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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Good one by anthony on 2021-08-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Some thoughts about bass in high-end audio. in Audio Discussions  4 Replies 
Thanks for this one Romy, very interesting...it sorta ties together several things that I have been thinking about lately.  I guess I am lucky that the Bass Cannons can be run off 9w from the DSET bottom channel and from memory I get about 115dB at 1...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #389: Hm, that was so simple after all! by Romy the Cat on 2011-04-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps in Melquiades Amplifier  397 Replies 
I put the YO186 back to the use. The sound was fine but it had that a fine over glow of spoiled fall colors that I described before. It was not disgusting, in fact pleasurable but a bit too much. Then I asked to myself what happen and why this...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: I think it all depends of context. by Romy the Cat on 2012-05-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Why I hate computer playback. in Didital Things  17 Replies 
Thanks. Rony. I will certainly try the iTune, Linn channel and the rest of them. My opinion about them worth little as the “quietly” is always in context of… context. It is absolutely not arguable that 320kbps, or any other kbps steam for this ma...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #29: The new room, the very first listening. by Romy the Cat on 2010-04-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Romy The Cat's new Listening Room in Audio Discussions  478 Replies 
Connected today Melquiades and Macondo in new room. Macondo uses drivers as they are – no time or axis aliments of any kind yet, no Insertion Channels, no level calibration by channels. I just in-phase the channels and sat to listen, to see what happ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: "Zaratustra II" to drive Macondo’s bass? by Romy the Cat on 2007-03-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: "Zaratustra II" to drive Macondo’s bass? in Audio Discussions  3 Replies 
I was yesterday drawing plans for the Zaratustra II’s chassis and was wondering how I might use it. The Zaratustra II turned out to be a little Monster, efforts-wise and expanses-wise. I hope it will demonstrate some results that will rectify the eff...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: The most astonishing amplifier ever. by Romy the Cat on 2017-12-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The remarkable moments in Audio. in Audio Discussions  16 Replies 
I was promising to tell stories of my audio miracles with no order of chronology or importance, so here is another one. I think it was in 2002-2003. I was transitioning from Lamm amplifications to Melquiades and was contemplating to introduce a DH...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #186: Magic blanket by jessie.dazzle on 2010-08-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Romy The Cat's new Listening Room in Audio Discussions  478 Replies 
Romy wrote:   "...Then, juts for experiment I did what I hated to do – I covered the large 25” by 7” feet glass window behind the Macondo with soft, 4 layered,  1” think, fabric blinds (very cool blinds for acoustic purpose – and the come with the ho...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #209: The rational to examine the results… by Romy the Cat on 2008-12-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
[quote user="drdna"] So what are the effects of good electricity of the PP2000? It may be a good idea to look at the frequency response and harmonic distortion of the system to see if filters in the Macondo speaker system may need to be adjusted now ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #233: PP2000, two week notice. by Romy the Cat on 2009-01-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
Since the PP2000 works in my playback a bit over two weeks I think it would be worth to mention the changes that I observed after two weeks. The HF and upper mid region returned back. Not completely but most of it. They returned without mind-oppres...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #102: MiniMe: the preliminary conclusion by Romy the Cat on 2009-01-31 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s MiniMe or about Pilot Acoustic Systems in Audio Discussions  213 Replies 
I would like to pass some observations about my MiniMe progress. At this point it is obvious that the MiniMe project will be a success, even despite the pain of the ass with multi-amping and some other setbacks. The MiniMe will turn out to be a good ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: A quest for a better monitor. by Romy the Cat on 2006-06-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A quest for a better monitor. in Audio Discussions  97 Replies 
While Dima is cooking the Super Zarathustra I figure out that I would need some test speaker to be able to observe the preliminary results. I would not be able to drive the multi-channel Macondo with a single full range amplifier, so I need something...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #38: It is kind of odd ballet. by Romy the Cat on 2013-06-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Canadian Speaker Proposal in Horn-Loaded Speakers  56 Replies 
de Charlus, I still do not think that there is such a thing as “ the only a theoretical starting point”. Perhaps you were inspired by Jeffrey’s recommendation that has more experience in it then you. Still, the compression drivers loaded into giv...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #375: "Absolution and Eternal Refuge." by Romy the Cat on 2009-11-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps in Melquiades Amplifier  397 Replies 
The name of the post I took from the 32th  chapter of M. Bulgakov’s Master and Margarita, so from there will be the epigraph for this post: “Gods, my gods! How sad the earth is at evening! How mysterious are the fogs over the swamps! …So...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #32: Building Melquiades Ending... by Romy the Cat on 2006-07-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Building Melquiades: Chronicle of full-range in Melquiades Amplifier  44 Replies 
Best amplifier is the one that you just built…Yes, it is a common unfortunate law of Audio but the people who know me personally know that try do not behave according to this behavioral pattern. So, this weekend I decided to do try the new Melquiades...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #16: The sound from the “default” Melquiades still will be there. by Romy the Cat on 2007-04-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The one-stage Melquiades. in Melquiades Amplifier  74 Replies 
[quote user="RonyWeissman"]Hi romy, thanks for info. I am going to stick with the 2-stage plan then as it will not be DSET but full range and my mid-bass is somewhat barbaric at this point.  I have found someone to build for me, though we ha...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: If not they, then who? by Romy the Cat on 2010-12-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Who has best sound in High-End Audio? in Playback Listening  7 Replies 
