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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Audio Asylum is the “Audio Idiocracy”… by Romy the Cat on 2007-05-31 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: What is wrong with the AA board people in Audio Discussions  6 Replies 
That is very funny.  Last few days I made some appearance at AA’s High Sensitively Forum. The circus has gone but the clowns still there…. What the remarkable dumbness infected with an extraordinary accumulation of the audio-Morons of all calib...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: The Valin stuff is old news by now by clarkjohnsen on 2007-08-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Jonathan Valin shell be an Alcatraz reviewer. in Audio News  4 Replies 
It's been all over Audio Asylum.clark...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: 7788, stu by hagtech on 2006-02-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 7788 tube mic pre design in Analog Playback  38 Replies 
My Stu never got a reply by the asylum inmates.  Maybe nobody there ever heard of a 7788.  No help.jh...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Re: Myth: High-efficiency Low-power by JLH on 2005-12-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Myth: High-efficiency Low-power in Horn-Loaded Speakers  12 Replies 
Scott,     Do not pay any attention to the moron advice given on the Audio Asylum. The issue is not with the quantity of the power you have, it is with the quality of power you have. Genn makes some very good points. Most circuits...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: The Drill by Paul S on 2013-01-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Commercial finished horn speakers in Horn-Loaded Speakers  5 Replies 
Welcome, Harold. Just guessing, but it sounds like you have not read very much of the site, as of your post. I recommend you try "reading up" (there's a lot to read here), then try a more focused question, one that includes more "background", anyway....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: 7788 by hagtech on 2006-02-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 7788 tube mic pre design in Analog Playback  38 Replies 
Sounds like a great tube.  Stu just found a bunch in his stash and asked about them on asylum - totally unrelated to this post.  Gold pins, superb construction, etc.  So it must be something special.  Could be great for your mic p...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: A few more by Gregm on 2006-11-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Who builds horns? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  84 Replies 
There's B D at http://www.bd-design.nl/Also a chap who claimed to have molds for 150 & 200 tractrix and [url=http://db.audioasylum.com/cgi/t.mpl?f=hug&m=105942]posted[/url] to that effect at the Asylum.There's also a Belgian called Phil ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Lamm L1 vs. L2 preamp by Ethannnn on 2005-06-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Lamm L1 vs. L2 preamp in Audio Discussions  5 Replies 
Hi Romy, I've read several of your posts on audio asylum where you indicate the L2 is far to superior to the L1. More recently on this site you wrote, "the X-factor of L1 (the ancestor of L2, that BTW was way better preamp from many perspec...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #42: Nah ,I don't think by Wojtek on 2008-01-04 
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that Romy exist at all. Nobody really saw him nor heard his system. Information is scarce and coming almost exlusively from The Cat himself. Personaly, I suspect that "Romy" is a collaborative effort of sadomasicist who run Audio Asylum .It is some s...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Guy de Marchand with the Luxman knobs.. [Re: A perfect active crossove... by Ronnie on 2006-08-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Monitors: Wishful thinking in Audio Discussions  8 Replies 
Yes. For prototyping.I found out that Luxman built an 8-tube unit exactly like it.I borrowed a picture from the net: www.webbtjanst.se/temp/2003.jpeHowever I think it might be interesting to build one, with decent pots, 6dB filters and 6 buffers afte...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Special tonight at cafe Srajan: Chernobyl fall-out 4 nippled trout by malinowski on 2007-08-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Srajan Ebaen and Juicy-Cooking Audio. in Audio News  8 Replies 
I couldn't figure out where to put this but this thread came to mind. ( a post which i loved by the way)tube phase plug from Decware. http://www.decware.com/newsite/images/dfr6%20006.jpg I actually used to appreciate this guy.. partly because he didn...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Re: 103 by IslandPink on 2005-07-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Church of Denon 103C in Analog Playback  8 Replies 
Morning Mr. Natural Brian - be careful - you never know who's watching  ... "Why, wasn't stock *H*I*F*I* enough for him? "You're getting the wrong idea about this . Anyway , it's not ruby , more sapphire, but I agree they're similar . ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Mike by Antonio J. on 2008-06-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Tenor amplifier and the writing waves. in Audio Discussions  6 Replies 
I think this Mike is the same guy that is/was an Audio Asylum member that years ago had the Tenor amps driving some of those terrible sounding Kharma speakers, then traded them for some Magico or whatever and now seems to have the Alexandrias... I be...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: RL filters and AA by KLegind on 2010-01-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Saying goodbye to the digital crossover. in Didital Things  8 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Good link, Kris. What is missing in the link is the RL filters. The RC Low-pass filters are fine as the capacitors are not in the band-pass mode.  It is arguable what would be better – a subtractive shunting cap or a few mi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Since "sucking" has come up... by TheOptimist on 2012-12-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Holly Proscenium idiocy! in Analog Playback  23 Replies 
I've been reading these comments for years now, and it's getting pretty tired. So I think it's about time someone spoke up.I've done some work with Mr. Walker, I know the guy, and most importantly, I've ACTUALLY HEARD HIS TURNTABLE. It is a sonic wor...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: More questions than answers! by guy sergeant on 2010-03-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: New speaker system in Horn-Loaded Speakers  6 Replies 
