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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Ravel's Piano Trio; Rubinstein, Piatigorsky, Heifetz by Paul S on 2009-10-31 
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RCA Victor, LM1119 (mono LP that sounds better in "stereo")OK, I admit to liking music that puts me into an altered state (of mind), such as this, Debussy's La Mer and Franck's D minor Symphony, etc.. This piece certainly warrants comparison with Rav...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Avantgarde Trio G3 Loudspeaker with iTron by Romy the Cat on 2024-11-03 
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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Avantgarde Trio, Roy Gregory and waxing poetry. by Romy the Cat on 2014-06-17 
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There was a review of Avantgarde Trio by Roy Gregory at http://www.theaudiobeat.com/equipment/avantgarde_trio.htm  It has some interesting and bright aspects, some unadulterated stupidity and some pure dishonesty, no different from the actual Avantga...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Beethoven PVC Trio, Opus 1, #3; Horszowski, Vegh, Casals by Paul S on 2008-06-08 
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Philips (stereo) PHS900-120Another example of how sentimental I am, I suppose, but I just love these pieces that showcase Beethoven's utter mastery of earlier forms, which he seemingly tosses around nonchalantly, but with the utmost affection and res...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Smetana's Piano Trio by Paul S on 2010-03-28 
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Trio Carlos Van Neste; Pavane CD, ADW 7521Here is a nice performance of another remarkable "chamber-scale" work that musically transcends its genre.  Although there is no setting aside the biographical context/content of this particular piece, I will...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Dvorak/"Dumky" Trio/Beaux Arts; Good Stuff! by Paul S on 2010-08-09 
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Pearl (Stereo) LP, SHE553Here is a "bagatelle" from Dvorak; rather, a sack full.  The work is done up in 6 short-ish "movements" that are +/- rounds based on the Ukranian "dumka", a sort of semi-hysterical peasant dance that typically features the al...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #88: Helping to sale Fane by Romy the Cat on 2011-04-17 
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OK, I think I need to help to poor Rakesh to sell his Fanes.  If he do not find his 50 buyers then he will be suffer from need to buy all of them as the ugly Fane people will not give him a break, selling o him as many drivers as he has managed t...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Ravel Trio.... by Romy the Cat on 2009-06-21 
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Yep, it is a wonderful work. I heard it but kind of overlooked it but your mentioning made me to review my attention. BTW, Ravel has even greater work: The Trio for piano, violin and cello is.  I juts was playing my live recording  from WGBH’s st...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #40: Why this system is better than Avantgarde Trio by atilsley169 on 2012-07-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Andrew's new 4-way horn using Stereolabs stone horns and DIY... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  43 Replies 
Running in drivers...and the sound is getting better and better...just lovely.This weekend, I'll relocate my mid bass horns to fire directly out to the room. The angled baffles work very well for integration of sound with the mid horns...but I'll get...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Avantgarde method of cap biasing. by Romy the Cat on 2014-01-14 
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The DC biasing of filtering caps was something that I was advocating for years but recently I was pointed out that German Avantgarde took it a bit further. I did not use this method but it goes sound interesting. Read the Avantgarde’s document, the p...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #14: Avantgarde Trio and Fane Studio by Romy the Cat on 2008-02-14 
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[quote user="jessie.dazzle"]Do I understand correctly: AG used Fane 8Ms in the Trios upper bass horn?[/quote] Oh, no! AG in Trio’s upperbass horn used similar 8” driver with 103 sensitivity. That driver was bad and it made me to look for a replacemen...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #140: A few words about Avantgard’s Trio drivers by Romy the Cat on 2008-04-29 
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[quote user="Merlin"]  If they are modifying conventional drive units by hand, the labour costs alone can be prohibitively expensive. The fact that they are using heavy Alnico magnets and coating the diaphrams suggests that these units do not co...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: what driver is avantgarde using ? by hornspeakers on 2007-03-08 
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romywhat driver is avantgarde using in their trio mid-bass horn ?...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: The new releases from "Music and Arts" by Romy the Cat on 2005-12-06 
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Music and Arts Programs of America, Inc. www.musicandarts.com info@musicandarts.com Tel 510-525-4583 or Fax 510-524-2111CD-1063(2) IN MEMORIAM HANS HOTTER (1909-2003). A selection of Lieder from the Raucheisen project of the German Radio Sy...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Misery or misunderstanding ? by deemon on 2007-02-12 
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"]I would live aside the technical aspect of the Kostas’s demo above and would like to point out other thing. I find this classical trio playing their rendition of Led Zeppelin’s “Stairway to Heaven” was very illustrative. Su...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: The DPoLS ceremony in a Boston apartment. by Romy the Cat on 2017-12-26 
