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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #36: Specialization vs. Compromise by Paul S on 2023-12-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Marantz MA-9S2 Monoblock Amplifiers in Audio Discussions  36 Replies 
Amir. for me. regardless of what I've started out to do in audio, I have been forced to compromise along the way. I am sharing my speaker/amp compromises in this thread. My "second system" is a radio (or computer) and headphones (or "desk speakers")....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #58: Some Goto SG-146LD images by Romy the Cat on 2009-11-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Eventually - a reasonable midbass horn from GOTO in Horn-Loaded Speakers  97 Replies 
It is 4” exit and reportedly goes down to 27Hz. I do not know what a lot about this diver but it might be a good driver for 40Hz horn. 4” into 40hz? God, it has to be at least 16 feet long horn! I would take my head off to somebody who goes for it. A...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Horns troubleshooting by Ronnie on 2007-01-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo copying: Horns troubleshooting in Horn-Loaded Speakers  24 Replies 
Oh well.. I'd really like to save the horns. I appreciate your offer to help out!Still no measurements, but this can start the trouble shooting...CONSTRUCTIONFirst I refreshed my memory of exactly what I built. They certainly are far from being copie...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #12: I kind of agree on dipole bass by KLegind on 2010-08-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Horn speaker with dipole bass? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  11 Replies 
[quote user="noviygera"] Vasyachkin, if this is still relevant:I've tried dipole bass and dipole mids with horns mid/highs in my system. If anything, dipole works the WORST for the bass and here's why:It does not load the room with bass pressure (or ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #65: Real world by N-set on 2010-11-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: To drive the 6C33C... in Melquiades Amplifier  65 Replies 
Paul, 100% agreed on the real world test vs all other mental exercises!!!Not sure on what do you mean by the "follower"?Yes, I need only 2 stages, perhaps TVC at the input. I'll even have a bit too much gain, if I'm correct.Romy style bias on 6E5P an...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: Experience vs. "Objective Criteria" by Paul S on 2014-03-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Small spaces in Audio Discussions  13 Replies 
The small room "solution" might well be related to the car "solution", such as it is. I have been thinking along those lines to this point. Whatever, the idea is to wind up with a satisfactory experience. For me, being wowed at first usually means I ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #394: Thank you by Petrasescu_Lucian on 2009-07-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
Thank you Romy, I wasn't aware of the 30 day trial...I though only PS Audio had this policy with power regenerators...The 25% load is a nice tip, thanks again, I trust you judged this value according to personal tests and measurements. The sad news i...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #93: Different Strokes... by manisandher on 2010-01-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A quest for a better monitor. in Audio Discussions  97 Replies 
[quote user="Paul S"]Don't worry about selling stuff you "don't like".  To another Moron® it might be the Legendary Stuff of Dreams.  Be honest about what it is; simply hold your current opinion.[/quote]I've just sold my Druids (took a £500 hit on wh...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: A Good Example by Paul S on 2015-12-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Really Expensive DACs? in Didital Things  29 Replies 
Here is the expensive unit I saw first: http://www.lampizator.eu/Fikus/GOLDEN_GATE_DSD_DAC.htmlSolid construction and fancy parts, for sure, but my uber question - of course - included the question, what - exactly - are people listening to with this ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: Just headphone listening so far by Antonio J. on 2009-05-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The LavryBlack DA11 Stereo DA Converter in Didital Things  10 Replies 
I'm still in a burn-in phase. I'm having little time these days for some serious listening with loudspeakers, and the unit must have about 30 hours playing time. I have the DA-11 hooked to a headphone amplifier and I'm using different cans. As a tran...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Weiss interview by mr.onion on 2011-06-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Interview with Daniel Weiss in Didital Things  6 Replies 
"How do you audition the equipment that you build? Do you do listening tests at all? No, basically I don’t do that. I have some Strax headphones for some listening, but I don’t judge the electronics based on listening tests.Does anyone else in...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: The state of mind formerly known as taste by steverino on 2013-02-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: An interesting comment, worth replying: Feeding Cats and obj... in Playback Listening  2 Replies 
In the past, people described the reaction to things aesthetic as dependent on "taste". This seems like an exact metaphor. Everyone's palate is unique as best we can tell. there is no well prepared meal from a taste or nutritive standpoint that will ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #56: It is about softness, stupid. by Romy the Cat on 2010-06-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s Midbass Project – the grown up time. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  455 Replies 
I is funny how my listening attitude is working. While my midbass horn is not built I do not listen music on my main system. I listen in via my MiniMe (Dunlavy 3) or in my headphones at work. At my home system I do not listen but rather think how it ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #152: Around and around depends on lack of comparisons by steverino on 2014-05-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Ultimate Turntable in Analog Playback  220 Replies 
A lot of assertions are made about this being better or that being the same. In the absence of assessment (and I don't even mean DBT tests, just pooling of expert judgments) this game never stops. There is not a standardized system that can be used t...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #145: Debugging Romy’s playback: how it works by Romy the Cat on 2008-08-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
