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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #89: Helpful Romy? What's next? Rational and civilised discussion? by oxric on 2011-04-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Bye-Bye, Fane in Horn-Loaded Speakers  108 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] Rakesh posted an add at DiyAudio site, in wrong forum in my view but it is what it is.[/quote]However, in an earlier post, where you suggested that I was knocking 'at the wrong door', you wrote:[quote user="Romy the Cat"...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #101: Lost in transition? Or not? by oxric on 2011-04-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vitavox’s S2 Survival Guide. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  123 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]The S2 has own channel and here is nothing your can do about it. [/quote]Yes, of course. The answer may be different for the S3, inasmuch as one might be able to start the chosen profile at the diaphragm...[quote user="Romy...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #187: Cover/no cover by noviygera on 2010-08-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s Midbass Project – the grown up time. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  455 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]I am more and more inclining to finish my horn in the textured paint of the color of my room. However, lately I have another “idee fixe”. My listening room has a very pleasant light pattern, something that was here before a...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #17: Digital by Amir on 2009-04-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Analog vs. Digital... without BS. in Didital Things  23 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]However, the result of direct conversion of analog into digital is practically NEVER exposed to audio people.[/quote]I never heard direct conversion of analog to digital and i should agree that i can not be sure that digita...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: PS Audio PowerPlays by Romy the Cat on 2009-03-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Remote System Management in Off Air Audio  13 Replies 
In my search for remote activation of my FM recorders  came across the PS power play solution. http://www.psaudio.com/ps/products/description/powerplay-8000?cat=power Did anyone have any practical experience with this thing? Can all internal f...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Re: Romy...thoughts on Lamm ML1? by justaute on 2006-03-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Romy...thoughts on Lamm ML1? in Audio Discussions  3 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Well, “everything is a compromise” it is true, but when you talk about compromises you are talking about purchasing decisions not about abstract sound. So, I really do not know where ML1 would be in your scale of your compr...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: Re: The clock upgrades: my proposals by Thorsten on 2006-03-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Myth of CD clocking = True/False in Didital Things  15 Replies 
Hi,[quote user="Romy the Cat"]it is highly possible that you are correct but it was exactly the point of my in initial post - the people worship the clock upgrades but 99% of then just throw in the new clocks, or do exactly what I did. [/quote]And I ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #14: Actually, I have no idea why but… by Romy the Cat on 2008-05-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: One of the Best Mozart Requiems! in Musical Discussions  14 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Yesterday WGBH-FM broadcasted their own live-to-tape recording of Handel & Haydn Society’s Mozart K. 626, the Requiem. John Nelson conducted with Christine Brandes, soprano; Paula Murrihy, mezzo-soprano; Charles Reid, t...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #706: I was talking about Sound. by Romy the Cat on 2011-01-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
[quote user="manisandher"]  Romy the Cat wrote:The change of the voltage from battery and from AC always was there, I have seen it on all PurePower Units but I did not even report it as I find it absolutely irrelevant.Romy, you've said in the past:...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #72: 22Hz out of 44,100 by manisandher on 2010-02-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Pacific Microsonics Model 2 in Didital Things  85 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]The model one has the same 44x and 48x clocks...[/quote]Ah, OK. I was of the belief that the Model One could only operate at 44.1 or 88.2.  [quote user="Romy the Cat"]At least I would not worry about it and would search f...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #598: The right grounding by manisandher on 2010-12-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]I do not know, Model Two was not supplied with 'ground loop isolators', so I am not sure what you are talking about.[/quote]These are described in detail on page 8 of the User's Manual.[quote user="Romy the Cat"]I have two ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: Correcting a few misunderstandings . . . by cdwitmer on 2008-10-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: RMAF 2008 observations, opinions 1) ceramic drivers in Audio Discussions  32 Replies 
Dear Robert and Roman,[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Chris Widmer [sic] does not understand it as well not to mention that his attempt to explain the high price of Feastrex sound too bogus.The Cat[/quote]You are certainly welcome to speculate about suc...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #35: Re: My privet public SPU disaster!!! by deemon on 2005-05-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Tell me about more about Ortofone SPU Sound. in Analog Playback  54 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] I juts got home, put a record to play and suddenly discovered that my SPU has it’s cantilever bent 90 degree and then even twisted vertically. It was perfectly fine last night!!! I have no idea what kind forced what appl...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #32: No brainer by manisandher on 2009-06-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Pacific Microsonics Model 2 in Didital Things  85 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]... but for a person who works in the marketing you sound too naïve...[/quote]Well, I didn't say I was any good...[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Somebody with knowledge how Pacific DAC works need to overview this…[/quote]Surely...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: Re: About the drunk crossovers.... by Thorsten on 2005-03-25 
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 
