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Re: HAL MS-3 Music Server and dspMusik digital crossover
« Reply #30 on: August 01, 2015, 07:14:28 PM »
First MS-3 Music Server is built with the release version Windows 10 64bit OS.  Like the new UI and sound quality is the same as Windows 8.1. 

All the programs are working correctly, so it is now an optional OS for the MS-3 platform if Window 8.1 is not of interest. 

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Re: HAL MS-3 Music Server and dspMusik digital crossover
« Reply #31 on: August 19, 2015, 10:14:08 AM »
  People should be forming a line over this device. Computer audio people that is.



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Re: HAL MS-3 Music Server and dspMusik digital crossover
« Reply #32 on: August 19, 2015, 10:16:05 AM »
Thanks Charles!

Will be across the hall from you at CAF.  See you there!

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Re: HAL MS-3 Music Server and dspMusik digital crossover
« Reply #33 on: August 19, 2015, 10:40:08 AM »
Thanks Charles!

Will be across the hall from you at CAF.  See you there!


Which room ??


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Re: HAL MS-3 Music Server and dspMusik digital crossover
« Reply #34 on: August 19, 2015, 12:30:55 PM »
GT Audio Works room 404.

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Re: HAL MS-3 Music Server and dspMusik digital crossover
« Reply #35 on: August 28, 2015, 05:50:04 PM »
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Re: HAL MS-3 Music Server and dspMusik digital crossover
« Reply #36 on: August 30, 2015, 06:33:40 PM »
Had a great time at CAF2015 and had a great time demoing the MS-3 and dspMusik for folks in the GT Audioworks room.  The new GTA 2.5 speakers sounded really good in the room.

Thanks to Greg Takesh and his wife for giving me the opportunity to demo with them.

Looking forward to RMAF2015.

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Re: HAL MS-3 Music Server and dspMusik digital crossover
« Reply #37 on: August 30, 2015, 09:43:35 PM »
Had a great time at CAF2015 and had a great time demoing the MS-3 and dspMusik for folks in the GT Audioworks room.  The new GTA 2.5 speakers sounded really good in the room.

Thanks to Greg Takesh and his wife for giving me the opportunity to demo with them.

Looking forward to RMAF2015.

Rich, It was a pleasure meeting you and learning about your HAL products. The HAL MS- 3 makes it simple enough for even me to envision how to implement a file based system, and to be able to afford one. You gave me my first exposure to Reference Recordings HRX files and they were extraordinary, such dynamics. Greg didn't know what his speakers were capable of until we heard some of the tunes off the HAL MS- 3. That Swiss Army Knife of a DAC you have, dspMusik, sounded sensational, I'd like to hear from some ACers about their experiences with it.
       Rich, your HAL MS- 3 and DAC combo helped propel the room to the top rung of sounds at the show, congratulations on a great show! I'll be busy selling gear to afford a HAL MS- 3 and a pair of GTA 2.5s, what a knockout room.
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Re: HAL MS-3 Music Server and dspMusik digital crossover
« Reply #38 on: August 31, 2015, 04:43:20 AM »
KLH007,
Glad you enjoyed the sound in the room! 

It was great to hear the entire system and getting feedback from the attendees.  Greg's GTA 2.5 speakers really showed the capabilities of the Reference Recordings HRx files played from the MS-3 and dspMusik.

Thank you for your feedback on the system!


 

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Re: HAL MS-3 Music Server and dspMusik digital crossover
« Reply #39 on: December 02, 2015, 06:10:12 PM »
After a lot of travel, updated the MS-2 Music Server with Windows 10 and listening tests are going well with the dspMusik as the DAC, iFi iCan and HiFiMan HE500 phones.  Have already run Windows 10 on MS-3's with fine results.


After reading the Meridian MQA info that I can find, there are interesting parallels in how the dspMusik works and their processing.

Working with Danville Signal on the next generation AD for the dspMusik.  The prototype in work is a 32bit/768KHz ADC with minimum phase filtering to complement the minimum phase DACs.  There maybe another surprise to go with this, but that has to wait for how things work.

Hope everyone has a Happy Holiday Season!

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Re: HAL MS-3 Music Server and dspMusik digital crossover
« Reply #40 on: December 02, 2015, 06:22:13 PM »
Thanks Rich ! Same to you.

Sounds like some great new products coming in the future.

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Re: HAL MS-3 Music Server and dspMusik digital crossover
« Reply #41 on: December 03, 2015, 11:11:16 AM »
  Eh Hal Merry Christmas  [[ hoilday season  :roll:]. What,s in your safe Hmmmm a MS-2 of course.

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Re: HAL MS-3 Music Server and dspMusik digital crossover
« Reply #42 on: December 03, 2015, 06:39:22 PM »
The three way open baffle speaker is up and running.

The setup is the GR-Research BG NEO3PDR tweeter, BG NEO10 midrange and 2x12" H-Frame servo subs running with a Rythmik HX300 servo amp.  More tweaking to do, but these sound very good! 

Too bad Christy Digital cannot produce the NEO drivers any longer as these are really great sounding speakers.

I will never go back to passive crossovers again after working with the dspMusik digital crossover and amps directly driving the speakers! 

Will make some measurements after getting all the levels fully adjusted.  Using Room EQ Wizard with the Dayton Audio UMM-6 calibrated mic from the MS-3 directly through the dspMusik to the speakers.

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Re: HAL MS-3 Music Server and dspMusik digital crossover
« Reply #43 on: January 19, 2016, 05:34:59 PM »
The Rythmik Audio HX800XLR3 amps arrived today.  Will start wiring them up tomorrow to see what happens.

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Re: HAL MS-3 Music Server and dspMusik digital crossover
« Reply #44 on: January 19, 2016, 08:42:20 PM »
Amps mounted in the wood cabinets