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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #15: Baffle Dimensions by NBC on 2007-04-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Exceptional loudspeakers drivers in Audio Discussions  34 Replies 
Thanks Romy,Yes, I received your advice in the past privately regarding proper size for 1808 enclosure, and I thank you for pointing me in right directions. Yes, sealed box is simple calculation using e.g., WinISD. I am experimenting with&n...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1028: Chaining might be a good idea with right devise. by Romy the Cat on 2012-03-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
[quote user="steverino"]FWIW I got my own PP 1050 a week ago and am pleased with the sound. It is the first active device that sounds as good as or better than my jury rigged passive filtration. Thanks Romy. As for chaining devices, I tried plugging ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #12: Circuit instability by N-set on 2012-09-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Staxquiades project in Melquiades Amplifier  19 Replies 
Actually I do not have the instability issue sorted out completely...I'm talking about circuit instability now, not the tube instability. Let us imagine all tubes are rock stable.As I see it there are at least two major sources of instability, in the...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: "O Vitavox, Vitavox! Wherefore art thou Vitavox?" by oxric on 2011-06-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: "O Vitavox, Vitavox! Wherefore art thou Vitavox?" in Horn-Loaded Speakers  22 Replies 
At some point last year, after I had been offered an opportunity to buy some Vitavox S2 drivers from someone in Paris, and some S3s from Germany, I decided to approach Mike Harvey of Octave Audio, AKA Vitavox Hifi, to get some information about how I...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: A very pleasant surprise by Romy the Cat on 2009-12-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The 5-ways from Germany. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  38 Replies 
I think this post need to have an epigrapher: “We knew what we wanted to hear, and so we developped, and developped, and developped... In hundreds of small and bigger steps. Over thirty years. Till we were "there" where we always wanted ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #17: The Bidat processors and whatever… by Romy the Cat on 2008-04-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Museatex Bidat pages. in Didital Things  57 Replies 
Yep, Telstar. The 1547 was use in Sony and Teac CD players and believe the first CD-SACD machines used that chip. I know very little about those chips and have none of my personal experience to deal with all of it. The reasons why I brought it up bec...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #40: Yes and no. Still, it does not answer the question and PS. by Romy the Cat on 2008-12-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: High Quality Music Server / CD player in Didital Things  169 Replies 
[quote user="alexd"]To answer your question about DAW output vs tuner. Well Tuner is not highest quality source to start with. I do not think you will hear much difference between DAW analog output and tuner analog output.[/quote] It is unquestionab...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1399: For sure it is a valid point but… by Romy the Cat on 2015-07-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
[quote user="decoud"] It may well be that PP's equipment is touched by god, but seems foolish to come to that conclusion without ever having heard the same fundamental design done by anyone else. [/quote] Decoud, for sure it is a valid point and...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #66: Why design system with such large constraints? by scooter on 2012-01-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Crossover Design in Audio Discussions  69 Replies 
[quote user="Kerry Brown"] Jorge, You're quite welcome to visit any time you are in the SF Bay Area. .... The little aluminum box on the upper shelf with the blue LED is a NuFrorce mono amp, one of two.  The DEQX HDP3, one of two, is the black bo...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: Well, Lamms are not exactly fun anymore. by Romy the Cat on 2005-09-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Silence of the Lamms! in Audio Discussions  7 Replies 
[quote user="Tommy"]I believe that you are right on the LAMM issues look at the sewers! The market is flooded with them and everyone wants to sell them including dealers and private folks. I have never seen so much Lamm crapolla for sale as in last f...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: The chose of the firewall material. by Romy the Cat on 2007-04-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Building “Zarathustra II” amplifier in Audio Discussions  8 Replies 
[quote user="hagtech"]Yes, steel chassis can be both good and bad.  It likes to conduct magnetic fields, so you have to treat things appropriately.  A little spacing under a choke can go a long way.  Otherise you have a 120Hz motor.&nb...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #18: Teac vrds 10se specs by Telstar on 2008-04-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Museatex Bidat pages. in Didital Things  57 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Yep, Telstar. The 1547 was use in Sony and Teac CD players and believe the first CD-SACD machines used that chip. I know very little about those chips and have none of my personal experience to deal with all of it. The reas...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: An amateur hour of playback design? by Romy the Cat on 2009-10-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Audio-tekne's "Tone Quality Improvement technique" in Horn-Loaded Speakers  9 Replies 
Twogoodears, I am sorry, I do not know what you mean asking me to speculate on these pictures. I know very little about ALE drivers and I would not make any guesses. The system design that is presented on the picture is certainly not of my li...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Birds watching according to Bruckner.... by Romy the Cat on 2011-04-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A stunning contra-Bruckner 8 Symphony. in Musical Discussions  2 Replies 
Beinum recorded the Bruckner 8 in 1955 twice, in April and In June. My comment above goes for June recording. There is something else I would like to add in context to Beinum 55 vs. Lubeck’s Wand. The Lubeck’s Wand to me is still the ultim...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1637: Isolation not really by steverino on 2018-08-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
[quote user="kodomo"]Well, with my unit, you are right under one condition. It does not matter if I am on the battery or the ac line as long as the unit is connected, it sounds the same but it does not perform good. However if I am on the battery...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1607: Some facts about Oracle AV's problems by PurePower on 2018-07-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