Hi,[quote user="Romy the Cat"]However, returning back to the subject, I would like the message be stressed: I feel that if people seriously contemplating the digital crossovers then they fight wrong fight for the wrong reasons. [/quote]That is where ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #16: Sub bass hi pass by serenechaos on 2009-04-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The tapped horns: cons, pros and Sound in Horn-Loaded Speakers  57 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]I think it might be very interesting to introduce the high-pass filtration for tapped horn and to see how it behaves. It is not only about thermal overload and restriction of excursion. The unloading of none-used bass gener...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #13: Clarification by noviygera on 2010-08-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Time alignment of drivers in Horn-Loaded Speakers  16 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Herman, I completely do not understand what you ask. The physical aligning of magnets is absolutely irrelevant. The crossover slopes are irrelevant. [/quote]OK.[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Why would you need to do switching b...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Fine by Vasyachkin on 2008-11-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: What drives your musical taste ? in Musical Discussions  3 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]you can make one more post and then please do not do further postings. Rgs,Romy the Cat[/quote] sure thing Cat. but i want you to do me a favor - BAN me. when i am asked politely not post i feel cheated. i want to b...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: Ok, let to be straight for a change. by Romy the Cat on 2007-02-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Starting from scratch - new amps new system in Audio Discussions  18 Replies 
[quote user="Dominic"] i haven't divulged my plan…[/quote] No, you did not do before and you are not doing it still. I think the problem with that you are expressing is that you have no desire to EXPLAIN FOR YOURSELF what you do.  Forgot about ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #19: Re: Tannoy 10" and Melq? That would be fun! by Chirag on 2006-06-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A quest for a better monitor. in Audio Discussions  97 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Not kidding?! :-)Yes, I always felt that Tannoy the vintage 10" sealed box were the best Tannoy out there. Still they were the best not because they were best but because the 10” had less bass extension and did not go into ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #31: Slick inelegance by N-set on 2013-11-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Mastodont DIY Rack: Wall Mount? in Audio Discussions  68 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] Very slick and very inelegant. [/quote]Hahaha, thank you Romy :)[quote user="Romy the Cat"] Juts to ice the cake I would provision 4 hooks atop of the insert that would allow you to hang the insert to the air-suspended pla...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Born To Suffer by Stitch on 2012-02-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Lamm ML2.2 and Mark the BS teller. in Audio Discussions  7 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] If you have a chance to hear Lamm ML2.0 then try them... [/quote]I wanted to do that, but they are so rare and I found nobody to visit.  But honestly, I am not so fanatic, I was looking for something which doesn't make me ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #162: Macondo's Trim Tab by Lbjefferies7 on 2009-05-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s MiniMe or about Pilot Acoustic Systems in Audio Discussions  213 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] BTW, it will be funny if I learn that I like the Macondo’s bass better with the “help” of the MiniMe’s ports. The 95Hz is VERY special region for Macondo as the Macondo’s upperbass horn and the Macondo’s bass sections bo...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #121: Miscelanea by N-set on 2011-09-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage in Analog Playback  310 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]1)      Be very careful with use Halco resistors. They were very good 15 years back but they turned south very aggressively. I bought a party of Halco in 2005 and I forced myself to trashed them as they were very noisy. You...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #13: Problems with Eskimos poetry? by Romy the Cat on 2005-09-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The “theories” about the audio industry…. in Audio Discussions  27 Replies 
[quote user="Wojtek"] Well, Roman and others I think you are going a little to far with this. Don't tell me that you took everything in my PRIVATE email to you serious because I'm going to think that you're living in the conspiracy world. Actually I ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Macondo is getting beter.... by Romy the Cat on 2009-06-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo listening experience in Playback Listening  4 Replies 
[quote user="montepilot"] When I have more time I will post my impressions of the mini me system that sits side by side with Macondo.  For now I will say that with all Macondo's virtues, mini me may be the David that slays the giant goliath![/quo...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #41: LimitedGold and DryDMT by Chirag on 2007-03-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A quest for a better monitor. in Audio Discussions  97 Replies 
Hi Cat, [quote user="Romy the Cat"]I used my typical “flash” techniques and discovered some leeks in that 50 years old enclosure. Sure it the leaks were there then it would be no “acoustic suspensions” and the driver would run further. So, fixed the...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #20: More on firewire audio (my opinion) by Telstar on 2008-02-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The commercial music servers. in Didital Things  36 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] You are not exactly correct about Lynx. First of all my card had no DACs aboard it is just a digital I/O, channels re-mapper and the card’s software. Before I got the card I interviewed quite many technical people about t...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Vitavox drivers? by drdna on 2009-02-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: EdgarHorn Speaker Project in Horn-Loaded Speakers  8 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]If you are still in MF frustrations then I have something that you might find interesting. Recently I pick up in UK a pair of Vitavox S3 drivers. I figure that if you wish I might let you to play with before they die in my...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: An unexplored way to deal with the sound/music perception by haralanov on 2011-06-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: An unexplored way to deal with the sound/music perception in Playback Listening  39 Replies 
[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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