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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #57: The SA8535: final conclusion. by Romy the Cat on 2006-11-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Tweeter for Vitavox S2. High-sensitively ribbons? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  64 Replies 
OK, now the SA8535 driver is fully broken-in and well-habituated. I have no idea how the “Stage Accompany” suggests using this driver from 1000Hz! From what I observe, at MF this driver sounds very “flat” and very none-impressive. I have suspicion th...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Not Romy's but your horns by Romy the Cat on 2005-04-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Romy's Horns in Horn-Loaded Speakers  3 Replies 
[quote user="TonyB"]Romy, what are horn flare frequencies of your horns? I understand that both are Tractrix. My guess is that the midbass is 125Hz with a sealed rear chamber and 4" throat. Correct? [/quote]They tunes for 115Hz and pushed in room dow...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #15: A Strange Tale From the Immanent Edge that Isn't by Paul S on 2010-06-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Digi Redux; Drive 1 transport and iDAT-44+ DAC in Didital Things  26 Replies 
Trying to gather and get my thoughts in order, in order to share them, I just remembered a recent mod that John Wright happened to mention specifically. While I believe John regards - and guards - as proprietary his ideas for reworking this gear, I a...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #86: DC Offsets in mains power supply & using toroids for power transfo... by peter foster on 2007-12-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
Dear Romy, regarding your efforts to solve variations in mains power supply, there has been an interesting thread on RAT related to the use of toroids as power transformers that morphed into a discussion about the level of DC offset in mains power su...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #19: Sonic benfits of slaving PC interface to DAC by manisandher on 2009-06-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Pacific Microsonics Model 2 in Didital Things  85 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Did you try to listen and did detect sonic benefits from slaving your PC interface from you DAC? The Cat[/quote]Oh yes, I've tried this for sure. There is a difference between the three modes; DIG_IN, REFWCLK and MASTER. Th...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: “Easy come and easy go”- type of bass. by Romy the Cat on 2007-08-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Melquiades bass channels: the coupling capacitor. in Melquiades Amplifier  11 Replies 
[quote user="cv"] …..and I am not confident about the sonics….[/quote] What might be very interesting also is to learn what DC coupling in power amps would do generally in term of Sound. The first time I thought about it was a few years back when ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #72: The first take on the room with RTA by Romy the Cat on 2010-05-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Romy The Cat's new Listening Room in Audio Discussions  478 Replies 
Ok, I found my RTA cable and did some very basic measurements of what Macondo does in the room. The results were in the direction that I anticipated but worth in amplitude. My right bass channel that that sited right next to the equipment bay has no ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #24: 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"]no mention by the manufacturer what brand of autoformers are in use (or if they roll their own). [/quote] There is one thing I can say. Nickel Lams are bright, shiny and light coloured. Steel lams are dark and dull. I...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #15: The RAAL and an amplifier. by Romy the Cat on 2007-02-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: RAAL “Water Drop” tweeter for Macondo. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  77 Replies 
[quote user="Paul S"]  The "calm HF" effect is something I have long sought but seldom experienced from repro, and I have blamed the amps as much as the ribbons.  Mere HF extension is not enough.  Hard to say whether the amp or the rib...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #16: Collecting user requirements for Vitavox fieldcoil… by Romy the Cat on 2006-01-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vitavox S2 with Electromagnets in Horn-Loaded Speakers  91 Replies 
Lately the Vitavox electromagnet project looks like moved to a fruitful direction. Well, I do not know if the direction would be a real fertile but it will be going somewhere instead of talking… that is always fruitful. I have quite good support form...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: 'Fundamental rich' listening, or is RTA even close to accurate? by stuck.wilson on 2007-08-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 'Fundamental rich' listening, or is RTA even close to accura... in Audio Discussions  9 Replies 
hey romy and all-i recently came across a strange phenomenon (to me.. maybe not to everyone else!).I just started using RTA as a method of evaluating my results with my own 2 way speaker system, and I'm finding that I'm ending up liking the sound of ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #65: The APS regenerator: the joy and disappointments. by Romy the Cat on 2007-08-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
Well, another page of my saga with APS regenerator is turned. I got the updated APS unit. It kind of “works” as I redefined the definition of word “works”. Under normal circumstances I would walk away from it but there are some moments in my “bad ele...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #39: 6-channels Milq: the design phase is over. by Romy the Cat on 2007-09-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 6 Channel Version of Super Melquiades in Melquiades Amplifier  131 Replies 
OK, it took for a while but at this point I have nailed down all design aspects of the new 6-channels Super Milq, and particularly its input stage. I have listen and evaluated all solutions that will be implemented in there; selected, appraised and o...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: How to make amplification without an unnecessary waste. by Romy the Cat on 2008-07-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Incorporating active crossovers into DSET in Melquiades Amplifier  2 Replies 
Mumford, Let clear first with terminology. You post said about “Incorporating active crossovers into DSET” and I think it is not what you are interested; at least it is not what I am practicing. An active crossover implies a use a dedicated active s...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #53: Drivers, Dope and Radio Flyers by Paul S on 2008-10-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Lowther Driver in Audio Discussions  62 Replies 
