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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: The best speaker in the world, is yet again available by Gregm on 2007-10-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The best speaker in the world, is yet again available in Audio News  9 Replies 
      ...For only $ 25k: http://polymeraudio.com/index.html It is sold under the name Polymer Audio and these people also sell amplifiers called "DK design"I haven't listened to this product & am referring here to the unusual ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: The updated DAW? by Romy the Cat on 2007-09-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The best practices for DAW Data Storage. in Didital Things  9 Replies 
Well, I did some research and consulted with my network people and it looks like it might be unfortunately-expensive project. Still it will not be what I want. They recommended me to go for what they call NAS (network attach storage). It tuned out t...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Table radio example by N-set on 2012-01-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The invisible sound barrier in Playback Listening  6 Replies 
I used to listen to one of those German tube table radios. Graetz Sinfonia or whatever.IIRC it had a SEP stage with some EL84 and a plastic kind of mini-horn for HF and in general was running oldtubes, has never been cleaned etc. But nevertheless aft...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Macondo listening experience by montepilot on 2009-06-16 
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Recently I had my second extended visit to hear Macondo system.  I decided to post my listening impressions because this is one of the two best in home installations I have ever heard.  The pictures you have seen of the Macondo system look quite ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Magico Model 6 loudspeakers. by Romy the Cat on 2009-06-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Magico Model 6 loudspeakers. in Audio Discussions  2 Replies 
I heard today the Magico Model 6 loudspeakers about which the audio industry pimps of all calibers created so much stink lately. I did not have a chance to listen Magico extensively: a little guy who felt the he owed the room begun to jump in my ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Speculation! by op.9 on 2016-06-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: My Audio Philosophy in Playback Listening  95 Replies 
[quote user="Amir"]micro linearity will improve by good analog source (master tape) ...[/quote]Pure speculation. not correct necessarily. @Cat: it seems there are still "morons" out there ;-) your "Mini-me" has dominated the majority of your precious...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Who inherit Mocondo or another Mini-Me. by Romy the Cat on 2014-11-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Who inherit Mocondo or another Mini-Me. in Site Support Forum  42 Replies 
A few years ago a friend of mine, an audio manufacturer in Europe, in response to my Macondo Mini-Me project told me that my Macondo Mini-Me speakers were crap but the name I come up with for my Pilot acoustic system was ingenious. Well, he was n...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Handcraft by samuel33 on 2007-09-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Roomy the cat is going to sell speakers?! in Audio Discussions  4 Replies 
So i'm wrong...it's weird because he likes only horns and critizize magico mini.He has the same narrow minded way of thinking music (dynamic, dynamic and dynamic)You have an ideal of music reproduction very precise, why don't you try to make speakers...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #24: The Görlich´s surround by el`Ol on 2008-07-13 
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 
Hello Romy!The drivers with rubber surround you saw/heard were remakes from ATD (those who manufacture the drivers formerly used in the Magico Mini). The original Görlichs have textile surrounds....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #83: Heavy Cardboard? by Paul S on 2009-01-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s MiniMe or about Pilot Acoustic Systems in Audio Discussions  213 Replies 
So, basically, another $30k mini-monitor?Could you be more specific on the sound development, propagation and decay of the enclosure with the tap test?That white actually looks soothing, kind of like white opal.  But if you want it black, why di...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #45: Return to the paradigm by drdna on 2008-10-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s MiniMe or about Pilot Acoustic Systems in Audio Discussions  213 Replies 
I would not restrict myself to the idea that things need to be a certain way or a certain configuration of the drivers or ports based on theory alone. I think it is important to ask what is interesting about the sound that the new speaker introduces...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #41: The blues would actually do it… by Romy the Cat 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 user="Joe Roberts"] You have not heard Mangers, Aporia, or Loth-X speakers yet you thought sniffed yourself into an incredibly accurate picture of what they sound like. Great trick! [/quote]   It is not correct. I did not report the “in...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #127: Agree and disagree by Romy the Cat on 2009-02-13 
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[quote user="jessie.dazzle"]Forgive me for being so forward, but I have been holding it in for some time, and am right now, at this very moment, ripe for saying that I see this MiniMe thing as being analogous to an affair with a capricious little mis...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: YOU just ordered a pair. by Romy the Cat on 2006-08-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Magico Mini or Jonathan Valin maxi? in Audio Discussions  21 Replies 
[quote user="AllHammer"]This post has basically wiped out the entire reputation you have tried to build up in the past. Rebutting a review does not make yours right, and from my personal experiences, you are indeed far from right. I can see why some ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: It is official... by samuel33 on 2007-09-15 
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It is official Roomy the cat is going to sell speakers !Few quote on another forum : Jvalin "you are planning to build and market for a good deal more money than the Mini IIs." (26 000$ for the Mini II)Roomy respond "I have only to you with a private...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #229: Yes! by Romy the Cat on 2022-10-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Remedies the Beauty in Playback Listening  297 Replies 
Edgar, I completely miss you in all of your findings and I also was thinking about 15-in toy with a pair of sunspeak passive radiators. Indeed, Tannoys reinforced by sanspeak passive radiators is a magical configuration. I wonder do you dri...

