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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #560: Disappointment so far with motor-generator idea by Romy the Cat on 2010-08-28 
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"] OK, I agree – it might be not necessary as PP2000 does produce fine electricity in a convenient package. Furthermore it violates the rule that I try to follow in audio generally: define snick objective and ONLY then re...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1664: Romy Thanks by Amir on 2019-08-06 
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"]First of all, if you have multiple of PP3000 then be advices that them connected in parallel substantially descries sound quality for each of them. Then might be use ONLY at different phases of some measures should be ta...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #16: Not so simple though... by anthony on 2015-08-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Another time aligned 5-way horn project in Horn-Loaded Speakers  189 Replies 
[quote user="Murataltuev"] anthony wrote:This configuration should give somewhere around 109dB @ 20Hz from 15w in room with cone movement of about +-3.5mm.  That is still low excursion, and they are excellent drivers.   Well, in this case, I also hav...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #67: My field coil driver by audiofilofine on 2010-02-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vitavox S2 with Electromagnets in Horn-Loaded Speakers  91 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]  haralanov wrote:And the very same is with electromagnets. With those so widely used 12V power supplies (Fertin, Feastrex for instance) the sound is always softer than it should be in reality with severally restricted dy...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: The AR live vs. reproduced sound demos by tuga on 2014-02-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Playback and chamber music. in Playback Listening  6 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] steverino wrote:If you went to a concert with chamber music and closed your eyes how would it be different? Steverino, I think that the main difference between listening quartet recording and blind listening of live quarte...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: A big change for the better by Paul S on 2007-06-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The K&K SE hybrid phono stage: a report in Analog Playback  54 Replies 
I must say that I have always thought the Cardas "Golden Ratio" schtick was pretty lame.  So it was with no small measure of trepidation that I sent off a rather outlandish sum of money for two Cardas Golden Whatever 4.7 uF caps for th...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #73: Musicians generally do not play by the same rules by rowuk on 2019-10-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: My Audio Philosophy in Playback Listening  95 Replies 
[quote user="Amir"] rowuk wrote:Amir, I certainly will not argue that many professional musicians have „easy playback“ with no demand for audiophile artifacts in their sound. This is often because they are drawn into the music at a „different“ level....

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 #117: Yes, it is all correct. by Romy the Cat on 2015-02-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vitavox’s S2 Survival Guide. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  123 Replies 
[quote user="anthony"] Romy the Cat wrote:Here is the list of the thing to do with Vitavox S2 in order to use it in 4-ways installations. The S2 must not be used in 2, 3 ways systems. It possible to do with S2 whatever you wish but pretty much any ot...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Macondos Frame Mod Variant by jessie.dazzle on 2006-12-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo Frame modification. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  46 Replies 
Romy, Here are some images of a slight variant of your Macondo Frame proposal. This version has the Fundamentals horn more rigidly coupled (this may or may not be desirable) and does not require a counter weight. It may also be a little more co...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #18: Higher power cpu by Amir on 2017-03-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Why I hate computer playback. in Didital Things  17 Replies 
[quote user="manisandher"] Amir wrote:Please share more information about your PC.Amir, I have two PCs for purely audio purposes - one for my main listening room and one for my home office. The former was built commercially by Phasure (http://www.pha...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: CEC has closed it's doors by tuga on 2017-03-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: EAR Yoshino DAC 4 by Tim Paravicini in Didital Things  24 Replies 
[quote user="Amir"] xandcg wrote:For the record, and wide talking, the LampizatOr sound is on the same boat of Audio Note (UK).Ear dac4 is not so transparent and it's volume control should be removed in my idea.I guess Audionote is good but it's soun...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #151: Nothing to do with ownership, just a market perspective. by dkarmeli on 2014-05-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Ultimate Turntable in Analog Playback  220 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] dkarmeli wrote: We've been discussing the price of AF1 all this time and why it costs what it does, nothing to do with what one is willing to pay for it. Actually I am not " discussing the price of AF1 all this time". The ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: And this is the whole point! by Romy the Cat on 2009-02-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Srajan Ebaen and Juicy-Cooking Audio. in Audio News  8 Replies 
Well, I think you missed what I aimed. It is not the question how much Srajan own or Srajan’s writer’s mind was spend to cook up the 6moon articles. You would hardly see any analyses, research or any attempts of demanded assessments at 6moon, or any ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #980: Responses on AC Polarity by clarkjohnsen on 2011-12-28 
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"]  clarkjohnsen wrote:It does not take care of itself (what does?) and following the code doesn't get you there either…. Indeed, it is current leakage... but measured by the difference in potential. Clark, you a bit simplis...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #21: Cogent 2007, True-to-Life Horn Loudspeaker - the criticism by Romy the Cat on 2007-10-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Satisfying result: the RMAF Show + Cogent in Horn-Loaded Speakers  22 Replies 
The AudioFederation guy posted pictures from RMAF show with Cogent room. (The images are courtesy to http://www.audiofederation.com) I was wrong in my previous post, as Cogent did demonstrate their loudspeakers with Ionovac ion tweeter. Yester...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Eventually - a reasonable midbass horn from GOTO by Romy the Cat on 2007-11-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Eventually - a reasonable midbass horn from GOTO in Horn-Loaded Speakers  97 Replies 
A visitor of my site, presumably it is someone from GOTO, sent me email informing that GOTO made a new midbass horn. My enthusiastic applauses to GOTO as former GOTO bass-horns were  very bad and not serious. http://www.goto-unit.com/3.html Pu...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #16: The future of loudspeakers according to Lynn Olson. by Romy the Cat on 2007-07-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The IDEAL horn system in Horn-Loaded Speakers  27 Replies 
From the Lynn Olson’s site: http://www.nutshellhifi.com/ The introduction to the “The Art of Speaker Design”:“If you relax and take a mental journey to the 22nd Century, it is easy to imagine the perfect loudspeaker. It would made of an immense num...

