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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #19: Engineers are very cautious types, just like me when I design power tr... by Bud on 2005-07-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It is possible to eliminate some forms of gross side band di... in Audio For Dummies ™  22 Replies 
Please, have some fun. First download the white paper to see what the patent artists came up with. It is essentially correct but not to scale. Note that it requires 18 offset sets of blocks around the periphery of a cone. About two degrees of space ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #26: I'm not married to any topology by haralanov on 2014-01-27 
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"]I very much do not want to sound like I am expressing sarcasm. [/quote] Romy, I don’t treat your comments like expressed sarcasm and I never did it. In my view, your site is the only place in Internet, where fruitful discus...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Horn-Kultur 5-Way from Germany by Romy the Cat on 2011-08-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Horn-Kultur 5-Way from Germany in Horn-Loaded Speakers  0 Replies 
It is looks like a small company in Germany that makes some kind loudspeakers and among them there is one looks like ambitious project: 5 ways installation: http://www.horn-kultur.de/englisch/prod_mk5.html ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #27: Random thoughts in search for a/the cartridge. A final? by Romy the Cat on 2008-09-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Buying a last cartridge. in Analog Playback  80 Replies 
 Two weeks ago when I realized that something was wrong with my Shelter I asked a guy that I know “How people buy cartridges nowadays?” He said “They talk a lot with other people”. “I will not do it”, was my reply. Well, not two weeks after I ha...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #30: Correction of defects by drdna on 2008-09-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Buying a last cartridge. in Analog Playback  80 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]1) High electrostatic or whatever other reason make the cartridge very prone to collect dust. 2) Exceedingly hard-reading with slightly overly prominent leading-edges of the phases. This demands VERY high quality...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #26: Vitavox S2 field-coil: more hours. by Romy the Cat on 2006-04-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vitavox S2 with Electromagnets in Horn-Loaded Speakers  91 Replies 
My first impressions a about the “differences” of field-coiled derived form the time when I ran the Telefunkens war time drivers but at that time I had no reference how the same driver would act with permanent magnet. Also, the Telefunkens are the re...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: I got my table radio. by Romy the Cat on 2011-02-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Forward in the past with old radios. in Off Air Audio  18 Replies 
After much research I found the radio that I like. The decision was base mostly on the esthetic: size, color etc, sure I was conserving the circuit but only up to point.  The choose when for German Schaub & Lorenz Goldsuper W42. It is 1957 ra...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #155: A good question. by Romy the Cat on 2019-01-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Planning my DSET in Melquiades Amplifier  186 Replies 
Anthony, I grounded in my amp it in order the shield was not hanging there free. You certainly must NOT leave it disconnected and you do need to tie to something. Generally biasing of these electrostatic fields shields is very murky territory. The...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #107: Does not make sense to me. by Romy the Cat on 2023-08-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to get a LOT of SET power. in Audio Discussions  106 Replies 
I think it is a perfectly legitimate amp. The claim of bandwidth is obviously a marketing BS. Also, I am a bit skeptical of if a pair of 6N6P might deliver significant current to drive GM100 in negative side curve and deal with plate current. They...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #13: I have my reasons why I don't. by Romy the Cat on 2006-01-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Truth stretched out via Feastrex prism. in Audio Discussions  26 Replies 
[quote user="guy sergeant"]I don't know to what extent they've tried to apply the Naturflux thinking to the Field Coil circuit. It would not surprise me if that was much more difficult to do. It may have made the costs far too high. I don't know. [/q...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Resonating hi from oversea by martinshorn on 2017-04-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Resonating hi from oversea in Audio Discussions  8 Replies 
Hi Romy, hi folksMy intro hello and first post, i just had to sign up. Just found the platform through googlin some hornstuff and came back too often.Especially the resonating oops was the latest topic that really cought my attention as im familar, a...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #31: Re: ribbons/electrostats.... by Romy the Cat on 2005-11-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Passive transformer based preamp in Audio Discussions  41 Replies 
