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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Impossibility of commercial seriousness? by Romy the Cat on 2011-02-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Impossibility of commercial seriousness? in Audio Discussions  5 Replies 
I recently dealt with two manufactures that produce music . I noted that both of them stated with good result but nowadays, years in operation, they produce despicable crap. This correlates with a famous amplifier manufacturer, very much not stup...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #94: Drive ULF Amp from Midbass Amp Output by RF at Ona on 2011-03-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s lowest channel. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  150 Replies 
Romy,I might have overlooked something on your site but I understand that your ULF amp is driven directly by the preamp line stage. If that is the case, you may want to consider an old technique for integrating subwoofers and drive your ULF amp w...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Output transformer for bass-channel of Super Melquiades. by Romy the Cat on 2007-08-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Output transformer for bass-channel of Super Melquiades. in Melquiades Amplifier  2 Replies 
Further looking at where I would like to take the new 6-chennal version of the Super Milq I am contemplating a new revision of my bass channel output transformer. Currently I have Jack Elliano’s made 450mA, large, single section LF transformer that b...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #72: The PS for the single-stage amps: trying to disregard ripples. by Romy the Cat on 2007-12-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 6 Channel Version of Super Melquiades in Melquiades Amplifier  131 Replies 
Trying to take full advent age of DSE and contusing the thoughts that I developed in the flowing thread: http://www.romythecat.com/Forums/ShowPost.aspx?postID=4328 http://www.romythecat.com/Forums/ShowPost.aspx?postID=4743 I would like to try maki...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #26: More mysteries and THE Honk. by Romy the Cat on 2006-08-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Adding one more spherical to Macondo. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  92 Replies 
I spend quite a few hours playing with the new channel trying to ingrate into Macondo but so far not successful. Since the new channel and the Macondo upperbass horn have identical sensitively and identical impedance I figured that I would drive it...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Moving to the SET/Horns world by Romy the Cat on 2006-07-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: S2 Hissing Sound in Horn-Loaded Speakers  12 Replies 
Jessie, A few hints. If you are moving from Parsifal/Encore and LammM1.1 world into the world of SETs and Horn then do not be in hurry to commit yourself and do not create to yourself artificial addictions. When I talk about artificial addictions I...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #98: Perfect or good by Amir on 2016-07-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: High Quality Music Server / CD player in Didital Things  169 Replies 
it seems even Thorsten do not believe computer source could be perfect and he just guide us to reach max from computer." The computer is a great music server but also a source of jitter ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Yes :) by martinshorn on 2017-11-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vox Olympian secrets unveiled in Horn-Loaded Speakers  6 Replies 
yap. the Olympian uses 70-500-5000-15000 cycles XO. While the Palladian shifts to 70-400-5000-15000 cycles. (mainly due to cost saving on the AK151 phaseplug-design) They use 6th order LR filters in the lows, 2nd order in the ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #12: Some further bitching about the HDTT "Signature Sound” by Romy the Cat on 2008-02-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: New sample 24/96 downloads from HDTT in Didital Things  20 Replies 
Paul, it has nothing to do with noise reduction devices. It has also very little to do with the media on which the recording took place – would it be LF, tape or digital file. Audio it is about expression of musical spirituality through the semi-barb...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #23: ? by horny on 2008-11-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Horn loaded ribbons and other Vasyachkin’s tangents.... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  33 Replies 
[quote user="Vasyachkin"] horny wrote:Mentioning line and plane sources (and dipoles) at Romy`s site is sort of forbiden. thanks for telling me. i don't care about dipoles though. i understand that they have advantages but to me that's not ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: About Timbre and Audio #2 by Romy the Cat on 2011-05-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: About Timbre and Audio. in Playback Listening  9 Replies 
Continuing my observation about the Timbres and Audio.From what I said above it is very important to understand that Timbres in Audio are not the photographic density of the colors themselves but rather an ability of a photograph to differentiate...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #38: Record Cleaning by Stitch on 2013-10-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Sensible record cleaning: vinyl piranhas and record Vaseline in Analog Playback  56 Replies 
When I started with Analog there were only a few record Cleaning Machines avaialble, I bought a VPI 16.5 with my first turntable. Now, with the analog revival the last 10 years much more units are available now. ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: How to get the 99.5FM with no noise? by Romy the Cat on 2009-12-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The new FM Classical scene in Boston in Off Air Audio  47 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]I have to say, that I genially like the new 99.5. I do not have as perfect reception as I had with 97.9 with absolutely clear, no noise background. Still, thankfully the compression of the new 99.5 is very low and last ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: It is official: you can envy to Bostonians. by Romy the Cat on 2009-12-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The new FM Classical scene in Boston in Off Air Audio  47 Replies 
Well, it is hard to express my excitement about what the new FM99.5 All-Classical is turning into. It looks like the programming is settling down and my concerns about to become too popular turn out to be wrong.   The programs are very good, the ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #15: 2" drivers by horny on 2008-01-31 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Open cell foam in horns and MF drivers in Horn-Loaded Speakers  40 Replies 
[quote user="be"]The best driver I have heard is the TAD 4003. It does not use the secondary resonance of the suspension, as described by Duke LeJeune above for the TAD 4001-4002, to extend the response towards 20 kHz, but has a natural roll off fro...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #17: More about high-pass, if it is necessary by Romy the Cat on 2009-04-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The tapped horns: cons, pros and Sound in Horn-Loaded Speakers  57 Replies 
