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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Big room vs small room by rowuk on 2012-07-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Big room vs small room in Audio Discussions  9 Replies 
I have been lurking here for a while and am fascinated at the discussions of TONE. I play trumpet professionally in Germany and have many opportunities to experience big rooms and big pipe organs as well as symphony halls with various degrees of acou...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #119: How many stages I need for 110dB sensitivity, small room and above 320... by Romy the Cat on 2009-01-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps in Melquiades Amplifier  397 Replies 
Thanks, floobydust. There are a lot of interesting points in you post to consider. What speaker you drive with your 2A3? If they are relatively high sensitively (like compression drivers) then did you consider going with a single stage? I think I ha...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Small room vs. bedroom. by Romy the Cat on 2014-03-24 
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Well, there are two aspects of this question: The listening room of around 4 sq meters and listening room in bedroom. I do think that they are different categories. A small size listening rooms from my point of view are not a problem and I do think t...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #112: A small dedicated room - the build history. by Romy the Cat on 2009-09-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Midbass Horns and Real Estate. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  247 Replies 
A UK guy with name “mrwippy” built a dedicated room for small mini-monitors. I am not a big fun of dedicated rooms but the construction ceremony looks interesting, even I would like do NOT go over it myself… http://w142.photobucket.com/p...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: An Interview With Dr. Bruce Edgar by Romy the Cat on 2007-07-10 
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The Other End of the Single End: Modern Horns Done With Flare An Interview With Dr. Bruce Edgarby Dave Glackin, printed in POSITIVE FEEDBACK. 1996 Dave Glackin interviewed Dr. Bruce Edgar in his home, prior to the 1996 WCES. A follow-up on the speak...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: GOTO at CAF 2010 and will also be there again in CAF 2011 by MINGSU on 2011-02-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: New show in US, some new horns... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  2 Replies 
That was the 4 way system designed by John Sheerin using GOTO drivers on my request.  The tweeter is GOTO 160 with S3000 horn xover at 5kHz.  The high mid is GOTO SG370DX with S600 horn xover at 1kHz-5kHz.  The low mid is GOTO 505TT with S150 hor...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #14: Study room 3 way or headphones by scooter on 2014-03-25 
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I used a set of 2-way near-field monitors and a decent sealed commercial subwoofer in a study room that was quite enjoyable. Mostly listened to FM. That room was not much more than 3m x 3m with lots of alcoves, slanted ceilings and a thick nylon rug....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: The not-so-big listening room by jessie.dazzle on 2007-08-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The not-so-big listening room in Audio Discussions  6 Replies 
[quote user="Paul S"] The new room is smaller than the old one; in fact it's the smallest room I've used with the DEBZs, and I wondered if this might help the ML2s, if not overall sound quality.  I measure the new room at 20' 6" X 17' 2" X 8' = ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: Continue to work with the room by Romy the Cat on 2010-04-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Romy The Cat's new Listening Room in Audio Discussions  478 Replies 
The more I play with me room the more I fell in love with it.  As I mentioned before there are so many truly perfect features in the room that I very frequently note that if I build the listening room from scratch according to my own design then very...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Small room vs. bedroom. by Romy the Cat on 2014-03-24 
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Well, there are two aspects of this question: The listening room of around 4 sq meters and listening room in bedroom. I do think that they are different categories. A small size listening rooms from my point of view are not a problem and I do think t...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: CES: Edgarhorns-almost there by Romy the Cat on 2005-01-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The CES 2005 in Audio Discussions  16 Replies 
Bruce Edgar room was probably the only rooms at the entire show where form my prospective it was possible to begin to talk about "pure audio", so I will. Bruce picked and smartly holds at "The Show" a wondefull room, the small room, but fr...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Hmmm... the sad truth about BMS.. by stuck.wilson on 2006-09-16 
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agh..well.. i can see that you'd never be over for a beer and listen session, romy!  not that i wouldn't invite a curmudgeon such as yourself.. but my own system might not make the cut!i just finished off a little 2 way bms/altec system (and i d...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #30: Speculation crumbles... by Joe Roberts on 2010-05-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Munich High End 2010 in Horn-Loaded Speakers  39 Replies 
[quote]Is not about the cost of plywood bit the placement cost if the speakers have this type wings. Sure, for monophonic films in 40s and multitude listeners in this it was not a problems but for contemporary stereophonic sound it make the s...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: About the size of the room by Romy the Cat on 2011-02-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A Moscow setup with Horns/Lowther in Horn-Loaded Speakers  33 Replies 
[quote user="oxric"]Whilst as Romy points out, the room might well be on the small side, it has a very high ceiling (say 4.5 m) that in my mind always presents fabulous opportunities. [/quote] I have a second opinion about the size of the room. My in...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #17: Do not need to be isolationist. by xandcg on 2016-02-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A listening room for a domesticated Cat? in Audio Discussions  283 Replies 
I fail to see why a dedicated audio room *should* be isolationist. If there are enough space (or good planning) the room can be made as a separated structure but at same time as a continuation of the whole house, allowing people to be there without d...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #23: EdgarHorns and phase by drdna on 2005-12-09 
