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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: CES 2006: Audio by Romy the Cat on 2006-01-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: CES 2006 in Audio Discussions  7 Replies 
Part 4: AudioThere were very- very few interesting products that attacked my attention. Steven Klein, the Vibraplane guy form NH, who keep buying the audio toys in Japan and selling them to the Americans for quadruple price this time brought an inte...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Re: Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony by Ronnie on 2006-03-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Tchaikovsky Symphony #4 in Musical Discussions  16 Replies 
Truckloads of ecstasy tonight!Two LF boxes are finished, and it makes me giggle to think that you have twelve. :DOut of a billion mp3:s and ripped CD:s, the first movement of Tchaikovskys (Mravinsky) 5th and the fourth of Beethovens 9th have jus...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #287: PP2000 buzz by drdna on 2009-02-20 
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"]Is your “noticeable ever-present buzz” coming from loudspeakers (I mean is it acoustic noise) or is it a mechanical noise that coming from regenerator and it comes from your component plagued into the regenerator. In first ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #20: High Power Amplifiers by Amir on 2023-11-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Marantz MA-9S2 Monoblock Amplifiers in Audio Discussions  36 Replies 
Paul Excuse me for off-topic , I also have high power solidstate amplifier and I have some experience with high power solidstate amplifiers.Actually very few high power solidstate/Hybrid amplifiers are good and most of them are not ok.The problem is ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Familiarize yourself with Milq full-range sound. by Romy the Cat on 2008-01-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Entry level DSET Melq? in Melquiades Amplifier  10 Replies 
Mark, what loudspeakers are you planning to drive in this configuration? The single-stage amp is 2W and the full-range Milq is 6W -7W. Anyhow, look at my replies to others in this forum. I always advise before thinking about DSET around Milq to famil...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Field-coils vs. permanent magnets by twogoodears on 2009-09-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The African compression electromagnet drivers? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  42 Replies 
Unfortunately I cannot reply to your question, Roman, as I purchased from herr Von Langa a N.O.S. pair of Altec 416-8B 15" woofers.BTW: while in Berlin, last May, Frank Schroeder performed an interesting, provoking "blind-test" using '50s and '60 Tel...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: only the tweeter in cessaro is made with cobalt magnet by angeloitacare-idiot on 2006-12-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The most promising “best” commercial speaker in Horn-Loaded Speakers  192 Replies 
the text at cessaro homepage says following :Auch das angewandte Magnetmaterial gehört zu dem Feinsten, was jemals im Lautsprecherbau verarbeitet wurde. Alnico-Magnete (finden heute aus Kostengründen kaum noch Anwendung) und im Superhochtonbereich ei...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: I do differently. by xandcg on 2015-12-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Really Expensive DACs? in Didital Things  29 Replies 
Paul S,I usually do not compare source components (or amplifiers or cables or etc.) in this fashion, DAC vs DAC, CDT vs CDT etc. unless I feel two (or more) of then (may) be too similar, like Lampizator and AN UK DACs I like. I prefer to focus integr...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #98: It is always the room by anthony on 2021-10-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo's Axioms: Horn-loaded acoustic systems in Horn-Loaded Speakers  120 Replies 
Romy, yes it is an interesting subject and one that I have thought quite a bit about although not directly from the angle from which you are approaching it.One of Macondos great strengths is narrow directivity from high frequencies all the way down t...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #247: ALE Loudspeakers. by xandcg on 2016-12-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Midbass Horns and Real Estate. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  247 Replies 
Apparently, ALE will come out with it own loudspeakers.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmdDvYW7kwECheers!...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #190: The howly sound of Yamaha B-2 by Romy the Cat on 2009-07-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s MiniMe or about Pilot Acoustic Systems in Audio Discussions  213 Replies 
Well, I think my Yamaha B-2 is not working well. It slightly cures my ego with MiniMe. I took today the B-2 and drive them with good conventional loudspeakers and it had the same sound –very very howly (and ugly!!!) sound under 200Hz… I wonder, do I ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #34: Srajeans Waterloo by KLegind on 2010-09-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Living Voice Loudspeaker in Audio News  80 Replies 
This article is really a bridge too far. It reads like bad pornography and makes me feel not only depressed but also kind of violated.The 6buffoon editor is one step away from turning his journal into one of those car magazines for young adult males ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #75: What are they selling? by Antonio J. on 2007-11-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to USE “Resonating Oops” in loudspeakers in Horn-Loaded Speakers  184 Replies 
Panel loudspeakers? Sound processors and/or Software? Room treatments? It's one of the least informative websites I've come across. If you had more info about them, Guy, please share it with us.Rgrds....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Hm, that sucks. by Romy the Cat on 2013-09-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Volti Audio's Vittora in Horn-Loaded Speakers  12 Replies 
Thanks, jsd. I have received an email from a site visitor telling that the tweeter is not aligned and the image above does confirm it. That transforms Vittora loudspeakers into a realm of uninteresting designs. There is peaty much nothing else to say...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: The elusive “absolute tone”. by Romy the Cat on 2005-07-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The elusive “absolute tone”. in Playback Listening  24 Replies 
It is very uncommon, practically never happens but still very rarely it is possible to talk about sound or playback systems from a prospective of “absolute tone”. Yes, the audio people love to take about tone of their audio but in 99.999% those audio...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #16: Greek Anima in Germany. by Romy the Cat on 2013-05-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Greek Anima Loudspeakers in Horn-Loaded Speakers  33 Replies 
