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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: I got pissed last night: objectable and objectionable by Romy the Cat on 2010-07-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to read Romy the Cat’s posts in Site Support Forum  4 Replies 
I got semantically pissed last night. It turn out that I for years used one popular in my vocabulary phrase that have absolutely NOT the connotation that I intended. You might read all over my site my comments about the “objectionable demands...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: I got pissed last night: objectable and objectionable by Romy the Cat on 2010-07-06 
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I got semantically pissed last night. It turn out that I for years used one popular in my vocabulary phrase that have absolutely NOT the connotation that I intended. You might read all over my site my comments about the “objectionable demands...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: More explanation by noviygera on 2018-08-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Thoughts on midbass horn approach in Horn-Loaded Speakers  2 Replies 
Romy, thank you for your thoughts. First off, my further thought on the system and specifically the implementation of the high freq section: Yes, the time alignment would be a challenge but possible. This is the main compromise, in my view but the le...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Impossibility of commercial seriousness? by Romy the Cat on 2011-02-12 
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I recently dealt with two manufactures that produce music . I noted that both of them stated with good result but nowadays, years in operation, they produce despicable crap. This correlates with a famous amplifier manufacturer, very much not stup...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Munich High End 2010 by manisandher on 2010-05-16 
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Thanks for all the suggestions. As it happens, there were no exhibitors at the Flemings Hotel this year. But I did pop into the Stax stall before listening to anything else.In general, I was pretty disappointed with what I heard. Most of the ‘convent...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: A new European production of 12AX7? by Romy the Cat on 2007-11-10 
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I have heard that here and there an advertising of new 12AX7 production.http://www.musicdirect.com/product/73403I wonder if it is the truly new production of some kind of new manufacturer (like Emission Labs or similar) or juts rebranded and repainte...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Rhapsody for Tape Recorder and Orchestra by Romy the Cat on 2008-01-04 
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It use to be a time when audio professionals did not just BS themselves and the gullible consumers of their services but actually were trying to do some objectionable things. Here is an interesting article from 1957.  Although I do not find the ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Bad orchestras shell not be trying to play well. by Romy the Cat on 2008-11-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Bad orchestras shell not be trying to play well. in Musical Discussions  2 Replies 
I am not hiding my snobbish inclinations and I know that it is a ridicules view but it truly does not work with me when a generally poorly sounding orchestra, instrumentalist or a vocalist are trying to play something distinctively well. I poor sound...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #377: Charging noise by PurePower on 2009-07-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
Hi AdrianI'm sorry if my post seemed to be directed at your acoustic noise issue. It was meant to reply to 2 other postings that simply asked if the battery only turned on in a blackout and whether there was a difference in the audio system performan...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #48: Lamm ML3 as a sad idea, at least for my needs. by Romy the Cat on 2007-12-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Lamm Industries: a special interview with a special company in Audio News  97 Replies 
[quote user="jessie.dazzle"] I don't have a problem with what Lamm has done in offering the ML3 (ignoring the price)... If I have a problem it is more related to how the product is being represented. Representations aside, depending on how it sounds,...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #44: The Lamm ML4 and the 7-points by Romy the Cat on 2007-10-26 
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Yesterday I got two emails asking me about Lamm ML3. I replied as I usually do, saying that I that I do not practice in satisfaction in audio-consumer curiosity.  Still, it made me to think again about a hypothetic amp around GM-70.I am not a fa...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #63: That’s the biggest problem in the whole MiniMe project by Romy the Cat on 2008-10-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s MiniMe or about Pilot Acoustic Systems in Audio Discussions  213 Replies 
[quote user="Lbjefferies7"] … I am going to revise my "Mini" speakers for a second system (different location) and I have not decided how serious they should be. [/quote] From one point I would like it to be better, not because it need to be but beca...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: What is the alternative? by montepilot on 2009-06-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Audiophile Re-issues: What's Lost and What's Gained? in Analog Playback  11 Replies 
While there is much complaint about contemporary reissues  of classical music on vinyl, what is the alternative if you don't currently own original pressings?  While visiting a friend here in Boston he went through 3 different DG pressings of Listz P...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #51: DRC Montrachet, etc by de charlus on 2013-08-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Wine, women, song.. and audio in Playback Listening  71 Replies 
Ah yes, how could I have forgotten Montrachet DRC? Also totally spectacular stuff, right up there with Lafon, Leflaive and Lucien Le Moine. Actually, when requiring an excellent white Burgundy and not feeling like spending $700 per bottle, and having...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #41: The Contemporary Horns. by Romy the Cat on 2008-11-10 
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Actually, for me it works differently. I do not read a lot about horns and try do NOT learning anything about horns. I very much do not take seriously also most of the things that people talk about horns on internet. People run mouth on any subject ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #378: Cause for concern? by drdna on 2009-07-13 