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 #18: 6E5P Bias by hagtech on 2008-02-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The 6E5P tube data. in Melquiades Amplifier  44 Replies 
I run the driver tube at 170V @20mA.  I don't think you need to run this tube at high current.  It is very linear with wide signal swings at this bias.  I can get roughly 70Vrms out of it.  Output stage clips first, driver continu...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #258: Strong pre by ArmAlex on 2017-11-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A listening room for a domesticated Cat? in Audio Discussions  283 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] ArmAlex wrote:Dear Romy,Try EAR 312. it may help.There is a very little info about the EAR 312 and I do not know if it is “stronger”. Wherever I looked I was not able to find the output impedance numbers.  It looks like t...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1589: New generation GOLD Edition by Amir on 2018-04-11 
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our pp3000 is also absolute silent with no issue. I should say I should replace "hardness" by "less relax in higher perception levels" as I guess it is due to break-in.  this is new generation of Purepower 3000. ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #29: Updated Macondo Images. by Romy the Cat on 2007-05-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo Frame modification. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  46 Replies 
I updated Macondo information in “My Playback” section and there here is the posted images: ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Lack of the rear wave by CO on 2007-10-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Macondo’s Upper Bass Channel: what is next? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  30 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] CO wrote:If you havent already, why not explore the Infinite baffle concept? Or a long terminated back chamber for that matter. Current drive should also be very good on the lower registers. I did it. Any situation ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #666: Light at the end of the PurePower tunnel? by Young Skywalker on 2010-12-18 
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"] Romy the Cat wrote:I got a contact from PurePower this morning and they requested some times to look into what is going on. It was not exactly pleasant that they took my behavior as my personal attack against them – it was...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #986: Onwards by clarkjohnsen on 2011-12-28 
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"]  clarkjohnsen wrote:Folks, in case you care to learn the truth of the matter, AC Polarity is the subject of Chapter 7.5, pages 63-66. Its connection to acoustic polarity is established there too. That Romy should so boldl...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: Pics of my tweeter with a transition slope attenuator by Romy the Cat on 2005-10-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Something that a loudspeaker must have. in Audio For Dummies ™  17 Replies 
Here are some images how I resolved my EV-T350 tweeter along with a transition slope attenuator. PS: Please read the following follow-up:     http://www.goodsoundclub.com/TreeItem.aspx?PostID=2790...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #38: Living voice 6moons by hifiapart on 2010-09-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Living Voice Loudspeaker in Audio News  80 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]  hifiapart wrote:Being critical is easy, making things move not so easy.....and yes that entails exposure and conflicting views. Unfortunately 6monns does not “exposure conflicting views” – they expose cheap views, I am ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #16: DACs and computers by Telstar on 2008-02-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The commercial music servers. in Didital Things  36 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] Dima for instance (and he has quite high expertise in the subject) claims that there no true 24bit converters available anyhow. BTW, with all advances of HDCD, that I fully appreciate, it makes send only on 16 bit. At 20...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Pham's wild years by jessie.dazzle on 2010-12-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Pham Thanh Cuong's playback from Vietnam. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  6 Replies 
Though he seems to like running several TTs in parallel, I do not interpret Pham's page to show that he is running more than just one horn system; what I see is an evolution of a system. It looks like, in its latest iteration (under the heading "Syst...
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