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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: A couple of already tortured candidates by Bud on 2007-10-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Macondo’s Upper Bass Channel: what is next? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  30 Replies 
Romy,In the diyaudio thread on EnABL I cover the Hemp acoustics FR 4.5 C and the Lowther A45. Both drivers in your size range.Since EnABL does not measurably alter any compression wave characterisitcs of the piaton mode tests, except for phase shift ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: High End Munich 2014 impressions .... by Stitch on 2014-05-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: High End Munich 2014 impressions .... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  36 Replies 
Well, as usual, we can read all over what one likes or dislikes....each his own of course. But, we can not read why someone did like or did not like something.Same for me of course, but it would be helpful to offer a kind of "priority" (or whatever o...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #57: Deep-fried dbs by jessie.dazzle on 2007-03-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Initial thoughts about new/old Lamm ML2s in Audio Discussions  215 Replies 
Romy, Your approach makes sense; I will look into fitting a "12.5 db voltage divider". As I did not have any noise issues when using the same equipment with a variety of direct radiating speakers, I can only speculate as to what other informat...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1249: Rommy you are partially right by eli8888 on 2014-02-06 
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"]Eli, I do not think that it is PurePower objective to grab your money and to run.  They are notorious with delays and it certainly might be unpleasant. With all due respect: 2 month delay is kind of nothing and if the unit ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: To look in other direction. by Romy the Cat on 2020-02-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Perception of bass? in Playback Listening  9 Replies 
Rowuk, first of all, I very much recommend you do not undertake the Paul’s advice and do not go for any implementation of bass with bigger drivers or more driver of different topology of bass section like OB and so on. For sure better bass would ...

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 #20: 7 Level by Amir on 2009-04-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Sound and How We Hear It in Playback Listening  19 Replies 
[quote user="drdna"]  I am saying: 1. All people listen differently. 2. The act of listening substantively affects the perceived sound. 3. There will be one ideal system for any individual listener but not one for all listeners. 4. The higher le...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #19: Random access memory by tuga on 2008-11-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Sound and How We Hear It in Playback Listening  19 Replies 
[quote user="drdna"][quote user="tuga"]I too am very tuned into Romy's Unvollendete. The way I see it, it somehow synthesizes the way an evolved person (which we all aspire to become someday) approaches a work of art. And I agree that "a certain" ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: a topology to make more neutral music transmission by drdna on 2007-04-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: About the Audio Neutrality. in Playback Listening  12 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Try slowly removing from your perception of concept of Audio Neutrality, substituting it with Event Recreation Neutrality. You might discover eventually that a Recreative Really has a very strong cross-expressive bound an...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #25: The records were abused in past. by Romy the Cat on 2009-11-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Sensible record cleaning: vinyl piranhas and record Vaseline in Analog Playback  56 Replies 
[quote user="drdna"] To me, there are three types of problems: 1a) grime piled on top of a record1b) defective vinyl piled on top of a record2) scratches cutting into the vinyl Type 1 deflects the needle upward and Type 2 deflects the needl...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #59: 6C33C amp/preamp follow up by KOTriode on 2012-03-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A different breed of 6C33C amplifier. in Melquiades Amplifier  84 Replies 
Wow! I did not realized that almost 4 months have passed since I wrote last. Quite a few things have happened the last 4 months that I have played with the 6C33Camp/preamp combo. I have tried at least 3 different vendors on the Ulyanovsk type, the ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #72: Cap dancing by jessie.dazzle on 2008-07-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Jessie Dazzle Project in Horn-Loaded Speakers  172 Replies 
Romy wrote :"...And with 1600 pound per channel you might forget about the DPOLS … -..."No, 1600 lbs per channel would be really serious! 1600 lbs is the total combined weight of the Left and Right channels, with frames, (the frames turned ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: You say tomato... by drdna on 2008-10-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Closer to the musicians - closer to the music? in Playback Listening  7 Replies 
Musical enjoyment is very much a personal experience, a matter of taste, and a set of idiosyncratic goals and expectations. In a nearly pitch-dark nightclub with flashing strobe lights and watered down Jack Daniels and lager beer splashing liberally...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #27: Stupid!?? by moreart on 2010-06-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Small double bass horn for 3"-8" driver in Horn-Loaded Speakers  37 Replies 
Hey boy,is it a kindergarten,"does not change anything"you don´t understand my construktion, your are not able to interpret measurements and simulation,if you are so blind, to see and understand,why do you post, little boy.it is so boring. read again...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #14: First vs. second order crossover and alignment by Romy the Cat on 2010-08-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Time alignment of drivers in Horn-Loaded Speakers  16 Replies 
