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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: Re: "as is". by skushino on 2005-07-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Making it sing... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  8 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Ok, can you in subjective trims describe what do you feel is wrong with your sound. disregard the speakers and channels, tell juts your pure reaction to what it is. The cat[/quote]Romy, I now see you were asking a totally d...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #15: Ughhh by samuel33 on 2007-09-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Good commercial speakers in Audio Discussions  36 Replies 
[quote user="jessie.dazzle"] samuel33 wrote:"...I just ask some path to follow at first because i need urgently speakers... I compose music and i need quite quickly some speakers to work with.Hello Samuel,Ok... If I were in your situation, here ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #40: EdgarHorn, 2A3, cables, wire, DEQX by drdna on 2011-12-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Crossover Design in Audio Discussions  69 Replies 
[quote user="slack key"]I know that speaker position and room acoustics are important.  I use a laser to align the speakers, room treatments, hallographs, crystals, ionizer, Z-sleeves, bybee filters, etc.  I also have power conditioners, installed de...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Position your speakers anal-retentively. by Romy the Cat on 2005-01-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Position your speakers anal-retentively. in Audio For Dummies ™  0 Replies 
Positioning your speakers in your room is one of the most complicated tasks. The advanced and audio- experienced audio people can position speakers with 5-10 inch precision and get OK result (as far as they concern) but here is where everything only ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Why no diamond tweeter? by morricab on 2007-11-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The best speaker in the world, is yet again available in Audio News  9 Replies 
It is a good question that I also asked when I saw this speaker.  Afterall, everything being equal using the same materials for the drivers is more optimal from a coloration standpoint.  My guess is cost.  They already had splurged for...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #120: A new concept of ULF channel. by Romy the Cat on 2011-10-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s lowest channel. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  150 Replies 
A guy visited me today and while I was playing to him some music an ides stroke me: how to make ULF channels invisible? I have given birth to a ridicules ides to make huge, 40hz, no-cheating horns in time-aligned position absolutely invisible in list...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #13: Back on axis with sweet 16 by Paul S on 2006-12-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Initial thoughts about new/old Lamm ML2s in Audio Discussions  215 Replies 
I tried the ML2s via their 16 Ohm taps, even though my speakers drop to 4R at about 80 Hz before going back up their average 8 Ohms at 30 Hz.  The overall sound off the 16 Ohm taps was more balanced and integrated top top bottom, ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #43: The subject of 'Excessive HF' and implications by Andy Simpson on 2008-10-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Simpson Microphones thread. in Audio Discussions  45 Replies 
Romy,In response to your response to what I did not say but implied....I decided to put the question here instead, where the light of enquirey might shine upon several different facets of investigation.Firstly, I'm still interested to know if you are...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Macro Positioning tests by Ronnie on 2007-05-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: About speakers Imbedded Macro-Positioning. in Playback Listening  15 Replies 
I THINK I managed to macro position by ear from to your advice. I did the tango with my bookshelf speakers and listened for evenness and bloom in the 80-500Hz area (filtered out the rest with EQ).Yellow marks the first hot spot I found, and then went...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #15: Pity by ArmAlex on 2014-06-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Estonian idiocy: Estelon in Audio News  15 Replies 
I saw those speakers in Munich High End from behind the window,and didn't even entered the room to hear. But if I knew they were erectable I would have certainly go into the room! I feel very sorry for this. Presence of that lady in the room is becau...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Off-the-wall playback or the 'hamster solution'. by Romy the Cat on 2009-02-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Off-the-wall playback or the 'hamster solution'. in Audio Discussions  6 Replies 
Last two weeks I play a strange game with myself while I am waking in my room. I walk soft like a Cat and really pay attention where I lend my leads, I afraid to step on anything. Nope, I did not pawn my Cat and got a hamster. What I afraid to step o...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: People say by Paul S on 2008-04-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The loudspeakers for a powerful SET in Audio Discussions  48 Replies 
There are those who claim to drive some of the big vintage speakers with SETs at AA.  Like those ancient top models from University, Wharfdale, Tannoy, etc., etc.  Not that this is the same as an objective approach.I've heard it tried ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #18: Want to Drive Away Consumers, Target the Top of the Pyramid by jeff1225 on 2014-01-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Prices in High-End Audio. in Audio Discussions  27 Replies 
Another hobby that I'm involved with is saltwater aquariums. People used to enter the hobby as children when they would get their first 10 gallon aquarium as gift or hand me down. Now kids would rather play video games then actually mess with a hobby...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Agree about expensive speakers by Antonio J. on 2005-01-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Speakers: a hi-fi disaster. in Audio Discussions  22 Replies 
I have listened to some expensive speakers from B&W, Wilson Audio, Dynaudio, and also owned the SF Amati, you know already. Musically these ones were more musically interesting to me than any of the others, but still weren't something that comple...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #258: Angels on Pinheads by Paul S on 2022-10-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Remedies the Beauty in Playback Listening  293 Replies 
