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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: I know, the life sucks with S2 driver…. by Romy the Cat on 2007-06-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Musique Concrete horns in Horn-Loaded Speakers  6 Replies 
[quote user="RonyWeissman"] The HF sound is very quick and weighty , which can be quite nice on classical guitar for examlpe, but the tone is not clear enough, meaning for example cymbal attacks don't have enough metallic ring to them, nor enough blo...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Its all relative by Joe Roberts on 2009-01-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Aporia - Silbatone Acoustics speaker in Horn-Loaded Speakers  107 Replies 
At CES there were Viagra-junkie sized power cords everywhere for $5000. Around our room were $10k and $20k speakers that sounded like a wet jukebox. It was the land of delusion.Value per topology is one way to measure but let's instead start with a p...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: HD Radio is nothing more than FM dildo. by Romy the Cat on 2008-12-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: HD Radio? Good, bad or ugly? in Off Air Audio  7 Replies 
Well, Doug My attraction to HD Radio statred from the moment when I learned that my WGBH does one less step of analog compression for DH1 compare to FM and do not use limiting-out  at HD2 for live-to-tape recordings. Very promising, isn’t it?&n...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #25: I do not see hypocrisy but rather consistency. by Romy the Cat on 2009-04-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The BSO and Digital Music. in Didital Things  44 Replies 
It is not US’s Fox News  and not Stereophile and there is no need to pull the fractions of "stupid" soundbytes to prove any agendas. Anyone whoever are frequent this site know in context of what the said was said. Most important that I know what ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #20: My rebuttle by ShuffleSk8Ter on 2013-08-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Why Horn loaded systems?! in Playback Listening  30 Replies 
quote:1:Deciding for horns is actually very easy. Why:1) in the common sense range for each horn/driver they have far LESS distortion than any standard dynamic driver covering the same bandwidth. I define distortion as frequencies not originall...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Lamm L1 vs. L2 comparative chart. by Romy the Cat on 2005-06-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Lamm L1 vs. L2 preamp in Audio Discussions  5 Replies 
Ethan, Since I published the article “Preamplifiers: keys to mystery” I received many emails from my site visitors asking about Lamm prams and questioning my remarks in comparing what I said to “data form other sources”. Some people disagreed or sur...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #18: Yep, you are right: the Grande Utopia by Romy the Cat on 2008-08-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The jump-start of loudspeaker economy in Audio News  17 Replies 
[quote user="guy sergeant"]http://www.audiounlimiteddenver.com/ Focal Utopia EM[/quote] You are right: The Grande Utopia is one of the names that very much in the mainstream and have very much pre-inclined exposure in industry. That all will assur...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #21: More goto... by Jeffrey Jackson on 2007-12-11 
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... friends.. cats... I am sorry for my delinquence in replying... but the good news is that in the past weeks I have managed to get a beginning Goto system together... more on that in a minute.. first, basshorns... the bassh...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #33: My preamps revision: New Placette gain buffers. by Romy the Cat on 2018-06-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The ultimate buffer – light in the end of a tunnel in Audio Discussions  36 Replies 
After 13 year of using of my active Placette my preamp now is undergoing a modification. My knew listening room is rather on larger side (acoustically) and I am driving the whole system from super Milq, no help of SS amplification at the lower kne...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #83: So far it has nothing to do with Goto. by Romy the Cat on 2011-06-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Eventually - a reasonable midbass horn from GOTO in Horn-Loaded Speakers  97 Replies 
[quote user="tuyen"]When i change the cutoff of the 505tt to 200hz and 250hz, I experience that same 'hole' you mention about.  Hence why I was questioning if it is the 160hz le'clech horn causing this and if using the goto s150 horn with it's di...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Contributing factors of compressed sound. by malinowski on 2007-08-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Contributing factors in compressed sound in Audio Discussions  3 Replies 
Thanks Romy, I would have thanked you sooner but I had the day OFF of my day job today and had no time to post until now. *cracking up* I had a feeling there was no easy answer, wasn't sure if I was missing something, had scoured posts for a whi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #49: Spelled out for the cats and other mammals in the audience by Joe Roberts on 2009-01-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Aporia - Silbatone Acoustics speaker in Horn-Loaded Speakers  107 Replies 
[Quote] would you accept a photograph from a camera if it didn't do "blacks" and "extreme darks"? [/Quote]CRITICAL POINT 1VISUAL PERCEPTION AND AESTHETICS ARE NOT VALID MODELING SYSTEMS FOR MUSICThis is why imaging is a screwed up way to talk about ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: An Acquired Taste by Romy the Cat on 2010-08-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: An Acquired Taste in Playback Listening  0 Replies 
Here is a good article, not that I agree with everything that the author say but the direction is very good.  http://guthrytrojan.blogspot.com/2006_03_01_archive.html An Acquired Taste by Guthry Trojan from March 28, 2006 It ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: About Boiling Micro Response. by Romy the Cat on 2010-10-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: About Boiling Micro Response. in Playback Listening  2 Replies 
Last night a friend of my visited me and we spend an evening listing Wagner. He played Wagner himself a lot and he begin to make comments about sound of different sections and instilments in my room. I stopped him as Macondo in the new is no wher...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #897: Difference between electricity and non-electricity: some summation. by Romy the Cat on 2011-11-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
[quote user="steverino"] Why do you think the improved sonics were related to the residual noise or more precisely the hypothetical delta of noise components from one day to the next? You were very non specific about what was better and to what d...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: 'A great truth is a truth whose opposite is also a truth' - Thomas Man... by Romy the Cat on 2009-01-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Aporia - Silbatone Acoustics speaker in Horn-Loaded Speakers  107 Replies 
