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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: The elusive “absolute tone”. by Romy the Cat on 2005-07-28 
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It is very uncommon, practically never happens but still very rarely it is possible to talk about sound or playback systems from a prospective of “absolute tone”. Yes, the audio people love to take about tone of their audio but in 99.999% those audio...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #36: Some thoughts about my New Macondo's Absolute Tone by Romy the Cat on 2006-08-26 
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After the painstaking setting up of the new Macondo, measuring all distance, paralleling the horns and time-aligning everything, after the setting up a correct level of the new channel’s attenuation (it turned out -2dB was necessary) I spent some tim...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: The maximum “human” tonal amplitude by Romy the Cat on 2007-10-31 
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The absolute tone is a relative term in term of tonality but not in term of absoluteness. If the word “absolute tone” does not make you to feel comfortable then I would suggest using a meaning of “tonal potential of playback”. Still, “absolute tone...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: The elusive “absolute tone”. by Romy the Cat on 2005-07-28 
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It is very uncommon, practically never happens but still very rarely it is possible to talk about sound or playback systems from a prospective of “absolute tone”. Yes, the audio people love to take about tone of their audio but in 99.999% those audio...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Re: Elusive “absolute tone”. by morricab on 2005-08-03 
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Hi Romy,I have found that the Apogee loudspeakers ribbon drivers can quite successfully reproduce correct tone.  The reason why is this:  They have very little coloration from the driver materials themselves (no nasty resonances as the reso...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: More about the “absolute tone”. by Romy the Cat on 2005-08-03 
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[quote user="morricab"] I have found that the Apogee loudspeakers ribbon drivers can quite successfully reproduce correct tone.  The reason why is this:  They have very little coloration from the driver materials themselves (no nasty resona...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Re: More about the “absolute tone”. by morricab on 2005-08-30 
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Don't confuse between live music and recorded music.  I never speak of "correct tone" with regard to live music or real instruments.  A Strad sounds like a strad and a POS violin sounds like a POS violin.  Both tones are "corrrect" for...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #36: Some thoughts about my New Macondo's Absolute Tone by Romy the Cat on 2006-08-26 
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After the painstaking setting up of the new Macondo, measuring all distance, paralleling the horns and time-aligning everything, after the setting up a correct level of the new channel’s attenuation (it turned out -2dB was necessary) I spent some tim...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: BMS, DB-design and the reference points of “absolute tone”. by Romy the Cat on 2006-09-17 
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Well, since this thread is about the BMS drivers then what can I say? When I tried the BMS driver I felt that their “absolute tone” ability was at the level of demands of school auditoriums.  Read more about “absolute tone” at: http://www.goods...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Re: BMS, DB-design and the reference points of “absolute tone”. by stuck.wilson on 2006-09-18 
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speaking what you really think is often percieved as arrogance.. so i wouldn't worry about that, and i wouldn't take offense at somebody who's worked on their system extensively (even with similar drivers) speaking their mind.  kinda the point o...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #12: That absolute tone of orchestra: Golovanov. by Romy the Cat on 2006-10-16 
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I admit tat I ma kind of a freak of nature in my pursuit to the abstract absolute tone of orchestra.  Attending life performances I practically never hear “tone” that satisfies me. In the Mecca of my tonal satisfaction there was 3 years ago a vi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: The Absolute Tone Impotency and New Jersey Symphony by Romy the Cat on 2007-04-04 
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[quote user="Stringreen"] The New Jersey Symphony purchased a number of high priced instruments - Strads, Guanaris, etc. in what they called "The Golden Collection".  They paid way too much money for the collection, but thought that the better s...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: Absolute Tone and dynamics vs. amplification power. by Romy the Cat on 2007-04-04 
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[quote user="Stringreen"] My opionion is that there is no absolute tone - just as there isn't an absolute sound. [/quote]I disagree. I do not know how about the absolute sound – it would be a difficult subject but “Absolute Tone” is not only ease be ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #38: Cessaro's and the absolute tone by coops on 2007-05-27 
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Romy Hi, I have heard TAD drivers in several systems, and they  have all quite different, depending obviously on configuration and implementation , everyone is different and have different 'ears' .If a pair of Gamma's finds their way to the US I...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #38: "Absolute tone" - I was missing that Sound by Romy the Cat on 2007-07-28 
