refinement. Thanks for going into some of the details of the subwoofer setup. Say if Jason had a disc transport and turntable in addition to the bits you described, could you have used DSP? I tuned in to the latest podcast of The Hifi Podcast, and they read a question from Jason, about ideas to refine the line power to his system.

Thanks Terry, nice video...interesting take and fun to listen to. We've been in contact and I look forward to you helping me to calibrate Dirac Live (on my NAD M33) with my speakers and subwoofers - hopefully later on in the year if I can get my system up and running by then. Think it will be a challenge so happy to buy you as many good coffees as you like! In the meantime, stay well and keep up the good work!

Thanks Terry for this video, always nice to see these set ups at an actual persons home and not in a showroom or a reviewer's house or office..I also like Jason's rationale in his choice of equipment, you can see that he very much values listening to music and not just owning high-end gear for the sake of it...Great content!...We need more of this Terry!...and the occasional on-location sound-test too..

Every time you say to smash the thumbs down button twice I crack the F up my friend. And I just want to say that I loved the video. And that you're really motivating me to get my SHD Studio going too. I really struggled to get it working with my computer when I tried it for the first time, a while ago, and couldn't get it done. Then life threw me a few curveballs, and what not. So while I've been tweaking my system. I kind of forgot about the SHD unit. But watching your videos has got me investing in stuff to get it going. Like I just got a new Dell laptop, and I got something to hold the umik-1. But honestly it's a bit daunting, after what I went through the first time. I just couldn't get the computer to see the unit, and vice versa. Do you have any advice for me in this regard? I did read that everything had to be up to the latest updates, and all. Unfortunately I really hadn't used that other laptop in quite a while, because I bought an iPad. And started using that all the time, or my phone. So I spent hours updating it, and still couldn't get it to work. But with my new laptop. I think I should be in a lot better position now. In fact when I set it up. It automatically brought over a lot of stuff from my old laptop, because I used the same account/email. And I'm thinking I might just go ahead, and do a factory reset, then set it up with another email. So it's a completely new system with nothing from the old system at all. It's not a lot of work to do so really, just need to find the time. Do you think this is necessary? Or should I just try to get it working first? Either way. I don't mind spending the time. So long as I'm not wasting it. I feel like my last endeavor was a whole entire night, and early morning wasted. With nothing to show for it at all. I didn't even learn anything from it. Failure is OK, when you learn. But failure without learning is just pure frustration IMO, and completely useless. I'm hoping to not repeat that. BTW I'm very skilled with computers, and normally always get things working without needing any help. Even if it means staying up into the next day even. I don't like giving up. So I'm sure you can imagine the hit this was to my confidence/ego. Lol Anyway sorry for the essay, but any advice on getting this unit setup would be great. And also. Do you know where I might find a calibrator like yourself here in the states, specifically southeastern New England? And how I can find out what something like this would cost here? Hours of work sounds like it's out of my price range. At least ATM, as I'm getting ready to buy a new car soon. But I'm quite tempted just to pay someone to do it for me. Especially knowing the results will likely be better. But we'll see? ✌️

SBIR is Speaker Boundary Interference Response.

@PursuitPerfectSystem

3 жыл бұрын

DOH!! sorry

Really enjoyed this Terry, well done. Love all of your work. Would you consider doing more videos concentrating on how we can treat our rooms, and where we should focus to get the best results?

@PursuitPerfectSystem

2 жыл бұрын

I have got some ideas around this, its just getting some time to do it, but its on the agenda Martyn, thanks very much

@martyn5416

2 жыл бұрын

@@PursuitPerfectSystem excellent, look forward to it

What crossover frequency did you end up with on the subs? I use 60hz with my JL audio/Revel 228be combo.

@PursuitPerfectSystem

2 жыл бұрын

You need to set them based on what happening in the room with the mains

He's spent a lot of money, good luck to him. I'm sure the speakers are a good choice for such a small room.

Great Idea to do this. Also, I do not think it's a plug. I think this is what you do and you're respected because of it. I am opening a Guinness. Feel free to do the same.

Do a review of the Denafrips Gaia please

Terry what do you think about integration of super tweeters. Does this work like subwoofers do for speakers?

@PursuitPerfectSystem

2 жыл бұрын

Pretty much yes, I think if your speakers roll off their treble early and you like all the other aspects about them except that then adding super tweeters could be a great way to go

@oohtob6685

2 жыл бұрын

@@PursuitPerfectSystem lol Terry im a bit of a thicko with tech talk. A speakers roll off goes way over my head wouldn't have a clue mate. I intergrated my subwoofers by ear. I rolled off the sofa last night does that count? Lol 😂🤣

Coffee and music is a great match!!!

