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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Siblings by anthony on 2019-01-31 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Josh: My visit to Romy the Cat's Macondo in Audio For Dummies ™  28 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] martinshorn wrote: I expected your disappointed resonance already. What you write completes the impression of the evening. I didn't go that far not to blow up the mini article unnecessarily. But be honest, you knew it al...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Re: a full-function opposite thing? by Romy the Cat on 2006-07-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Where are the full-function preamps? in Analog Playback  2 Replies 
Well, there are many full-function preamps. It is a common tendency nowadays to make an add-in board with phonocorrector to a line-function preamps. Recently even the full blown tube preamps use the j-fet phono-boards. Interesting that I would like...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Scalford: another view from a perpetrator by amdismal on 2013-03-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: For one day only in Horn-Loaded Speakers  12 Replies 
And as one of the other perpetrators...The nature of this kind of thing is compromise.  The owner of the bass horn system wanted to run them together, for the enlarged horn mouth, and so we did - there was never going to be enough time to play about ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: The level of seriousness... by Romy the Cat on 2007-08-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Edgarhorn RTA response. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  7 Replies 
Well, the morons, particulary the Audio Groupies (read more here), at AA were mildly bitching about this thread, nothing new. Unfortunately the thread is a perfect depicturing of the typical level of results and the most important - the level of...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #67: Dot, dot, dot... maybe's more honest... by twogoodears on 2009-08-31 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: ... again on GOTO Unit drivers... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  108 Replies 
I agree the "period" closing needs more words, Roman.The P.A. horns/drivers were mounted in stadiums, convention centers, maxonic halls, cinemas, theaters, everywhere was needed a broad music or speech dispersion, trouble free operation and high S.P....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #59: Druid's & Frankenstein by montepilot on 2009-11-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A quest for a better monitor. in Audio Discussions  97 Replies 
I have the Zu Druid's which Romy has referred to. I purchased the speaker's based on the presumption that their high sensitivity and impedance would be perfect to run SET amps.  After having read the great success Arthur Salvatore had running the Fra...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: "Greatness" and modern composers... by Axel on 2009-08-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Aimez-vous Bartók? in Musical Discussions  6 Replies 
Firstly, no form of criticism was implied, why at all? Bartók just seems to give you some form of 'empty notion' perhaps, as does Brahms with me. I discussed this subject earlier today with my audio friend who would share your take on Bartók but does...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Higher caliber? by Merlin on 2007-09-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Devid Berning amplifiers: the anti-trnsformers frenzy? in Audio Discussions  45 Replies 
Do share the words of wisdom from the audio god you talked to this morning. In what way is David idiotic? I would be delighted to be enlightened by this higher being. With regards to all other SET's I have used, I have myself been unable to acc...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #910: "HF attenuation" ? by Biggy on 2011-12-01 
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"] 6) Ok, the first half elephant in the room – the dynamics. Believe me or not but PP3000 is more dynamic then PP2000. It was very sensible from the very first note that I heard from the PP3000.  I do not know what to say ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #16: Dima's time alignment machine. by Romy the Cat on 2006-09-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Evaluation of tractrix curves based on visual surface reflec... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  17 Replies 
The Dima’s idea of delaying the modulated signal still not in the auditable format. As I understand he designed the circuit and we get all parts we need but it moves forwards slow. The devise will have modulator, delay mechanism, demodulator and outp...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #50: Dac output stage. by KOTriode on 2011-10-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A different breed of 6C33C amplifier. in Melquiades Amplifier  84 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]From what you describe I can conclude that your DAC is not good. You said you use DIY wireless DAC with tube output. I do not know what wireless mean in this context, but it is not important. I also know do not like any tub...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #18: Ringin! by Jorge on 2012-04-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A right midbass solution for Altec 515G. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  21 Replies 
Hello Macman,Nice horns, I like that you finished everything properly!  I am getting tired of seeing piles of horns.I think the ringing you are getting from your midbass horn is that the throat reactance is not balanced.  How did you calculate the ba...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #21: More hf by unicon on 2009-11-18 
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 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]our perception has kind of reversed logarithmic scale for tone resolution, so what.those definitions not bind to our perception[/quote]The definitions about theorical sound never bind or help our ears to hear soundWe humans...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Transparent horns by Romy the Cat on 2019-02-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Transparent horns in Horn-Loaded Speakers  5 Replies 
A few years ago a Russian guy, Murat form Moscow, popped at this forum with his ideas to build multichannel horn installation, that in his words would be the “best in the world”.   http://www.goodsoundclub.com/Forums/ShowPost.aspx?PageIndex=1&...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #17: Very interesting. by Romy the Cat on 2019-04-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Valve Preamplifier for Macondo/DSET in Melquiades Amplifier  74 Replies 
