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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Gizmos... by scooter on 2009-04-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The LavryBlack DA11 Stereo DA Converter in Didital Things  10 Replies 
Interesting unit, especially relating to the headphone technique.  Antonio, kindly let us know if the system can fool your Iberian ears (I think we all know the answer, but do entertain us)In general, I wish audio engineers spent their time and money...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #209: Hard to say now by N-set on 2022-05-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Remedies the Beauty in Playback Listening  297 Replies 
Only yesterday I started to get some interesting results after tuning the UK crossovers. But still not near to the sound I'm getting from my electrostatic headphone setup. I assume my Dannoy setup is quite compromised: one of the original crossov...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Play with sounds by el`Ol on 2008-05-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The “sounds” that I am looking for. in Playback Listening  5 Replies 
[quote user="NBC"]Hi Romy,Interesting direction. Sounds like minimalism (though not necessarily in the typical musical sense, e.g., John Cage).http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MinimalismNeilPS: Please excuse my being way under the 165 word 'minimum'.[/qu...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #70: Attenuation? by Paul S on 2023-08-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Valve Preamplifier for Macondo/DSET in Melquiades Amplifier  74 Replies 
You may remember I also use transformer shunting for attenuation, in my case the taps are selected by  "communications" shunts/relays. My output is quite low R, but variable, and only the transformers for isolation (no "active buffer". I was wonderin...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Unity by Paul S on 2011-08-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Available Blenders and Splitters? in Audio Discussions  3 Replies 
Looks like the SPL headphone amp thing-ee is mostly about generating/getting sound effects for/from headphones.  At this point, I think what I want is an "intact" signal at unity gain going to each of 5 channels.  This should mean that the blended, c...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #20: Re: Masochistic headphone amplifier! by Thorsten on 2006-03-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Headphone amplifiers. Baby Melquiades? in Melquiades Amplifier  27 Replies 
Roman,[quote user="Romy the Cat"]I have learned today that there is something g deeply wrong with it. [/quote]Not quite. What is wrong is not the Amplifier, but the use of headphones to replay recordings made for speaker reproduction. The way this pu...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #22: Re: EnABL Pattern and Ribbed Cones by Bud on 2005-07-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It is possible to eliminate some forms of gross side band di... in Audio For Dummies ™  22 Replies 
Brian,Microphone diaphrams, headphone diaphrams ,dome tweeters, all have to have the pattern applied with a technical pen i.e. Kohinoor or Mars. These are becomming a little difficult to find in all towns. A 50% mixture of Poly S and water should be ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #14: Study room 3 way or headphones by scooter on 2014-03-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Small spaces in Audio Discussions  13 Replies 
I used a set of 2-way near-field monitors and a decent sealed commercial subwoofer in a study room that was quite enjoyable. Mostly listened to FM. That room was not much more than 3m x 3m with lots of alcoves, slanted ceilings and a thick nylon rug....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Fits general consensus by steverino on 2023-05-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Good small SS amplifier in Audio Discussions  3 Replies 
Over the years there have been occasional reviews of low powered SS, but mostly in passing because they undercut (by sounding better) the bigger SS amps whether by the same vendor or others. Yes many years ago I had a low powered semi faux hybrid Jol...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #16: Headphones and in-head sound by el`Ol on 2010-06-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A new 'chic' foolishness about mono systems in Audio For Dummies ™  48 Replies 
[quote user="zanon"]Does anyone know of CD mixed especially for headphone?Maybe two mics, 6 inches apart, is the correct way to record for such a playback system.[/quote]The problem is that even with artificial head recordings you don't get a proper ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: How to play mp3. by Romy the Cat on 2013-11-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to play mp3. in Audio For Dummies ™  0 Replies 
It is frequent, particularly nowadays, that you found a digitally compressed recording that you can not source in no other format then the crappy mp3. So, do yourself a favor: do not make an attempt to play you muscly-wonderful but audio-shitty file ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: I think it is about harmonics and decays. by Romy the Cat on 2012-07-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Big room vs small room in Audio Discussions  9 Replies 
Well, rowuk, I still do not think that when you are talking about what you are taking about then you are talking about standing wave. The standing waves are nothing more than persistent room gain. I think when you are talking about what you are talki...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1343: AC / DC but not the band by steverino on 2014-08-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
I have not found the PPs to completely isolate under many situations although they even out sonics across the day fairly well. The PP is far more steady when hooked into my small tubed bedroom system than the main system, the small TV HT system or th...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Headamp, ANUK. by xandcg on 2015-12-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Really Expensive DACs? in Didital Things  29 Replies 
I do not go to 'Audio Shows' but the fact of the people are using Lampizators on this fashion may be because they (Lampizator) are promoting the headamp version of their DACs. Seems almost all of theirs DACs have a headamp version now.My experience w...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #15: AMR DP-777 by Amir on 2017-02-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Abington Something = Abbingdon Music Research in Didital Things  14 Replies 
I think DP-777 sounds best when i turn off it's Jitter correction and i use bit Perfect I mode in 16bit 44.1khz mode.I think AMR DP-777 is very very good DAC but in my idea it is a-little bold sounding if i criticize tone.It sounds clear , very clear...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: Descending ascension by steverino on 2013-11-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Trading cable elevators for spare space. in Audio Discussions  11 Replies 