Excellent video Terry - very watchable as always and your approach to the HiFi upgrading process makes a lot of sense. I have recently improved my system significantly with some carefully chosen room acoustic treatment - maybe a Dirac processor is the next step (after upgrading my DAC that is).

Another excellent video Terry, there's too much rubbish on KZread, but you are quality👍

Hi Terry. Thanks so much for sharing this unique video. Nice to see you chose an every day and affordable system for this video. I paid great attention to his two subs and stand mount speaker set up in what appears to be a room roughly the same as my room, which is 16' by 11' 3" wide. I'm looking to replace my KEF q55.2floorstanders with something like Focal Kant's 1 standmounts to help reduce bass boom. Great video and very interesting for me to watch. 🙂

Here is a question if you have passive subwoofers: A. Put the miniDSP as you did in the digital domain. B. Put the miniDSP before the power amps so you can feed the separate subwoofer and mains power amps individually. In B you can adjust where and different slopes the crossover should be and used. And time align each subwoofer against the mains. When we have passive subwoofers we do not have any of those capabilities in there.. The specific questions is even if we need to do a AD conversation and then back with a AD. That is the main disadvantage. But should not the benefits be greater for the SQ than not bee able to do those adjustments and put it in the A variant placement ?? (So in a passive subwoofer system where is the optimal place to put the miniDSP. A or B.)

Last Part about audiophiles is true

How is he using fibre optic rather than a cat6 patch cables? With a converter? What is the benefit as all my devices are connected via cat6. Thanks

@amb3cog

3 жыл бұрын

www.sonore.us/systemoptique.html

Interesting

why did you leave the subwoofers out of line with each other, looks weird and has to affect the lower end bass and phase alignment?

@markrigg6623

2 жыл бұрын

Its easier to flatten out the room response when the subs are asymmetrically positioned. They both will have wildly different room responses individually but when you add those 2 responses together the peaks and troughs of each partially cancel each other out giving a flatter response. Anomalies in frequency response have a much more obviously audible effect then any phase issues, particularly when it comes to bass.

Terry,this is an excellent video!But I wanted to see some before and after measurements with a little explanation maybe...

@PursuitPerfectSystem

3 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately I didn't take any photos of the measurements when I was there as I didnt think to do this video until days later, which is a shame because I could have explained that there were 2 very strong room modes on the subwoofers which meant as soon as Jason tried to get more out of the subwoofers he was getting boomy one note bass. - his hands were tied. I dont give away any Terry Ellis Dirac magic as that is my protected USP but I agree it would have been good and helped - sorry about that

@zzt231gr

3 жыл бұрын

@@PursuitPerfectSystem Tahnk you very much for the answer!You are great.

Hi Terry, I tried the Dirac trial twice (pro version) and purchased a calibrated mic for the purppse. I must have made 5 sets of measurements and 12 different target curves. The only time I got good result was turning most features off and limiting it to below 500hz. My experience was that otherwise it made the sound stage flat and bound to the plane of the speakers, removed all that “space” around performers that I had paid a pretty penny for getting with my tube pre and gave a more “pro audio” sound (I used to make a living as a musician). I often wondered if there was something in my scenario that made things not work (e.g. my couch is unfortunately right up against the back wall), but Dirac seem to promote “it’s all easy mode” rather than maybe provide some deep dives and training material. In any case, enjoy you channel a lot. Keep up the good work 👍

@PursuitPerfectSystem

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Sune. this my whole message, its easy software to use but not necessarily easy software to maximise what it can do. I could talk you through what you have likely done wrong but that is why I offer a service. There is an element of maybe the removal of a phasing situation - all Dirac does is adjust the freq response you hear and improve the speakers impulse response - therefore if things are done correctly it cant possibly make the sound worse only better

@thepickyaudiophile

2 жыл бұрын

@@PursuitPerfectSystem Thanks Terry! My system is strictly 2.1 and does not include Dirac, so it’s a hard sell to have to go out and buy something that I don’t otherwise want/need, with the risk of not liking the results at all 😊 I’m going to move rooms in my house and will try to improve my setup (incl. some treatment), maybe I can grab a last trial and try it one more time. I’m not in the UK so I don’t know if some kind of zoom conversation makes sense? FWIW I worked as a studio sound engineer when I was younger, so should be able to understand basics.

Amen to the nosy.

Hey Terry! What are Jason's speakers?

@PursuitPerfectSystem

3 жыл бұрын

Wilson benesch precision p1

@net_news

3 жыл бұрын

@@PursuitPerfectSystem thanks!

How many watts will I need, minimum, in a power amp to drive a stereo pair of 87db speakers?

