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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #24: Closer Look (at saving money) by Paul S on 2011-05-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Munich High End 2011 in Horn-Loaded Speakers  45 Replies 
Looking at the better photos, with a rear view of the LF speaker, the "felt-covered large port" is actually not the worst possibility (a quasi "IB"), depending on some things we can't see and how well that driver "likes" it.  I can also see that what...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #173: The freaky V2s by jessie.dazzle on 2010-03-08 
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 usually suggest to set your new 6C33C tube for operation of 250mA-270mA, use it for a while and only then set 300mA..."This is what I did; in fact, I've had to leave them set at 250mA so that during warm up they don't go over 310mA. ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #261: Silent blocks? by tuga on 2010-09-14 
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="Romy the Cat"]Ok, here is another subject. I feel that I kind of screw it up as I did not foresee it in my planning.  What I need is to add some decupling devised to my horn in the location where it will be mounted to the surface of the ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #256: How to decupled horn from frame by Romy the Cat on 2010-09-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s Midbass Project – the grown up time. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  455 Replies 
Ok, here is another subject. I feel that I kind of screw it up as I did not foresee it in my planning.  What I need is to add some decupling devised to my horn in the location where it will be mounted to the surface of the house frame. The horn will ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1907: One step forward, two steps back by Amir on 2023-03-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
The problem of most solutions in high end audio is "one step forward, two steps back". Personally I prefer to hear all information/dynamics of  sound even if the sound is out of control.when I use Isolation Transformer, AC filters (both parallel and ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #21: Please excuse the mess by anthony on 2017-07-02 
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 the explanation.  I was not sure if you still kept an eye on that thread Romy.  As far as I know you need to be logged in to view the images in the diy threads so I will post a couple here to show where...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #51: Water pipe size works well :) by martinshorn on 2017-10-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Deep End DIY - Australian take one Macondo. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  87 Replies 
Hi Anthony Agree, waste is waste. The bigger the better. If you care bout sound too, i recommend the RG213 radio cable. Its perfect for that purpose. First, its coaxial which eliminates the inductance. Second its very hard so that during vibration th...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Rack attack by N-set on 2013-07-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Mastodont DIY Rack: Wall Mount? in Audio Discussions  68 Replies 
Paul, I thought about the wall mount, but eventually decided to go with a more universal, pref. end of life solution, I could place anywhere. I've never had a dedidcated rack, a time to have one.The result is a slate-on-steel-frame 500kg mastodont, I...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #59: The science by decoud on 2013-12-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Mastodont DIY Rack: Wall Mount? in Audio Discussions  68 Replies 
It seems reasonable to begin with the science -- as a preliminary to listening -- but I do not follow the logic here. The source of the vibration is principally the floor: the table should therefore not be coupled with spikes but decoupled from the f...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #61: Spike logic? by N-set on 2013-12-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Mastodont DIY Rack: Wall Mount? in Audio Discussions  68 Replies 
[quote user="decoud"]It seems reasonable to begin with the science -- as a preliminary to listening -- but I do not follow the logic here. The source of the vibration is principally the floor: the table should therefore not be coupled with spikes but...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: Enjoyed this discussion... by clarkjohnsen on 2013-08-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Wine, women, song.. and audio in Playback Listening  71 Replies 
...of wines and power conditioners and Bruckner and cigars. That said, I don't do cigars; I really, really do do Bruckner; power conditioners vary in their effect from place to place, day to day, and hour to hour (not only that, but most of them need...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #69: Finished by N-set on 2014-02-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Mastodont DIY Rack: Wall Mount? in Audio Discussions  68 Replies 
It's finally ass-embled! All in all I'm quite pleased, but I have to live with this mastodont in my room for a while to get used to it.Now I move to listening and repeat some measurements.The insert is on it's own independent pneumatic suspension:and...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #66: Sand damping by N-set on 2013-12-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Mastodont DIY Rack: Wall Mount? in Audio Discussions  68 Replies 
[quote user="decoud"]For sand to work here in friction does it not have to be load bearing itself: i.e. inside a steel cage that propagates the vibration through the walls there will not be much friction, no? What you want is a sandcastle.....[/quote...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: I have done some work on this in the past. by mem916 on 2014-10-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Bass impact on Turntable: how to estimate objectively in Analog Playback  4 Replies 
I recorded the output of my cartridge/ phono stage/ line stage with the stylus resting in a groove of a stationary record while playing a CD at high volume with heavy bass through another path. Since my system uses tubes I was also getting tube micro...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #29: Power war by N-set on 2015-09-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Fidelity Research FR-7 in Analog Playback  42 Replies 