[quote user="morricab"]Well Romy, IMO they are not just tonally different they are more tonally correct, ie. they simply have less coloration than other technologies.  Just listen to a recording sometime made with a ribbon microphone and you wil...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #23: Suitable for Transplants? by Paul S on 2023-12-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Loudspeaker (Troels Gravesen project); Finally! in Audio Discussions  36 Replies 
It’s been a while since I visited face to face with my World-traveling friend, Mark. He came by yesterday, and we talked and also listened to Music via my MA-9S2s and The Loudspeakers. It was all LP playback. Mark has had his own giant hi-fi syste...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #199: Okay, made first sounds by N-set on 2022-05-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Remedies the Beauty in Playback Listening  293 Replies 
Made first sounds with my Dannoy incarnation. Hard to comment on it now  as my setup turns out to have some problems: 1. I haven't bypassed the B2's input circuits yet. And they do kill the sound - one slight move of one of the p...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #19: Measured 416 Resonance + Horn by Horn Savant on 2010-08-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The best 20 hz bass horn in Horn-Loaded Speakers  20 Replies 
The KOSS Electrostatic unit was still installed , so I removed  and checked resonance .The resonance was 136 HZ. I then tested it in horn assembly and the result was the same : 136...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: The prison of language and the lie in the symbol by Joe Roberts on 2009-01-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Aporia - Silbatone Acoustics speaker in Horn-Loaded Speakers  107 Replies 
I would agree that the Lowther is not hard to beat but the question is where and in whose mind does this competition exist? Is the Lowther, Manger, or other full range single driver in competition with different multi-driver approaches, other single ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #30: Re: Kill me, kill me, kill me!!!! by morricab on 2005-11-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Passive transformer based preamp in Audio Discussions  41 Replies 
Well Romy, IMO they are not just tonally different they are more tonally correct, ie. they simply have less coloration than other technologies.  Just listen to a recording sometime made with a ribbon microphone and you will understand what I ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #25: Antelope by de charlus on 2013-07-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: DAC Recommendations in Didital Things  44 Replies 
From a technological perspective, these look very interesting. Unfortunately the nearest place i could audition these is Montreal, but it looks to be worth it. Have you heard these, Romy, or are you also impressed with the price/technology ratio? d...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Analogue to digital converter comparison by Romy the Cat on 2007-03-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Analogue to digital converter comparison in Didital Things  6 Replies 
ANALOGUE TO DIGITAL CONVERTER COMPARISON by Kostas Metaxas Procedure: In all cases except for the KORG MR-1000, SOUND DEVICES SD744T and METRIC HALO[used with an Apple Laptop], I fed the outputs of the Stellavox SM8 to the A-D converter inputs [...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: David Haigner, kill the stupid CD horn. by Romy the Cat on 2009-09-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Engaging the David Haigner’s ideas in Horn-Loaded Speakers  7 Replies 
A site visitor pointed me out the I never made an intended write up about the David Haigner horns.  I just forgot about them… OK, let analyze David’s claims and his Alphahorn design. I would say right the way that I do not like the Alphahorn’s id...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #18: Design Philosophy by David Berning by Romy the Cat on 2007-09-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Devid Berning amplifiers: the anti-trnsformers frenzy? in Audio Discussions  45 Replies 
 An Audio Amplifier Design Philosophy By David Berning ( Courtesy Meta-Gizmo.com ) I became interested in audio at a very young age because I liked music, but was too uncoordinated to be able to p...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #33: Monday night :-) by haralanov on 2011-08-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Basic guide to advanced audio in Playback Listening  62 Replies 
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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: An Interview With Dr. Bruce Edgar by Romy the Cat on 2007-07-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: An Interview With Dr. Bruce Edgar in Horn-Loaded Speakers  0 Replies 
The Other End of the Single End: Modern Horns Done With Flare An Interview With Dr. Bruce Edgarby Dave Glackin, printed in POSITIVE FEEDBACK. 1996 Dave Glackin interviewed Dr. Bruce Edgar in his home, prior to the 1996 WCES. A follow-up on the speak...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Valve Technology Timeline by Romy the Cat on 2006-06-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Valve Technology Timeline in Audio Discussions  4 Replies 
The Valve Technology Milestone Timeline Courtesy to the National Valve Museum 1640 The first vacuum. Otto von Guericke's air pump 1643 The barometer first demonstrated by Evangelista Torricelli 1654 Magdeberg Hemispheres a d...
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