[quote user="noviygera"] I want to listen to both 12db/octave and 6db/octave passive versions and see which one sounds better. And keep the one that sounds better. [/quote]Herman, It depends what you would like to listen. If you would like to ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #50: A new paradigm for ULF? by oxric on 2011-02-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s lowest channel. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  150 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] The most important in audio is a state of realization and obtaining this state is a matter of time I am afraid. Let pretend that tomorrow I will build/buy some kind of speaker that would do the perfect ULF channel ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #57: Wrong? Actually, our actual positions differ very little, surprisingly... by oxric on 2011-03-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s lowest channel. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  150 Replies 
Romy:Wrong? I am every now and then wrong, as most people are, and I am always grateful for any chance to gain a better understanding of anything that has my interest. But given how I now understand your position, I don't think there is a real di...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: The Vitavox alive, again! by Romy the Cat on 2011-07-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: "O Vitavox, Vitavox! Wherefore art thou Vitavox?" in Horn-Loaded Speakers  22 Replies 
[quote user="oxric"] Well Jessie, it looks like your wish has come true. The Vitavox site went live at 9 a.m. this morning. It has very interesting implications for the compression drivers landscape in that it suddenly makes buying a hi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: MF Compresion drivers by Jorge on 2011-07-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Ultimate MF compression driver? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  45 Replies 
This is something I have been at for the last few years, I have tried a few drivers, at the moment some of my favorite are the vintage RCA MI 1443,  yes filed coil and some funny cone diaphragm,  they are used from 500 hz to 5 khz with a Fostex T...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #94: Goto setup at Capital Audiofest. by Romy the Cat on 2011-07-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Eventually - a reasonable midbass horn from GOTO in Horn-Loaded Speakers  97 Replies 
[quote user="MINGSU"]You can hear a full 4 way GOTO in this event next month.  Come down, stop by, enjoy and judge yourself, in person.  http://www.capitalaudiofest.com/  July 8-10 in Rockville, MD.[/quote] It looks like out friend M...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: How to buy/sell cartridges nowadays… by Romy the Cat on 2008-09-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Buying a last cartridge. in Analog Playback  80 Replies 
[quote user="drdna"]Romy, I believe the cartridges are manufactured form Decca by JS Wright in London. The suspension is less of an issue since the Decca cartridges use a novel transducer.  There is no cantilever.  The stylus connects di...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Soundsmith’s analog ideas. by Romy the Cat on 2009-02-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Soundsmith’s analog ideas. in Analog Playback  11 Replies 
I have no specific personal interest in any new analog adventures as I am pretty comfortable with sound I am getting but for sake of expending the general horizons about what is available out there I would like to point out one might be interesting t...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Active Tonearm Monitoring System. by Romy the Cat on 2009-07-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Active Tonearm Monitoring System. in Analog Playback  2 Replies 
It possible that those systems exist but I never heard about them and even I think it is too late to invent the thing for record playing but I still do like the idea. Pretend a needle reads grooves. Depth and the right-left variation of the gr...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Why EdgarHorns? by drdna on 2005-10-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Crossover Design in Audio Discussions  69 Replies 
I chose the EdgarHorns for fairly simple reasons.  I have listened to them and I loved the way they sound.  They are not the perfect loudspeaker, but they make much truer music than what I have now.  Also, the price I paid is less than...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Stop crying by unicon on 2011-02-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Impossibility of commercial seriousness? in Audio Discussions  5 Replies 
[quote user="Steradian"] Look at the popularity of 5.1 and 7.1 "multichannel" (not DSET) sound nowadays.  Stereo audio is a dying breed.  The public is choosing 6-8 channels of MP3 quality sound.  They can't put together a satisfying 2 channel...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #861: The main question left to be answered about use of multiple PP2000. by Romy the Cat on 2011-04-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
I separated my two of my PP2000 in my rack with 3 feet space and run everything from one PP2000 and both Milq power amps from another PP2000. I also routed the incoming power cords that that are far from each other and far from outcoming power co...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #63: I will continue working on my Macondo. by Romy the Cat on 2010-04-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Romy The Cat's new Listening Room in Audio Discussions  478 Replies 
[quote user="zako"]ROMY  Your analogy of fitting the foot to the shoe is on the right track... Some times you need is a better pair of sox,,,You dont need to change the decorum of the Symphony hall..When you have a shitty orchestra,,,  Sometimes ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #608: Disappointing is not strong enough to express the sentiment. by Romy the Cat on 2010-12-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
[quote user="manisandher"]This is very disappointing to hear. But in a way, it makes little difference to me. I had decided that I would only use the PP2000 from battery power when listening to music (or making vinyl transfers to digital). I'v...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #612: That “education” takes too much of my time already. by Romy the Cat on 2010-12-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
[quote user="AOK_Farmer"]I think what they did was to put filters, maybe just a simple capacitor on the AC side to try and reduce the noise that the units inject back into the ac mains. Perhaps they were getting complaints that the units worsened the...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #41: A revision of playback with reverberation injection or Pilot System 20... by Romy the Cat on 2021-08-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 2+3 surround sound?? in Playback Listening  82 Replies 
I am revising the architecture of my playback in context of benefits of reverberation fields injection. Certainly, Macondo and Melquiades stay as they are. I always had a pilot system that runs in parallel with Macondo driven by a cold SS amp. I u...
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