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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #27: Re: Better among worst? by Thorsten on 2005-11-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Passive transformer based preamp in Audio Discussions  41 Replies 
Hi,[quote user="morricab"]Thanks for the info about transformers.  It is as I expected, however, that these passive devices are not passive sonically at all. I agree with you that the higher quality of the transformers should lessen the effects ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #36: Re: Better among worst? by morricab on 2005-11-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Passive transformer based preamp in Audio Discussions  41 Replies 
As to the best transformers souding more transparent than the best resistors, I'll believe it when I (don't?) hear it.  You claim to have heard this but I most certainly haven't.  Based on theoretical arguments the noninductive metal film r...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: 43489589283 - 3 + 1 by Tax on 2011-04-11 
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 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Tax what are you willing to accomplish by DSETing Avantgarde Duo? As far as I can see in any playback action and decisions it shall be a straight line of sight to some kind of objectives. What objective you have in your min...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Negative selections by N-set on 2012-09-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Staxquiades project in Melquiades Amplifier  19 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]It is unquestionably an ambiguous project. The topmost question that I would ask myself after this project would be the following: can Milq-biased 6E5P to be as good (sound-wise) DC driver as some vintage direct heated tube...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #19: Egads! by darkmoebius on 2006-12-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: “Melquiades” amplifier: a year later. in Melquiades Amplifier  33 Replies 
[quote user="Paul S"]and dm did say he's tried (and rejected?) several SETs already, in the context of Klipsch Horns.[/quote]No, I didn't say that at all. I said that the were aspects of the 6C33CB's presentation via the Almarro A318B SET, that ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #32: Re: Better among worst? by Thorsten on 2005-11-07 
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Hi,[quote user="morricab"]Hmmm....I guess I can't really see that unless you are enjoying a particular coloration you are getting from the TVC.[/quote] Nope. On this you are wrong. Based on direct bypass tests the TVC's I USE (that is the specif...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #46: More on Tannoys by montesquieu on 2019-10-09 
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With regards to the links, as it happens, I totally agree that 15in Tannoy Reds struggle to handle complex music. The crossover is too simplistic and the cones too hard to control with a low power amp. Reds can be lovely in a simple vintage system bu...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #41: Horn color control by Jorge on 2011-08-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Basic guide to advanced audio in Playback Listening  62 Replies 
I think the usage of Romys Injection Channel has misguided you to think it was implemented because of a certian lack of tone or some sterile sound,  nothing of the sort,  I cannot blame you for not having listened to Romys system,  but theo...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #37: Re: Better among worst? by Thorsten on 2005-11-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Passive transformer based preamp in Audio Discussions  41 Replies 
Hi,[quote user="morricab"]As to the best transformers souding more transparent than the best resistors, I'll believe it when I (don't?) hear it.  You claim to have heard this but I most certainly haven't. [/quote] Well, the claim is no...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #14: Some anti-Melquiades propaganda by Romy the Cat on 2006-12-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: “Melquiades” amplifier: a year later. in Melquiades Amplifier  33 Replies 
[quote user="darkmoebius"] That's because "off the shelf" amps can be easily resold for little or no loss of money if they are not to the buyer's liking. The Melquiades, on the other hand, leaves the builder with $3,000 worth of parts not easily reso...

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 #10: New amplification vs. extra channel. by Romy the Cat on 2011-04-14 
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[quote user="Tax"] Given the varying degrees of how different individuals process COGNITIVE ORDER OF SUCCESSION there will be differences in between how the plumber Vs a brain surgeon  handles COGNITIVE ORDER OF SUCCESSION. I guess on some things...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #92: Siemens SL45 vs NAD Dynaudio by Amir on 2019-10-27 
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[quote user="rowuk"]Amir,In live music, we have intermodulation. Two trumpets or a trumpet and oboe playing together create sum and difference tones that change depending on pitch interval for instance. For music in major keys, this intermodulati...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Valve Technology Timeline by Romy the Cat on 2006-06-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Valve Technology Timeline in Audio Discussions  4 Replies 
The Valve Technology Milestone Timeline Courtesy to the National Valve Museum 1640 The first vacuum. Otto von Guericke's air pump 1643 The barometer first demonstrated by Evangelista Torricelli 1654 Magdeberg Hemispheres a d...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #29: Re: Better among worst? by morricab on 2005-11-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Passive transformer based preamp in Audio Discussions  41 Replies 
Hi Thorsten, "I agree. I have to note that even in active preamp I/We (the we are friends from the London Live DIY Circle) tend to prefer TVC's over resistors." Hmmm....I guess I can't really see that unless you are enjoying a particular col...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #13: Obvious reasons why it's not being built... by darkmoebius on 2006-12-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: “Melquiades” amplifier: a year later. in Melquiades Amplifier  33 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Despite of the fact that Melquiades is fully disclosed and that it is delivers a sonic results...I do not see people out there trying Melquiades...I find it fascinating to see how even some people who knows me personally...
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