[quote user="serenechaos"] blah, blah, blah, all that stuff... yes, yes, I was thinking along those lines last night after I posted it, and wondering if effects of hi pass, (not just steep acoustic roll off of driver), in the amp, relieving unwan...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #19: More about the Japa-Brazilian horn. by Romy the Cat on 2007-03-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Ridiculous Japa-Brazilian horn. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  54 Replies 
Merlin, I wonder why you need more information if according to you: “the solution that has not been heard and is not intended for your ears”. You migration from sightless denial to desire of self-education  is very… I would say fast but  st...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Yes, acoustic treatment by anthony on 2016-01-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Deep End DIY - Australian take one Macondo. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  87 Replies 
[quote user="kodomo"]Great project! I have a similar project going on. Your frame ideas are looking beautiful, however I decided to take a more utilitarian road. I can adjust all my channels in horizontal or vertical axis. I am finishing my crossover...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: Re: Dealing with the Variables by jessie.dazzle on 2006-08-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 5 Channel Version of Melquiades in Melquiades Amplifier  21 Replies 
Romy, Thanks for your comments. When you write "...but the major question for me, if I were in your situation, what kind topology you will be using the lower bass channel and how you will be driving it." I assume you are suggesting that the ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #238: Still have no idea why it works as it does. by Romy the Cat on 2017-10-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A listening room for a domesticated Cat? in Audio Discussions  283 Replies 
I keep thinking about the strangeness of my phase inversion. I still do not think that it should be this way. My leading explanation is because I did not implement the crossover precise. If the crossover called for let way 63mH coil and 795uF cap ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Well, I will see more in a few days... by Romy the Cat on 2008-10-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How idiots destroy sound. in Audio Discussions  9 Replies 
[quote user="Andy Simpson"]Having made my last comment based on what I 'heard' via my laptop speakers, I took the clip to the workshop monitors last night to have a further listen - not to examine the weird processing, but to come to a refreshed idea...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #20: OK, but hold yer horses... by Gregm on 2008-04-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The loudspeakers for a powerful SET in Audio Discussions  48 Replies 
...we'll have to compromise somewhere. So, since it isn't the spkr's range, then it must be the amplifier. Forget the ML's 18W. We must have ~38-40, so let's say our machine is using a 45 / 211 / 610 /g70 type of tube.Also I don't suggest we conclude...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #53: The last paragrapher worth to read a few times... by Romy the Cat on 2020-08-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Valve Preamplifier for Macondo/DSET in Melquiades Amplifier  74 Replies 
[quote user="anthony"]Have put all my DHT's on the curve tracer to see if pairs can be matched for preamp duties.  [/quote] It was very interesting to read about all of it. If you have a socket for YO186 then you can accommodate all 4V tubes and I si...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #753: What exactly unit you are taking about? by Romy the Cat on 2011-01-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
[quote user="joaco"] About the 2A3/45 , I ask a technician from Japan that lives several years in Chile to build it , he develope the whole tech repair lab for pioneer here or panasonic I do not remember well , but he leaves Chile about 6 years a...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: My direction is 2x4" + 12" + 2x15" + 4x23" by haralanov on 2011-09-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Constructing LF modules to the limits in Audio Discussions  54 Replies 
Romy, I do agree with all your comments. It is true that the magnitude of the rubber taste very much depends on the crossover frequency. I used them below 64Hz, but with first order filter, implemented before the amp that drives them. With that kind ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: PS for DHT heaters? by Romy the Cat on 2007-02-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: DHT driver & input in Melquiades Amplifier  25 Replies 
Welll, you still did not express yourself what are the sonic verdure of DHT from your point of view. You are not obligated I juts proposed you to do it if you feel that have any observations on the subject. [quote user="guy sergeant"] I started by s...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #12: Grounding might be a factor by RF at Ona on 2007-05-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
Romy and friends, Reading about the sensitivity of your system to electrical power supply problems reminds me of the days when I used to make my own equipment as much for the learning experience as for the final result. One of the mundane things I ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #44: Listening the New Super Milq: the first impressions. by Romy the Cat on 2007-09-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 6 Channel Version of Super Melquiades in Melquiades Amplifier  131 Replies 
Last nigh I spend a couple hours to listening this thing. Since the amp is done in design phase and the final parts are still in order I can not finish it and close up – it kind of frustrating… Still, it gives opportunities to listen it knowing that ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Another Melquiades? Never thought! by Romy the Cat on 2006-06-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Melquiades: too early for a verdict? in Melquiades Amplifier  6 Replies 
This is kind if funny as I never thought that I will go this way. I kind of have a need for an amplifier. For a normal full range amplifiers that would be able to drive conventional speakers. I really can’t use the Super Melquiades as it has the live...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #13: How to convert life insurance into Sound by Romy the Cat on 2005-07-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Super Melquiades Amplifier. in Melquiades Amplifier  29 Replies 
Paul, Thanks for pitching the Johnson capacitors. They do not look “large enough” for me. I used in past the following caps: http://www.oselectronics.com/ose_p96.htm They have very good size to value ratio. The ironic part that I just called to th...
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