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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #204: Every boring change that has stayed permanently in my system.... by Romy the Cat on 2008-12-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1916 Replies 
[quote user="drdna"]From my own experience, every change that has stayed permanently in my system, at first seems soft and sort of boring. I am inside always a little disappointed when I first hear these changes, because they seems so neutral and une...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #17: Another change in his system by haralanov on 2011-08-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A Moscow setup with Horns/Lowther in Horn-Loaded Speakers  33 Replies 
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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #20: No help from this quarter by Paul S on 2007-03-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Another light for the LS tunnel: transformer-attenuators? in Audio Discussions  26 Replies 
So far it appears that one needn't look to the TAP for any sort of sonic help.  I have been breaking my own "one change at a time" rule by futzing with a new (K&K) phono stage as well as the CD/bypass stuff, and everything I do to/with ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Macondo – Super Melquiades: few months later. by Romy the Cat on 2006-03-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo – Super Melquiades: few months later. in Melquiades Amplifier  10 Replies 
Loudspeakers. For whomever who follows my dairies on this site and whoever has any real understanding what makes a horn-loaded loudspeaker to sound good it is know that Macondo Acoustic System is not juts the result of my DIY efforts or the John Hasq...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #20: Something new on the horizon by haralanov on 2011-08-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A Moscow setup with Horns/Lowther in Horn-Loaded Speakers  33 Replies 
I just found first hand information about the sound of that system and the reason for the last change:[quote user="Yras"]I listened to this system and photos were done by me.It LOMO 2A-9 in which the coil is changed and (dome), a paper will change la...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #21: VTA VTF balance by berlinta on 2010-02-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Schroder Tonearms in Analog Playback  61 Replies 
Hello Romy,I should have made myself more clear about the paragraph you quoted. Typical situations:a. The arm is installed on a deck that accomodates more than one arm. The listener, if lucky, has two(for all intents and purposes) identical cartridge...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #647: The need of a transparent power solution by Jorge on 2010-12-11 
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I am sorry I do not want to pollute the PP2000 thread with battery options.Right now I am in the process of testing a lot of different comercial amps to see what I will stay with, or which route I will be taking with my system in the near future for ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #208: Demystifying NOS by jessie.dazzle on 2012-07-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Initial thoughts about new/old Lamm ML2s in Audio Discussions  215 Replies 
Romy wrote:I would like to point out to a very important moment that took place in here. I do presume that Jessie account is very accurate and the Teflon sockets were bad. I even presume that they were bad not only from the perspective of cooling but...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Lavry by coops on 2007-12-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: DA architecture: True Multibit vs. anything else. in Didital Things  17 Replies 
Romy Hi what did youd with the lavry to change it's sound in your system? Keith....

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 #336: Hum issues by Beav on 2009-05-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1916 Replies 
drdha,Is your hum comming directly from the purepower unit itself?I've been doing some research on hum issues in general; a goood site for information is linked here [url]http://www.epanorama.net/documents/groundloop/home_solving.html[/url]Previously...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #28: Old debate redux by Paul S on 2007-07-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Audio critique – open your mind! in Playback Listening  44 Replies 
Markus, you have hit on something that has been debated in hi-fi circles for several decades, namely the endless teeter-tottering between "accuracy" and "musicality".  Of course it is not lost on many that The Goal is necessarily "Both", but the...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: All Active! A DSET and multi-way acoustic system. by Romy the Cat on 2008-01-31 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: All Active! A DSET and multi-way acoustic system. in Audio Discussions  14 Replies 
After finishing my  left 6-chennal Melquiades and putting amps and Macondo back as it was intended to be I was expecting that it should be “better” but I did not expect HOW MUCH better it might be. Many aspects of sound are more interesting now,...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Opera last night by RonyWeissman on 2012-02-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: My playback’s sound vs. Live sound. in Playback Listening  7 Replies 
Puccini il trittico live in lyon 1st balcony center vs. Shelter 901 through three-way horn-loaded speakers in myExperience room!Looking back through romy's earlier posts in effort to reconcile live experience last night with what I have at home!I wan...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #88: Powerware 5115 UPS boxes by peter foster on 2007-12-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1916 Replies 
Dear Romy,I do not know who uses the PowerStation75 so I cannot say whether it is helpful.  I use the Powerware 5115 UPS boxes for managing the mains power supply [details on www.nps.com.au under Products and Line Interactive UPS (Corporate...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: the “recommendations” by RonyWeissman on 2007-06-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Audio equipment recommendations at this site. in Playback Listening  6 Replies 
Romy wrote :  Be prepared that the “recommendations” will create more problems then solutions….That should be a disclaimer that all visitors to this site have to sign before reading... I have now spent almost a year trying to tame my Vitavox S2s...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: Not in Sydney... by anthony on 2019-12-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: HELP on a Custom 3 Way Horn with Beyma TPL150 in Horn-Loaded Speakers  11 Replies 