@Richbroth

3 жыл бұрын

1000

@amb3cog

3 жыл бұрын

It's not that simple. We'll need much more info to even give a ballpark figure. There's way too many variables. There are formulas that can be found, but in the real world, they don't really ring true. The sensitivity figure of a speaker is just the beginning. The impedance curve is also very important. As well as the amount, size, and weight of the drivers. As well as the type of speakers. How far your sit from them. The overall makeup of the room. Including it's size, shape, amount of damping material in it, to include soft furnishings etc. The amount of people normally in the room. The levels you normally listen at. The music you normally listen to. Etc. Etc. Etc. It all matters. And then there's the amp. What type is it? How well built is the power supply in it? What type of power supply is in it? Or, occasionally, outside of it? What year, make, and model? Etc. Etc. Etc. Despite what some will tell you. Watts are most certainly not watts. Not to mention you don't really know if the speaker, or amp manufacturer's are being honest with their ratings. It goes on, and on. However, the great part is that you can never go wrong with too much wattage. In almost every case. So long as you can control yourself. Although sometimes the volume knob will ramp up too fast for it to be very useful. I would go to a HiFi forum that's friendly, like Audiokarma, Audio Asylum, Audio Circle, or DIY Audio. And tell them everything you can. Especially what speakers you own. Your room size. How far away you sit. What volumes, and music you prefer. Along with the amps you're looking to choose from. They will get you there. And always remember. There's a big difference between an amp being able to play speakers loudly enough for you. And an amp that's properly driving those speakers. It can, and will affect the way they will sound. And by quite a lot too. Also headroom is your friend. If 50 watts will properly drive your setup. I recommend you get at least twice that, if you can afford it. The more powerful amp, all things being equal, will almost always sound better. Good luck. ✌️

@andrewanderson3746

3 жыл бұрын

@@amb3cog I appreciate your thoughtful feedback. Thanks for taking the time!

@amb3cog

3 жыл бұрын

@@andrewanderson3746 No problem. Good luck with your system. 😊 ✌️

Hi. What is the cost of your service please? Thanks

@PursuitPerfectSystem

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Chris. Can you please email me to discuss it terryellis@pursuitperfectsystem.com thanks

You do not have to be sorry. Many non audiophiles have damaged their ears by playing music very loudly so of what use is even CD quality to them. I doubt Spotify would have made the move to CD quality except for the implicit threat that Apple posed. As a Classical and jazz listener I find that much Classical music is available as SACDs and one can hear the difference. However, given the volume at which many Spotify listeners listen I would not be able to tell the difference at that volume. Despite the difference in musical tastes I really enjoy your reviews. Stay well.

That bass cancelation in speakers is annoying as hell. I ended up moving my speakers in the room and got so much more bass and full sound from my speakers!

@TriAmpHiFi

10 ай бұрын

That's why, in this case, it would be preferable to either get rid of one sub or stack both between the mains. Or even better, dump all 4 cabinets & the 3 amplifiers for a pair of full range 3-ways. Reggae, Funk & Brass 🔈🔉🔊

It's funny tho. There are people who invest tens of thousands to reproduce music which was essentially recorded produced mixed and mastered on equipment costing less than 700.

I like tea.

@PursuitPerfectSystem

3 жыл бұрын

Yorkshire

One of the things that makes no sense to me is people putting a music system in some "idyllic echo chamber" then paying for acoustic treatments etc, buy an old sofa and some pouffes or bean bags and some second hand soft furnishings for petes' sake, or get some old egg boxes on the walls and possibly the ceiling if you want no "clutter", the last thing you want is regularity in a listening room. Do you connect the subs via the speakers or line?

@PursuitPerfectSystem

3 жыл бұрын

Everything you have suggested John won't work and all it will create is an unbalanced room. Soft furnishings have minimal acoustic properties at anything other than higher frequencies the same as egg cartons. Loading a room with them will reduce the rt60 time at just those frequencies leaving the rest to ring at the same rate as normal. That will sound weird. With professional treatments you have a more balanced rate of absorption down to much lower frequencies and therefore will have a more balanced sounding room for rates of decay which is what matters. The old soft furnishings things is totally counterintuitive when you look at the bigger picture as its doing nothing where it really counts. A man's home is what he has to work with the listening room is just one room in a family home

Something whacky going on with the subtitles...."audio files"???

ruined a lovely fireplace

@TriAmpHiFi

10 ай бұрын

Although there's shelving (racks have ear mount rails), I don't understand organizing gear on the ground between the speakers. When did this become a thing? Reggae, Funk & Brass 🔈🔉🔊

bs

@PursuitPerfectSystem

2 жыл бұрын

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