Ok, thanks for explaining. I few things I would like to note.   If your preamp, being incorporated between you front-end and you power amps degrades sound in any way or does not make sound better then it is not a good preamp. Period, there is n...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: PlayClassics TRT v2.0 master file giveaway for GSC members by Mario Martinez on 2016-08-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: PlayClassics TRT v2.0 master file giveaway for GSC members in Audio Discussions  12 Replies 
We will be happy to share our music with all GSC members who would be willing to try the Truthful Recording Technology (calibration v2.0) sound on their systems. All we want in exchange is to get as much feedback as possible. It would be great ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #32: Building Melquiades Ending... by Romy the Cat on 2006-07-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Building Melquiades: Chronicle of full-range in Melquiades Amplifier  44 Replies 
Best amplifier is the one that you just built…Yes, it is a common unfortunate law of Audio but the people who know me personally know that try do not behave according to this behavioral pattern. So, this weekend I decided to do try the new Melquiades...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #19: I wish I were be able to understand more 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 
[quote user="Telstar"] What's really different, besides AC and capacitors is the DSP. Meitner IDAT algorithm makes a difference for sure. Also, I dont know if it uses any digital and analog filters, the lack of may improve sound transparency. [/quote...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Just my groundless speculations.... by Romy the Cat on 2007-10-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: K-Stereo Ambience Recovery Processor in Didital Things  29 Replies 
[quote user="drdna"]I used this method in my car and my house, but the destruction of the sound with DSP let me to abandon all these efforts and to focus on simply reproducing the original Sound.  [/quote] Yep, the very same observations are he...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #13: How much harsh can you take? by tuga on 2010-06-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Digi Redux; Drive 1 transport and iDAT-44+ DAC in Didital Things  26 Replies 
[quote user="Paul S"] I'm not sure exactly what I expected from swapping the digital cable at this point, but what I got was not it.Before I bought the Belkin Synopsis cable I just swapped out, I had sought out and purchased an Acoustic Revive cab...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: The aesthetic ... by Romy the Cat on 2019-02-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Transparent horns in Horn-Loaded Speakers  5 Replies 
Yep, it looks like the transparent horn is not Murat invention but AER invention and Mural just adopted it.  It does not change anything. I feel that idea is very interesting and I reals would like to see somebody to some ambition installation usi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #28: Back is part of the front (the back part) by Joe Roberts on 2009-01-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Aporia - Silbatone Acoustics speaker in Horn-Loaded Speakers  107 Replies 
Interesting concept but let me point out a few considerations.The diffusor does performs a mild "equalization" function if you want to call it that but it is also an aid to dispersion. It is light "EQ"...3dB might be about right. Without any diffusor...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #16: The zombienisation of audio vocabulary. by Romy the Cat on 2005-09-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The “theories” about the audio industry…. in Audio Discussions  27 Replies 
[quote user="cv"] There was some anniversary issue of TAS recently where the editor praised Pearson for his contributions to audio criticism, citing his creation of a standard vocabulary as a highlight.WHAT?! What better way to emaciate a...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: it is rather my negative prejudges... by Romy the Cat on 2007-03-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Another light for the LS tunnel: transformer-attenuators? in Audio Discussions  26 Replies 
Yes, you are right it is rather my negative prejudges and I should not proud about it. It perfectly possible that Bend is a fine performer…. Still, it is a transformer and no mater what you do is a band-pass filter. It is still inductance at the bott...

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 #15: Re: 10 Footer : Time Algnment by jessie.dazzle on 2006-09-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Evaluation of tractrix curves based on visual surface reflec... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  17 Replies 
It is looking like I will be constructing the 45Hz horn before some of the others. In considering time-alignment I went back through some of our posts and found this : Quote from Romy : "...There is another option. Last year, or even before, when...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #145: Anything add something to the total load of the processor. by xandcg on 2017-04-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: High Quality Music Server / CD player in Didital Things  169 Replies 
Amir,Anything running in a computer add something to the total load of the computer. The flac decompression is negligible, unless you are using something über low powered - better read quite old. It should not add much more than 1% load to just one o...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: I do not know where it leads me… by Romy the Cat on 2005-03-31 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: HELP: I’m a line-level looser. in Audio Discussions  22 Replies 
I have no “apparent aversion” to anything at this point and I would accept absolutely anything that would deliver a result, no mater how crazy it would be. I do not talk even about the X-factors or about anything “kinky” but only about a plane transp...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #43: It is the way how I see it… by Romy the Cat on 2007-09-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 6 Channel Version of Super Melquiades in Melquiades Amplifier  131 Replies 
[quote user="Paul S"] If you have the Mercury SR2-9013 35mm master Dorati/LSO Nutcracker, that might be a treat [/quote] Hate that performance.  Dorati did not play Tchaikovsky appropriately. Each and single Dorati’s Tchaikovsky piece sound to ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Live performance cannot be a reference -- but natural sounds? Which ru... by Gregm on 2006-06-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: High End Audio and musical content. in Playback Listening  8 Replies 
But I wouldn't rule out playing rock on a system that offer fidelity to the music in classical repertory. However, back to the reproduction "system".The expression Romy used of "musical content" is interesting. I use the expression musical ...
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