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My playback was in “distraction mode” for a few weeks. The electricity is horrible nowadays, summer… The arrival of APS made me to reposition all components disconnect everything and the failure of the APS so far to do what I want it to do did not en...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: Absolute tone by morricab on 2007-10-31 
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"The same with the “absolute tone”.  The “absolute tone” is a RELATIVE term (ironic???) that describes a capacity of reproduction projected to the expectations of a listener and the tonal quality of the recorder music."I think you have been bitt...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #13: "The whole notion is so romantic..." by Romy the Cat on 2007-02-28 
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Yes, Paul, I got your points and I find them valid. It is hard to explain what I’m interested in. When I try to convey those ideas then to people are under faulty presumption that I looking for some custom coloration, like SPU or Tannoys form 50...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: The Absolute Tone Impotency and New Jersey Symphony by Romy the Cat on 2007-04-04 
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[quote user="Stringreen"] The New Jersey Symphony purchased a number of high priced instruments - Strads, Guanaris, etc. in what they called "The Golden Collection".  They paid way too much money for the collection, but thought that the better s...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #14: Disagree to agree by Romy the Cat on 2007-11-02 
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I think your problem with acceptance of “absolute tone” derives from your visualization audio tone is an imitation of musical tone. It is correct t form one side and it is a strategic mistake from another side. Let me to state it again and it is very...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: Absolute tone by morricab on 2007-10-31 
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"The same with the “absolute tone”.  The “absolute tone” is a RELATIVE term (ironic???) that describes a capacity of reproduction projected to the expectations of a listener and the tonal quality of the recorder music."I think you have been bitt...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #13: Agree to disagree by morricab on 2007-11-02 
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I like debating with you Romy but I simply don't agree with your position on this.  I am sure in practice we are not very far apart but in terms of thinking about the issue of reproduction and tone our way of thinking about it differs.You keep u...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: ... everything upside down. by Romy the Cat on 2005-08-30 
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[quote user="morricab"] I guess I view absolute tone a bit differently than what you describe.  I think that each real instrument or person (as in singer) has its own "absolute" tone….[/quote] Actually when I was taking about “absolute tone” I ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #19: About vowelness and bubbleness of Sound by Romy the Cat on 2007-03-01 
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Well, since I made my Absolute Tone pitch I think people got a slightly wrong impression about I am looking for in THIS jornes and I think the readers of my site “get” the idea of “Absolute Tone” too one-dimensional. Let me to peal one layer down fro...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #12: The maximum tonal fruitfulness by Romy the Cat on 2007-11-01 
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[quote user="morricab"] Fine, just don't call anything from playback Absolute.  The only absolute is live unamplified music, it must be so as it is the original event. [/quote]Actually I do like the term Absolute and exactly in this context. The...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #15: No problem by morricab on 2007-11-02 
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I have a problem with how you are using the english language, Romy.  You are using an absolute word (like absolute) to mean something you have invented and it is a relative thing.  This for me won't do.  I understand more or less what ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: Absolute Tone and dynamics vs. amplification power. by Romy the Cat on 2007-04-04 
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[quote user="Stringreen"] My opionion is that there is no absolute tone - just as there isn't an absolute sound. [/quote]I disagree. I do not know how about the absolute sound – it would be a difficult subject but “Absolute Tone” is not only ease be ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: More about the “absolute tone”. by Romy the Cat on 2005-08-03 
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[quote user="morricab"] I have found that the Apogee loudspeakers ribbon drivers can quite successfully reproduce correct tone.  The reason why is this:  They have very little coloration from the driver materials themselves (no nasty resona...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #37: The Cessaro Gamma's tone. by Romy the Cat on 2007-05-26 
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Very nice, Keith, thanks. The most interesting would be to access the “Absolute Tone” capacity of the Gamma. Frankly I feel that with TADs it should not be very too advanced as they are at BMS/TOA domain, only with a little TAD syntactic twist. Even ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: It is about timbres, stupid. by Romy the Cat on 2009-02-23 
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Last 2-3 weeks I’ve been corresponding with a new reader of my site who sent me a few weeks back an email with a question: “Romy, I read your comments about TTH and about “absolute tone”. Are you basically taking about timbres?” That question made ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: Did somebody mention my name?!?! by morricab on 2007-11-08 
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Hi Romy,I see now you are throwing around the term "absolute tone" in a relative manner again :) .  Why would you want to neutralize absolute tone and with a metal tweeter no less!! You are talking about a tweeter "absolute tone" offsetting a po...
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