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Definitely a good read, once again revealing that Romy has done his homework. Even though I was born and raised in a small town in the USA, I have half-Japanese heritage and I consistently "scored" Japanese on the tests in the aforementioned di...
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It was a bit tricky to make it works. The Schwarz original crystal is imposable to get and the new one that I got from ICMC had different internal capacitance, so I was forced to shut them with additional inductance to let the oscillators to fire up ...
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[quote user="martinshorn"]So thinking stereophile was there thursday... [/quote]Reichert mentions Saturday twice in the article. Not that is really matters. He did not like them, the youtube video sounds horrible but you heard something interesting...
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[quote user="rdrysdale"]Romy, I just got a Vitavox S2 into my shop today. I notice that it has a very heavy stainless screen on the front, do you leave the screen on when using the drivers? It looks like it restricts about 50% or more of the thr...
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Just how important are subharmonics and undertones in audio, and how they affect tone? I played around for a while with the Townshend supertweeters, this is a ribbon tweeter that you can barely listen to: you plug it in and put it next to your...
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Jarek,
Thank you for your input. This is nice to have a somehow a list of good connectors.
Today I found Wireworld Pro Audio[1] sell "Silver-clad OFC" connectors (they call plugs). I n...
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I looked at the schematic for Herb's 300B SET many years ago. It's been copied and slightly modified by many.... personally, I would not use it for a 300B amp... then again I probably wouldn't use it for a 2A3 or 45 either (I think my input/driver d...
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[quote user="N-set"]
Hi Anthony,
trying to copy a known good solution - too little time for experiments recently.[/quote]Well, Romy had great results with the Placette and his Dannoys, so that is the known good solution as far as I am con...
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The Western Electric L-9 in Munich was/is an infinite baffle design. The 754B woofers are in a sealed enclosure with a front horn. There is no possibility of cancellation between front wave and back wave of speaker, so I wouldn't call it an "open baf...
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Hi Thorsten,
I understand what you are saying and with regard to the particular preamp in question and you may well be right as there is no mention by the manufacturer what brand of autoformers are in use (or if they roll their own). I am curi...
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In the time of silver photography, when we shoot on E6 film, we use grayscales on the first image to let the print shops to correct chromic aberration of film, development or lighting. Looking at the amount of BS the today is going on with high-r...
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I like to read such "reviews", I read them for 17 years now and it impresses me really, that in combination with the "perfect medium" a sonic revolution is fact. Monthly. When it is true, digital reproduction is probably now 34 time...
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T,
I would like to ask you a question. Understanding that amorphous core material comes in many types still, if to generalize it them might I propose an observation that beside all amorphous sonic and technical advantage (presumably they exist) the ...
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Romy wrote :"...Jeffrey Jackson suggested that to build the horn similar that he has built for the GOTO distributer he would charge around $15K. As I understand you are a software engineer, so with $100/per billable hour of your salary the $15K is ju...
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Finally, it has happened. Sound. Two weeks ago I had a couple of mates help me carry up and install the first DSET on its pedestal on the horn stack. It was quite a bit of effort and three were definitely required for the heavy but delicate operat...
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An email from a visitor:
"I read with interest your views on Linnmann's "preview" of the CEC TL0x. Funnily enough, this "preview" has been around for a while (late 2005), and the full review is still (eagerly?) awaited as of early March 2006.&...
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Hi,[quote user="Romy the Cat"]I heard 4 (!!!!) complete contradictory descriptions how high level of jitter manifest itself subjectively – interesting that they all derived from the engineers whose credibility is very high (not juts the audio-tweaker...
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Some of you who follow my site know about the coming Macondo 7th Channel. The inventor of the concept is Russian audioalogist. Considering a great novelty and a lot of controversy in the subject I would be interested to sit...
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The other night I listened to a Girl with Guitar master tape. A friend has a home recording studio that would make most comercial studios not only jelaous, but also broke. A highly modded ATR 102 in 1/4" half track and a vintage stereo microphone; ...
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The main "technique" I use in "problem solving" involves a sort of Hegelian turning and re-turning of/to the object of attention (or, my perspective...) to get as many "views" of the object as possible. This sort of reflection has recently broug...
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Wojtek, a preamp should care absolute transparency not because I said it or have warren somewhere within my site but because it just makes sense, doesn’t it? I undusted what you ask but I also undusted why you asked it. The key is that you do not und...
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I have heard hundreds and hundreds of audio systems and mine is by far the best. Honestly nothing even comes close. There is a scientific reason for this. MY system starts with a PERFECTLY tuned room...something overlooked by ma...
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In response of me mentioned the Synopsis cable above and over the years, since at “My Playback” page I mentioned the Synopsis I got a number of emails asking what the hell this mysterious cable is and why if it is so good it never made the inflames A...
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Hi everyone Guess what! Just had a visit to this system last night. Upfront, the owner - thank you Klaus again - is a very welcoming and friendly fellow. But also remarkably reasonable and decent. Total absence of any need to show off. You rather nee...
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A private Project is finished.
Some record collectors and serious Listeners (RCA Living Stereo, Decca...) wanted the best Phonostage to...
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Chris, at this point it is hard to say anything defiantly. Subjectively it sounds like the Super Milq has slightly less HF extension and transient then the regular Milq, although the output transformer of the HF channel of Super Milq runs higher and ...
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"Jim Hagerman that is posting at this site has an absolutely ridicules devise...The
ridicules in this devise its amassing effectiveness and absolutely
insulting price. In fact over my entire audio life I hardly had so many
benefits for $50 I spent...
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[quote user="darkmoebius"]I asked Jim Hagerman how long it takes to break in interconnects, power cords, speaker, cables, and preamps? He replied - "Usually about 40-50 hours on a FryK. The amps are fastest and get most of the way overnig...
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Tuga,
It is very much NOT about the Point Source. The Point Source is absolutely irrelevant label that was invented by the single driver enthusiasts in order to mentally differentiate their speakers from multi-drivers configuration and in order to j...
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[quote user="jessie.dazzle"]In this case, below 50Hz, I think el`Ol is right to suggest that you consider using DSP as a permanent solution. The SMS 1 is in theory the silver bullet... You just need to find out if you can live with it long-term. Be...
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