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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #42: Really? :-) by haralanov on 2012-03-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Ultimate MF compression driver? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  45 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]since I know that you do not deal with horns and discuss it only as theoretical exercise I am not sure what we are talking about. [/quote]Hahaha :-) This experiment was made a few days ago by a friend of mine who is speaker...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #19: Disagee by haralanov on 2014-01-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: JBL 2226 2445 2405 3-way and a path forward in Horn-Loaded Speakers  27 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] However, do not use word “brake” as it if from the words of mass-centric drivers. Horns are not about mass and exertion but about velocity and consequential pressure, so in horns there are no brakes but rather damping over...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #186: The horny light or the lighted horns. by Romy the Cat on 2010-08-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s Midbass Project – the grown up time. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  455 Replies 
I am more and more inclining to finish my horn in the textured paint of the color of my room. However, lately I have another “idee fixe”. My listening room has a very pleasant light pattern, something that was here before and something that I added. ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #76: Yes Romy, £225 per pair! And again read more carefully-Anubisgrau... by oxric on 2011-04-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Bye-Bye, Fane in Horn-Loaded Speakers  108 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] Yes, I did not realize that the price of £225 is for a PAIR; usually price is given per driver. I guess the £225 per pair is not and of the world but I still insist to pay 65 cents per 1 Euro as it use to do… In past I n...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #24: The Injection Channel as Ambience faking tool? by Romy the Cat on 2007-11-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: K-Stereo Ambience Recovery Processor in Didital Things  29 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] It is kind of suspiring that Mr. Katz was able to patent it as the notion of “kinky” channel-crossfeeding in order to make stereo to simulate the true binaural recordings are very old and used by headphone people for year ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #29: Can SACD really sound this good? by manisandher on 2009-04-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The BSO and Digital Music. in Didital Things  44 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Now how much better would be if people abandon that idiotic SACD/DSD and Mark Donahue would record BSO right in PCM at 88.2 kHz/24bit or 172.2 kHz/24bit format? Then the files that we get will be as close to raw master file...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #41: Re: Thorsten's preamp idea by Thorsten on 2005-11-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Passive transformer based preamp in Audio Discussions  41 Replies 
Roman,[quote user="Romy the Cat"]May I ask you, this realization of yours… dose it has any “sound”. [/quote]The one we have build which is a little different (6S45 not C3g, also tried WE 417A, 437A, TX-101 Copper not silver, AN UK Line Output Transfo...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Re: It is not about rightsizing from extreme systems but .... by Thorsten on 2006-06-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Rightsizing from extreme systems.... in Audio Discussions  7 Replies 
Hi,[quote user="Romy the Cat"]....obtaining the same extreme results by the different means, although I do not know yet if it is possible….[/quote]My point exactly.[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Also, that 9.5" woofer to do well 3000Kx and to do well 40H...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Deep Condolences Romy by jeff1225 on 2013-12-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Life 3.0 in Site Support Forum  10 Replies 
Very sorry to hear of your loss. I love showing people the pictures of your playback system with the pictures of your cat.......

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Slight hardness by tuga on 2010-02-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Analog Transfer: the first draft. in Didital Things  19 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Here is my second attempt to make ad-hog analog transfers. The file is 280 Meg in 167kH and 24 bit. Do not download it if you can’t not play 167kH. The file is 0.5dB hotter then it shall be and has some clipping. I wonder i...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #56: Sorry, no doubler in Weiss by manisandher on 2009-09-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Pacific Microsonics Model 2 in Didital Things  85 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]It is possible that it does it, you might not know how to activate it or it defeated on your unit by some kind of hardware switch. Or perhaps it does it but you just do not know it.[/quote]No, it definitely does NOT do it.[...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: Further FM recording by peter foster on 2008-09-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Is anybody live in Australia with a tuner and an interest? in Off Air Audio  19 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] Why would you need to do it? A regular DVD hose a WAV file of 4.7G – that is 2.3 hours of recording… The Cat[/quote]I do not have access to a DVD writer.[quote user="Romy the Cat"] I wonder if you tried the Ales...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #15: The conversion to a nerd house is almost complete by Romy the Cat on 2011-03-31 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Antenna solutions for FM in Off Air Audio  27 Replies 
Ok, I have something to sleep tonight with – my dream came through and I got today my 60+ feet Rohn 25G antenna tower. With this elevation I will be able to get even Worchester local stations. I just need to get a variance from my town to erect it.  ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Only God knows.... by Romy the Cat on 2008-09-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How do you position your stereo? in Analog Playback  3 Replies 
