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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #117: I absolutely disagree. by Romy the Cat on 2007-12-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to USE “Resonating Oops” in loudspeakers in Horn-Loaded Speakers  184 Replies 
[quote user="Winnie"]In talking with Shelly Katz a few days ago, I brought up the topic of how sound is perceived in the context of layered sound or indeed oops. He is a very busy man and we did not have long to develop the conversation, but this is ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #58: Herbs and Speakers by de charlus on 2013-06-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Living Voice Loudspeaker in Horn-Loaded Speakers  80 Replies 
Romy,It is indeed an interesting subject; I am instinctively drawn to it due to the fact that the majority of orchestral instruments - the majority of my listening is orchestral/chamber/classical soloists - produce their own sound through the resonan...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #88: The second 6-Ch Super Milq diaries: Channels response. by Romy the Cat on 2008-01-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 6 Channel Version of Super Melquiades in Melquiades Amplifier  131 Replies 
Ok, here is the final frequency response for each Super Milq channel. The souse was Denon CD player that rolls off a little atop. I did not measure the tweeter as I have no tweeters transformer plugged in yet. All secondary in amp are grounded. The m...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #78: Sun Audio SV-2A3 by Romy the Cat on 2008-12-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps in Melquiades Amplifier  397 Replies 
I kind of disagree with Adrian. The wire, the coupling caps, the cathode resistors and many other things are superbly important but it is after the strategic topology is settled. In my view caps, resistor, wire and other things are responsible for th...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #35: More Lpads... by anthony on 2015-06-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Planning my DSET in Melquiades Amplifier  186 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]I think it is about right. The 6C33C for upper base has 100K biasing resistor and 20K to ground in Lpad. That would make ~60Hz. This high pass that unload the LF from the horns that it can’t handle is very important as y...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #246: Yep. I know. by Romy the Cat on 2017-10-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A listening room for a domesticated Cat? in Audio Discussions  283 Replies 
Yes, I am well aware of it and I was thinking about it. I do not think that power will be a factor in there. The Injection Chanel running well attenuated, requires no power and the midbass is 50Hz channels. As I connect it I will run the test seei...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: An air compressor and TT. by Romy the Cat on 2010-11-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: An air compressor and TT. in Analog Playback  0 Replies 
 This post might be called “the surprise of a new suburban idiot” and it will be not too far from truth.  Still the whole idea gives me some much pleasure that I would share it, no matter how pathetic it I for a person who live in suburbs for a w...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Very good. by Romy the Cat on 2021-07-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 2+3 surround sound?? in Playback Listening  82 Replies 
Thanks, Pall, this is very interesting and it was exactly what I was looking for. well, not exactly, I'm looking forward to pass right and left channel still not obtrusive to any processing but I would like to have analog mix of right and left cha...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #105: Virtual visit to Romy's setting up (part 2) by scooter on 2016-08-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A listening room for a domesticated Cat? in Audio Discussions  283 Replies 
This week Romy was kind enough to invite me over for a few days for some Apprentice work and philosophizing. As I alluded above, my Apprenticeship contribution consisted principally of moving some audio gear, searching for some esoteric stuff hidden ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: The start of the Hi-End Industry by Romy the Cat on 2006-03-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: TAS article: start of the Hi-End Industry in Audio Discussions  8 Replies 
I did not read it, I rarely read those types of articles but what you describe is very common and very indicative for those people. They fly like butterflies from a manufacture to a manufacture, from dealer to dealer and from marketing campaign to ma...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: Glenn Gould Explains Room's Effects by Lbjefferies7 on 2010-05-31 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Listening rooms and composers. in Playback Listening  15 Replies 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V56_x_tGzrA At about 2:50 into the video, Gould explains how his playing differs between his living room and a concert hall.  "...the moment that I step into such an ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: Mind Injection, audio and ...HF? by Romy the Cat on 2011-07-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Basic guide to advanced audio in Playback Listening  62 Replies 
[quote user="haralanov"] It is certainly very very important, but how many systems you have listened where you can not be able to recognize the HFs as disconnected part of the sound? I just wanted to ask if you have ever heard a system, where the...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #65: I feel the same way by anthony on 2018-02-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Deep End DIY - Australian take one Macondo. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  87 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]It is very nice, Anthony. From aesthetic prospective I would like to have it to be 2 sections less as I feel that the bass sections overcomes horns visually but it is never too many bass sections. You might want to start...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #26: Mystery injection by jessie.dazzle on 2007-09-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Attention Sound Engineers (compression and loudness) in Playback Listening  47 Replies 
Romy wrote : "...what driver do you use for injection?..." I don't know! I pulled the entire device (driver+enclosure) from the garbage in front of an old house... the enclosure is made so that I will have to break it open to see the rear of th...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: There is no a lot of truth in the Oops-Expressivity by Romy the Cat on 2008-05-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The “sounds” that I am looking for. in Playback Listening  5 Replies 
[quote user="el`Ol"]Hello Romy! When I listened to the Goebel NXT speaker I was impressed how it can reveal structure or the absence of it at levels where one would really have to concentrate on when listening to a conventional speaker, and I find, ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #33: Miscast castors I hope these are not! But we will see soon enough. by oxric on 2011-12-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Rakeshorns in Horn-Loaded Speakers  33 Replies 