[quote user="vakman"]Thank you for your reply and honest feedback that there is no silver bullet.In the interest of trying to move forward, is there anyone in Sydney, Australia who has a Macondo based speakers, whom I maybe able to visit and enlighte...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #81: Is it really restricted only for the stuff you build? by Wojtek on 2021-09-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo's Axioms: Horn-loaded acoustic systems in Horn-Loaded Speakers  120 Replies 
If the setup is semi acceptable, after ten years one should lose the evaluation part of listening experience and treat the system like a kitchen radio or car playback and simply enjoy the music. I think ten years is a minimum to achieve the position ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #18: Re: Phantom pain, not missing a thing. by Gregm on 2006-02-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Be careful: Imaging vs. Compression in Playback Listening  23 Replies 
[quote user="Hugh"]The best advice I can give to those willing to seek out the location is to put away your calculators and measuring tapes.  Also, I'm convinced this ideal location tends to float around a little over time requiring slight speak...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Re: RE: do not fix until it broken by drdna on 2005-10-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Crossover Design in Audio Discussions  69 Replies 
Thank you Romy, <<The multiamping with Super Melquiades was made with intend to optimize the output transformers and to eliminate the interference between the inductance of the upper bass driver’s coil and the MF driver. I still use the speake...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #175: SET usable power and making the most of it by floobydust on 2009-02-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps in Melquiades Amplifier  397 Replies 
 Well... tis for all reading/following this thread. As Romy pointed out, having high gain is not the same as power. And as Adrian hinted at... the overall system paradigm is important. If you're only barely cracking the volume control on yo...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Thanks, Stitch by Romy the Cat on 2014-05-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: High End Munich 2014 impressions .... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  36 Replies 
[quote user="Stitch"] Sound was really lifelike, true in tone, for 1000 visitors in a cinema with a 2W amplifier....of course it can't be compared in rooms for one owner with pinpoint imaging, but it was a good performance. A lot of listeners scratch...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Macondo's Axioms: Horn-loaded acoustic systems by Romy the Cat on 2007-07-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo's Axioms: Horn-loaded acoustic systems in Horn-Loaded Speakers  120 Replies 
The “coops” post at British forum encouraged me create a thread at my forum where I would actually to talks about Macondo acoustic system and share some thought about it design. I told about it in bits in many different places within my site but neve...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #37: Solved problems by steverino on 2014-06-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: High End Munich 2014 impressions .... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  36 Replies 
[quote user="Stitch"]Sometimes we have luck when we listen to a System and we can have the illusion of - more or less - pure music realism, but the majority of Systems are sophisticated hi-fi.Well, but let's be honest, can it be so difficult to creat...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #83: So far it has nothing to do with Goto. by Romy the Cat on 2011-06-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Eventually - a reasonable midbass horn from GOTO in Horn-Loaded Speakers  97 Replies 
[quote user="tuyen"]When i change the cutoff of the 505tt to 200hz and 250hz, I experience that same 'hole' you mention about.  Hence why I was questioning if it is the 160hz le'clech horn causing this and if using the goto s150 horn with it's di...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #45: The multiple drivers: when sound in horn changes. by Romy the Cat on 2008-02-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Eventually - a reasonable midbass horn from GOTO in Horn-Loaded Speakers  97 Replies 
Ygoh, Most of compression drivers have phase plug. A phase plug is very genomic center line oriented devise. A phase plug must be parallel to diaphragms and perpendicular to the axis of the driver. Practically all compression drivers have beggin...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: The Subject for the "Other" Thread by Paul S on 2009-01-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A sort of DPOLs in Melquiades Amplifier  8 Replies 
Adrian, I have alternately revelled in and anguished over this for some time now, the lynch pin for me being the electricity.  Yes, I can generally hear any change I make to the system, but it is consistently the quality of the electricity that ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #49: About preamps and the preamp. by Romy the Cat on 2011-10-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A different breed of 6C33C amplifier. in Melquiades Amplifier  84 Replies 
That was very interesting post, here are some thoughts of my about it. [quote user="KOTriode"]Romy,  No, the DAC was not set at maximum level (for best sound) while Cyrille listening to the system. It was set at normal volume for the whole sys...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #76: Drivers and horns by kodomo on 2015-09-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Another time aligned 5-way horn project in Horn-Loaded Speakers  189 Replies 
Hi Murataltuev,I have two horn based systems but the system that is similar to yours or Romy's is the one I am currently building. The drivers and horns are as follows.38hz - 160hz - Tad 1601b - Bass Array (4)160hz - 600hz - Supravox 285-2000 hornfab...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #13: Everything right is wrong again by drdna on 2009-06-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: My today’s views on LP culture and my audio habits. in Analog Playback  24 Replies 
[quote user="steverino"]This is why audiophiles start playing their music in excitement whenever they change their system for the better.[/quote]I would say just whenever they change their systems, period. Often different is confused with better for ...
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