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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #21: Some thoughts about listening room vs. video room. by Romy the Cat on 2011-09-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Opera Room in Audio Discussions  77 Replies 
In response to my post above a friend of my wrote to me: “Soon you'll be spending more time there than the listening room :-)”. This is a very interesting concept and I would like to share my thoughts about it. A listening room and a video room are d...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Video and audio reference points correlation. by Romy the Cat on 2011-02-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Impossibility of commercial seriousness? in Audio Discussions  5 Replies 
[quote user="Steradian"] One area where standards have failed is in HDTV.  I have no sympathy for the morons who decided to have 2 standards, 720p and 1080i.  It is clear they prostrated themselves to corporate bribery to allow such to be called ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #23: This it truely huge and great subject. by Romy the Cat on 2011-09-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Opera Room in Audio Discussions  77 Replies 
[quote user="Paul S"] It is stupid, of course, but still we persist in comparing "live" and "reproduced" sound.  But NO ONE EVER confuses video with life… [/quote] I disagree with this statement. I would argue that it “in a way” reversed. I said “in ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #27: About Sound in Video Room by Romy the Cat on 2011-09-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Opera Room in Audio Discussions  77 Replies 
I would like to pass some observations on my about sound quality in my video room.  The sound in my video room is what I would call very very good, I am not kidding – really good.  It is delivered by Altec 21S speaker driven by Yamaha B2 amp and ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #42: How I shot myself in tail. by Romy the Cat on 2012-02-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Opera Room in Audio Discussions  77 Replies 
Last week a local audio guy come to my place to listed some music and I played to him my Wand’s Bruckner 4 in video room. With all “phenominality” of the performance I need to confess that sound was horrible. The guy did not complain, so I did not st...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #21: Some thoughts about listening room vs. video room. by Romy the Cat on 2011-09-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Opera Room in Audio Discussions  77 Replies 
In response to my post above a friend of my wrote to me: “Soon you'll be spending more time there than the listening room :-)”. This is a very interesting concept and I would like to share my thoughts about it. A listening room and a video room are d...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #28: Video room by Bill on 2011-09-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Opera Room in Audio Discussions  77 Replies 
Sorry for this long rant but I feel a rebuttal is necessary.1. Back in the 90's you had 480 I video and 16/44 or dolby 2.1 analog audio. Then the sound was crap as was the video so you could get away with a crappy setup. Now we have 1080P video and 2...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: Kharma corporate video by Romy the Cat on 2009-11-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Kharma Speakers as pH-indicator of the worst in Audio. in Audio Discussions  8 Replies 
Here is a good video foe your boring Friday. In most case it is a pure BS but a nicely professionally made BS. The comparing the Kharma making with the making of musical instruments is a cheesy as the word cheesy it could be? There are many very slip...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: How to insert youtube video into a post? by Nikolai Kazantsev on 2018-05-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to insert youtube video into a post? in Site Support Forum  1 Replies 
How to insert youtube video into a post?Thank you....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Video and audio reference points correlation. by Romy the Cat on 2011-02-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Impossibility of commercial seriousness? in Audio Discussions  5 Replies 
[quote user="Steradian"] One area where standards have failed is in HDTV.  I have no sympathy for the morons who decided to have 2 standards, 720p and 1080i.  It is clear they prostrated themselves to corporate bribery to allow such to be called ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #19: The video room is done and Altec 21S is up by Romy the Cat on 2011-09-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Opera Room in Audio Discussions  77 Replies 
It is funny that as I bought the house I did not have any use for this room, in fact I did not even liked this room but with recent event I truly developed appreciation of the room. I totally rebuilt the decor of the room, converting it to the ve...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #113: Audio and video separate or combined? by JJ Triode on 2016-09-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A listening room for a domesticated Cat? in Audio Discussions  283 Replies 
I think you will only be able to decide about this after listening to some operas or other video-audio through the big system.  The analog output of the video player may be good enough for the purpose, or it may sound terrible through the Milqs/Macon...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Long Video from AN UK Factory by Amir on 2019-09-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Panel with Peter Qvortrup at CAS 2019 in Audio Discussions  6 Replies 
https://youtu.be/BsQbLymTnfA There are making high power SET . ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: This video is private!! by Amir on 2024-11-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Commentary on Joe's system. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  5 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] [/quote]I can not see the video, it seems it is private!It seems the link does not work or …...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: Teaser video by cv on 2015-08-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Wheel-Fi in Horn-Loaded Speakers  9 Replies 
