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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #63: Mass/friction 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"] None of these seems to apply in your case because you have a properly levelled installation, directly on concrete [/quote]If I had it on a concrete I'd be very happy! On wood it is, mafrend, on wood.[quote user="decoud"]I see th...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #16: Off Center by George on 2006-02-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A longer turntable belt. in Analog Playback  60 Replies 
In the traditional setup of a single motor and platter the motor is "pulling" the platter towards itself, setup D. Could this be of any concern? Supposedly one of the reasons Clearaudio uses 3 motors (other than to charge another $10K) is to keep the...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #23: Understanding the dpols by unicon on 2010-11-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The “Dead Points of Live Sound” in Playback Listening  28 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]The microscopic movement and angling Rgs, Romy the Cat[/quote]I agree and understand how important is moving the speakers to find the symmetrical impulse from both channels BUT in microscopic movement we mainly correct the ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Tube vibration sound by drdna on 2009-02-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: About the life-expectancy of the new production tubes. in Audio Discussions  9 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]The contemporary productions DHT tubes (Russian of Chinese) are superbly firm and have no internal noise when they shacked or hit. The mintage 60 years old tubes what you make the “close to ears” test responses like as some...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: Pneumatic mounts + high mass by N-set on 2018-08-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The ULF cannel for my new listening room. in Audio Discussions  43 Replies 
As a practitioner of vibration decoupling (stacore.pl), I second the idea. No gel, foam, rubber, etc will work on ULF as high mass + pneumatic mounts do. Pref. pneumatic damped too. I can assist with the design of the suspension. Cheers,Jarek...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #193: That's nice you have friends that view $400k as chump change by steverino on 2019-05-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Ultimate Turntable in Analog Playback  220 Replies 
There does seem to be a fair consensus the Airforce Zero (not to be confused with Forsell) is a success. I assume its success is due to controlling vibration. I believe US $400k is a sale price as reviewers say it will be Over $400k, not including th...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #32: Buy It Now! by hagtech on 2008-01-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 7788 tube mic pre design in Analog Playback  38 Replies 
I'll buy some more 7788 and give them a try.  I'd hate to change tubes at this point.  My triode connection has pin 8 (g3) to anode, not ground).  I wonder if that makes a difference.  Also, the power supply chokes are nearby, per...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: The missed war of active vs. passive isolation by Romy the Cat on 2009-12-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Is better than Kinetic Systems’ Vibraplane? in Analog Playback  3 Replies 
[quote user="Stitch"] When you look at the data sheets, you see, that they have different Hz range with different weight. A reason why I added some more mass to my Micro which is sitting on a VP. [/quote] Actually it is not my observation. In ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #169: Grounding, tarnnies and diodes by N-set on 2011-11-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage in Analog Playback  310 Replies 
[quote user="Paul S"]If you can do it, try isolating both cases/chasses from your "ground plane(s)". Use one inclusive "ground plane" for both the PS and the gain/RIAA sections, and ground this "ground plane" to the house "neutral" wire. Do NOT conne...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Vibrational bass by Vasyachkin on 2008-11-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The meaning of lowest octave. in Playback Listening  1 Replies 
i am a fan of this. who said that music is supposed to be ONLY about sound ? until recording was invented musical performance was never ONLY about sound. because there was also something to SEE for example. although i can still hear 25 hz i...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Vibrations = adverse contributions by zztop7 on 2014-08-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Platine Verdier Magnum in Analog Playback  6 Replies 
Romy,You were totally professional and proper; & I was greatly impressed with you reply.When I [zz] wrote " I do believe that it is best to minimize adverse contributions" -this statement was a reference to adverse contribution of vibration floor...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #46: Low frequency rumbling drainage? by Antonio J. on 2006-08-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A longer turntable belt. in Analog Playback  60 Replies 
Just speculating, but a tense wire can transmit vibration way better than a loose one. Perhaps to have an accurate bass response you need to keep low frequency oscillations away from the platter, and the tight tape helps to drain them to the rest of ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #22: Not a problem at all. by Romy the Cat on 2023-07-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo 3.0 in Horn-Loaded Speakers  51 Replies 
[quote user="Paul S"] Am I the only one who wonders about parking the amps on the woofers? [/quote] From the point of view of a methodological purity indeed the location of a vacuum tube amplifier atop of midbass section does not make any sense. B...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Active Tonearm Monitoring System. by Romy the Cat on 2009-07-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Active Tonearm Monitoring System. in Analog Playback  2 Replies 
It possible that those systems exist but I never heard about them and even I think it is too late to invent the thing for record playing but I still do like the idea. Pretend a needle reads grooves. Depth and the right-left variation of the gr...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #316: Suspended floor effective remedy. by Romy the Cat on 2011-05-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Romy The Cat's new Listening Room in Audio Discussions  478 Replies 
Last week I had an audio visitor from far US state and listening Sound in my room and wanting to make a compliment to me he said: “of cause, no one can’t achieve this bass without your solid floor”.  Being asshole as I am I begun to stress with h...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: About Likhnitsky's BS and Air-nized 834PT. by Romy the Cat on 2005-02-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Another interesting corrector: Likhnitsky's RX corrector. in Analog Playback  6 Replies 
Forget about the vibration! Those vibrations are representing jus one aspect of the problem. There are many others as important aspect, and to fight/name the only proposed vibration course is as necessary as to expose a lend worm to a psychological t...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Minusk: a new Vibraplan? by Romy the Cat on 2007-07-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Minusk: a new Vibraplan? in Audio Discussions  8 Replies 
Interesting… I was under suspicion that only Vibraplan allows LF decoupling but here is another California company the offers an alternative solution. http://www.minusk.com/ The Vibraplans did work fine and the principle was very simple, I read wha...

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 #52: Lower hum on 6C33C preamp. by KOTriode on 2011-11-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A different breed of 6C33C amplifier. in Melquiades Amplifier  84 Replies 
After spending considerable amount on the hum problem, one way to fix it is tho remove transformer and place it in a different chassis, the noise level will improve more than 15 db to -74db. But that cause too much hassle, so I got it improved to 62d...

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 #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 #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 #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 #261: Structural/Acoustic Things I Forgot to Mention... by Paul S on 2010-11-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Romy The Cat's new Listening Room in Audio Discussions  478 Replies 
Referring back to "retro-fitted", under-floor shoring in finished rooms, such as basements, I forgot to mention something I have run into a few times, in "traffic areas".  This is the disintegration of the drywall ceiling board that almost invari...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #59: The science by decoud on 2013-12-05 
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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 #75: Vibration Control - too much of a "good" thing? by ducatirider on 2008-07-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Ultimate Turntable in Analog Playback  220 Replies 
newbie here but this interests me as i have the baby raven one.  the platter of the ac is hollowed out and filled with a gel and then topped with the copper "mat".  why is this important?  because vibrations exists is 2 forms, s-w...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: The meaning of lowest octave. by Romy the Cat on 2008-05-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The meaning of lowest octave. in Playback Listening  1 Replies 
Last month of two I keep thinking about the super-meaning of lowest octave in sound reproduction.  It is not about the importance of the lowest octave for sake of audio reproduction, there is a lot about it in other pleases of my site and anywhe...

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 #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 #56: Use non-ferromagnetic materials to mount magnetics by Romy the Cat on 2011-03-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Bias help in Melquiades Amplifier  96 Replies 
For vibration control coming from multiple powerful indictors I feel there is nothing better then the “wing strategy” that invented for 6-ch Melquiades. Sine I have all transforms and chokes in toroid shape I put them on L-brackets and lifted them up...
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