At this site http://audio-andromeda.blogspot.ru there is a large collection of images from the recent Munich audio show. I paid attention that Anima Loudspeakers now supplemented with unfortunately-mono midbass horns. Frankly it is very nice looking ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #16: Taking Advantage of Others' Discoveries by Paul S on 2023-10-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Marantz MA-9S2 Monoblock Amplifiers in Audio Discussions  36 Replies 
Robin, I'm not at all certain that my new speakers are "source tolerant", because I have "taken steps" all along to "ensure" part-to-part compatibility. I have tried to "sync" my phono and CD/DAC as much as possible, and the main thing I wanted from ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Don't position speakers but create Sound in room. by Romy the Cat on 2006-06-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Don't position speakers but create Sound in room. in Audio For Dummies ™  1 Replies 
Audio people constantly make, from my perspective, a big mistake trying positioning their loudspeakers in their listening room. While they do so, they try to make the loudspeakers to perform better in their rooms. However this is quite fatly thing to...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #22: Musique Concrete goes commercial by tuga on 2009-09-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The European Triode Festival’s horns in Horn-Loaded Speakers  57 Replies 
Musique Concrete stopped selling horns a while ago and are now manufacturers of commercial horn loudspeakers.As for the "Grande Castine", I think that the MF section is in fact the MF/LF section and the frame is indeed curved.Cheers,Ric...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Another beam tetrode for high power SET? by Romy the Cat on 2012-07-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Tube GU-29 in Audio Discussions  2 Replies 
Nope, I am not familiar with sound or applications of this tube. It is indirect heated beam tetrode – why would it be any different from the whole family of beam tetrodes?  From my perspective it might be interesting for ULF DSET solution as it has a...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: Single-driver fantasies, in particularly back-loaded. by Romy the Cat on 2011-06-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 3.5m Tractrix Horn Project (AKA RAINDOG) in Horn-Loaded Speakers  18 Replies 
Arno, I am glad that you take my comment with right attitude; this is indication that you are not dead, despite the fact that you are building a back-loaded horn.  I do not think that you find a lot of useful horns information for yourself at this si...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #27: When wrong amp fights against nature… by Romy the Cat on 2006-07-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A quest for a better monitor. in Audio Discussions  97 Replies 
[quote user="guy sergeant"]Hi Romy,My experiences with the SL6 and SL600 date back 15-20 years. My problems with the sound I could get from them related to their inability to recreate music with scale or drama. I found the subjective lack of high fre...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Loudspeakers and headphones by Ronnie on 2005-06-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Loudspeakers and headphones in Audio Discussions  25 Replies 
Hello Roman and friends,Here's a first post from me, to say hi and let you know why I've joined and perhaps ask a few questions...I'm building a pair of loudspeakers, with close to zero experience with loudspeaker building, hoping that the ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: The Hype (most appalling) by RonyWeissman on 2009-11-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A single worst thing in today’s acoustic systems. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  28 Replies 
The Reference, then the Reference Signature, then comes the Ultimate Reference, then the whole thing sucks and you start again with a new, completely different Reference...That is of course just complaining about the business, not the actual speakers...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #44: Cessaro best speaker in the world! by coops on 2007-07-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The most promising “best” commercial speaker in Horn-Loaded Speakers  192 Replies 
Jim Hi, my name is Keith Cooper, I own a pair of Alpha's  had them here in London for about a month now, they are superb ! I heard some Trio's which initially stirred my interest in horn loudspeakers, I know Ralph is looking for a US distributor...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #87: Don't forget NXT by stevie7V on 2007-11-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to USE “Resonating Oops” in loudspeakers in Horn-Loaded Speakers  184 Replies 
"honeycomb panel" and "exciter motors" (this from the 6moons audio review) these are certainly NXT panels combined with moving coil loudspeakers....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: The Fane flat speakers by Romy the Cat on 2007-06-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Bye-Bye, Fane in Horn-Loaded Speakers  108 Replies 
BTW, in the end of it’s live Fane tied to do flat loudspeakers. The try to convince that it was not the computer-grade but the real deal. Conceptually, if it properly implemented (a big opened question) then the flat design might be very interesting ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: DPOLS: why their sound worst... by Romy the Cat on 2005-11-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Be careful: Imaging vs. Compression in Playback Listening  23 Replies 
Actually there are many hidden aspects of DPOLS, the aspects that, many audio people who never experienced DPOLS but wiling to argue about it, do not even understand. Interesting that by observing some of this aspects is it very easy to detect where ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: The topological advances. by Romy the Cat on 2007-04-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: About the Audio Neutrality. in Playback Listening  12 Replies 
Adrian, I do not fancy myself as a person who is capable talk with authority about topological advances. I invested some time and some interest into “slim” understanding of loudspeakers but it pretty much all where I am able to make any generalizing ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: horns in boxes by drdna on 2006-11-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Boxed in horns in Horn-Loaded Speakers  1 Replies 
Well, a lot of horns are put into box enclosures of course.  This is really a complicated subject.  The baffle must be dealt with in a manner similarly for all loudspeakers so designed of course.  More interestingly is the potential fo...
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