Yes, I absolutely loved the ending of the video - such a tease... I would guess that it's exactly what they wanted. Having viewed it again, Romy, I see what you mean about the larger horns' profile - looks like very truncated expo to me now... I was ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: A Video. by xandcg on 2015-09-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Dc10audio. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  3 Replies 
Gottenburg Odins: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LH1CMRmL5eISeems they use that Tannoy concentric schema on those....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: Video data is easier to process? by Romy the Cat on 2013-01-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Oppo DVD player as a transport. in Didital Things  10 Replies 
[quote user="steverino"]I should think that video data is easier to process than audio data. [/quote] That is an interesting observation. I do not think that video data is easier to process but I rather think that we do not force as much demands to v...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #27: About Sound in Video Room by Romy the Cat on 2011-09-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Opera Room in Audio Discussions  77 Replies 
I would like to pass some observations on my about sound quality in my video room.  The sound in my video room is what I would call very very good, I am not kidding – really good.  It is delivered by Altec 21S speaker driven by Yamaha B2 amp and ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Those Video broadcasts from High-End shows. by Romy the Cat on 2014-11-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Those Video broadcasts from High-End shows. in Audio News  4 Replies 
There is some kind of another audio show juts ended and the Exuberant Morons ™ flooder internet with another image and videos. Those videos are very interesting beast.   There are 3 types of videos out there.   First are the intervi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: Classical Music and Video lines. by Romy the Cat on 2006-09-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Ways to use audio methods. in Playback Listening  10 Replies 
Sure the video imaging might be beneficial or devastating. Sometimes a great camera work can and good acting can embrace performances the push them way out there and sometime video can wreck even the best play. Sometimes, when I come across video tha...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #183: "This video is private": by Paul S on 2022-02-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Remedies the Beauty in Playback Listening  302 Replies 
I guess the legend speaks truth; it won't open for me, anyway...Paul S...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Thank you for video by Amir on 2024-08-31 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Audio system: my path to dynamics in Playback Listening  9 Replies 
Romy, Thank you for descriptions and uploading this video....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #41: Does cartridge includes a video-severance of Cat? by Romy the Cat on 2008-09-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Shelter 90X: mystery or mastery in Analog Playback  54 Replies 
After much talking with people I am still at lost what cartridge to get in order does not worry about cartridges anymore. It looks like I “fixed” the Shelter but now I need to take it off and to remove dust from within the cartridge – the ceremony I ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #21: The potential Magico owner only need the YouTube video by rowuk on 2014-05-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: High End Munich 2014 impressions .... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  36 Replies 
[quote user="steverino"]But the prospective Magico owner needs to know whether the Magicos reproduce the real Taiko drum closely enough to scare and demoralize all the JDs in the neighborhood. It's like those recorded barking dogs that homeowners use...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: There is a video of the final "form". by xandcg on 2016-12-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Bid Midbass Asian Horns in Horn-Loaded Speakers  3 Replies 
The video:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuaST1e7Qb4 ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: There is a video. by xandcg on 2017-05-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Kato-san's Goto system in Horn-Loaded Speakers  10 Replies 
I saw some videos of that system some time ago.One thing about GOTO, they ended the production of the SG146xxx driver, what probably was their most interesting driver...Cheers!...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: The first video is private, by Edgar= on 2024-10-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Truly a new use of high-end audio in Site Support Forum  2 Replies 
But I could view the second one. What a blast to see Mini Romy's!! Your boy on the cello, looks just like you. made me laugh! Thanks for sharing :-)...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: The video thoughts have brought questions to mind by rowuk on 2021-08-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Some thoughts about bass in high-end audio. in Audio Discussions  4 Replies 
The idea of high quality delay makes me wonder if the delay effectively increases the virtual length of the room - allowing longer wavelengths before the room Schroeder frequency is reached. This would be a "softer" bass without the room compression....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #54: A nice video by Romy the Cat on 2018-02-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Sensible record cleaning: vinyl piranhas and record Vaseline in Analog Playback  56 Replies 
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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #56: Video: How Records Are Made by drdna on 2021-05-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Sensible record cleaning: vinyl piranhas and record Vaseline in Analog Playback  56 Replies 
When thinking about how to clean records -- even brand new records -- it may be instructive to remember how records are physically manufactured. This is a nice video that reviews the process:https://youtu.be/awmA-z6EgrE...
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