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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...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #47: Purity of the Bard by de charlus on 2013-09-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Kitties go to London in Audio Discussions  92 Replies 
Yes, Hamlet by the RSC can be a truly seminal experience in the original English; every academic I know working in literature thinks that their particular field is superior to all others "with the obvious exception of Hamlet". Shakespeare gets to the...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #247: Another day another mystery. by Romy the Cat on 2009-01-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
OK, after some experiments I did find something that reduced dynamics what Avicenna was on line. Avicenna has two power transformers. First one is a low voltage (6.3V/1A) transformer to feed Avicenna’s distortion analyses, oscillators, frequency PLL,...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb by Romy the Cat on 2010-10-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Putin or Medvedev? in Audio Discussions  7 Replies 
[quote user="guy sergeant"] I'd agree with that. I wouldn't mind seeing the British PM being seen to support the manufacturers here (such as Avid & Naim!) in such a public way. However, such conspicuous consumption wouldn't be well received here ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1656: Worthwhile? by rowuk on 2018-11-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
Maybe you should get spectral data what your power supply secondaries look like in an case, my suspicion is that we have the exact same issues as with high order crossover networks when our power supplies have "high order" filtration. Maybe we ne...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Exotic materials by tuga on 2007-12-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The leather-suspended drivers. in Audio Discussions  13 Replies 
Hi Romy, If you're into exotic materials check out the latest wideband driver from SEAS with papyrus fibre impregnated paper cones: http://www.seas.no/images/stories/exotic/pdf_datasheet/seas_exotic_press_release.pdf Cheers, Tuga...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: How to look what electron has under her skirt? by Romy the Cat on 2006-09-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: An amplifier for Tweeters in Audio Discussions  17 Replies 
Well, I do not care about it anymore. Last night I spoke with Bud and, thanks God, he took this project form my hand under his wings. As the result I will be having whatever I need, implemented by the best method possible. I am very enthusiastic and ...

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 #956: Some practical observations. by Romy the Cat on 2011-12-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
I sat down today to listen what is going on with sound of my dedicated lines. Last night I shot down heating in my house and let the dedicated lines to care 3K heater (1.5K on each phase split) for enter day. So it is not brand new copper anymore...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #20: The fuse in theMF Channel by anthony on 2015-06-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Planning my DSET in Melquiades Amplifier  186 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] anthony wrote:  The fuse.  You show a fuse on this schematic (that traces back to the B+ supply) but omit it on the 6-Channel schematic that I linked to earlier in the thread.  Do you use this fuse or have you removed i...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #15: More than $9 too by steverino on 2014-01-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Prices in High-End Audio. in Audio Discussions  27 Replies 
The Makita FS6200 Drywall Screwdriver ($89.99) (0-6,000 rpm) delivers speed, power, and ergonomics. It is ideal for hanging sheet rock on wood frame.FS6200 FeaturesPOWER - Powerful 6 amp motor with 0-6,000 rpm designed to handle all ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #46: Using MS Word and how planctons discourse shrewdly on matters of expos... by oxric on 2010-02-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Schroder Tonearms in Analog Playback  61 Replies 
  Romy wrote: Rakesh, before everything: you use MS Word to type messages and it has some...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: About DSET-driven multi-way acoustic system maintenance assessment. by Romy the Cat on 2009-11-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: About DSET-driven multi-way acoustic system maintenance asse... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  0 Replies 
In this thread I would like to talk a bit about the practice in DSET driven multi-way horns configuration. I have expressed my view that the architectural configuration that Macondo and Super Melquiades end up to be I find is the most interest...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #13: Audiotekne Bass Module impressions? by mats on 2011-05-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Munich High End 2011 in Horn-Loaded Speakers  45 Replies 
Thanks for sharing these images Serge.I would like to learn more about the Audiotekne bass solution.What size driver is that, is it a sealed cabinet, what is the baffle,and what frequency range is demanded from this box?Ho...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #27: Your following main reasons… by Romy the Cat 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="haralanov"] The horns, even the fast opening ones are physically too deep for their mouth’s size, and this leads to a psychoacoustic illusion that the sound images are arrested at the bottom of the horn and from there they scream they wa...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #86: Canned meat by Wojtek on 2019-10-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: My Audio Philosophy in Playback Listening  95 Replies 
[quote user="rowuk"] Wojtek wrote:people who are not exposed to a  possibilities of certain (SOTA) sound reproduction level  have NO IDEA what's actually achievable. To have a luxury of choosing five SOTA Trumpets from the masters is very nice indeed...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #21: "One" more thing... by jessie.dazzle on 2007-10-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Phase plug for midbass in Horn-Loaded Speakers  23 Replies 
