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For many years I have habitually "rocked" tubes gently in their sockets (when the equipment is off!) in order to "better establish the electrical connection". I suppose I have done this hundreds of times with no problems, apart from three fairly rec...
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Ok, I did play today with the MiniMe. I have to tell that then it turn black I kind got soften with it does not look to me as large and violent as I initially thought. I made some measurement and some listening. I peaty much know what I want to be an...
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The problems with Smart Grids
by B. Blake Levitt and Chellis Glendinning
How is it that so many intelligent, inside-the-beltway environmentalists are buying into an eco-health-safety-finance debacle with the potential to increase...
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"]
"...Jessie, I pulled posts from Macondo Axioms thread and encapsulated them onto a new thread dedicated explicitly to your project. I hope you do not mind..."No problem... I was actually starting to feel a bit apprehensi...
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[quote user="jessie.dazzle"] I have not heard any other systems using Vitavox S2 drivers, but I know it is possible to get the S2 to generate on-axis unpleasentries. In the case of the system I am building, one can happily sit straight in the firing ...
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Hi Romy - Do some research on the insulation and water problems of roofs in extreme situations (e.g. Northern Maine, Canada). We can have these same problems in Massachusetts in January and February. I had to deal with these painful issues at a qua...
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There seems to be a lack of useful feedback on the actual sound quality of these oddball, relatively rare TAD mids. So I think it would be helpful to share some basic observations I gather after listening to them for a couple of days. I install these...
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[quote user="noviygera"]There seems to be a lack of useful feedback on the actual sound quality of these oddball, relatively rare TAD mids. So I think it would be helpful to share some basic observations I gather after listening to them for a couple ...
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Romy,It's ok, I was just being a smart-ass about Fremer. Yes I understand that VTA is the angle that the needle hits the record and that the elevation of the tonearm base is how it is adjusted.Here is a picture of my turntable and arm:https://docs.g...
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To be honest, I think that ANY stereo system gets in the way of the music - regardless of the amount of channels.Let us jump back to the monaural records/radio years. At that time, we had one choice and were very satisfied in being able to play back ...
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Sorry, I should have said by now that my (15" Audax PR380M) bass units are FLAT to 38 Hz, and then they roll off naturally at 24 dB below that, meaning if I have 38 Hz @ 100 dB, then ~30 Hz is still >88 dB, and obviously 20 Hz is still p...
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Romy wrote:"...The Foam Factory do not offer as good prices as I initial thought and the quote price for individual 72” sheet. Thiers prices are similar to anybody else..."That's surprising... Maybe they've become expensive. Circa 2002 they were by f...
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You might try the Foam Factory; they are easy to deal with, inexpensive, have online ordering, quick turn around and can ship anywhere.They are NOT a typical audiophile-oriented acoustic room treatment supplier. Nevertheless, they are equipped to cut...
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Many of the expensive power cleaners and regenerators claim that they do not limit current. None the less, many of these devices do seem to go into a swoon as current demands increase. We all remember the days when these devices were widely con...
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"Architectual" (man-made) joists have some decided advantages over natural lumber, including excellent unit-to-unit consistency. Most residential "TJI" joists (as opposed to beams) are made straight and installed without an initial "crown" (manu...
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Hello:I would like to ask this forum for advise.I picked up a very simple and cheap RTA and decided to use it to listen to my speakers. It is 1/3 octave RTA, so I know Romy will say it is useless. It may not be very useful, but I start with nothing s...
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Romy wrote:"...I would like to have a micro heat sink on the pins to let them to be cool down..."Had I thought of it before installing the sockets, it would be fairly simple to do, however, these pin receptacles already have more mass than those of t...
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"]So, what the concussion is. It is known that PP2000, as any switching devise, inject a lot of noise into power line from where it sources power. Apparently the PP2000 own filtration can’t handle the noise from the second PP...
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HI,Music is meant to create a feeling. Who is to say your feeling is better than my feeling. It;s all about sensitivity to feeling and the creation of emotion. If a sound (or a set of sounds) can create that emotion & feeling in you, then your go...
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Hi Romy ,well I appreciate the reply anyway! I have been reading your many threads and yes some on the Lowther designs but as you know your writings are a large large volume also and I havent made my way thru them all yet. As far as my room I could b...
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Hi,Have peope heard any of the new generation hybrid amps out there? I have often such miserable power to my home that about half the time it was useless to listen to my SET tube system. I always had a back-up solid-state amp to use when I could...
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"the Magico Reference" Samuel, how can i be subtle about this.. have you searched the sight for Romy's thought sabout the Magico or Marten designs? Link Have you read Romy's Audio Rules or the Knowlege Tree to know what the discussions here are about...
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It is kind of strange – there is absolutely nothing to write at my site. I use playback dally, have a lot of new and old interesting music but I tend to write about it at other sites. From audio perspectives I have absolutely nothing what is doing on...
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Very good point - I will direct Martin's attention to this. Visually, it looks like he did an excellent job on the 340 Hz horns, and the 160Hz horns will be rolled off at 1k anyway but nonetheless, will see what he reckons. Actually, no need - I just...
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Sorry, I meant turn on the heater in position 3 in the start up
sequence and turn of the heater after reached position 3 in the turn
off sequence!...
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Something that has long puzzled me is that circuit designers seem ever determined to wring the last ounce of gain from every tube in a given circuit, or they will "starve" them, and the circuit in turn is designed as if it were simply a mathematical ...
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Yes, I do think that the caps in here are the key but there is a twist in it. The “formatting “or burning- in of capacious is a polarization of dialectic, with time the dialectic got charged and “sounds” better. Also the dialectic is mechanically str...
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[quote user="Paul S"]Amir, I agree with you wholeheartedly, on a philosophical level, and this in turn underpins my overview of life, art, etc.But, in practical terms, the fractioning off of any "event" is certain, once we try to "reconstruct" that e...
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I put the Model 2 today in the system and configured my typical operation mode. I got another pleasant surprise. It looks like the Model One and Two has different DC offset pattern. Both use digital offset and both are not defeatable. Here is where L...
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I agree with your observations, and my own misgivings swirl around exactly the points you raise. In addition, I have tried battery phono stage and all it had to offer was quieter "background", everything else was worse, despite the wild and exo...
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