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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Kharma Speakers as pH-indicator of the worst in Audio. by Romy the Cat on 2006-11-21 
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 
Recently there was probably nothing as low in audio as the BS surrounded Kharma loudspeakers. Each single step Kharma takes is further and further in-depth Kharma into the realm of bogusness. It is not that I find that “Kharma the Manufacturer” or “K...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: SE for alnico, PP for ceramic by el`Ol on 2009-12-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: SS Amplification for Compressions drivers? Sound? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  19 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] It is my long observation that PP amps are very bad for driver with Alnico driver, they usually eat all details. The ceramic drivers however, that are ordinary are horrible for HF, are very nicely work with PP amps…[/quo...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #123: Size of ceramic ball by jam on 2022-12-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Copper Mat on a Micro Seiki Gun Metal Platter in Analog Playback  122 Replies 
Measure the ceramic ball that is in the bearing and order the closest size avaiulable. I believe it was  0.25" but it has been a while since I rebuilt my bearing.Jam...

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 #6: Ceramic + wood for you by Serge on 2011-05-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The new G.I.P speakers. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  36 Replies 
another horn speaker. time aligned! ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: RMAF 2008 observations, opinions 1) ceramic drivers by serenechaos on 2008-10-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: RMAF 2008 observations, opinions 1) ceramic drivers in Audio Discussions  32 Replies 
I don't know where this goes, so I'm just starting it as a new thread; please move (or even edit or delete) as appropriate.  After reading too many wondourus reviews of ceramic driver speakers in general, and only having heard two pair, one...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #17: SS->Ceramic - the only marriage made in heaven? by rowuk on 2014-12-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: SET amplifiers in Audio Discussions  30 Replies 
I have experimented with SS/SET and now DSEP for ceramic magnet horn drivers. I will agree that ceramic drivers with SETs that I have heard being suboptimal, but after a year of DSEP, at least for my use case, I am quite content. I cannot explain it ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: The boom-tssza-tssza sound from ceramics by Romy the Cat on 2008-10-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: RMAF 2008 observations, opinions 1) ceramic drivers in Audio Discussions  32 Replies 
[quote user="serenechaos"]I don't know where this goes, so I'm just starting it as a new thread; please move (or even edit or delete) as appropriate.  After reading too many wondourus reviews of ceramic driver speakers in general, and only havin...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #56: Sockets cosmetics. by Romy the Cat on 2013-05-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Full range Melquiades implementation in Melquiades Amplifier  81 Replies 
Interesting, in my amp the whiteness of the 6C33C sockets never bothered me. I think if it bother you then you might located the socket slightly below the top panel, this way you will not see them so easer. If you use ceramic base then ceramic is pai...

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 #12: I would not use PP for compression drivers. by Romy the Cat on 2009-12-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: SS Amplification for Compressions drivers? Sound? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  19 Replies 
[quote user="el`Ol"] Hello Romy, have you searched for explainations for these observations? Are there others who made the same observations and tried to explain them? Does the damping factor play a role?From my limited experience I can say that ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: The Vitavox S3, S5, S6 by Romy the Cat on 2004-08-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vitavox’s S2 Survival Guide. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  123 Replies 
I would not call them “bad”. They use very different magnets and meant to be used with higher power (with all negative consequences). You see the ceramic magnets are more or less OK for LF application but when a driver goes up and hits upper midrange...

