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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: The African compression electromagnet drivers? by Romy the Cat on 2009-08-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The African compression electromagnet drivers? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  42 Replies 
I know very little about this company. http://www.kilimanjaro-series.com It called after an African mountain but the guy sells his drivers out of French ebay. http://shop.ebay.fr/merchant/chlorophyllin So, I presu...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #913: Trust me, I do not worry. by Romy the Cat on 2011-12-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
It is not necessarily so. You do not complain about HF harshness due to electricity problem. You complain only about excessive higher frequencies. However, the excessive higher frequencies might come from zillion another reasons, including the topolo...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: The afterburn acoustic resonators ... by Romy the Cat on 2007-02-28 
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="Michaelz"]Where does this come from? [/quote]It coming from a danger that we all under what we think about those things. With all our desire to equate loudspeaker with a musical instrument this comparing might be juts figurative as a mus...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: What hall is in Beethoven's mind? by Nicanor on 2010-04-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Lecture on history of architectural acoustics in Playback Listening  5 Replies 
What fascinates me is the whole idea of room acoustic being basically invisible to us - despite measuring differently, we don't really notice the effects of room acoustics in the rooms we aren't actively listening in. Your friend's voice in an audito...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #32: Audiopax Model 5 Audiopax model 88 by Amir on 2019-09-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: My Audio Philosophy in Playback Listening  95 Replies 
finally these beautiful pre/power delivered to me and they are playing music for break-in.I will report about sound of Audiopax model 5 & Model 88.The system :   CEC TL0 3.0 Transport     Audio Note DAC 5 Special      Audiopax model 5     Audiopa...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #127: When resonance takes over by tuga on 2008-02-14 
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"]Indeed, I did not realized that I shifted my thinking in this thread and an in my general views from the ways of using those “Resonating Oops” to the subject of Injection principles. I think I did it because Injection, as I...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #18: Re: the sounds of different venues. by guy sergeant on 2005-01-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Loudspeaker: Sound reproduction has not changed. in Audio Discussions  18 Replies 
Hi Romy, I suppose I carry in my head, a general approximation of the sound of an orchestra. Whether that is how it sounds in a hall in Birmingham, London, Tallin, Paris or wherever else I've been to concerts doesn't matter. While the acous...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #22: Re: Speakers: a hi-fi disaster. by Thorsten on 2005-01-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Speakers: a hi-fi disaster. in Audio Discussions  22 Replies 
Hi,[quote user="Romy the Cat"] People frequently ask me what would be a good speaker to buy for $5.000, for $10.000 for $20.000 for $50.000 and so on. The more I think about it looking at the park of available loudspeakers the more I come to the obse...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: What mistakes can we avoid? by rowuk on 2020-03-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: DIY Void acoustics Air motion // Azurahorns // Martion Orgon in Horn-Loaded Speakers  18 Replies 
TH,Avoiding mistakes is something that we would like to do. It saves time and money BUT unfortunately the science of building loudspeakers is based on specs, not „Tone“ or „Sound“. Being an engineer can help make beautiful drawings but we all learn t...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: ... everything upside down. by Romy the Cat on 2005-08-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The elusive “absolute tone”. in Playback Listening  24 Replies 
[quote user="morricab"] I guess I view absolute tone a bit differently than what you describe.  I think that each real instrument or person (as in singer) has its own "absolute" tone….[/quote] Actually when I was taking about “absolute tone” I ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #13: My nominee for the “single worst”…. one sock away. by Romy the Cat on 2009-11-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A single worst thing in today’s acoustic systems. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  28 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]tuga wrote:Our milage varies and in my case it's still quite short.In any case, I would place glare on top of my list of appalling qualities of modern high-end loudspeakers.This glare (unlike clarity) results from an ex...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #15: Cogent, electromagnetic, Edgar, Cyanide and me. by Romy the Cat on 2006-01-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vitavox S2 with Electromagnets in Horn-Loaded Speakers  91 Replies 
[quote user="jweiss"] It was good to finally meet you at CES at the Cogent Room. I guess that you really found Steve and Rich's drivers pretty interesting (you initially wanted to buy a pair of the midrange drivers, remember?) [/quote] Hi, Jonathan....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: Downward progression by drdna on 2007-11-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Reel-to-Reel Tape vs. Raw Better Digital in Didital Things  13 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]He use Magico monitors and with 91dB sensitivity and 4R impedance I would be very surprised it I see any SETs in there. It even more interesting that his Magico speakers are sitting right next to the wall. I do know how Mag...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #47: What is it we give away by anthony on 2021-08-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 2+3 surround sound?? in Playback Listening  82 Replies 
[quote user="Bill"]     I have set up a 16 channel system with 7 floor Edgar horns, six inexpensive height, and one overhead speaker (all under $150 each) and one subwoofer channel, all controlled by a Trinnov Altitude 16 pre-pro, which is a computer...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #146: Almost not done... by Romy the Cat on 2021-12-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Remedies the Beauty in Playback Listening  297 Replies 
It is kind of sad day and I think I will take a break for a week or two and will not be playing with my speakers. I begin to integrate the 15-in woofer with Remedius and it was not as simple as appear. I do not think that the location when I have my ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: You Say, Pajamas by Paul S on 2024-04-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: What Passes for "Space" in Home Audio? in Playback Listening  12 Replies 