Reading how you plan to go about making this horn, I offer the following (this first one you probably aready know):Make the outside of the mold in quarters or thirds and hold it together using fabric straps (not bolted flanges)... If you make it...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Texture and Consistency by jessie.dazzle on 2007-01-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Make Your Own Horns in Horn-Loaded Speakers  2 Replies 
Romy, Thanks for your comments. My plan is to seal the horns once I get them all (all 8 of them) to the "ready-for-finish" state (still a lot of work to do). At that point I will try contacting John. In the mean time, I've acquired very solid r...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Happy New Year 2024 by Amir on 2023-12-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A passive but elegant presentation in Audio Discussions  8 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] Amir wrote: my question is: the relation between "music listening experience" and "sound quality".Amir, this is such a loaded question and completely valid to think about. In fact, I feel any audio practicing indivisible...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #39: The “magic” testing for 6C33C was found? by Romy the Cat on 2007-01-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Get, or made up a tube tester, it’s necessary in Audio For Dummies ™  44 Replies 
OK, let me to recall. We learned that the “hysteresis” (for a lack of better world) manifest itself on used tube only. Also, what I see in the images the one of the half of the used tube has more “hysteresis” then other. I think it leads to the follo...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: An educational Eugenie’s installation. by Romy the Cat on 2010-07-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: An educational Eugenie’s installation. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  15 Replies 
A few weeks back somebody pointed out me to a picture of this playback and I concluded that it is an idiocy. Today I had a few word with the owner of this playback and I read his articles where he describes what he is trying to do. I do not consider ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: Waveguides by Vasyachkin on 2008-11-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Horn loaded ribbons and other Vasyachkin’s tangents.... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  33 Replies 
waveguides as far as i can tell are designed to equalize the power response. for example if we are talking about a typical 2-way speaker with a 7" midbass and 1" tweeter then there will be a discontinuity in the power response around the crossover...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #19: Cold, Hard Facts (or are they...?) by Paul S on 2011-07-31 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Natural Remedies for Sick Speakers? in Audio Discussions  28 Replies 
Lots of good, relevant information lately in the new "Basic Guide to Advanced Audio" thread!  But I don't want to orphan this thread because it is specific to speakers, which at this point means, drivers.So, germane to drivers, where should one start...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #146: Facts 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:It depends on the product and the company, not all are thieves! As of now they are selling 50 - 60 units/year and cheaper AF2 will also be available shortly.You seem to be obsessed with the $100k price, as I...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: CES: Meitner’s unexplained disaster. by Romy the Cat on 2005-01-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The CES 2005 in Audio Discussions  16 Replies 
There was a big room in there with big Schweikert speakers (with thier grainy and insultingly confident Sound), some king of not particularly good electronics and the entire EMM Labs’ front-end. Many rooms at the show used EMM Labs so-call preamplifi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Best of the HE2006: a follow up. by Romy the Cat on 2006-06-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Best of the HE2006!!! in Audio Discussions  14 Replies 
In response to my post above I have received an email from a Moron who blamed me in the typical foolishness that the Morons love to blame me: “You Romy do not like anything”. Of course I disregarded his email but I have to admit that among all BS tha...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #212: The inscrutable Orient by steverino on 2019-09-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Ultimate Turntable in Analog Playback  220 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] xandcg wrote: I read THIS short interview with Hideaki Niskikawa, the person behind TechDAS, and I learned he was the Micro Seiki chief designer, and was the responsible at least by the design of the SX-8000 II (cited i...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1688: Not an answer but clarification by ArmAlex on 2019-08-26 
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"] ArmAlex wrote:Quality of electricity in recording studio is irrelevant, we hear what it is, as it is. Unfortunately you are very wrong about that. Put in this way:  I would not use the word “irrelevant”. It is very much...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: Between S2 and OPT... by anthony on 2015-05-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Planning my DSET in Melquiades Amplifier  186 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]   anthony wrote: Is the resistor in the Fundamentals Channel between the OPT and the S2?  Apart from this resistor you run the S2 without any components between it and the OPT. . Actually it is not a resistor connected...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #100: Carbon superiority by tuga on 2008-07-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Jessie Dazzle Project in Horn-Loaded Speakers  172 Replies 
Jesse wrote : "Which one do they claim to be better; wood or carbon?" Carbon Jesse, Looking back I realize my writing wasn't as clear as it should have been, sorry about that. I have found and added image of the carbon baffle. Another int...
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