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[quote user="PurePower"]I'm sorry if my post seemed to be directed at your acoustic noise issue. It was meant to reply to 2 other postings that simply asked if the battery only turned on in a blackout and whether there was a difference in the audio s...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: The Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates Sound? by Romy the Cat on 2007-08-24 
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That is I always was interested - why we never hear about Audio from the richest Arab countries? I was looking recently at the log of my site and saw a number of recent visitors from there. It would be interesting to hear about audio environment in t...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: What for? by Romy the Cat on 2008-11-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Horn loaded ribbons and other Vasyachkin’s tangents.... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  33 Replies 
I had a number of discussions about ribbons loading into horns and I generally do not welcome this idea. There are a few reasons why it never work properly and one of the most convincing is that in order to develop enough output from a ribbon you nee...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #899: Doing the bourbaki by steverino on 2011-11-05 
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Romy says "The people who have interest to monitor this thread do feel that it has the flowing sequence:1)    Expressing frustration about sound of electricity2)    Looking for a solution3)    Discovering PurePower regenerator4)    Experimenting a...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: IC-based "second" phonostages? Perhaps, who knows…. by Romy the Cat on 2006-05-31 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: I need a “second-type” phonostage. in Analog Playback  38 Replies 
Yes, I know, Antonio, thanks. There are a lot of IC-based phonostages out there. I have no technical reasons to say that they should be bad but unfortunately they sound kind of “identically bad”. You see no one make them to sound in a “tailored”, def...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: A legend about the Berkeley DAC being a baby Pacific? by Romy the Cat on 2008-02-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Reference Recordings “digital master” and Berkeley's new DAC in Didital Things  13 Replies 
[quote user="Telstar"]. Considering their pedigree alone, it's worth a listening.[/quote] Telstar, yes, you might be right. I do not know those peoples personally but I have opened my Pacific to serve the cooling fan and have seen HOW the unit was m...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Taking the mystery out of cartridge loading by skushino on 2005-02-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Taking the mystery out of cartridge loading in Analog Playback  6 Replies 
Here is a snippet from an email from Jonathan Carr (Lyra cartridge designer) about objectives and considerations regarding cartridge loading.  Most of this is old news, I only re-post it here as a convenient synopsis on this most misunderstood t...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #41: “Play it again, Sam” by Romy the Cat on 2007-07-09 
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[quote user="Jim Smith"]I've been following this line (mostly the big one) with great interest since it was first mentioned.It's definitely the most interesting high-efficiency horn line available, as far as I can see.  I've been asked to look a...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: What you do when you catch the ball. by Romy the Cat on 2009-03-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: What you do when you catch the ball. in Audio For Dummies ™  0 Replies 
I pitch for many times an idea that most of audio people never experienced any truly great level of high-end audio reproduction that might be a reference for their hi-fi objectives. Experiences from audio installations and live sound are different an...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Give to the subject the break! by Romy the Cat on 2006-12-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vitavox S2 driver made in china in Horn-Loaded Speakers  36 Replies 
[quote user="angeloitacare"]s2 drivers on ebay, forget it, there are none available, and if, they will not go for less than a&nbsp;2 - 3&nbsp;thousend dollars.<BR>my interest wake up with your propaganda on these drivers. i also do not ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #94: Czech tubes by drdna on 2009-01-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps in Melquiades Amplifier  397 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Is something brewing in the former Czechoslovakia? The whole country is the size of a half of New Jersey but they have 3 manufactures that do “objectionable” tube today. Is it the same rebranded group of people behind of al...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #92: The JJ Electronic amp. by Romy the Cat on 2008-12-30 
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This is the idea that I like. It looks like it is a Slovakian company and this amps is two stage with a reasonable driver and it looks like they make their own 2A3. http://www.jj-electronic.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2&...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: The objectives of the exercise. by Romy the Cat on 2008-04-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The loudspeakers for a powerful SET in Audio Discussions  48 Replies 
[quote user="miab"] I'm curious as to why the preference to paper cones as opposed to carbon/poly/kevlar/ceramic/.... With weight and stiffness advantages of other materials, would advancing technology not be well implemented towards drivers?  [...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #15: A few clarifications by Gregm on 2008-04-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The loudspeakers for a powerful SET in Audio Discussions  48 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]...it is difficult to design an objectionably performing powerful full-range SET without considering speaker, particularly the moment of LF section damping. It is not always the case the MF, HF and LF would require the same...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #68: Neodymium vs. Cobalt as far as TAD concern. by Romy the Cat on 2007-07-31 
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Well, let start with factual data: http://www.mceproducts.com/knowledge-base/article/article-dtl.asp?id=32 How relevant it is for us, the audio people? Probably very little, and the most important it does not answer why TAD use cobalt in their twee...
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