Wojtek, I am indeed hemmed in by the fricking electricity these days, to the extent that it is about impossible to hold on to a baseline for reference.  And the Lowthers only make the problem more apparent.Yes, I still wonder about how I wo...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1615: 4 years delay by Amir on 2018-07-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
The first order from iran (2013) was 4 unit (4 pure power 3000) and Richard delivered 2 units after 4 years . after over 1000 email/phone call Richard not delivered those 2 units yet. I do not know what is going on but I hope ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #232: Howdy Jarek by Edgar= on 2022-10-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Remedies the Beauty in Playback Listening  297 Replies 
My comments are rather discouraging arn't they! Not my intention but hopefully helpful in the long run. Regarding time alignment i just wanted to raise the point i think it might be more relevant than initially anticipated by someone considering buil...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #62: Do not rush. by Romy the Cat on 2015-08-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Another time aligned 5-way horn project in Horn-Loaded Speakers  189 Replies 
Well, I would advise you do not order any horns with aiming 2490. Get the drivers first and order the horns AFTER you feel that the driver satisfy you. The fact that the loaded driver can hit 300Hz does not mean a lot. You need to like the sound o...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #21: Re: Crossovers, phraseology and the holes by Gregm on 2006-02-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Be careful: Imaging vs. Compression in Playback Listening  23 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] Even if it is possible with a given (multichannel, faulty design) loudspeaker then the DPLOS become very fragile and appears/appears too sudden, without a gradual improvement while approaching the DPLOS. The keys are phase...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Teaching can mean different things by SearcherOfBetterSound on 2007-06-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Audio equipment recommendations at this site. in Playback Listening  6 Replies 
It's not just about order. You don't do it because you or others are obsessed with the advanced aspects of audio..perhaps so much, that we forget about the basics and the possibility of categorization that's simpler. Nothing will be perfect, I sure a...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #233: Again, too much work… by Romy the Cat on 2010-09-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s Midbass Project – the grown up time. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  455 Replies 
Enduring a quite aggressive schedule to the end of the month to finish the horns, I realize how much work is still ahead. As now both of the horns are built. They are no prepared to be painted yet and second skin is not built. This notion that ¾ laye...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: The sounds of silence by jessie.dazzle on 2009-02-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo: new horizons. A few thoughts in context Zander’s B5 in Playback Listening  9 Replies 
My experiences would confirm that much of what gives depth to “silence”, does indeed lie in low the frequencies. In order to keep peace with my neighbor (even at very low listening levels), after 10:00 PM, I absolutely must attenuate the ultra-low...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #23: The LCR correctors are fun by Romy the Cat on 2009-10-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The LCR RIAA correctors in Analog Playback  57 Replies 
Perrew, I do not know if you use sarcasm in there but Lamm LP2 is not my bellowed phonostage. In fact I am one of the very few people whop do not like it at all. How much in what I do not like in Lamm LP2’s MM section come from the WE417 tubes...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #19: N-set number of idlers or belts by Romy the Cat on 2010-07-31 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Idler Drive - Rumbling Into The Future? in Analog Playback  27 Replies 
[quote user="N-set"] The only purely theoretical point which is intriguing for mein the whole multiple drive idea is whether one can achieve a uniform "floating" rotation: the forces perpendicular to the spindle balance out and the spindle rotates wi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #120: Ockham's Ultimate TT by Paul S on 2014-05-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Ultimate Turntable in Analog Playback  220 Replies 
Of course the idea of "minimal" needs context and a priori determinants, like any idea at all, and I don't see that the Regas belong in this particular discussion, at least at this particular point. OTOH, the Continuum is another good illustration o...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #30: Still Dying by Paul S on 2016-01-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Copper Mat on a Micro Seiki Gun Metal Platter in Analog Playback  122 Replies 
to hear the "explanation". In the meantime, I would think you'd want to thoroughly optimize the system without the flywheel first, in order to establish a base line, then add the flywheel, all while keeping the isolated idea of "speed control" in pe...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: CD Is Dead. CD Is Dead? by Romy the Cat on 2006-10-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: CD Is Dead. CD Is Dead? in Didital Things  4 Replies 
EMI Music CEO says the CD is 'dead' -  Oct 27, 2006 LONDON (MarketWatch) -- EMI Music Chairman and Chief Executive Alain Levy Friday told an audience at the London Business School that the CD is dead, saying music companies will no longer be a...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: The industry’s high quality recordings. by Romy the Cat on 2012-08-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The industry’s high quality recordings. in Audio Discussions  1 Replies 
It is amassing how idiotically-predicable the recording industry is. Industry is not a subject but Industry is compilation of individual peoples - presumably idiot - as by their efforts we have what we have. I would not criticize the quality of recor...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Some notes to my own dairy.... by Romy the Cat on 2013-05-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Kitties go to London in Audio Discussions  92 Replies 
Wow, the Definitive Audio is half hours away from London, this is good news. I did look at Google and it said 2.45 Hours but I might look some at something different. We probable will be staging near Royal Abler Hall, which is center city. We are ver...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Bruckner, me and the Seventh by Romy the Cat on 2007-07-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Bruckner, me and the Seventh in Musical Discussions  81 Replies 
A few years ago I did not “get” Bruckner. Then, like with everything else, it changed. And of course being a compulsive feline, I can not get enough of what I like…. I admit that I listen quite a lot of Bruckner lately. There is something very medit...
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