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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: The usual, overlong post/reverse paristalasis response. by Bud on 2005-07-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Ultimate HF output transformer? in Melquiades Amplifier  7 Replies 
Romy, Air core is ok, but. 1. Self inductance in an unmitigated field clumps. You can easily see this by unwinding a hockey puck style air core inductor and measuring the inductance with each turn removed. Never will you have the smooth loss of indu...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #16: There is a thing about the TAD drivers…. by Romy the Cat on 2008-01-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Midrange driver suggestions in Horn-Loaded Speakers  34 Replies 
I do not have lot of experience with TAD cone drivers but there is a thing bout then that always afraid. A few years ago I was at demonstration of Model-1, the TAD’s $50,000 flagman model and it had very strange feeling – the speakers sounded surpri...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #15: Physiological limits by decoud on 2013-08-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Yamamura's 6 ways in Horn-Loaded Speakers  16 Replies 
Zero phase filtering would not require a reference: the signal is just run through the filter in forward and reverse. But there is another filter to consider here, a physiological filter - presbyacusis - that means Yamamura's hearing threshold above ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #18: Content loaded audio... by Romy the Cat on 2005-01-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Speakers: a hi-fi disaster. in Audio Discussions  22 Replies 
[quote user="guy sergeant"] Again I get the impression that attempting to link 'serious music' as a pre-requisite to 'serious playback' is over intellectualising matters. … The equipment, of course, doesn't know what kind of noise it is being asked t...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #178: Over/under two weeks on the Yamaha by RonyWeissman on 2009-07-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s MiniMe or about Pilot Acoustic Systems in Audio Discussions  213 Replies 
Hi Romy,  I had a background system for a while using either Kef 103.2 or tannoy gold 15¨ and McIntosh MC2205.  I don't know anything about the other McIntosh gear but this particular amp had a reputation amongst french vintage nuts. My old Threshold...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #14: The hybrids and electricity? by Romy the Cat on 2008-06-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: My feelings about new exciting audio products in Audio Discussions  25 Replies 
Rony, There are two possibilities as I can see them. First is that your new hybrid amp just simply better then you former amp. Between us in case of Threshold, Jeff Rowland or McIntoshes it would not be so hard to come by to a better am, not to me...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: No one knows anything by Romy the Cat on 2009-02-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Avicenna's failure is the great Avicenna success! in Audio Discussions  8 Replies 
I received an email from a visitor who is involved into the electricity fight and he pointed out that my hypothesis might or might not be accurate only in context of eliminated large distortions. According to him the very high levels of harmonic dist...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #37: Tweeter too low, mid too hot... by Gregm on 2007-05-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: RAAL “Water Drop” tweeter for Macondo. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  77 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]I had today a conversation with RAAL’s Alex and he pinched to me a very interesting idea. He feels that I attenuate the outpit of my “Water Drop” too much. I have no doubts that I attenuate it as much as necessary and Alex ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: This applies to manufacturers also by drdna on 2006-11-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: We don’t necessarily know “Why”, nor do we need to…. in Playback Listening  8 Replies 
When I think back to some of the products made over the years I realize that neither we nor the manufacturers really know what makes something sound good.  Some of the early pieces made by (and I hope Roman forgives me here) Pass, Van den Hul, C...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Pronunciation by Paul S on 2012-11-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A different type of upper MF compression driver. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  7 Replies 
I have not heard the Heils with all possible amps, but to my ears they are equally unequivocal with Tone and Dynamics, once their (rather low) "threshold" is reached.  At least with respect to dynamics, this seems like the opposite of what one would ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #33: Duelund caps: sanity check. by Romy the Cat on 2009-03-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The K&K SE hybrid phono stage: a report in Analog Playback  54 Replies 
[quote user="drdna"] Actually, I believe they can be tailor made to your exact specifications, which at that price they should be.[/quote] It is not a thread about cup but I still…. This is always an interesting question to me – where is the thres...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: Digitalization is natural by drdna on 2009-04-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Analog vs. Digital... without BS. in Didital Things  23 Replies 
[quote user="Amir"]dividing structure to it's elements and working on elements then constructing new structure from new elements.[/quote]First of all, I agree!I would add this however.For any natural continuous process like sound, when we perceive it...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #25: Current phono stage by drdna on 2008-12-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: About EAR 834P Modifications in Analog Playback  45 Replies 
This is always good advice, to get to know the character of the phono stage. Because my favorite cartridges are not low voltage (I use Decca London Jubilee and Reference) I have never had a need for the ET SU-1 step up unit. In fact, I had this in my...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #35: Evolution or revolution? Tradition or... by twogoodears on 2008-11-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: ... again on GOTO Unit drivers... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  108 Replies 
Hi Keith and congratulations for your new babies... I'm truly jealous of your room size.Me too, as I previously wrote, assembled a VERY similar rig, vastly inferior to you welded supports, any, using the same approach: S-150, S-3000 and S-400, respec...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #91: Driver integration by drdna on 2009-02-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Aporia - Silbatone Acoustics speaker in Horn-Loaded Speakers  107 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"][quote user="drdna"] Try a simple experiment. Connect only one driver at a time. Listen only to the ribbon tweeters. Now listen only to the woofers. Etc. Can you distinguish different heights for the image? [/quote] Of caus...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #31: The best bass solution. by Romy the Cat on 2011-09-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Constructing LF modules to the limits in Audio Discussions  54 Replies 