The situation reported has been presented unfairly we believe and includes completely false information regarding PurePower. We were working to solve a problem with a PurePower installation in California for over a year providing three replacemen...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #730: Refocusing efforts. by Romy the Cat on 2011-01-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
[quote user="scooter"] Indeed, this is a reference to how important electricity might be. After last night, I almost feel as though my equipment is a much less important factor and takes a backseat to everything else. At this stage, I am thinking...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #76: Bais and filament voltages by Romy the Cat on 2013-08-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Bias help in Melquiades Amplifier  96 Replies 
DA, looks like very nice  and lucid assembly. How do you like the sound of the thing? The  output stage 200mA /187V. It is a bit too small but I will do. I do not know what the gap you have in your OPT. If it is limited to 200mA then stay there, you ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #87: Fear of forced ventilation. by Romy the Cat on 2017-02-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Planning my DSET in Melquiades Amplifier  186 Replies 
[quote user="anthony"]…. so my fingers are crossed that I can keep temperatures manageable without a fan.[/quote]I do not think you need to be afraid of forced ventilation. There is a feeling in Hi-Fi that forced ventilation is some kind of derivat...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: Multiplex decoders: T85++ vs. TU-1X by Romy the Cat on 2008-07-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The FM Stereo and Multiplex MPX decoders in Off Air Audio  12 Replies 
I mean to make this post with the observations for a number of weeks. The days are passing by and I hoped that I might get deeper to the bottom of it. Unfortunately I was not able to. So, the Rohde & Schwarz EU-6201 is feeding a modified Yamaha ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #38: Subliminal signal by tuga on 2008-12-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps in Melquiades Amplifier  397 Replies 
[quote user="drdna"] The VERY INTERESTING idea is that the introduction of noise as a dithering element for the analog signal (for our brain to decode) can be helpful in increasing the retrieval of information vital to conveying the Sound. Perhaps ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1163: Pure Power 3000+, corrections and further observations. by Romy the Cat on 2013-06-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
Ok, it is a lot of information on my plate and I am trying to make sense of it. Below I will share my observations about the new Pure Power 3000+. The first thing first.  In the post I made a few days back: http://www.GoodSoundClub.c...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Digi Redux; Drive 1 transport and iDAT-44+ DAC by Paul S on 2007-09-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Digi Redux; Drive 1 transport and iDAT-44+ DAC in Didital Things  26 Replies 
Well, I finally found and implemented a digital front end that I can live with.  I have been so cynical about digital up to now that I have kept and used an old, cheap Sony player (albeit one actually made in Japan...) because up to now it seeme...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: A littlie D-War: Bidat vs. Lavry Gold by Romy the Cat on 2005-12-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A littlie D-War: Bidat vs. Lavry Gold in Didital Things  14 Replies 
The regular readers of my audio blog probably have read the thread: “How to record FM broadcasts” at: http://www.goodsoundclub.com/TreeItem.aspx?postID=1644 As you know I turned into to do it digitally and I do like it quite a lot. A couple months ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #40: Twogoodears on the Duelund caps. by Romy the Cat on 2010-02-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The K&K SE hybrid phono stage: a report in Analog Playback  55 Replies 
Here is the link, though I have no idea whose words he is quoting: http://twogoodears.blogspot.com/2010/02/again-about-duelunds-coherent-audio-pio.html The caps are $1000 per 630V/1uF. So, I wonder what those super expensive caps ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Everything but the kitchen synch by jessie.dazzle on 2011-09-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A contemporary great CD transport for under $100. in Didital Things  5 Replies 
Romy wrote: "...I know there are a lot of people who feel the CRW and DVD drivers in regular PS [CD and DVD drives in regular PCs] are just fine or even better then best dedicated audio CD transports..." I am one such person; well n...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: SCAM! Horn - Academy Phil "Mundi" Schaheys vitavox RIP OFF A... by marrs on 2013-08-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: SCAM! Horn - Academy Phil "Mundi" Schaheys vitavox... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  2 Replies 
!!! Phil Mundi and Horn academy are a SCAM!!! THIS IDIOT DOES NOT produce any horns at all! ... (you will be ripped off just like I was (US$400+) ).I feel this guy needs to be exposed for the fraudster he is, M...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #38: AardGRIB. by item on 2011-11-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Windows Based Transport: A quiet and capable Source? in Didital Things  47 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] Any computer does absolute the same level of universality by being a digital file player. My telephone does it but I do not call my telephone a “digital transport”.  Ripping CD it is not what your devise does but the fr...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Lightly content-loaded music. by Romy the Cat on 2007-08-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Performers in Playback Listening  9 Replies 
[quote user="Manuel"] …. however there´s also more jazz than Terrasson or Cassandra Wilson, for example it´s not easy to make the reproduction of an intense passage of a plain jazz piano trio sound like it should be. [/quote] The problem is that “ja...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #157: Even I do not believe in psychologists by Romy the Cat on 2015-11-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Another time aligned 5-way horn project in Horn-Loaded Speakers  189 Replies 
[quote user="Murataltuev"]P.S. today my friend made this video...he is selling vintage audio gear and has huge experience...his conclusion was: live music!...best he ever heard! I'm really happy to have such a feedback, but I know it, anyway  ...
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