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This was the most astonishing and bewildering moment of my entire audio life. It was in 2000. That time I lived in cozy downtown Boston apartment that I absolutely loved. The apartment sounded fabulously with pretty much any playback you put in. A...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: The Mstislav Rostropovich’s Orgy. by Romy the Cat on 2008-05-14 
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A couple hours ago WHRB stage own 4 days long, day and night Mstislav Rostropovich’s Orgy. The Broadcast is available on line – a phenomenal work listening… The program is more then exiting: Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto No. 1 in a; Sargent, Philharmo...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Avantgarde Trio, Roy Gregory and waxing poetry. by Romy the Cat on 2014-06-17 
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There was a review of Avantgarde Trio by Roy Gregory at http://www.theaudiobeat.com/equipment/avantgarde_trio.htm  It has some interesting and bright aspects, some unadulterated stupidity and some pure dishonesty, no different from the actual Avantga...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Commercially available BS, Avantgardes and ....whatever by Romy the Cat on 2006-10-26 
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Angelo, I care less about the “commercially available” objectives, honestly it is too boring. However, whatever you do not be distracted that what you are making will be reminding Avantgardes. The Avantgarde Trio Classic (in vertical configuration)...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #43: Barbi/Brahms 4 and that Shosty PQ CD by JANDL100 on 2008-02-06 
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OK! - I will listen to the Barbi/Brahms 4 some more![quote user="Romy the Cat"]  JANDL100 wrote: By the way - have you had a chance to listen yet to the Shostakovich Piano Quintet played by the Trio di Torino that I sent.&nbs...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: Cognitive Order Of Succession: An approach to system building! by Tax on 2011-04-13 
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Dear Romy, Thank you for the commentary and the advice with regards to the need to have a COGNITIVE ORDER OF SUCCESSION and to test with another speaker in situ first. Given the varying degrees of how different individuals process COGNITI...

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Pearl (Stereo) LP, SHE553Here is a "bagatelle" from Dvorak; rather, a sack full.  The work is done up in 6 short-ish "movements" that are +/- rounds based on the Ukranian "dumka", a sort of semi-hysterical peasant dance that typically features the al...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: New amplification vs. extra channel. by Romy the Cat on 2011-04-14 
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[quote user="Tax"] Given the varying degrees of how different individuals process COGNITIVE ORDER OF SUCCESSION there will be differences in between how the plumber Vs a brain surgeon  handles COGNITIVE ORDER OF SUCCESSION. I guess on some things...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #140: A few words about Avantgard’s Trio drivers by Romy the Cat on 2008-04-29 
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[quote user="Merlin"]  If they are modifying conventional drive units by hand, the labour costs alone can be prohibitively expensive. The fact that they are using heavy Alnico magnets and coating the diaphrams suggests that these units do not co...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: Actually I do think that my retort is necessary by Romy the Cat on 2011-04-13 
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[quote user="Tax"] Your post has had the desired effect and I am doing some more research into Fane Studio 8M, 16 Ohm drivers in a 4 inch throated horn tuned to 115Hz with the intention of crossing it from 70Hz to 500Hz . This may be similar to w...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: The Hobohorn by Rewind on 2013-08-23 
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I built a prototype of a Avantgarde Trio in newspaper and tape, with the Beyma CP380/M, Community M200, and the Fane S 8M, and I also used a Behringer CX3400 and a 45 tube amp. CX3400 is soon replaced by digital active XO.Paper may have made the midb...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: The misery of the “Sternway to Heaven” by Romy the Cat on 2007-02-12 
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I find the Kostas’ experiments are VERY interesting and his idea of using the SONY DSR11 is very innovative. Unfortunately I do not think that nowadays 15bit is “enough”. I know a guy who uses film’s CGI processors to record at half mHz, that I do no...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #39: Evaluating two midbass horns. by Rewind on 2013-10-28 
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Tonight I finished two horns at once. One was a shortened Goto S-150 horn that now has a Fane S 8M, without back chamber so far. Dimensions are now 1.1m deep, 11cm throat, 75cm mouth. It is replacing the Avantgarde Trio midbass horn r...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Another one... by Romy the Cat on 2024-11-05 
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Got a link today to an interview with a guy who has the G3 Trio.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWCF0cguGyM&t=755sAgain, a completely lucid person being interviewed by some kind of wona be an audio journalist zombie. Another moron who is su...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Danley PA speakers by ferenc on 2009-04-26 
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Hi Romy,You should have to check Tom Danley's speakers at http://www.danleysoundlabs.com/. He has quite a few tapped horn subs and Synergy horns for PA, but there are people using his speakers at home, like myself. I have changed from Avantgarde Acos...
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