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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #23: The Water Drop Tweeter: eventually!!!! by Romy the Cat on 2007-02-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: RAAL “Water Drop” tweeter for Macondo. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  77 Replies 
Ok, I removed the series cap from the amp output and made it as it should be – pure parallel. To my great satisfaction the little “dirty inflictions” that I got in Vitavox are gone and now the S2 as clean as it should be. I presume in the former sett...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: I do not care about Mahler 8 by Romy the Cat on 2015-09-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to play Mahler 7 at home… in Horn-Loaded Speakers  12 Replies 
Yes, JJ, went recently in many new multimedia ventures. They do upload their concerts to web site and they have one location (not so easy to find) where they have everything in 192K. The M8 you mentioned they broadcast live video to downtown Bosto...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #166: Upper-bass as a system's fulcrum: Part I by jessie.dazzle on 2010-03-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Jessie Dazzle Project in Horn-Loaded Speakers  172 Replies 
First off, I forgot to mention an interesting observation: Before running the sweeps (previous post), since the drivers in the upper-bass horns are new, I decided to verify/optimize rear chamber volume (they are easily adjustable)... I wasn't expecti...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: Too stubborn to say "never again" by op.9 on 2016-06-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: My Audio Philosophy in Playback Listening  95 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] op.9 wrote:Romy all these seems acceptable. I hope the little cat Thomas David is doing just fine and you enjoy growing him. moving always demands a huge amount of CPU process hope that is done as scheduled. it's a pity...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Aesthetix Rhea Signature and realm of idiocy by Romy the Cat on 2009-10-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Aesthetix Rhea Signature and realm of idiocy in Analog Playback  0 Replies 
As I said a few days back it was a big event in my life: I bought October TAS magazine in book store http://www.GoodSoundClub.com/TreeItem.aspx?PostID=11954 Doing it a few times in year is so wonderful journey into the realm of id...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #31: This is about music reproduction, right? by oxric on 2010-02-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Schroder Tonearms in Analog Playback  61 Replies 
Romy,   As with all such matters, ‘Tis dangerous when the baser nature comes Between the pass and fell incensed points Of mighty opposites. (Hamlet) I should leave aside matters tha...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #30: Not proving anything but a challenge. by Romy the Cat on 2010-06-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s Midbass Project – the grown up time. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  455 Replies 
[quote user="oxric"] Firstly, the costs involved and the real chance that this project might not work make this project statistically a horrible waste of money, time and resources which could be better spent in pursuing other solutions which are ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #59: Not such a dissimilar story by anthony on 2017-11-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Deep End DIY - Australian take one Macondo. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  87 Replies 
Romy, thanks for taking the time to write a little about your history with Melquiades and diy.  In some ways our stories are quite similar.  My background is agriculture.  My family breed cattle and grow crops and I am a large part in that ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Listening perception at level #1- the Static Level by Romy the Cat on 2004-06-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to evaluate playback... or the Six-Leveled-Listening Ben... in Playback Listening  3 Replies 
The first level of listening perception is Static Level. At this level a listener perceives musical information as a collection of the individual sounds and a listening awareness tries to evaluate the “convince-ability” of those sounds. At this level...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #31: The wet dream of audio and ESD by Romy the Cat on 2018-05-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: New superlative horn build - ESD acoustic in Horn-Loaded Speakers  92 Replies 
I would like to share more of my troughs about the ESD acoustic. That are not truly the troughs about the company but rather the troughs that come to mind inspired by the company come to existence.   I do feel that it is an ultimate we dream of et...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #76: Good luck. by Romy the Cat on 2021-02-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Deep End DIY - Australian take one Macondo. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  87 Replies 
Anthony, Yes, this is the exact configuration that I have. As you drive your LF channels down, probably it will be 30-35Hz with >2 order filter you will like the sound from them even more. I hope you have a good ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #46: Angled down: Preliminary findings: Etc by jessie.dazzle on 2008-04-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo's Axioms: Horn-loaded acoustic systems in Horn-Loaded Speakers  120 Replies 
I.M. Distortion wrote :      "...#1 from were you listen to system from you should be able to look down the throat of every horn in your system..."jd wrote :       "...Hmmm......

