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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #23: Re: Speakers that share the same kind of drivers do not necessarily so... by Mike on 2006-11-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Michael Fremer Continuums… in Audio News  54 Replies 
Hi Angelo,Thanks for the kind words about our website.Hmmmm... it is really difficult to make the sound of the Avalon speakers have no depth or imaging (I presume you are referring to the Opus or Eidolon? Their small Symbol speakers do indeed sound a...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #26: Commercial speakers, next ! by samuel33 on 2007-10-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Good commercial speakers in Audio Discussions  36 Replies 
Hi everyone,First, thank you for all your advices. The university take many most of my time, so listen to speaker had been difficult.So......I come back with many things too tell, i have made some listening sessions to find a good speaker to work wit...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: Why no diamond tweeter - any technology in hands of barbarian…. by Romy the Cat on 2007-11-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The best speaker in the world, is yet again available in Audio News  9 Replies 
[quote user="morricab"] It is a good question that I also asked when I saw this speaker.  Afterall, everything being equal using the same materials for the drivers is more optimal from a coloration standpoint.  My guess is cost.  They ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #28: Commercial speakers next 2 by samuel33 on 2007-10-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Good commercial speakers in Audio Discussions  36 Replies 
Hello Paul,I'm going to check if I can easely find a way to listen to the Alon lotus SE and the harbeth....I have heard the parsifal ovation with bass unit, -for me- they have no dynamics, very difficult to manage and at lower volume they are a shame...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Good commercial speakers by samuel33 on 2007-09-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Good commercial speakers in Audio Discussions  36 Replies 
Hello everyone,@Romy the cat : I have read you with interest...i'm kind of new in this *audiophile* world, I can't stop laughing when I read your comments about the audiophile mafia, you are so right.Between mike Lavigne with his dartzeel dartzeel da...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Maybe some clues... by samuel33 on 2007-09-05 
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[quote user="drdna"]Well, You really need to figure out what you want out of your speakers.  There are some questions I would ask myself if I were in your position:1.   You can eliminate a lot of speakers based on their size, sinc...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: other speakers using ceramic drivers by morricab on 2006-12-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Kharma Speakers as pH-indicator of the worst in Audio. in Audio Discussions  8 Replies 
I have had similar impressions to other speakers using these drivers.  For example I found the top of the line Avalon Eidolon diamond to be similarly colorless and lifeless.  Also a pair of Vaic speakers (designed by the guy from Lumenwhite...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #38: Xovers by Jorge on 2011-12-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Crossover Design in Audio Discussions  69 Replies 
Well a DEQX will cost you less than a set of good caps!  you can buy one and play around with it for a couple of months and see for yourself,  you will have fun anyway and thats what tis all about!  You will need and extra preamp and 3 different amps...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #22: Re: Sorry you had trouble logging in to the Blog by angeloitacare-idiot on 2006-11-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Michael Fremer Continuums… in Audio News  54 Replies 
hi mike congratulations for your site, it is very nice, specially the showreports, the pics are great. i heard in july a avalon speaker in italy, with these ceramic drivers, they sound horrible. no dept and image at all. so i really dont understant ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Why no diamond tweeter? by morricab on 2007-11-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The best speaker in the world, is yet again available in Audio News  9 Replies 
It is a good question that I also asked when I saw this speaker.  Afterall, everything being equal using the same materials for the drivers is more optimal from a coloration standpoint.  My guess is cost.  They already had splurged for...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: Sounds without music by Gregm on 2006-12-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Kharma Speakers as pH-indicator of the worst in Audio. in Audio Discussions  8 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] KHARMA AS THE SYMBOL OF THE INDUSTRY SONIC ASTRAY is very good illustration and I had already see the birth of the Industry high-end of the future.[/quote]I agree. An excellent illustration in fact: it looks good ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: … Fine and dandy at the Audio Fronts.... by Romy the Cat on 2006-12-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Kharma Speakers as pH-indicator of the worst in Audio. in Audio Discussions  8 Replies 
[quote user="Gregm"]  Roman notes: The industry/trend/fashion goes towards "the more aggressive compliance with those sonic sliceing-choping…". Yes, BUT I don't see this as a design trend. Manufactueres don't target that sound -- but rather a...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #25: People, I warn you: grow up! by Romy the Cat on 2006-11-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Michael Fremer Continuums… in Audio News  54 Replies 
[quote user="angeloitacare"] hi mikecongratulations for your site, it is very nice, specially the showreports, the pics are great. i heard in july a avalon speaker in italy, with these ceramic drivers, they sound horrible. no dept and image at all....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #111: Danny's Horny day with Cessaro by Romy the Cat on 2008-04-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The most promising “best” commercial speaker in Horn-Loaded Speakers  231 Replies 
I have no idea who he is but I thought that this might be interesting in context of this thread. It is a Hong Kong guy who replaces his looks like Avalon Eidolon with some kind of 3-way Cessaro. It looks as he uses 833 amp. I do not know a lot about ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #44: Listening the New Super Milq: the first impressions. by Romy the Cat on 2007-09-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 6 Channel Version of Super Melquiades in Melquiades Amplifier  131 Replies 
Last nigh I spend a couple hours to listening this thing. Since the amp is done in design phase and the final parts are still in order I can not finish it and close up – it kind of frustrating… Still, it gives opportunities to listen it knowing that ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: The jump-start of loudspeaker economy by Romy the Cat on 2008-03-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The jump-start of loudspeaker economy in Audio News  17 Replies 
I predict a highly probability that a new wave is coming in high-end audio loudspeakers. The today’s high-end audio the loudspeakers field is in a complex stagnation, the stagnation that will lead to the need to invent a new ways to sell loudspeakers...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #30: Diminishing returns? by Jorge 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 
The other day I was listening to a friend´s system with nice Avalon speakers, only one 10" seemed to be enough, of course it seemed we were playing house when listening to music, everything was small and very nice and pretty...Now when matc...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Never before or after. by Romy the Cat on 2017-12-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The remarkable moments in Audio. in Audio Discussions  16 Replies 
It was somewhere in 1998-99 I believe. A local dealer, Dan Chadwick called me and told that if I swing by he will show me something that I never imagine. The dealer has a spectacular listening room, I mean beyond believe spectacular, with no money...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Tapped Horn and frame surface. by Romy the Cat on 2015-08-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Another time aligned 5-way horn project in Horn-Loaded Speakers  189 Replies 
Murat,   I am not qualified to talk credibly about Tapped Horns. I know that they get a lot of traction now around audio people but I am, without listening a good example of it, am not so warm to the Tapped Horn idea. The comments of yours that y...
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