The most terryfying thing is that the war was still possible in Europe...and this kind of war with heavy indiscriminative shellings...Yes Pieter needs time, but I haven't been pushing too much. We have bought silver wire so it sits there and waits. I...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #282: Sound beats engeneering by N-set on 2017-01-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage in Analog Playback  310 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]fiogf49gjkf0d1)    3)      The common mode filter you have at the PS’s input- why do you use them? They do eat some dynamics. As many time I removed them from all imaginary components as many time I witnessed better sound. ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Sort of like the double horn by steverino on 2014-05-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Minusk: a new Vibraplan? in Audio Discussions  8 Replies 
I ran across this Negative stiffness isolation platform (the anti Viagra??) independently but I should have known the Cat had pounced years earlier. It is hard to tell how much the concept has advanced since 2007 as I only found one firm doing it (Mi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Moscode, Morecode, Moronocode…. by Romy the Cat on 2006-05-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Moscode, Morecode, Moronocode…. in Audio Discussions  0 Replies 
Since I am now in the Super Zarathustra conceptualization mode am paying attention to the hybrids out there. http://www.goodsoundclub.com/TreeItem.aspx?postID=2362 I still do not see any interesting Class “A” hybrids but it looks like regular AB hy...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Re: The “dead points of live sound” by rdrysdale on 2005-05-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The “Dead Points of Live Sound” in Playback Listening  28 Replies 
     Excellent post Romy. Definitely the room treatments and speaker locations are probably the most important part of the overall system. I have heard good speaker systems in poor surroundings, if the setup isn't right, nothing c...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #81: Oops - Layered Sound by stevie7V on 2007-11-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to USE “Resonating Oops” in loudspeakers in Horn-Loaded Speakers  184 Replies 
[quote user="guy sergeant"]Are this company thinking along the same 'Oops' lines?http://www.layeredsound.com/index.html[/quote]I have some experience with the 'Layered Sound' concept and although I haven't read all of this thread, I think that it doe...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Tone by morricab on 2008-01-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Why I hate HornResp. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  3 Replies 
Hi Romy,It seems that the idea of tone is not only lost to most speaker designers but to most electronics engineers as well. When you hear the excrement most designers call an amplifier you would swear that they have never not even once heard a real ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: The afterburn acoustic resonators ... by Romy the Cat on 2007-02-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to USE “Resonating Oops” in loudspeakers in Horn-Loaded Speakers  184 Replies 
[quote user="Michaelz"]Where does this come from? [/quote]It coming from a danger that we all under what we think about those things. With all our desire to equate loudspeaker with a musical instrument this comparing might be juts figurative as a mus...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: Koetsu, Lyras and the FR... by Romy the Cat on 2009-06-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The mystery of Koetsu Onyx Cartridges. in Analog Playback  52 Replies 
Koetsu are crap and it is sad that some ognorant or criminal people crated so much hype about it. Might be in past it was better, as it was proposed above by somebody in this thread, but I doubt as I know people who drooled about Koetsu 20 years back...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #50: Damping with VB-1X by jessie.dazzle on 2009-04-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Ridiculous Japa-Brazilian horn. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  54 Replies 
http://www.cascadeaudio.com/marine/vb_1x_damping_compound.htm After reading the tech notes on VB-1X, I have difficulty with the manufacturer's claim that the product is effective at damping frequencies down to 10Hz, when at the same time they specify...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Sand and... polystyrene beads by tuga on 2009-04-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Constructing LF modules to the limits in Audio Discussions  54 Replies 
Hello Haralanov,That's a nice strong heavy box you have there.You might want to check and add some more sand in the future because vibration helps the grains to adjust which in turn reduces volume.[quote user="Romy the Cat"]10)   Do you know that you...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #145: Tube sound and vibration by drdna on 2009-01-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps in Melquiades Amplifier  397 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"][quote user="drdna"]As I had been looking at all these tubes I began to also inspect their interior construction. This will amuse you: one thing I would do is to hold the tube right up to my ear so the glass would be touchi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #129: NOS 2A3 tubes versus new tubes by drdna on 2009-01-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps in Melquiades Amplifier  397 Replies 
I totally am a believer that the construction of a tube determines how it will sound. This makes perfect sense when you consider the tube is relies on the changing flux of electrons in a vacuum. It is easier at least for me to visualize this as a ph...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #131: Sylvania 2A3 identification by drdna on 2009-01-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps in Melquiades Amplifier  397 Replies 
[quote user="floobydust"]I do agree that the internal structure makes a big difference... but, if the tube specs properly and has adequate immunity to mechanical induced interference, then you should not be able to discern any major difference in sou...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #140: 6E5P VS 6E6P by drdna on 2009-01-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps in Melquiades Amplifier  397 Replies 
Romy, I assume you plan to use one of these as the driver tube. Do you distinguish any difference in the sound between the two tubes? I am curious as I have been looking over a big pile of them and they respond quite differently regarding vibrat...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #260: A dubious benefit of suspended floor. by Romy the Cat on 2010-09-14 
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="noviygera"]I feel that the best candidates are metal springs. 1. They won't compress or deteriorate quickly.2. They work good in the used freq. range.3. Easy to replace. Easy to tune by adding or removing springs.4. Easy to float the ent...
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