[quote user="Jorge"] I have never found the law of diminishing returns to apply to audio!  Going crazy always sounds better… [/quote] Jorge, we need to have a perspective about those things.  With exception of oxric’s episode, who still is not...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #354: My doubts by skushino on 2012-06-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Romy The Cat's new Listening Room in Audio Discussions  478 Replies 
I can empathize with your fascination on how a piano might influence the quality of playback in your home.  A grand or large upright like a Steinway K52 has a resonating sound board 6 feet long or more.  A Steinway Model D concert grand sound board i...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #18: DC coupling and line stabilization by Romy the Cat on 2012-09-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Staxquiades project in Melquiades Amplifier  19 Replies 
Yes, in case of tube DC coupling line stabilization is desirable but it would serve only practical aspect of locking the operation point of output tube. The way HOW the line was stabilized very much might affect negatively the way how the whole ampli...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #19: Meaningful music? by Antonio J. on 2005-01-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Speakers: a hi-fi disaster. in Audio Discussions  22 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]I very much insist on the fact that I do not retrieve my position on this mater. The relationship between a ‘content loaded music’ and capacity of a 'serious playback' is the only mater that counts and this is the threshold...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #13: Hybrid Amps by RonyWeissman on 2008-06-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: My feelings about new exciting audio products in Audio Discussions  25 Replies 
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...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #98: Perfect or good by Amir on 2016-07-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: High Quality Music Server / CD player in Didital Things  169 Replies 
it seems even Thorsten do not believe computer source could be perfect and he just guide us to reach max from computer." The computer is a great music server but also a source of jitter ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: DeCompressor - Puncher Processor for WaveLab by Romy the Cat on 2009-10-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: DeCompressor - Puncher Processor for WaveLab in Didital Things  1 Replies 
I have been using WaveLab for a while but never used with default available of aftermarket available set of plug-ins. I did of because tried them and played with them and found that they were not usable for my purpose. I was looking at the SPL...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #19: Mediocre to badly-sounding digital media by eduardo on 2009-04-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Analog vs. Digital... without BS. in Didital Things  23 Replies 
In fact, digital recording allows the industry to  process easily every musical material (a very powerful exchange-tool). Unfortunately, digital recordings  are also highly corruptible  in the musical-expresive potential  as you point...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: The question of loudness by Andy Simpson on 2008-10-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Closer to the musicians - closer to the music? in Playback Listening  7 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] 3)    With after-performance synthetic reverb the feedback between results, expressivity and the means to accomplish that expressivity does not incused the musicians awareness. Pretend an amplifier where op...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #42: Right amount of wrong notes? by Andy Simpson on 2009-04-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Attention Sound Engineers (compression and loudness) in Playback Listening  47 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Andy, my mind does not operate by the categories you employ, I rather think about nature of Sound not about harmonic/non-harmonic distortions. The whole subject about the distortion is intricate, not to mention that it is n...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: Living with a musician by drdna on 2013-06-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How would you handle it? in Playback Listening  24 Replies 
My wife is a musician. She plays the trumpet in a small symphony orchestra,in a traditional brass band, and numerous small gigs around town. She has a lovely CD out and drove the first "tone-deaf" engineer insane while making it. Ultimately she was u...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: DIY by scooter on 2010-02-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: To move audio equipment in another home. in Audio Discussions  16 Replies 
Good points. Romy, you can throw as much money at this problem as you like but you need to face the reality that some of your gear is going to get trashed in a move. If I were you, would make a quick list of the stuff that needs to be moved, noting t...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #21: All my Berning amps by drdna on 2007-09-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Devid Berning amplifiers: the anti-trnsformers frenzy? in Audio Discussions  45 Replies 
[quote user="Merlin"]Are your observations regarding the ZH270 relating to comparisons with other push pull designs or SET's?[/quote] Well, both push-pull and SET and also some transistor designs as well, as I used to be quite a fan of Nelson Pass an...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: The most appalling audio types: the Friendship Bound by Romy the Cat on 2007-12-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The most appalling audio types. in Audio Discussions  10 Replies 
This subject I complex and talking about it we should not take out of aim that fact that we are talking explicitly about audio applications. If so then let admit that friendship with various audio people severally cloud our views and rational of our ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: Further comments about the Lamm ML3 (part II) by Romy the Cat on 2007-01-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Lamm Industries: a special interview with a special company in Audio News  97 Replies 
Ok, let dive a little bit further into my examination of the subject of Lamm ML3 What is important is to undusted that my view  less targets the Lamm ML3 but rather it targets the ML3 as a representative of entire class of amplifiers. When I to...
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