So far, I am listening without specialized electro-mechanical delay enhancement, so any space I am hearing is either a matter of "cues" captured during recordings, cues added to recordings by engineers or similar, or they are sonic artifacts result...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #16: Practical applications of implied sound by drdna on 2008-07-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The “Implied Sound” in Audio. in Playback Listening  24 Replies 
Simply put, this concept has more to do with tangible results than most other things we talk about.  At least, potentially.  In the same way that a person might go to the ophthalmologist and get a pair of prescription eyeglasses to see clea...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: The Mocando and non-extended midrange. by Romy the Cat on 2010-05-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: "Seamless extended midrange" in Playback Listening  4 Replies 
[quote user="msaudio"]…. but it will never sound good until you have everything in the line of playback as close to original as possible. [/quote] This is very faulty premise, I multiple times objected it. The people who play live music, record i...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #41: Re: Still the 834PT is OK. by guy sergeant on 2004-12-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Where are our good phonostages? in Analog Playback  61 Replies 
Hi Romy, I don't doubt for a moment that there are plenty of people 'who know' who will wax lyrical about the benefits of open loop eq in feedback circuits. There are people 'who know' who will tell me that valve amplifiers cannot be as good as trans...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #21: Re: Perhabs it's the impedance matching by Romy the Cat on 2005-04-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Tell me about more about Ortofone SPU Sound. in Analog Playback  54 Replies 
I use my SPU Mono in 282 Micro’s arm with AU wand that was specifically made for the SPU cartridges. I run it 3g, not-oil-damped into SU2,so, the SPU sees ~60Ohn. I tend a slightly overload the typical MC cartridges and run them at 60R-75R of thier “...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #14: Mercury mat by drdna on 2008-11-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Dynamic viscose stabilization of turntable’s platter. in Analog Playback  15 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]What however is very practicable is some kind of sealed TT mat of 2-3 cm tall, fully filed with mercury. It would be 10kG of inertial mass – it might work… The question is how?[/quote]Ah, this is a GOOD idea! Wood would be ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: Same page here by Arno P on 2011-06-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 3.5m Tractrix Horn Project (AKA RAINDOG) in Horn-Loaded Speakers  18 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Arno, I am glad that you take my comment with right attitude; this is indication that you are not dead, despite the fact that you are building a back-loaded horn.  I do not think that you find a lot of useful horns informat...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #141: ULF-only Sound by Romy the Cat on 2011-12-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s lowest channel. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  150 Replies 
This week two audio persons visited me. Both of them experimenting with loudspeakers of own design and during their visit I discounted my Macondo channels and demonstrated to then the contribution of the each channel to Macondo Sound. Both of them di...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #29: The playback generally or acoustic systems? by Romy the Cat on 2009-11-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A single worst thing in today’s acoustic systems. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  28 Replies 
Herman, good post, but I think you are knocking into a wrong door. Let take it step by step. [quote user="noviygera"]The answer is dynamic balance.  It's objectively easy to prove too. Let's say you are in a room behind a closed door. In...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #13: Dima's Zarathustra amp. by Romy the Cat on 2005-08-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: “A” sound from “B” system? in Audio Discussions  13 Replies 
[quote user="morricab"]Could you explain a little more about the amp?  If I understand you correctly it is a 1 tube stage with solid state (Mosfet or Bipolar??) output.  If it is Mosfet then it is likely to be running without negative feeda...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Prices in High-End Audio. by Romy the Cat on 2005-07-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Prices in High-End Audio. in Audio Discussions  27 Replies 
This subject of prices in High-End Audio is obviously endless. We can complain for years blaming the $80.000 for a pair of amplifiers,  $42.000 for DACs, $29.000 for phonocorrector, 125.000 for pair of loudspeakers,  $17.000 for CD transpor...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #21: Unexpected cure? [Re: Singer's formant] by Ronnie on 2005-12-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Loudspeakers and headphones in Audio Discussions  25 Replies 
Thank you Antonio. I now believe that those natural resonances were what I was hearing, and that they are very painful when the loudspeakers have limited bandwidth!I've listened to Caballé again, now with MF and LF connected, and now the resonan...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #59: Who cares about the copyright... by Romy the Cat on 2005-11-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to record FM broadcasts. in Off Air Audio  125 Replies 
[quote user="guy sergeant"]What's the position with regard to this (or any other) material that you capture from the ether in this way? Are there copyright/reproduction issues?  I'd be interested in getting a full CD at this quality.  The L...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Juts to address a myth by Romy the Cat on 2007-11-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Reel-to-Reel Tape vs. Raw Better Digital in Didital Things  13 Replies 
[quote user="drdna"]The interesting thing about the Bottlehead people is that they are pretty good guys. "High and outside" is I think Paul Stubbelbine, who is an expert at mastering.  He remastered my girlfriend's last album.  I was very i...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #289: That is very normal! by Romy the Cat on 2009-02-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
[quote user="drdna"] I am quite sure it is a ground issue, as it is noise coming from the loudspeakers regardless of source or volume. Lifting the grounds on the amplifiers… eliminates the problem. [/quote] If it so them there is no need to contact t...
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