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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #186: The Kiss of Death List by Stitch on 2019-04-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Ultimate Turntable in Analog Playback  220 Replies 
Well, the Ultimate Turntable. I had the chance to listen to some personally. Most have one in common:Overrated and hyped from deaf "reviewers"And .... price tag has no direct comparison to sonic excellence ... or a lot of technical features which are...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Antenna diversity system system for FM? Why not? by Romy the Cat on 2009-06-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Antenna diversity system system for FM? Why not? in Off Air Audio  1 Replies 
I wonder why no one uses antenna diversity systems for High-end FM reception. The diversity systems are very popular in better car audio installations. All police cars use antenna diversity; many PA wireless microphones use antenna diversity, the...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #327: About my old system vs. the new system, as now. by Romy the Cat on 2011-08-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Romy The Cat's new Listening Room in Audio Discussions  478 Replies 
[quote user="Jorge"] I listened to Romys old system,  I am sure the new one sound better….[/quote] With everyone who comes to my place we discuss that subject: how audio installation in my new listening room sound different from the playback I had in...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: Such a PA system could be a nice second system by tokyo john on 2011-09-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Professional sound systems in Audio Discussions  22 Replies 
Your description of Meyer is right - I probably heard the very best Meyer installation in the world (based on that interview I pasted on my original post).Being a lazy person (or with four small kids maybe I should just say I just don't have time), a...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Are You On the Road to Audio Hell? by Romy the Cat on 2005-01-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Are You On the Road to Audio Hell? in Playback Listening  2 Replies 
Here is an article by Leonard Norwitz that I think some of you might find motivating. I do not know Mr. Norwitz but it sounds like dinked too mach Qvortrup’s coca-cola. Anyhow, although I do not agree with some (sometimes many) of the Mr. Norwitz’s c...

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 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: An Interview With Dr. Bruce Edgar in Horn-Loaded Speakers  0 Replies 
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 #123: RI system by N-set on 2025-04-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 2+3 surround sound?? in Playback Listening  124 Replies 
Thanks Anthony! What immersive system have you been using? Do your immersive channels process the actual music? I'm going the Yamaha DSP path where according to Romy RI speaker quality doesn't matter much as they produce only auxilary "barking" sound...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: Training the System; Training the Listener by Paul S on 2009-04-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Analog vs. Digital... without BS. in Didital Things  23 Replies 
Amir, I agree with you wholeheartedly, on a philosophical level, and this in turn underpins my overview of life, art, etc.But, in practical terms, the fractioning off of any "event" is certain, once we try to "reconstruct" that event.Basically, any a...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #33: Audio Desk System Vinyl Cleaner: Analogue rip-off of 2011? by oxric on 2011-12-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Sensible record cleaning: vinyl piranhas and record Vaseline in Analog Playback  56 Replies 
[quote user="mem916"]I think there must be something to the theory that there is debris down in the grooves that the VPI and other similar machines cannot get out, based on the difference I hear after cleaning with the new machine.  I admit that I ha...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #32: Purchase Decision vs. System Development by Paul S on 2012-11-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Foolishness of Analog People in Analog Playback  56 Replies 
It's a pisser, all right, but a high-demands, OCD hi-fi nut might "realistically" spend years trying to get the most from a "serious" TT/arm/cartridge rig.  IMO, most people are probably better off with something "easy to use", if that is not an ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: The best audio system: my secrets are partially out. by Romy the Cat on 2007-07-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The best audio system: my secrets are partially out. in Playback Listening  1 Replies 
If you thoughtfully read my site then here and there (particularly in the articles about Lamm ML2) you read my “absurd” comments that the best performing system is the system that do best Sound while the power amplifiers not even plugged in the p...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: To relate space with acoustic system topology.... by Romy the Cat on 2007-10-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Building a new music room in Playback Listening  20 Replies 
Collin,I do not know why you guys dive so fast into self-Moronism rebattling – it was absolutely not my thoughts. The escaping from family is one of the “permitted” reasons to built dedicated listening room. What you do: planning ahead is perfectly n...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: So the playback system is an extension of 'You'? by Serge on 2010-10-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: About Omnivorenes of Playback in Playback Listening  2 Replies 
Interesting subject. I don't believe that there are amps (or systems)  which are good at reproducing baroque and bad at reproducing Stockhausen. For starters, how would the amp know that it is Purcell I am sedning him via electric current? If it does...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: No system on this planet will sound exactly like live by bernie_f on 2011-09-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Creative listening in Playback Listening  7 Replies 
It will give an interpretation of the things you throw at it, the rest is done by our brains. Your brain (and your current mood = current emotional status of your brain) will take you to real music. It works like this:Ths s whr tr hgh nd bgns, Th sys...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: FM Acoustics: The most important component of a quality Audio system by Romy the Cat on 2015-12-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: FM Acoustics: The most important component of a quality Audi... in Playback Listening  4 Replies 