[quote user="drdna"] Option #2 is appealing since it will free up a lot of space and make the equipment more cat-proof.  I was thrilled to come home a month ago to find the tonearm wires chewed through and the tonearm swinging freely.  [/qu...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #87: Built to order by tuga on 2010-07-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Ultimate Turntable in Analog Playback  220 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]There is a fusion in contemporary turntables: to make platters and tonearm bases separated. I am not an expert but in my ignorant common sense I do not think I like it. For instants take a look at a German table:http://www....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #17: Ion balance by N-set on 2011-10-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Commercial Air Blower Ionizer in Analog Playback  17 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]I do not use the ionizers for my LP setup anymore. I find that it is very inconsistent as sometime it helps against dust and sometime it does not. What however, I did noted that if you use a powerful ionizer that can ionize...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: More thoughts by N-set on 2012-06-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Turntable speed analysis. in Analog Playback  17 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] N-set wrote: There is a certain analogy between THD number and Wow&Flutter number: bare THD tells you very little, if anything at all, about the amp, one has to dig into that number deeper and see a detailed spectrum b...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #30: Need for a systematic approach by drdna on 2008-12-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Sakuma's Show in Audio Discussions  35 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]did anybody pay attention that all coupling transformers-loaded amplifiers (among those that I heard) sound in a similar way as the amps with high voltage output tube that run over 1KV on plate. Did you ever think why?[/quo...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #39: Reds are Fragile by Chirag on 2007-03-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A quest for a better monitor. in Audio Discussions  97 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] May ask you: how you drive your Reds 10” and the most important do you feel any their deficiency in power handling. I mean after the 109dB Macondo I have tendency to drive the small Reds slightly hard and this LF drive do...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: "Mistake"??? by Fugue on 2010-09-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: In defense of Mikhail Pletnev in Musical Discussions  9 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] Amphissa wrote: So, I do not think Pletnev will go to jail.….This means we will continue to have lots of very bad music from Mr. Pletnev for many years to come. The boy was asking for a “pianist” but Pletnev was thinking t...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #212: Yh by unicon on 2010-10-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Romy The Cat's new Listening Room in Audio Discussions  478 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]this is just a piece of fabric covering a fiberglass pipe. The fiberglass pipes everyone buy from the same Knauf factory and it costs virtually nothing. The piece of fabric starch above it is also cost a few dollars, so why...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #791: I'll have to ponder this by Lx_ on 2011-03-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Possibly that you are right but it might be something else. My last year unit did inject back to power line a LOT of dirt. I just measured my new fixed unit and I was VERY surprised the it out back to the wall significantly...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #819: Sorry, I mis-quoted by manisandher on 2011-03-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]BTW, there are reasonably simple tests to verify that your unit does or does not have the problem that my November units has, the testing procedures you will need to get from PurePower.[/quote]I will certainly look into thi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #153: The current building plans. by Romy the Cat on 2010-07-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s Midbass Project – the grown up time. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  455 Replies 
The back chamber will be revised when we do there.http://www.goodsoundclub.com/PDF/RomyTheCat_Midbass_Horn.pdfThe Cat...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #16: 416 resonance by Horn Savant on 2010-08-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The best 20 hz bass horn in Horn-Loaded Speakers  20 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]. What was your resonant frequency after loading? The 416 are 25Hz drivers, after loading and with two drivers it might be deep in teens. From the picture it looks like you keep the back chamber of extra large space, or eve...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Melquíades: here they come… by Romy the Cat on 2005-02-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The “Melquíades” début. in Melquiades Amplifier  10 Replies 
 The amps are sitting on the Kevin Tellekamp’s platforms from “Silent Running Audio” The Cat...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #44: The “second solution” - a major disappointment by Romy the Cat on 2008-12-02 
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"] The second solution, that I order of magnetite more enthusiastic about, I will keep for a time being secretive but if it work then it will be the most ridicules and the most affective idea that I have seen in tube amplific...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Tubes and the Sound by drdna on 2009-01-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A sort of DPOLs in Melquiades Amplifier  8 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]I am not sure if you stress the words “sound” or the word “stereo”. I do not have anything to do with mono but properly implemented stereo is absolutely wonderful and I love Take a little portable mono microphone, attach it...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #13: Digitalized Vinyl by joaco on 2011-06-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It is all about hard surface. in Playback Listening  12 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]The main worsening of Sound by digital technology does not come from limitation of formats but from a corruption of recording culture. In past the tape or a disk was tangible analog evidence all manipulation that took place...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #36: I think lately about POSITIVE benefits of SOME compression. by Romy the Cat on 2009-04-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Attention Sound Engineers (compression and loudness) in Playback Listening  47 Replies 
I do and it is not as black and while subject as it might appear…The caT...
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