[quote user="jessie.dazzle"]Rakesh,Two things I see that may or may not turn out to be an issue:1) The relatively narrow stance of the front wheels; depending on how heavily you load the top of the frame, stability could be a bit on the limit when mo...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #19: About vowelness and bubbleness of Sound by Romy the Cat on 2007-03-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to USE “Resonating Oops” in loudspeakers in Horn-Loaded Speakers  184 Replies 
Well, since I made my Absolute Tone pitch I think people got a slightly wrong impression about I am looking for in THIS jornes and I think the readers of my site “get” the idea of “Absolute Tone” too one-dimensional. Let me to peal one layer down fro...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #19: Placette and Audio-Umami by Romy the Cat on 2008-03-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The ultimate buffer – light in the end of a tunnel in Audio Discussions  36 Replies 
It is know that in addition to basic tastes (I believe bitter, salty, sour, sweet) of the Western culture those “different”  Japanese people recognize another taste they call  it “Umami”. Umami, if I am not mistaken, is a sense deliciousnes...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: Look outside the Lundhal if you need more current to drive. by Romy the Cat on 2008-01-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Entry level DSET Melq? in Melquiades Amplifier  10 Replies 
[quote user="mark"]with reference to the LL1627a as used in full range application in melq.you mentioned a good choice gapped at 200 ma but i would prefer 300ma but they do not do it.i had k and k check with lundhal and they will do it and at the sam...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1040: Solar sit down… by Romy the Cat on 2012-03-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
I had yes today a meeting with a rep from out local solar company. I am kind of greenish pussy and have a house with a big rood turned to south – so I was wondering to put in there a large array of solar panels. Massachusetts has a very wide coll...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #20: Growing With The Loudspeakers by Paul S on 2023-09-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Loudspeaker (Troels Gravesen project); Finally! in Audio Discussions  36 Replies 
Today was a good day in The Loudspeaker Land. I’ve been using The Loudspeakers to do some targeted listening, with excellent results. I already mentioned at the start of this thread that I had lost my cartridge/tonearm synergy a while ago, and...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: 5-ways from Speedysteve7 by Romy the Cat on 2011-05-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 5-ways from Speedysteve7 in Horn-Loaded Speakers  23 Replies 
A guy from DIYAudio posted information about his project: http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/multi-way/189377-5-way-project-tapped-bass-mids-tweeter-big-boy-system.html I the idea behind his endeavor and it s...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #20: Shutting down the tweeters. by Romy the Cat on 2011-07-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Basic guide to advanced audio in Playback Listening  62 Replies 
[quote user="haralanov"] Yes, the demonstration is the only way to know exactly what type of sound/music presentation you have in your room, I’m sure it will be very interesting and educational for me, but too bad you live on the other side of th...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #35: ..are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. by Romy the Cat on 2008-12-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps in Melquiades Amplifier  397 Replies 
[quote user="tuga"]  nl wrote: In general, DHT amps are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth. Would this be the result of poor implementation or rather a feature of such technology? If the latter is true, then it might on...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #38: For Anthony by Romy the Cat on 2023-07-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo 3.0 in Horn-Loaded Speakers  51 Replies 
By the way, Anthony here is a lead for you. I do not know what kind Melquiades you build and how you changed specification for your amp but if you have the one identical to mine then you had a provision for injection channels which is full range M...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #26: Ultimate driver and texture control. by Romy the Cat on 2011-07-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Ultimate MF compression driver? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  45 Replies 
Here is another subject that many people would not understand, however some of the advanced Vitavox S2 user will be able to follow me. The MF compression drivers hat go all the way to 12K-13K region all have own idiosyncratic way to present ow...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #15: TM-1201 midbass by malinowski on 2007-09-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Phase plug for midbass in Horn-Loaded Speakers  23 Replies 
Ulf, are you still around? I would be interested in an update on this project.. are you listening to this setup a year later? I have a pair of these same drivers (TAD tm-1201) sitting new in boxes and trying to determine what horn profile, tractr...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #71: After all it is much better!!! by Romy the Cat on 2009-06-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: RAAL “Water Drop” tweeter for Macondo. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  77 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Hm, interesting, I did drop the crossover frequency but I do not like the result. I was driven in different configurations and experimented from the current 13kHz to 7.5kHz. As soon I drop below ~ 11.8kHz then the overl...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #104: The compromise of stereo by drdna on 2007-12-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to USE “Resonating Oops” in loudspeakers in Horn-Loaded Speakers  184 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]  Winnie wrote: For me the key is not in adding measured amounts of distortion …. but in the blending of point source and omni directional sound.I personally see it as meaningless objective. The po...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #57: Additional thoughts for Eugene by jessie.dazzle on 2007-06-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to USE “Resonating Oops” in loudspeakers in Horn-Loaded Speakers  184 Replies 
Once you establish that you are for sure on the right track with the whole idea of the Injection Channel, it would not be such a big deal to cut and extend the vertical mast of your Macodo frames, moving your Fundamentals Channel up... You could have...
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