Posted on Wednesday, 24th February 2010 by Jimmy Auw
Last week, we held a DIY gathering. Located at Bintaro, Indonesia. The host was Mr. Didik F. Wiryawan and family. Around 30+ people were there, was one of the crowded gathering ever. Below is the picture of the stage. We held some Blind Test also. You will also see some fancy DIY creation here.
Tags: Blind Test, DIY Audio, Indonesia
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Posted on Sunday, 19th April 2009 by Jimmy Auw
It’s time for Single Ended amplifier benchmarking session. Located at Bakmi Margonda, Sarinah, Indonesia.
Here is some shoot from the event. The system was very simple, Tannoy speaker, Audio Aero Capitole CDP, and AirTight 300B as Reference Amplifier.
Tags: Amplifier, Blind Test, single ended, tube
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Posted on Tuesday, 31st March 2009 by Jimmy Auw
It was a nice session at DWA’s house located at Bintaro. We held a long session, from morning to night, from amplifier, preamp, DAC, to speaker. The event was started with a lunch ;)
Tags: Aikido, Audio, Blind Test, clio, gainclone, solid state, speaker
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Posted on Sunday, 8th February 2009 by Jimmy Auw
It was a nice day, a little bit rainy at the morning. I went to Bintaro (Mr. Didik home) to enjoy a Solid State Blind Test session. After around 1.5 hours traffic, finally I arrived there.
We used equipments as follow:
The contenders (first session)
The contenders (second session):
It was a long sesssion. Although the session was ended at around 17:00, we still continued with some extra session, like loudspeakers and Pre-amp testing. We finally ended the session at 21:00.
Here is some photos. Enjoy!
“Filled the tank” before we started the session.
Tags: Audio, audiophile, Blind Test, DIY-Audio, gainclone, LM1875, LM3875, MOSFET, pre amp
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Posted on Sunday, 7th December 2008 by Jimmy Auw
Last week, located at Audio Lifestyle Magazine office (also known as TubeLover showroom), held a Pre Amplifier Blind Test Session. If I could recall my brain correctly, we have 38 contenders, from Aikido 6SN7 Pre Amp, to antique #26/#27 Pre Amp. Well it was so nice and crowded session, from 10 am to 10 pm. Over 12 hours, 8 preliminary sessions (5 Pre Amp each) + 1 final session. I was sooo tired to judge in all those sessions (except session III where I need to receive some phone calls). We have 5 judges and some audience to pick favorite/people’s choice Pre Amp.
Enjoy some pics here. So many Pre Amp, so many design! The equipments was Consonance CD Player 2.2, Jadis Defy 7, and Tannoy Stirling full range speaker (with extra Fostex super tweeter).
Tags: Audio, Blind Test, pre amp, Pre Amplifier, tube
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Posted on Sunday, 6th July 2008 by Jimmy Auw
The time has come… Saturday, 6 July 2008… The Aikido Blind Test session at Tubelover, South Jakarta, Indonesia. Total we have 11 contenders today. All with John Broskie Aikido Pre-Amplifier design. Some use the original PCB ordered from here and some prefer their own point-to-point design. Various tubes are here, small 9 pin tubes, Octal, and also the miniature like 6111WA and 6021.
Here is some snapshot from the event.
We use the Jadis Defy 7 Push Pull Power Amplifier rated around 100 Watts RMS (twelve 6550 tubes). The speaker is Tannoy Stirling with Fostex Super Tweeter. The CD Player is Audio Research CD3 MkII.
Tags: Blind Test, BT, DIY-Audio, tube
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