Stitch, sure we all know that exist crewless manufactures. Avant-Garde  is one of the examples. As far as I know, or as it use to be, they outsource all development and the core company itself is unfortunately are very accidental in audio people....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #26: Some afterthoughts about the ESD Acoustic horn speakers. by Romy the Cat on 2018-05-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: New superlative horn build - ESD acoustic in Horn-Loaded Speakers  92 Replies 
Well, I do not like the ESD debut. It was not well though and not well executed. The sound that they demonstrated is kind of less relevant. Sound look like was nothing interesting to say the last, sorry it is too obvious at the video clip above in...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: It might be much simpler then that. by Romy the Cat on 2010-08-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Should I low pass the midrange @10k? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  7 Replies 
[quote user="KS"]Thats the kind of stuff I was hoping for. I appreciate the help with this, there seems to be a scarcity of horn related discussion on the web and its proving hard to learn the ropes.One other unrelated question that could save me a l...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #37: The Cessaro Gamma's tone. by Romy the Cat on 2007-05-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The most promising “best” commercial speaker in Horn-Loaded Speakers  192 Replies 
Very nice, Keith, thanks. The most interesting would be to access the “Absolute Tone” capacity of the Gamma. Frankly I feel that with TADs it should not be very too advanced as they are at BMS/TOA domain, only with a little TAD syntactic twist. Even ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #73: I do not think that duplication is applicable in here. by Romy the Cat on 2007-06-11 
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="yoshi"]  I assume it is the result of specifically targeted application to an already … and would be very difficult to duplicate anywhere else. [/quote] As usually I have difficulties with it - the duplication. This subject would g...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Adding one more spherical to Macondo. by Romy the Cat on 2006-05-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Adding one more spherical to Macondo. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  92 Replies 
In a post a few days ago I mentioned that I am planning to experiment with a dedicated “fundamentals channel” putting the bottom of Vitavox S2 driver in the game. http://www.goodsoundclub.com/TreeItem.aspx?PostID=2431 Whoever dealt with spherical h...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #12: Just played the BSO Ordinal files. by Romy the Cat on 2009-04-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The BSO and Digital Music. in Didital Things  44 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]I got the new BSO 88/24 files them briefly listened a few fragments. Generally I do like them and they are nothing like the 320kbps multi-channel WMA that BSO marketed before. My fear that the files might have issues with t...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #26: Macondo Frame modification: six month later... by Romy the Cat on 2007-04-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo Frame modification. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  46 Replies 
OK, the new Macondo frame is over as well. Eventually after 6 years of learning how to make the damn horn speaker to sound good, after numerous incremental successes and failures, stupidity and brightness, moves to wrong direction and mistaken assess...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Reasons behind the moves by skushino on 2009-11-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: My Multi-way Horns in Horn-Loaded Speakers  8 Replies 
Thanks for your comments, Romy.Edgarhorns weren't an obvious choice.  Many horns never worked for me.  The Avantgardes left me cold.  So did the single-driver crowd (I just don't get it....), Altec VOTs, PA systems, etc.  But there were some systems ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #95: No doubts by noviygera on 2021-10-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo's Axioms: Horn-loaded acoustic systems in Horn-Loaded Speakers  120 Replies 
I have no doubts that the disassembly of Macondo was NOT due to simplification of life or getting old or becoming tired reasons. It is very possible that something better came along. I know this because I am in the exact same situation. I took ap...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #162: Some time on it by anthony on 2019-03-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Planning my DSET in Melquiades Amplifier  186 Replies 
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...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #67: Debugging Macondo’s HF like debugging a car. by Romy the Cat on 2009-06-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: RAAL “Water Drop” tweeter for Macondo. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  77 Replies 
Actually the S2 above 8Khz, or what ‘nl’ calls the “breakup range”, is something that I absolutely certainly would like do NOT loose. I very much like what S2 at it’s 10-12Hz. It might be a bit brutal in some cases; I reported it at the beginning...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #84: The type of situations… by Romy the Cat on 2009-02-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Aporia - Silbatone Acoustics speaker in Horn-Loaded Speakers  107 Replies 
[quote user="Joe Roberts"]What happens when drivers have different radiation patterns ….?[/quote] Actually nothing happens.  I pretty much discard any conversation about different radiation patterns for channels as if the Macondo Axioms are pur...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: DHT in the DSET by anthony on 2015-05-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Planning my DSET in Melquiades Amplifier  186 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Make the full-range and then you will see where you are. Still, I feel that for MF channels it is beneficial for do with a good DHT output stage instead of 6C33C and perhaps it is a good idea to use DHT driver as well. S...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: No beef by Vasyachkin on 2008-11-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Horn loaded ribbons and other Vasyachkin’s tangents.... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  33 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"][quote user="Vasyachkin"]expertise = experience X intelligence a cockroach needs millions of years of evolution worth of experience to have the expertise necessary for it to be able to do find food. leonardo da vinci didn't...
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