FM Acoustics’s  Manuel Humber speaks about his Harmonic Linearizer device.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaG5d98zVC0   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_h1NdHzeuM   Well, Mr. Humber and the Company feel that this is the most important compon...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #159: Show me your midbass and I will understand your system… by rowuk on 2021-12-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Remedies the Beauty in Playback Listening  349 Replies 
I really notice the absence of any discussion of the melody range. Tannoy tweeter and red midbass seem to be getting all of the attention. I wonder if the reds problem with loud, may be located in the melody range. The problem is something I would pr...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Dick Burwens "low comprimise"horn system by rowuk on 2012-07-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Dick Burwens "low comprimise"horn system in Horn-Loaded Speakers  0 Replies 
http://www.burwenaudio.com/Sound_System.html I think that Mr. Burwen has been at the cutting edge of horn technology longer than anyone else that I know. I am surprised that the search here did not bring up any hits. ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: The sound of his system by haralanov on 2013-04-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: An educational Eugenie’s installation. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  15 Replies 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjirDOYSKpM Eugenie and his philosophy of sound: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkSRklBehRU...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: ALE/Yamamura's Six ways system by twogoodears on 2013-08-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Yamamura's 6 ways in Horn-Loaded Speakers  16 Replies 
Hi Roman... the installation is a combined joint-venture between Endo-san of ALE (bespoke drivers and horns) and Be Yamamura's (45 W solid state Class A  amps and digital software and hardware). Jean Hiraga, like my...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: A "proper" four or five-way system. by Romy the Cat on 2014-01-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: JBL 2226 2445 2405 3-way and a path forward in Horn-Loaded Speakers  27 Replies 
Danvprod, I hope you understand that “proper four or five-way system” is some kind of Unicornnish type of animal and we could talk about it only abstractly. Still, since you have mentioned it – what and how are you trying to accomplish with your five...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Very in depth considerations for a multi way speaker system by rowuk on 2014-05-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Very in depth considerations for a multi way speaker system in Horn-Loaded Speakers  0 Replies 
Some of you probably know Jack Bouska, I didn't find any links to his system here at GSChowever. He documented the technical steps that led to his system in a very detailed way. How his methodology relates to Sound can be discussed........ http://ww...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #69: What can we expect from a 6 figures system? by rowuk on 2019-03-31 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: New superlative horn build - ESD acoustic in Horn-Loaded Speakers  98 Replies 
[quote user="Djjjj"]Thanks a lot, rowuk.I do read the Macondo axioms again when I got your suggestion. We never think our system is a perfect one, we will and must do our best to improve our system and correct flaws.Hope to keep in touch and get more...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: A very good horns system. by Romy the Cat on 2024-11-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A very good horns system. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  1 Replies 
I have absolutely no idea who's those people are, what they do and from which countries they are but this picture that i've seen of their installation is one of the very few examples when people demonstrate completely rational thinking in terms of...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: New speaker system by guy sergeant on 2010-03-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: New speaker system in Horn-Loaded Speakers  6 Replies 
I recently completed some upper bass horns which I'm now enjoying very much. Sadly I lack the skills of someone like Jessie so my efforts are crude in comparison, but they are working well for me which is the main thing.I already had some old frontlo...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Horn system specs by Tubebuilder on 2011-01-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Mid Bass horns help with plans please. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  4 Replies 
Hey Romy I read your requirements of a mid bass horn. I am using jabo tratrix KH-55A(320hz) with altec 288 and I want the mid bass to go under that. I would use a trattix round midbass if it was possible. But it's just not with in my abilitys to buil...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #19: Heavy metal- AN system by wjam on 2011-01-31 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The CES's 2011 horns in Horn-Loaded Speakers  21 Replies 
Many years ago at a hi-fi show I arrived in the Audio Note room with it's 100k system (Gakuon power amps if memory serves right).. Fresh off my motorbike resplendent in leathers, Dead Can Dance LP under my arm.I asked if they could play track 1 side ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: My system and photos of Koshka (Melquiades) build by Tax on 2015-03-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: My Koshka is meowing in Melquiades Amplifier  13 Replies 
My system can be viewed here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiIzpv_R-W8My front end TT and R2R. You can see the upper bass horn built using Fane Studio 8M on the other side of the Duo.Tribute OPT and Nichicon PS capsPS Board insituPower supply board...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Nice System... by c1ferrari on 2015-03-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: My Koshka is meowing in Melquiades Amplifier  13 Replies 
Thanks for sharing your vid :-) ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: The system is sounding these days… by Romy the Cat on 2008-05-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo – Super Melquiades: few months later. in Melquiades Amplifier  10 Replies 
[quote user="Paul S"]OK, I'll be the one who breaks down and asks:  Romy, please share about how the system is sounding these days. I figured you had your hands full with channels integration and balancing, but as I recall you did have one Chan...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1468: My PP configuration in system. by Romy the Cat on 2015-11-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1916 Replies 
I have ais very much the same configuration as Adrian  has and  I find work the best for me. I have PP plugged in a single dedicated line and it is plugged with all 3 pins, including the ground. The PP shall not work with lifted source ground, it g...
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