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Looking again at the EdgarHorns, the placement in the room seems nearly optimal and they are now properly time aligned.  Looking at the phase of the individual drivers and listening to each of them individually revealed that the tweeter was wire...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #13: This is my expereince also with DPOLS by drdna on 2005-11-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Be careful: Imaging vs. Compression in Playback Listening  23 Replies 
Maybe I don't know what DPOLS is, as suggested by others in this forum.  All I know is that I can spend a lot of time fiddling with the exact location of the speakers, the sepcific 3 dimensional alignment of the two sets of drivers, and there is...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #14: Romy. by CO on 2007-10-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Building a new music room in Playback Listening  20 Replies 
May i ask how far you are from the front of the upper bass horn (on axis) You also mention being in a 'small' room ?Rgs, Collin...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #174: Differently but the same. by Romy the Cat on 2010-08-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Romy The Cat's new Listening Room in Audio Discussions  478 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Ok, I think it is a good time to deal with room acoustics. All infrastructure problems are set. The Midbass horns are underway; the electricity will be investigated but as now is addressed by PP2000. Macondo and Milqs a...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #207: One step forward and two steps back. by Romy the Cat on 2013-02-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s MiniMe or about Pilot Acoustic Systems in Audio Discussions  213 Replies 
Interning as I again feel a need to use a pilot system with my playback. Not that I “need to” but I rather fine it very comfortable as playing digital strip from multiple locations I have music running for many hours. I have not too high demand for q...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #27: RE: Wilson 'sound effect' by Axel on 2009-08-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: About Wilson Audio Loudspeakers in Audio Discussions  53 Replies 
el`Ol,it is quite fascinating how well you depicted (listening to WP 8!) what I heard, listening to some 5.xI.E. "some characteristic shining or radiance probably induced by the breakup of carbon-doped paper cones in combination with the anorganic-pa...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Dynamics is not just differences in acoustic output by rowuk on 2014-06-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The dynamic range of our playback in Playback Listening  20 Replies 
As I originally posted, audiophiles would like a convenient term for something that relates to moving air. Unfortunately it is not that easy.The noise floor for events with substantial acoustic output is much higher than other types of music. Even 10...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #14: The operators are standing by... by Romy the Cat on 2005-11-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Be careful: Imaging vs. Compression in Playback Listening  23 Replies 
[quote user="drdna"]Maybe I don't know what DPOLS is, as suggested by others in this forum.  All I know is that I can spend a lot of time fiddling with the exact location of the speakers, the sepcific 3 dimensional alignment of the two sets of d...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Problems with horns: upper bass by Romy the Cat on 2005-03-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Problems with horns: upper bass in Horn-Loaded Speakers  109 Replies 
This there is the last in the “THE PROBLEMS WITH HORNS” cycle. The previous threads might be found at: Problems with horns: tweeters.Problems with horns: mid-range horns.Problems with horns: mid-range drivers. This would be probably the most contro...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Enthusiastic No by Romy the Cat on 2014-08-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Question on speakers in Melquiades Amplifier  2 Replies 
seavan, I would not recommend to get Milq to use with 88dB sensitive speakers. In fact it might be dangers for the speakers tweeters. You will not have any interesting sound even is you in a very small room and will be listening at very low volume. I...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #186: Why did you choose such nearfield position? by zanon on 2010-02-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Midbass Horns and Real Estate. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  247 Replies 
Romy:I did not know you sat less than 6 feet from Maconda.Can I ask why you chose this position? Was it required by your room (it is small room, Macondo is big system) or was there some auditory effect you were searching for and found 5.8 ft away?...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #22: Mangerhorn by Joe Roberts on 2010-05-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Munich High End 2010 in Horn-Loaded Speakers  39 Replies 
Moreart, somebody sent me this link last year. You are surely the DIY pioneer of back loaded Manger.As you probably know this is a touchy speaker to work with. Rated at 91 dB/W input by the factory, we measure ~91 up to near 92 dB/1W/1m in our two mo...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Large rooms, small rooms.... by Romy the Cat on 2007-08-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The not-so-big listening room in Audio Discussions  6 Replies 
I think that problems you experienced in large room were NOT due to this excessive size but because they were poorly organized, partially the top of the room. Most of the large rooms are. The larger rooms (the responsibly large) have some very power...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #16: Big room AEZ by ArmAlex on 2011-06-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: About speakers Imbedded Macro-Positioning. in Playback Listening  15 Replies 
Romy wroteMost of the mid and small size rooms (very large room is a separate subject) have two types of the room modes....Dear Romy, You mentioned big rooms are different as my room is very big(46x33 ft.) how can I find AEZ?Best regards,Armen...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #348: A super audio room. by Romy the Cat on 2012-06-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Romy The Cat's new Listening Room in Audio Discussions  478 Replies 
Here is the room that I really like. It looks like a bit too small room for big music but still the “room treatment” and the room’s natural cavities are very very very good. The image is by Zagreb-based Ring Audio Company. http://www.ring-audio.com/r...
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