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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #186: Dirty Ground by Paul S on 2008-12-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
Again, for anyone who may not know (and not to torture or talk down to those who do know):US electrical systems (along with most others I am aware of) have by code but one main ground that is shared by the "neutral"/return wire (white, hereabout...

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 #252: Explanation by noviygera on 2017-11-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A listening room for a domesticated Cat? in Audio Discussions  283 Replies 
I am thinking that there is an explanation and it has to do with a narrow sweet spot, where the large system sums properly with reduced amount of chaotic room reflections, with a smeared timing. I noticed a similar effect with my system and if I redu...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1598: Running and Grounding Multiple PPs by Paul S on 2018-07-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
Bill, you say you use 3 separate AC sources.  How are these sources separated?  Are they all 120 VAC? Are they all in phase?  Do they share a ground at any point before actual grounding, and if so, where do the grounds coincide?  Do you use a dedicat...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Crossover by el`Ol on 2010-01-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vitavox corner horn in Horn-Loaded Speakers  10 Replies 
Romy,what do you think will be the crossover points of the new system?...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #418: Obstetrician by Bill on 2011-04-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s Midbass Project – the grown up time. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  455 Replies 
Thank god for partial retirement. Now, instead of delivering babies at 3:00 AM, I can listen to my system.Glad to hear the system is sounding so much better, especially with the ULF channels. Guess I'll have to get you up here again to retune my syst...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Music used in auditioning by drdna on 2008-07-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Philosophical approach to build up a good audio system in Playback Listening  4 Replies 
This is a question that can perhaps be approached.  There are two ways in which I approach the music I use to tune my system. First, there are recordings of which I know firsthand the original event.  For example, as a friend to musicians, ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #37: Once you find it, stick to the path... by anthony on 2015-08-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Another time aligned 5-way horn project in Horn-Loaded Speakers  189 Replies 
Putting together a speaker system that ticks all your boxes is a lot like doing anything else well:  it is fine to experiment in order to find your range and learn your options but once you choose a path you must stick to it.  Chopping and changing i...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Love The Look by jeff1225 on 2013-08-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Romy's Multi-cell Horns Where Are They? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  2 Replies 
You have probably seen this system on the net:The system is obviously not optimized but it is a very cool looking system none the less. I also like the visual appearance of your multicells on the Altecs. My listening position is 16 feet from the horn...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #40: HT vs. 2 channel by Kerry Brown on 2013-11-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The African compression electromagnet drivers? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  42 Replies 
Paul,The two channel system is separate from the HT system - the gigantic plywood folded horn subwoofers support the screen but that's the only connection to the HT audio system.The HT system is three Orb Audio 8" powered subwoofers, 3 x Gallo Ref. S...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Who? (shades of the old "musical" vs. "accurate" d... by Paul S on 2007-02-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: SPUnisation of Macondo: how to catch own testicals. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  1 Replies 
I must have missed out on how you regulate gain to or from each or any of several "channels"/pass bands, Romy.  I can remember years ago trying lots of EQ things to get "Flat Frequency Response" and finally giving up on all of it, including...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #512: Pp2000 by Bill on 2010-04-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
Clark: You heard what units can do in my place.Romy: Took your advice and added high frequency rolloff to the woofers. The sound did clean up the way you predicted. Now if I can get my subwoofer amplifier back asnd rebalance the system.Paul: Am erxtr...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #244: Supply and Demand by Paul S on 2009-01-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
Are we all in agreement that up to now "the best power" in terms of sound has been the best wall power?Maybe this has something to do with the fact that on a good day there is a LOT of current pushing the "best" wall power into a system tha...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: If You Hear What You See... by Paul S on 2018-01-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: About the (secret) rules of 'audio reviewing' by Art... in Audio Discussions  1 Replies 
Then the pictures are worth at least 1,000 words:http://www.high-endaudio.com/system.htmlPaul S...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1321: Purepower and cable shielding by miab on 2014-06-08 
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Adrian, can you confirm whether you were using cable with shielding or without? Like you I had the buzzing go away when on battery or without PP2000 in system. It became dead silent. Then with PP2000 back in system there was buzzing. I went to all sh...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #37: Interesting about WAMM. by Romy the Cat on 2014-09-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: About Wilson Audio Loudspeakers in Audio Discussions  53 Replies 
http://www.stereophile.com/content/wilson-audio-modular-monitor-wamm-loudpeaker-system ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: On using Pro Audio Digital Crossovers (PADXO) in domestic HiFi setting... by Thorsten on 2005-03-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Horns and digital crossovers. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  16 Replies 
