Hi, Palomino.
"5. Steve’s wood shop.  Wow."
I was wondering, Did you mean wow! acoustics. Or wow! wood tools?

It sounds like it was a great party. I am glad for all who could attend.

Brian

Palomino!  Don't forget to give yourself an "Ata Boy"  Your pizza set-up was fantastic and you pulled it off wonderfully.  It was a very fine way to get the group mulling around together.  Well done Sir, Well Done!!!!!

Wait, I just woke up from my nap. Did I miss Decfest again☹️.

HK

DECFEST 2021 - Two 11 hour videos:

Friday:  https://vimeo.com/620013088

Saturday: https://vimeo.com/620865295

I was really nice to see everyone who came this year!  Many new faces and for the regulars it seemed like a much needed family reunion : )

We sent the streams out to both facebook and youtube, who deleted it and threatened us if we do it again.  It's a real shame that the ass hats in the music industry and big tech don't realize that their music is useless without stereo equipment to play it back on.  I'm sure every manufacture like us has about had it with this BS since we are the ones that make listening to music possible.

On a more positive note, above are linked 22 hours of live video from the main listening room : )

God Bless everyone who came this year and we look forward to lots of great sound in the coming year!  Keep an eye on the site / forums as we slowly add these new products to our offerings.

Steve

Thank you so much Steve, DeVon, Bob and the rest of the Decware team !!!

Another successful Decware Audio Fest .....

It was so good to see many of the regulars and some new attendees as well.

The smaller listening room that Steve set up was a treat for me.
The size of the room and the overall sound made me feel right at home and if I closed my eyes the similarities were pretty amazing.





I must admit that I had reservations as to what a ZROCK would do to the sound ..... since I am a died in the wool minimalist when it comes to adding more components and cables to the audio chain.
However ..... I am now a TOTAL believer .....

The ZROCK does not affect any aspect of the sound ..... imaging, focus, clarity, etc. in a negative way.

What it does is add body and weight in the lower midrange and upper bass, as well as "density" to the instruments and vocals.

We played some Metallica with the ZROCK in the system and the jaws of everyone in the room hit the floor ..... amazing !!!

The soundstage bloomed and the end of the room where the speakers were totally disappeared.

If you don't own one, buy one ..... especially if you are using open baffle speakers. It's a revelation.

Looking forward to Decware Fest 2022.

Best wishes,
Randy

Dom,
HR-2 now.

Lin,

Yeah I knew they had been updated, but I haven’t seen any pics of the new cabinet design until now. A lot of the guys are saying that the update is quite noticeable and not minor. I had talked to Bob, and I’m going to pull the trigger on them.  I love my Err’s, but I know these new HR2’s  are going to really blow me away.

Dom

Malcolm,
6 months.
https://www.decware.com/cgi-bin/yabb22/YaBB.pl?num=1630451610/1#1

Are there any good photos available of the HR-2s?

Tommy,

Now that Decfest 2021 is in the books…i am sure Bob and Steve will work on updating the website.  I had asked Bob to email me some pics, so I’m sure the new pics will surface soon.  

Dom

Maybe I am just so used to seeing the angle that I didn't notice it was not there, but I thought it was.

Pretty sweet looking set at the fest this year.  Birds Eye maple, I think.

Also, this new version uses one of my favorite tweeters.  I just like the way the highs sound with that tweeter.

Well, they almost made it!  The new Lii Audio Silver 10 Reference speakers showed up today and me and the cats spent some time this evening getting them unpacked, assembled and situated in the room.





As you can see my little buddy Smokey, after helping unpack the speakers and patiently watching all day as things slowly progressed, is now frozen in the sweet spot. It is no mistake where he is setting. He loves our stereo. You have to realize that for the cat, this is no different than hearing the music of the Gods...  anyway he loves it. He is glued to this pair.

If you ever wondered what a 2nd density audiophile looked like, this is it. When this cat dies, he will have no choice but to come back as a human male audiophile... trust me ; )

Anyway... meet my dearest listening buddy, Smokey.  If only I could hear like he can... but I can't so I watch his ears triangulate to the music and from that we can map out a very precise sound stage and room reflections. If we video taped it and then went back and compared his ear directions with each sound in the recording it would tell you everything you need to know about your room : )

I've been using cats for 20 years to understand room acoustics : ). My first was named Tesla. He was all black and got his name because I would rub him upside-down on the carpet and then let him go -- sparks would fly off his fir in the winter.

Every cat I've ever owned was a rescue from certain death. That's why my cats are so good. They appreciative, and thankful.

Also, you can see sexy new HR-2's in the photo. I will have these on the site this fall with lots of great pictures. The sound is so refined it really has to be heard to be appreciated.  

You will be hearing a lot about both of these speakers this winter and both will be for sale on the Decware web site.  

Listening to these Lii Audio Silver Reference speakers off to the side while I work -- I can understand why Smokey is locked-in to these somewhat giant Lii-Audio Reference Speakers...  having some experience with a drum kit these reproduce cymbals as realistically as I have ever heard.  And even without break-in, the bass is refreshingly clean, tight, zero bloat, fast, free, and has no aftertaste.  This is pretty impressive considering the low end weight that is also there.  It's just so flat as the bass drops it really commands notice.  Very exceptional.


-Steve

"If you ever wondered what a 2nd density audiophile looked like, this is it. When this cat dies, he will have no choice but to come back as a human male audiophile... trust me ; )"

2nd density!  Steve has read the Ra books!  
Carla was my pen pal for several years.  It is a delight to find someone who has read those writings.

Brian

My wife's comments when I shared Steve's cat post and picture:

"This is awesome how he uses cats as helpers! His posts just need more close ups of his cats. I can’t find them in the photos.

Oh there he is! sitting turkey legged! And that room looks crazy."

The best picture of my cats comes from Neko who sat motionless for 30 seconds during a long exposure shot.  Only the fur on his chest is blurry from the heart beat.




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It's a brain melter... at first.  Thank God the universe isn't our distortion of it.  If you ever communicate with Carla give her my gratitude.

Steve

Thanks for sharing Steve! She will love these.

Yes. Gratitude. That is exactly the word.

Brian

Excellent work!