Oh I think it is very much a recursive arc but not in terms of audio fidelity etc as much as life history. But sometimes we can reculer pour mieux sauter. As big a problem as audio systems are to musical fidelity, the room effect is just as jarring. ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1283: Planning the plan by steverino on 2014-02-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
[quote user="clarkjohnsen"]Next let's you acquire a few and tell us the results.  ;-)[/quote]Ha Ha. Actually I was intending to do that. However, I was going to try things out at the lower end of the price range (under 1kW) on my computer based syste...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #84: The Usual Snub by hagtech on 2008-01-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 6 Channel Version of Super Melquiades in Melquiades Amplifier  131 Replies 
Snubbers are more effective when there is no inductor - just a diode/capacitor rectification.  That's when they become useful.  To snub out the ringing caused by leakage inductance.  Keeps the "buzz" from coupling to other areas of the...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #17: 5 Channel Melquiades with.... one stage. by Romy the Cat on 2007-03-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 5 Channel Version of Melquiades in Melquiades Amplifier  21 Replies 
[quote user="ml8"]So sometimes i just wonder why do you need 6C33C at all, with your high-sensitive speakers.[/quote]Actually it would be VERY interesting to expend on it sometimes… Why the Supper Melquiades could not be juts one powerful 2-stafes LF...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Foul Sushi and Bass Boxes by Chirag on 2004-07-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Speaker hunting in Audio Discussions  6 Replies 
farmeroni!  hope the plants are doing went well this season... [I have recently had 4 sealed bass bins made each with 2 8" scanspeak drivers. I dont have them yet. Every other speaker I have stinks worse than the Fridge. Good Luck!] 4 seale...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #12: Agreed . . . but by scooter on 2014-04-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: (Hopefully short) headphone journey in Audio Discussions  11 Replies 
Paul - I agree with your comments overall. Indeed Sony had a couple of Walkman tape players with surprisingly good sound quality. At the time I thought they were expensive and delicate. Today I appreciate the amount of engineering and care that Sony ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Spacial information by el`Ol on 2009-03-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Off-the-wall playback or the 'hamster solution'. in Audio Discussions  6 Replies 
[quote user="drdna"]What is revealing is that the system functions poorly with recordings with a lot of reverb. This is what one would expect of course, given the setup. Probably the best recordings to play on such as system would be the old Three Bl...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: An amplifier for Tweeters by Romy the Cat on 2006-09-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: An amplifier for Tweeters in Audio Discussions  17 Replies 
Following my recent “new objectives” with tweeters (partially covered in the last posts of the following thread) http://www.goodsoundclub.com/TreeItem.aspx?PageIndex=2&postID=2791#2791 I lately made quite a few very interesting and very educati...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Store experience with Stax by scooter on 2013-06-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: (Hopefully short) headphone journey in Audio Discussions  11 Replies 
Hi N-set, Interesting query on the small Stax. I don't want to go down the path of equipment reviewer but do want to answer your question and contribute where I can. I have not tried the portable Stax model. Out of the gate, I could not reconc...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #32: 6C19P, tube paranoia and grounding by Romy the Cat on 2007-01-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Initial thoughts about new/old Lamm ML2s in Audio Discussions  215 Replies 
[quote user="Paul S"]You have said that there are no "good" 6N6Ps; but are some physically constructed better than others?[/quote] Nope it was not what I said. I said the all 6N6P are equal, at least among those that I have seen and there are no rea...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #264: Headphones sound from playback by Romy the Cat on 2017-12-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A listening room for a domesticated Cat? in Audio Discussions  283 Replies 
I have a local audio guy coming to my room recently and he hive me an interesting feedback. He said that my playback sounds like a headphone. I had years back, when I lived in Boston apartment somebody told the same things. There is a point to com...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: I need to go cheaper as I need to buy a lot of them. by Romy the Cat on 2015-07-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Those little headphones… in Audio Discussions  3 Replies 
scooter, thanks you. That was very nice of you.  Last two my Cats eat 3 paid of headphones and I just do not feel it worthy for me to get anything fancier then a few dollars for commuting purpose. After trying some of the buds (thankfully my Cats l...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Source by N-set on 2013-06-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: (Hopefully short) headphone journey in Audio Discussions  11 Replies 
[quote user="scooter"]I think that is a VERY interesting issue to think about in the broader scope of sound reproduction with full-scale systems. [/quote]I'm not sure it's so interesting in the context of speakers--you have much more parameters to pl...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: The WHRB’s Orgies period. by Romy the Cat on 2007-01-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The WHRB’s Orgies period. in Off Air Audio  2 Replies 
We Bostonians can proudly extend a big middle finger to any other city in US, arguably because many reasons but defiantly because the Boston’s FM capacity. The presence of only WHRB is enough to make a person to break all his tonearms and crazy-glue...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #68: Yes, it is a good type of test by Romy the Cat on 2012-01-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Crossover Design in Audio Discussions  69 Replies 
[quote user="scooter"] However, I had one very interesting observation living the "Class D;" plugged directly into the wall socket, they always sounded the same, regardless of day or time of day. That is the only audio gear I have ever encountered th...
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