This weekend a friend of mine visited me to listen my playback and there was a very illustrative occurrence. We listening my audio and everything was like it should be in the program. He was visiting my last time in 2002-2003, before the Macondo was ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Here's where I stand now and what my future goals are by SearcherOfBetterSound on 2007-04-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Interested in reading more of your headphone experiences in Audio Discussions  11 Replies 
Hmmm...let's see, I'm pretty young, to the point where I don't have any major source of money income, so I do with what I can when I can and want to, just like many other suffering young and/or poor audiophiles. It's like this, I don't listen to any ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #102: Don't laugh too loud... by N-set on 2011-08-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage in Analog Playback  310 Replies 
...this is my first serious attempt to pack something into a case.[quote user="Paul S"]Nice looking unit, N-set.  I also go out of my way to use part leads only in lieu of extra wire whenever possible.  I really don't care what it "looks like" on thi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #26: Window vs Sound Stage by Jorge on 2011-07-31 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Basic guide to advanced audio in Playback Listening  62 Replies 
Part of setting up a system is listening to both channels independently,  they measure the same and sound the same,  but individually with a lower volume and punch,  and of course no stereo effect." the audio window should get larger and larger, unti...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #12: The road to exquisite playback is fraught with IEDs by rowuk on 2013-07-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: DAC Recommendations in Didital Things  44 Replies 
I think that picking a DAC is like picking speakers - regardless of the price, we don't know what we have until we get there. I do not think that it is possible to compare digital and analog playback forms. With a turntable we have as many choices (g...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Headphones by drdna on 2008-12-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Stravinsky and Headphones. in Musical Discussions  1 Replies 
I am inclined to think it has more to do with the dynamic impact of sound through space and pressing against your body, instead of just your ears. I have always felt Stravinsky to be a very physical experience. And I do like the mono recordings...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #23: Antisocial looking headphones…. by Romy the Cat on 2011-04-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: What to do in office? in Off Air Audio  33 Replies 
Ok, now see why the French cars, all of those Peugeots, Citroens and Renaults, are as bad as they are: because Jessie instead of working is listening his headphones. The media to play at work: would it be hard drive of CD player is irrelevant. I do p...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #102: Injection, Resonance, & Point Sources 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"]From where I am staying Injection is not debatable. What dubious is - the methods of Injections. The large panels of Layered Sound has own advantaged and own disadvantages. I was considering in past to use another Red injec...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: How to give bats a headache. by paul williams on 2006-04-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to give bats a headache. in Playback Listening  5 Replies 
I've never understood the continual need to get equipment to have ever wider frequency response, to me (but then I'm a complete technonumpty) this just seems to be an exercise in chasing numbers to impress those that are impressed by spec sheets.&nbs...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #18: *Spaceal* Inequities by Chirag on 2005-03-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The “Melquiades” Sound - beginning of the story. in Melquiades Amplifier  28 Replies 
Dear Kitty,[The positions of the instruments are an arteffect of sound reproduction and in real "live" you do not recognize the instruments positioning. You acknowledge thier presents “somewhere there” but you never recognize it as “right” ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #42: Right amount of wrong notes? by Andy Simpson on 2009-04-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Attention Sound Engineers (compression and loudness) in Playback Listening  47 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Andy, my mind does not operate by the categories you employ, I rather think about nature of Sound not about harmonic/non-harmonic distortions. The whole subject about the distortion is intricate, not to mention that it is n...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Munich High End 2010 by manisandher on 2010-05-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Munich High End 2010 in Horn-Loaded Speakers  39 Replies 
Thanks for all the suggestions. As it happens, there were no exhibitors at the Flemings Hotel this year. But I did pop into the Stax stall before listening to anything else.In general, I was pretty disappointed with what I heard. Most of the ‘convent...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Guilty by jessie.dazzle on 2010-12-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: French Horns/drivers shootout (oops! S2 came last) in Horn-Loaded Speakers  7 Replies 
I realize this is off topic, but I would like to address the issue:Rackish wrote:   "...Recently I asked someone who contributes regularly on your forum and has a system 'similar' to yours to come and listen to his system. He did not answer. I feel e...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #92: Beautiful. by tuga on 2009-03-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to record FM broadcasts. in Off Air Audio  125 Replies 
Hi Romy, It felt like loosing my breath when the music stopped. I don't have any CDRs around but listening with a pair of headphones left me wanting for the whole thing. Amazingly powerful colours and textures... and what a beautiful mood. Best...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #22: Surviving in Bagdad... by jessie.dazzle on 2011-04-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: What to do in office? in Off Air Audio  33 Replies 
I'm right there with you, temporarily installed in the middle of a Bagdad intersection.So, one day not too long ago I slipped out during lunch and picked up a pair of decent, closed-back, full-size, fairly antisocial looking headphones (ATH M-50s) an...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: Memories of the past. by Romy the Cat on 2011-02-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Forward in the past with old radios. in Off Air Audio  18 Replies 
[quote user="zako"]That radio can be modified,,, to sound better,,Putting it under the kitchin cabinet is the wrong place,,[/quote] Sure, it might be modified and I am sure substantially improved but I have absolutely no interest or intention to do i...
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