Jarek, how many 10" Scanspeaks do you think it would take to get way down in your room? And remember that, according to Romy, the "best sounding" Dannoy, the heart of this speaker system, still only plays up to 90 db peaks (70 dB continuous with seri...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: When Lifelike Sounds Way Wrong by Paul S on 2009-06-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Music in the Sound: a moving target in Playback Listening  8 Replies 
Since I haven't complained about it for a couple of days, my company truck's CD player is so bad that it gets almost nothing right, ever.Still, while subjecting myself to this singularly terrible sound, I began to notice that every so often some ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: BD-Design Orelo speaker by manisandher on 2014-06-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: BD-Design’s Orelino in Horn-Loaded Speakers  5 Replies 
Well, I have just taken receipt of my Orelo speakers (pic attached) - the bigger version of the Orelino speakers, with 3x 15" bass drivers per channel as opposed to 3x 12" drivers.I realize that Romy doesn't regard the coaxial BMS mid/high compressio...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #17: Satisfactory results by peter foster on 2008-11-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Is anybody live in Australia with a tuner and an interest? in Off Air Audio  19 Replies 
Dear Romy,I have completed testing on my machines and am now satisfied with the results.I have three output sections of the FM tuner able to be switched easily on my amplifier for instant comparison.a) [FM tuner FIXED ANALOG OUTPUT] -> [...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: ... in the meantime... by twogoodears on 2009-11-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Greek Anima Loudspeakers in Horn-Loaded Speakers  33 Replies 
... while Manolis will find the words to reply to Roman's questions, let me post a pix of the prototype I listened to at Manolis' place, last spring...As you see, the design showed at Athens' show, last weekend, is QUITE different...I trust Manolis w...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #28: Ribbons by horny on 2008-11-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Horn loaded ribbons and other Vasyachkin’s tangents.... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  33 Replies 
[quote user="Paul S"]By far the most promising planar speakers I've heard have been the giant Sound Lab models.  These use an assortment of variously-sized "tuned" planes comprising one larger, "curved" plane.  However, ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #34: Original use by guy sergeant on 2012-05-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: High End 2012 in Germany in Audio News  36 Replies 
I did wonder about what recordings would have been used through these speakers back in the late 20's. The electronic recording of music only began in around 1926, prior to that the recordings were entirely acoustic. (although some of those acoustic r...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Can't describe it exactly... by ml8 on 2007-03-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A resistor between screen and grid in Melquiades Amplifier  9 Replies 
...but resistor between screen grid and plate, to my hearing, makes sound slightly unnatural, especially in highs.But this may be not true in your case (i didn't try to use this resistor with 6E5P, only with other power tetrodes), so i think i'll sug...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: Soundstage, imaging, ambiance, width, depth, height? by Paul S on 2008-02-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The nature of "soundstage" in audio. in Playback Listening  22 Replies 
The thought of an arrary of images well forward of the speakers is troubling, but - other factors being equal - I love it when I get +/- that sort of thing behind the speakers along with sound energy from the "performance" th...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #188: Yup by Paul S on 2022-02-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Remedies the Beauty in Playback Listening  293 Replies 
Yes, it's been that way for me, too, for years, now; "solutions" are no longer considered good enough if they yield only intermittant Musical satisfaction, or if getting and keeping things optimal for each session takes "too much" time and effort. Li...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #26: The phase trick is actually not that difficult by rowuk on 2019-07-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The open project: a lateral cross-injection. in Playback Listening  25 Replies 
Hafler, Carver, polk and most professional mastering has a technique that actually came from MS recording techniques. A MS microphone array has a "mono" microphone and a figure 8 bipole microphone above it. The stereo spread is controlled by altering...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #14: No Coincident not there. by miab on 2008-04-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Festival “Son & Image” in Montreal in Audio Discussions  17 Replies 
I too was interested to hear these new Coincident speakers but alas they were not there. There were a couple other ceramic driver speakers there to get an idea of the breed. A couple very uninteresting and a couple quite interesting. In Arthur's defe...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: Band-Specific Info by Paul S on 2010-06-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Learning to interpret RTA in Audio Discussions  10 Replies 
Zanon, I do not mean DEQ, but that is one way to do it.  D[SET] is another way; and it can be done in real time, by a couple of means.If you actually settle on the mid-field monitor approach, you will want that sort of speakers installed before you g...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: New Room, a first shot. by Romy the Cat on 2010-04-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Romy The Cat's new Listening Room in Audio Discussions  478 Replies 
It is a lot of work but it a lot of pleasure to work on it. I put Macondo in as is position. The ceiling will be painted and painter will be moving the speakers, so where the speakers are now is irrelevant. Still, the image below gives an idea what w...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #45: Yes, even more.... by Romy the Cat on 2007-03-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Initial thoughts about new/old Lamm ML2s in Audio Discussions  215 Replies 
[quote user="Paul S"]At this pointIi think it's fair to say that if you have ML2s with "reasonably efficient" speakers then you can safely just hew to whatever works best with the ML2s and toss the rest, because in that case "the rest" is not worth k...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: You cost me 10 bucks by Antonio J. on 2006-02-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: ESS Connoisseur: a sensible review? in Audio Discussions  1 Replies 
but worth the reading. No "magic experiences" listening to crappy music, no "mistical revelations" about who-cares soundstage delineation... just objectively-aimed impressions about the strong and weak points of the sounds those speakers can reproduc...
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