Joe, I think I would battle it. I would not be so certain. Mostly the SUV sized bass horns are notoriously bad sounding despite of the assurances of the system owners overwhelmed with so common in audio endowment effect. Not to mention that the Stag...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #38: Be careful... by Romy the Cat on 2018-02-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The 5-ways from Germany. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  38 Replies 
[quote user="martinshorn"] I already switched my priorities a view times. From tonality, then resolution, to latest color (VO) but now i see its the dynamics being the core of enjoying music with your heart. [/quote] Well, I very much assure you...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #181: Murat 2017 (Martch) by Romy the Cat on 2017-03-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Another time aligned 5-way horn project in Horn-Loaded Speakers  189 Replies 
It is not a secret that my short interaction with Murat and my observation the progress he has with his playback made me to feel that his is an idiot. There is nothing new in it, most of accidental audio people are idiots. Nevertheless, I think it...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Real-Objective Tweeters Alignment Survival Guide by Romy the Cat on 2006-10-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: About the tweeters phase alignment. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  3 Replies 
Ok, none it is time to dive into the practical process of tweeters alignment. Once again I presume that we are taking about monopole tweeters that use AFTER your midranges compression drivers (read my previous post). Some people use term “supertweete...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #31: Here is some tapped horns read by Tom Danley. by Romy the Cat on 2009-05-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The tapped horns: cons, pros and Sound in Horn-Loaded Speakers  57 Replies 
From: Tom DanleySent: Tuesday, May 05, 2009 5:56 PMTo: RomySubject: From Tom DanleyHi Romy http://www.goodsoundclub.com/Forums/ShowPost.aspx?postID=10359#10359 I hope you don’t mind the intrusion, it was suggested I could answer...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: My DHT experiment: Observations by Romy the Cat on 2008-11-29 
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"] There were some educational for myself observations made, in some way saying something about this specific DHT, in some way saying something about Melquiades’ single stage version and the Melquiades’ full-range two-stages ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #25: The Alnic’s Preamp Mystery #2 by Romy the Cat on 2009-10-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The LCR RIAA correctors in Analog Playback  57 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] It is not a the thread about Allnic but LCR RIAA correctors, still there was something expressed in here about the Allnic LCR phonocorrector… and  I feel bad about it. It is not that I don’t think that Allnic LCR phono...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: (Do i always need to add a subject or am I doing something incorrectly... by HifiOrDie on 2021-01-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 3 way Tractrix Horn Build Questions - and Introduction! in Horn-Loaded Speakers  20 Replies 
Well that really is damn frustrating and admittedly very aggravating.  After typing a rather lengthy and enthusiastic response, I somehow lost everything before posting and it couldn't be recovered.  So we'll attempt to try this again, though adm...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: More Horns propaganda by Romy the Cat on 2004-07-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Some Horns propaganda in Horn-Loaded Speakers  4 Replies 
Another particle of a good Horn Propaganda. It was published in Sound Practices in 1994 and written by Joe Roberts. I disagree with quite many of the author’s statements but his strategic view that the majority of the horns and the horn installations...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Melquiades: too early for a verdict? by Romy the Cat on 2005-03-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Melquiades: too early for a verdict? in Melquiades Amplifier  6 Replies 
One of the greatest and the most important things for me in power amplifiers is their ability to differentiate tones.  When you listen live music you practically never hear two identical tones. Even two identical pitches presented after the diff...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #23: Some more background on that system by martinshorn on 2018-02-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The 5-ways from Germany. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  38 Replies 
Hi Romy, Again, good words (don't want to kiss your ass ;) ). Though, I get your point and agree, one should not think that this winter picture means Goto sound cold (u never know what one could read out of it) . What Klaus also highlighted, is...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #56: The Last driver is never a first one. by Romy the Cat on 2015-12-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Good midbass is complicated, if not unobtainable. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  74 Replies 
[quote user="noviygera"]Also you say: "In reality the driver is the key"So let me ask for advice on suitable driver(s). This be my next step. Need I select a size? Or driver with certain spec? For example lets say driver "x" is good for this rang...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: It is hard to explain if you did experiment with loudspeakers by Romy the Cat on 2018-01-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How difficult is it to achieve Vox Olympian sound in Horn-Loaded Speakers  17 Replies 
[quote user="Newtohorn"]I have long followed posts in this forum and wondered what the ultimate horn system sounds like. [/quote] I would say that a properly designed horn system compare to other speakers topologies should have higher total dy...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #50: Upper Bass Horn Setup by Jorge on 2011-08-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Basic guide to advanced audio in Playback Listening  62 Replies 
The best midrange comes from compression drivers, it has that minuteness, transparency and dynamics that no other topology can offer; the main problem with them is that they only cover a very specific mid frequency ran...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #26: K-Stereo vs. not K-Stereo: some notes. by Romy the Cat on 2007-11-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: K-Stereo Ambience Recovery Processor in Didital Things  29 Replies 
Eventually I spant last nigh 3 hours to listen the Peter’s K-Stereo processed CD’s and took some notes, Below are some real-time comments of this listening session. Playlist 06; Song 01.Track 1; 17:27.Serge Koussevitzky, Boston Symphony Orchestra.Tc...
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