Here are a few answers1.   a, 84 Hz      b, 4.8 inches square      c, Hyperbolic exponential, T 0.8 1/2 Pi      d, none so far on upper bass horn. S2 and 2405 have series capacitors feeding them.      e, Eminence Kappa 12.  4.  Both tweeter and S2 ca...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: the root of sonic barbarism and what to do about it? by stuck.wilson on 2006-09-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Ways to use audio methods. in Playback Listening  10 Replies 
i certainly know a lot of 'audiophiles' with a vast array of gear-- some good, some bad -- but i think there are a variety of reasons people are so confused about what constitutes good sound.one of the most heinous-  outside public opinion- ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: The best audio system: my secrets are partially out. by Romy the Cat on 2007-07-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The best audio system: my secrets are partially out. in Playback Listening  1 Replies 
If you thoughtfully read my site then here and there (particularly in the articles about Lamm ML2) you read my “absurd” comments that the best performing system is the system that do best Sound while the power amplifiers not even plugged in the p...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Western Electric reproduces 0Hz + some literature… by Romy the Cat on 2006-07-24 
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Being a Russian by birth and inheriting all typical for Russian masochism I sometime visit the High Efficiency Speakers Asylum, laughing me sick tail off. Between the fresks in there patting each other and the mercantile cretins who pose themselv...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: Re: 7788 by Romy the Cat on 2006-02-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 7788 tube mic pre design in Analog Playback  38 Replies 
[quote user="hagtech"]   Stu just found a bunch in his stash and asked about them on asylum - totally unrelated to this post. [/quote] Did your Stu ever learn that anything that deserves any real attraction or interest and exposed to the ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: 23Hz mono horn project. by Romy the Cat on 2010-08-11 
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I just was pointed out to an interesting article at 6 moons describing people built 23Hz horn. http://www.6moons.com/audioreviews/hornographic2/1.html I did not read it yet careful and look forward to read it with interest, to ana...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: Trying to eliminate audio chitchat on my site. by Romy the Cat on 2006-02-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 7788 tube mic pre design in Analog Playback  38 Replies 
[quote user="hagtech"]My Stu never got a reply by the asylum inmates.  Maybe nobody there ever heard of a 7788.  No help.[/quote]7788, gain/noise/bias vise, as a penthod, is pretty much idle first stage for not-extra-stages low input preamp...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #48: Performance? by Stitch on 2010-02-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Schroder Tonearms in Analog Playback  61 Replies 
Just a few lines to the "Performance" of this piece of wood on strings for 7k $I listened to the Schroeder Reference + SQ and some custom made ones which were normally not available (Schroeder model blahblah with Valhalla cable etc.)(of course you ca...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: Corrections and comments by Romy the Cat on 2010-01-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Audio Note new turntable and inflation in Analog Playback  14 Replies 
John, a few corrections for start First of all the gullible and moronic are not interchangeable words and I never use one instead of other. Second Audio Note Ginga does not look like traditional Micro. It has oil suspension and God knows what ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Re: DIY against Real Sound and Real Audio by stuck.wilson on 2006-09-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Hmmm... the sad truth about BMS.. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  6 Replies 
fair enough-  you're absolutely right, i didn't!it's difficult to get that perspective on sonics without legitimate guideposts-- even with a lifetime of playing and recording music, it's difficult to know what the parameters of recorded sound ar...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Edgar Seismic advise. by Romy the Cat on 2005-07-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Sub-woofer integration with mains in Audio Discussions  3 Replies 
[quote user="skushino"] Being new to subs, isn't there an obvious danger of over loading this little room with too much bass energy? [/quote]Where did you get this bogus notion? What does it mean: “loading this little room with too much bass energy”....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Computer Audio - like everything else - Keep it ultra thin optimized t... by wlowes on 2012-11-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Computer Audio - like everything else - Keep it ultra thin o... in Didital Things  2 Replies 
My journey with computer audio offers me reason to be optimistic. I think it is like everything else in the audio chain. Everything counts. Keep it as simple as possible. The power for every consumer is important. Keep the number of parts and transfo...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Some more comments. by Romy the Cat on 2010-03-18 
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[quote user="guy sergeant"] 7. 4.8" x 4.8"[/quote] Hm, and you used 12” driver with 4.8" x 4.8" thought?  With you look for 6”-8” driver and Fs drivers. I know it would be very hard to find them with near 100dB sensitivity… [quote user="guy...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Who makes horns? Architectural options. by Romy the Cat on 2008-02-29 
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There was yesterday somebody at the Audio Asylum sewers, asked about possibility of building a multi-way horn installation but he did not want to cut own horns. I posted a reply that the AA dirt of course was vandalized. I intended it to and replay p...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Yes and no, John by Romy the Cat on 2005-10-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Russian mythology and Horn loudspeakers in Horn-Loaded Speakers  9 Replies 
[quote user="JLH"] Other than being completely ridiculous in appearance, this guy didn’t even bother to time align any of the drivers. [/quote] This exactly what is the most fun in that system! Sometime people do not do the time alignment because it...
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