Hi,[quote user="Romy the Cat"]This subject of digital crossovers became quite popular during last few years and many audio-people give up and go for a simplicity and painlessness of digital crossovering.[/quote]Well, digital X-Overs would appear to o...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Re: Electro-Voice T350, T35 tweeters. by rdrysdale on 2005-04-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Electro-Voice T350, T35, + Fostex tweeters. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  34 Replies 
Very interesting application Romy, I really like the adjustment system that you built in. I have some EV tweeters in the shop, never even listened to them. Steve Schell and I haven't gotten to the point of trying tweeters in our field coil system yet...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Suggested target curves and setup techniques for Pro Audio Digital Equ... by Thorsten on 2005-03-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Suggested target curves and setup techniques for Pro Audio D... in Didital Things  9 Replies 
.... in home systems for Room correction and general system EQFolks,This is from my own Yahoo group, but may be of interest here....Since writing this I have in fact changed my speakers to dipoles and do not currently use a PADEQ (it will return thou...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #70: There is two halls by Amir on 2019-10-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: My Audio Philosophy in Playback Listening  95 Replies 
[quote user="ArmAlex"]  Amir wrote: rowuk In Tehran we have classic...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: CES: Edgarhorns-almost there by Romy the Cat on 2005-01-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The CES 2005 in Audio Discussions  16 Replies 
Bruce Edgar room was probably the only rooms at the entire show where form my prospective it was possible to begin to talk about "pure audio", so I will. Bruce picked and smartly holds at "The Show" a wondefull room, the small room, but fr...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Sound of one lip flapping... by Joe Roberts on 2009-05-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Classical Music Café syndrome... in Audio Discussions  43 Replies 
Well, I was there, which is more than The Cat can say. In fact, The Cat never heard a complete WE system first hand, so I'll have to take that into advisement when the expected foaming-at-the-whiskers rant.I always wonder why people would giv...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: Cognitive Order Of Succession: An approach to system building! by Tax on 2011-04-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Cerebral and psychological evolution of amp matching for the... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  15 Replies 
Dear Romy, Thank you for the commentary and the advice with regards to the need to have a COGNITIVE ORDER OF SUCCESSION and to test with another speaker in situ first. Given the varying degrees of how different individuals process COGNITI...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Just me and a keyboard and a cup of coffee... by op.9 on 2016-06-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: My Audio Philosophy in Playback Listening  95 Replies 
[quote user="Amir"]I listened one time (just one time) to master tape (revox reel).micro harmonic was so better than dCS Elgar (digital source) and it was better in micro dynamic. i did not tested good DSD in a good DAC vs good analog but in micro li...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #14: OK, let stop to talk about DVD-A. by Romy the Cat on 2010-02-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Analog Transfer: the first draft. in Didital Things  19 Replies 
[quote user="DOT*SYSTEM"] OK Romy, I get it. You may believe that the act of the DVD-A creation software will alter the music bits as seen by the transport/DAC. I believe the software is only encapsulating the data into the DVD-A binary image. [/...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #18: Luck of the draw by Joe Roberts on 2009-06-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Classical Music Café syndrome... in Audio Discussions  43 Replies 
Wait...are you saying that FOUR people who have been to Camerata wrote you offline (within two days!) and they neglected to enter into this relevant discussion?Strange! H'mmm? If I were the guy mentioned above, I would have been in here screa...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: The uppperbass first…. by Romy the Cat on 2014-01-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: JBL 2226 2445 2405 3-way and a path forward in Horn-Loaded Speakers  27 Replies 
[quote user="danvprod"]My objective is to create a system that is able to emotionally re-create music in a powerful and realistic way. My greatest memories are playing in orchestras and sitting in the middle of the violin section with a hundred o...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #45: Romy don't get so worked up dude by Kerry Brown on 2011-12-31 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Crossover Design in Audio Discussions  69 Replies 
Hi Romy,Always nice to correspond with you, thanks for your comments.I used the term 'sophisticated' literally: so - phis - ti - cat - ed Adjective: 1. ( of a machine, system, or technique ) Developed to a high degree of complexity.As do you, I prefe...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #84: The Kings are Naked! by twogoodears on 2011-06-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Eventually - a reasonable midbass horn from GOTO in Horn-Loaded Speakers  97 Replies 
I'm following with interest the thread and must say that I'm baffled: Goto's "instructions" are - SIMPLY said - a mix between non-existent and wrong... I love what Goto's did in my system... BUT I think I did more with "my own" care, "my own" taste, ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #96: Some unconfirmed story of Japanese driver manufactures. by Romy the Cat on 2010-09-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: ... again on GOTO Unit drivers... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  108 Replies 
I was slowly looking for a compression driver that would go in my Fundamental Chanel down to 200Hz. The YL Acoustic 550N attracted my attention. Then I realized that it is the narrow throat type of the drivers, aka WE555, not exactly that I would...
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