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #76: Preparing a new price range by Stitch on 2013-08-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Lamm Industries: a special interview with a special company in Audio News  97 Replies 
I listened to exactly that combination for a longer time (Wilson Alexandria + ML3...) and the "review" (let's replace it with product placement) is the same joke than Harley with ML2.2 linked with the Magico Speakers (simply THE mismatch).... ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #57: What a bliss TUX1 in Covid times! by N-set on 2020-12-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Sansui TU-X1 Broadcast monitor. in Off Air Audio  56 Replies 
I want to kiss this damn thing! I agree with Romy that hearing a good FM redefines what a (true) high-end is. For the past 5 days I've been listening for live FM streams of baroque concerts from Gdansk   http://www.actushumanus.com/ Covid dest...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #18: A new WCRB, and a shrinking classical dial by Romy the Cat on 2009-12-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The new FM Classical scene in Boston in Off Air Audio  47 Replies 
A new WCRB, and a shrinking classical dialBy Jeremy Eichler, Boston Globe Staff December 18, 2009 In a city passionate about classical music, a lot of listeners get their fill by catching the Boston Symphony Orchestra and other progr...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: The “Melquíades” Sound - further continuation of story by Romy the Cat on 2005-03-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The “Melquiades” Sound - beginning of the story. in Melquiades Amplifier  28 Replies 
People, keep asking me about the sound of Melquíades and I feel strange as I really can’t not explain how it sounds. It does not make any sense as I initiated this thread with the objective to explain or at least to inform about the Melquíades’ sound...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Those little headphones… by Romy the Cat on 2015-07-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Those little headphones… in Audio Discussions  3 Replies 
As the life nowadays runs in a very different schedule then it was years back I recently discovered a new invention of mankind – those little headphones that can be connected to phone. God, they turn out make the commune in work in public transpor...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: Summary: my audio, year 2007 by Romy the Cat on 2007-12-31 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Summary: my/your audio: year by year in Audio Discussions  45 Replies 
It was an audio eventful year and I have experimented and discovered many fascinating things. Here is a brief summary of the 2007 audio-events and a short look what my audio happening will might take please in 2008. 1)    In the very ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: About rationalism of twin-units isolation efforts. by Romy the Cat on 2008-10-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: About rationalism of twin-units isolation efforts. in Audio Discussions  1 Replies 
Audio people frequently go astray in their thinking and actions and this creates a good breeding ground for all possible audio sale opportunists. I would like to explore one moment that has not a lot of public attention and to look at the moment slig...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #22: Proscenium III is "state of the art" .... by Stitch on 2013-07-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Holly Proscenium idiocy! in Analog Playback  23 Replies 
.... the usual marketing blubber. The more expensive a High end Product is, the more superlatives you need to make it superior to anything else. You want the big bucks? You need a big mouth first.but we all know how this business runs. What amazes me...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #13: There is much more to it. by Romy the Cat on 2024-05-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: My new “New” listening room, 2024 in Audio Discussions  31 Replies 
Nothing like Musical results to prove audio concepts. It sounds about right but not exactly. I don't think results are musical. Music itself is just a media to convey via our sensory more higher aesthetical ethical and to a certain degree c...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #111: The art of ULF volume adjustment. by Romy the Cat on 2011-05-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s lowest channel. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  150 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] For a casual observer it might appear that I am constantly fought with my ULF, finding and loosing better and worse configurations.  It might be so but I have a very strong sense of objective of what I would like to ac...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: More on GOTO / Experience Music horns... by Jeffrey Jackson on 2007-11-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Eventually - a reasonable midbass horn from GOTO in Horn-Loaded Speakers  97 Replies 
Hello again, Romy.. let me see if I can clear some of this up.... first, you are indeed correct on your horn thoughts.. but some clarification is in order... Ming Su is the importer of GOTO to the USA... Goto Japan only ships horns from flar...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: It was all in there, somewhere by anthony on 2019-04-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Valve Preamplifier for Macondo/DSET in Melquiades Amplifier  74 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]   Oh, good, why did not you tall it before. How the hell can you listen if it you DAC outputs 1V?! No wonder you have no volume. Also if you have no voluble you do not “get” one of the most advanced feature of multi-amp ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Munich 2017, Avantgarde and unfortunate marketing. by Romy the Cat on 2017-05-31 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Munich 2017, Avantgarde and unfortunate marketing. in Audio News  0 Replies 
It looks like it was a new trade show a few weeks back in Munich. I missed the excitement in Munich but the more I read about the trade shows the more I am glad that I do not attend them from 2005. From what I hear about the Munich 20017 was the e...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #108: I really hate those experiences … by Romy the Cat on 2021-11-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Remedies the Beauty in Playback Listening  298 Replies 
[quote user="rowuk"]Jarek,I am a professional musician, and am very much in "tune" with creative processes. [/quote] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oq1JShEmLsk [quote user="rowuk"...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: The New York Times on the subject by Romy the Cat on 2007-05-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Gould's Goldberg Variations re-played? in Musical Discussions  8 Replies 
Is It Live ... or Yamaha? Channeling Glenn Gould By EDWARD ROTHSTEINMarch 12, 2007 Was that relief I felt as the piano was playing? A feeling that some worry had been alleviated or a fear quieted? Why then was it also mixed with disappointment, as i...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #14: Czechoslovakia, London, Russia … and 40 year ago. by Romy the Cat on 2008-11-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Great Cello Concertos in Musical Discussions  21 Replies 
In her autobiography  Galina Vishnevskay  (the Rostropovich’s wife) wrote (translation is mine): “In Moscow we spent only three weeks, and then by plane we returned to London to participate in the Festival of Soviet Art, just before 21 A...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Who inherit Mocondo or another Mini-Me. by Romy the Cat on 2014-11-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Who inherit Mocondo or another Mini-Me. in Site Support Forum  42 Replies 
A few years ago a friend of mine, an audio manufacturer in Europe, in response to my Macondo Mini-Me project told me that my Macondo Mini-Me speakers were crap but the name I come up with for my Pilot acoustic system was ingenious. Well, he was n...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Impressions from High End 2009 GERMANY by Stitch on 2009-06-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Impressions from High End 2009 GERMANY in Audio Discussions  6 Replies 
same procedure as every year...  When we did a visit at Munich we are no negative audiophiles, we are curious and just wanted to know what is going on.  Based on recession 30% less Exhibitors were there, from about 360 in 2008...
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