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 #91: Depending on your amplification by Romy the Cat on 2011-03-31 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Adding one more spherical to Macondo. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  92 Replies 
I am not a huge fun of S3 for MF use as the ceramic magnet is less interesting then alnico magnet for HF applications. For the low mid, or as I call it the Fundamental Channels the HF problem that ceramic has do not manifest themselves. My Fundamenta...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #12: Le Cleach, ferrite and neodymium... by Romy the Cat on 2005-12-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Lower cost horn loaded alternative setup? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  18 Replies 
[quote user="CO"] May i ask if you have ever played with the Le Cleach flares and how you find them?They were created to reduce reflections directly back into the horn. Only problem is they are very large because of this.... [/quote] Nope. I never h...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Vintage Altec drivers / horns lingo. by Romy the Cat on 2005-04-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vintage Altec drivers / horns lingo. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  0 Replies 
LOW FREQUENCY DIRECT RADIATOR DRIVERS 411A –18Hz, 93dB, sealed box414A - 99dB, 30Hz, Alnico, cloth416B – Alnico, 97dB, 25Hz, cloth416C – 16” version of above with Ferrite416Z - 12" version417C – 100dB, 69Hz, Alnico, 1.3T, 12”418B – 100dB, 55Hz, Alni...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #12: The Benefits of Persistence by Paul S on 2009-10-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Softer Side of a Hard-Tracing Cartridge in Analog Playback  12 Replies 
Axel:One wonders how much one must pay to get it right from the start...Actually, the "sagging" cantilever is not peculiar to the Jubilee or the Windfeld, but it has been a long-standing problem for Ortofon on a number of their more expensive cartrid...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Kharma Loudspeakers reach further!!! by Romy the Cat on 2005-09-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Kharma Loudspeakers reach further!!! in Audio News  3 Replies 
The Audiogon leader: “Oosterum Loudspeaker Systems”, the Netherlands manufacturer responsible for the Kharma loudspeakers, recently announced that they terminate the long-term relationships with corporation “Toys R Us”. The founded Charles van Ooster...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: DSEP is the plan by rowuk on 2014-05-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Single Ended Pentode to go? in Audio Discussions  4 Replies 
Yes Paul,DSEP is planned. Actually I have already experimented with it only with the 12" Fane neodymium midwoofer that covers 80-1K and using 1 cap for the low pass filter. I really like what it does. I am comparing how it works with ceramic and neod...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: RMAF 2008 observations, opinions 1) ceramic drivers by serenechaos on 2008-10-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: RMAF 2008 observations, opinions 1) ceramic drivers in Audio Discussions  32 Replies 
I don't know where this goes, so I'm just starting it as a new thread; please move (or even edit or delete) as appropriate.  After reading too many wondourus reviews of ceramic driver speakers in general, and only having heard two pair, one...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Earl Geddes on the field-coils.... by Romy the Cat on 2006-01-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vitavox S2 with Electromagnets in Horn-Loaded Speakers  91 Replies 
Very interesting… Earl Geddes just posted his thoughts for the Morons at the AA. I do not know is he was inspired by my post of by the completely foolish nose that the AA’s idiots razed around the Cogent’s Steve and Rich experiments but still – it wa...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: SE for alnico, PP for ceramic by el`Ol on 2009-12-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: SS Amplification for Compressions drivers? Sound? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  19 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] It is my long observation that PP amps are very bad for driver with Alnico driver, they usually eat all details. The ceramic drivers however, that are ordinary are horrible for HF, are very nicely work with PP amps…[/quo...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #93: It is about magnet and SS type. by Romy the Cat on 2011-04-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Adding one more spherical to Macondo. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  92 Replies 
Gordan, I think you are missing the accent of what I meant to say. The Class A or not is not important for compression drivers and the S3 in particularly. I mean it is important and it much be ONLY class A but I do not see any SS amps switching in cl...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #18: DSET is NOT a SET in context of this conversation. by Romy the Cat on 2014-12-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: SET amplifiers in Audio Discussions  30 Replies 
[quote user="rowuk"]I have experimented with SS/SET and now DSEP for ceramic magnet horn drivers. I will agree that ceramic drivers with SETs that I have heard being suboptimal, but after a year of DSEP, at least for my use case, I am quite conten...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Stir-fried Shuguang 2A3C? by JJ Triode on 2009-05-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The DHOFT topology? Do not try it home. in Melquiades Amplifier  3 Replies 
I thought already the Shuguang was a good-sounding and apparently well-made tube, probably quite rugged electrically, but I never would have thought it could survive what you just described, much less sound better!  It is a good thing the base is cer...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #120: Oil and Ball by jam on 2022-12-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Copper Mat on a Micro Seiki Gun Metal Platter in Analog Playback  122 Replies 
I would use a trurbine oil like Zoom Spout and get the bearings from Boca Bearingshttps://www.amazon.com/Original-All-Purpose-Turbine-Telescoping-Spout-GuruShop/dp/B09MDJPKV5 https://www.bocabearings.com/products/bearing-and-ball-types/balls/ceramic-...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #123: Size of ceramic ball by jam on 2022-12-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Copper Mat on a Micro Seiki Gun Metal Platter in Analog Playback  122 Replies 
Measure the ceramic ball that is in the bearing and order the closest size avaiulable. I believe it was  0.25" but it has been a while since I rebuilt my bearing.Jam...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #66: .....understandable. by Romy the Cat on 2013-12-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Living Voice Loudspeaker in Horn-Loaded Speakers  80 Replies 
Well, that all is understandable. S5 has ceramic magnet and driving it with SS amp and listening indifferent trivial pop music you shall appreciate it more....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Another 2005 CES standout product... by AOK_Farmer on 2005-01-29 
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Has anyone tried the MSB 'Platinum series' Dac's? I heard the most grain free digital I can recall coming from a MSB Platinum III Dac at the CES show. It was directly feeding MSB amps and on some prototype MSB speakers with 5" ceramic mid and di...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: A good candidate to try defeating the SETs? by Romy the Cat on 2007-07-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Compression drivers and the “clean signal”. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  14 Replies 
Terry, I did found that PP amps were good to drive BAD compression drivers (with ceramic magnets). The irony was that the better amps to drive the ceramic magnet were not just the PP amps but the solid state PP amps. Do not ask me why – I do not kno...
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