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 #2: Advanced Acoustic System Aesthetics by Lbjefferies7 on 2009-04-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Horns with contra-profile baffles. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  3 Replies 
This is an interesting subject.  My system certainly follows the 'form follows function' rule but I have wondered how the looks of a speaker (or entire system) effects the listener's perception.  Of course we have all experienced some male grunti...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: May I suggest by Wojtek on 2012-07-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 47 Lab Digital in Didital Things  9 Replies 
Metrum acoustics mini dac octave as an alternative to NOS dac from  47 labs. The same concept in modern application. I had a chance to listen to this dac as compared to 47 labs cloned dac (the clone was unfortunately filled with those expensive b...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #39: Don't sniff my thoughts, sniff my speaker 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]BTW, I have a incredibly accurate record of sniffing those thoughts. [/Quote]Thought sniffing is precisely the problem. Too much thought sniffing.You have not heard Mangers, Aporia, or Loth-X speakers yet you thought sniffed yourself into an i...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Re: Magico Mini or Jonathan Valin maxi? by AllHammer on 2006-08-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Magico Mini or Jonathan Valin maxi? in Audio Discussions  21 Replies 
This post has basically wiped out the entire reputation you have tried to build up in the past. Rebutting a review does not make yours right, and from my personal experiences, you are indeed far from right. I can see why some people will not agree wi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Happy Listening by AllHammer on 2006-08-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Magico Mini or Jonathan Valin maxi? in Audio Discussions  21 Replies 
If I am not mistaken, this is your website, filled with pages after pages of pure verbal diarrhea. I have no plan to interfere with you building your own audio religion. You can fill your website up with any opinion you want, regardless of the level ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Danley Soundlabs by ferenc on 2011-09-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Professional sound systems in Audio Discussions  22 Replies 
I tried dozens of different PA speakers at home in the last 5 years, and I honestly can say the only speakers could be used at home are the Danley SOundlabs speakers - at least according to my experience. The new SM60 is a very room friendly speaker,...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #79: LV sound by ArmAlex on 2015-01-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Living Voice Loudspeaker in Horn-Loaded Speakers  80 Replies 
Stitch I can't understand why some people in this site are trying to be a mini Romy,you included. I read what Romy writes and you don't need to repeat it.It's very strange you KNOW what was playing in that particular room without being there. Anyhow ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #100: Driver attatchment; gaskets by serenechaos on 2009-01-31 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s MiniMe or about Pilot Acoustic Systems in Audio Discussions  213 Replies 
just a couple thoughts: the nicest mini-monit0rs i've ever heard used an unusual mounting technique.  http://www.enjoythemusic.com/magazine/equipment/0807/micropure_kotaro.htm i had difficulty communicating with the maker due to language ba...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #68: The freaking economy! by Romy the Cat on 2008-11-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s MiniMe or about Pilot Acoustic Systems in Audio Discussions  213 Replies 
Yesterday my machinist called me with apologies. His original estimate for the MiniMe material (I went for G10) were around $700- $750. It was no BS as we were looking is big fat book with the actual prices. He said that the price for G10 during the ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: Some amassing things are going on with this Mini. by Romy the Cat on 2007-04-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Hi-Fi Mini Systems in Audio Discussions  12 Replies 
Since I have no Macondo for 2-3 weeks (completely disassembled in expectation of my new frame – had to be ready two weeks back) I was playing music on that “celebrated” Demon M31. I ma telling you that I’m not use to have this type experience for yea...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Re: Jonathan Valin's strip show? by Romy the Cat on 2006-08-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Magico Mini or Jonathan Valin maxi? in Audio Discussions  21 Replies 
Well, after all I was pointed out to the place where the annoyed wonna-be-Magico-owners came from: http://forums.avguide.com/viewtopic.php?t=349&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=50 Nothing new, I well accustomed to the satiations when pro...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: The Totem Mani-2 anti-monitors by Romy the Cat on 2006-06-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A quest for a better monitor. in Audio Discussions  97 Replies 
Yes, you are correct. The UHF are pro Canadian people and they do have the Canadian bias. Interestingly that the Canadian audio generally has very Canadian bias as well. It is very unfortunate as I always thought that bias should be for better Sound ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #148: I didn't have to seal by Wojtek on 2010-01-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Midbass Horns and Real Estate. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  247 Replies 
because floor josts support and extend the walls (they are solid  2"x6")so just screwed the board tightly to them. Because I needed the boards only within 10' so I have 3 rows of 5' +5' with the seam in the middle. I cut the second layer of bards so ...
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