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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #87: All Kings are Naked. 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="twogoodears"]I'm following with interest the thread and must say that I'm baffled: Goto's "instructions" are - SIMPLY said - a mix between non-existent and wrong... I love what Goto's did in my system... BUT I think I did more with "...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #18: Midbass followup II by ulf on 2007-09-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Phase plug for midbass in Horn-Loaded Speakers  23 Replies 
Dear Malinowski,The basic idea for phase plugs is that the sound from all points of the diaphragm should  arrive to the throat at the same time. For the midbass horn we only used a simple one slit plug. If you feel up to it you could make a more...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #27: Re: Rich’s driver: alleged concerns. by rdrysdale on 2005-08-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Chinese upperbass horn. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  35 Replies 
Romy,     You make all very good points. I probably shouldn't call the front of the driver a phasing plug, because actually the long wavelengths really don't care much about the shape of the exit, they will just pass right through...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Steep lower upper bass [Re: The miserable line-arrays with 25W8565] by Ronnie on 2006-06-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo Alternation. Extending the LF line-array in Horn-Loaded Speakers  8 Replies 
Listening to the horns, it seems that they indeed die somewhere below 120Hz. I was surprised, and a little disappointed that it seemed so steep. Good to hear that it's to be expected!!Yes, I'm using a 30-something-Hz 1st order high pass on them ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: I do not see your position of disagreement by Romy the Cat on 2008-02-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: New sample 24/96 downloads from HDTT in Didital Things  20 Replies 
[quote user="HDTT"]I beg to differ with Romys assesment of my signature sound, one thing I found out is people are very,very different in what they like and dislike. An example is a "quote" reviewer (which will remain nameless) did not like my Stravi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Future proofing by noviygera on 2018-11-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The need for a balanced buffer stage in Analog Playback  10 Replies 
Paul,My current active crossover is a DSP unit which likely has low enough input impedance and single ended inputs. I added BAL inputs by using input transformers. By no means do I want to use this combination as a representation of my crossover! I i...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #53: Rowland Cadence with Battery PS by Stitch on 2013-10-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Where are our good phonostages? in Analog Playback  61 Replies 
Last year I had the chance to listen to the Vitus SP-102 Phono Stage. When I remember right, it was ok, some of the better modern Phono Designs. It wasn't as thin and dead as Pass Phono for example, but it was also not able to go out of the way in re...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #123: Dealer Promotion on Audio Forums by dkarmeli on 2014-05-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Ultimate Turntable in Analog Playback  220 Replies 
[quote user="drdna"] dkarmeli wrote:I have an AF1. I understand your justified bias regarding reviews, but this is one of those rare cases where the reviewer does know what he's talking about.David, I hope you understand Paul's recalcitrance. We've a...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: They did not do them right in 30s. by Romy the Cat on 2011-01-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Forward in the past with old radios. in Off Air Audio  18 Replies 
[quote user="zako"]A stromberg Carlson 1936 unit with a LABRITH horn design,,,Its a full rich sounding radio and a well balanced sound..   No you cant have it,,Go find your own,,,[/quote]Thanks, zako. I would like to have a radio that do FM. In 1936 ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #25: Russian duo-pianists Vitya Vronsky and Victor Babin play Liebeslieder ... by Reggie on 2009-06-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: My today’s views on LP culture and my audio habits. in Analog Playback  24 Replies 
[quote user="Paul S"]I will still buy clean Seraphims with good program material if I do not have the original.  If I do have the original, I pass on the Seraphim, even as a "back-up", UNLESS it is a record I have loved so much that I am killing it.M...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: From the background noise? by Antonio J. on 2005-11-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Where the FM quality comes from? in Off Air Audio  22 Replies 
I have never had before a decent tuner, so impulsed by your rave comments about FM and regarding the fact that we have here just two quite good FM stations broadcasting frequently live concerts from the National Auditorium and Teatro Real, ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Re: Binaural -- or what ever the case was... by Axel on 2009-08-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The unintended consequences of binaural things in Hi-Fi. in Playback Listening  1 Replies 
Romy,reading your post a most recent listing consequence comes to mind, that I could also not quite place. I worked on a my cross-over, the RCL of my mid-range driver, and had a by-pass cap of 1uF connected over the 2nd base cap of 47uF on the one ch...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Music, Bass and Reproduction by Paul S on 2010-07-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Some Observations about Science and Bass in Playback Listening  12 Replies 
Your point about relative levels is well taken. Still, the typical concert grand piano, for instance, does about a 27 Hz fundamental, as I recall (and certain pianos go rather lower), and some other instruments are not far behind.  If to simply low p...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: Quote: "This article offers concepts and techniques for getting g... by noviygera on 2010-07-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Some Observations about Science and Bass in Playback Listening  12 Replies 
[quote user="Paul S"]Your point about relative levels is well taken. Still, the typical concert grand piano, for instance, does about a 27 Hz fundamental, as I recall (and certain pianos go rather lower), and some other instruments are not far behind...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #149: Good highs by noviygera on 2018-09-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s lowest channel. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  150 Replies 
Yep, the IB sub does it's job, as I expected because I had an IB sub in my previous listening room. I think you will really like the bass of this configuration because from my past experience -- there is nothing as good as IB sub for low bass, for lo...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: Ockham's attenuator by Paul S on 2007-04-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: About the Audio Neutrality. in Playback Listening  12 Replies 
I am not sure I follow the TV analogy...I think that the best course where any sort of voltage divider/attenuator is concerned is to do it without messing up the audible results, of course, but also to keep it as "neutral", "transparant" an...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #411: Midbass bloating - the weather is clearing up… by Romy the Cat on 2010-12-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s Midbass Project – the grown up time. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  455 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] When I have my old transformer 11:1 then I had the midbass horns calibrated so perfectly that you can tune a large symphonic orchestra by it sound. It was spectacularly stop-on setting with any type of music if played it n...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #400: The next steps of progress. by Romy the Cat on 2010-11-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s Midbass Project – the grown up time. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  455 Replies 
Since I change the transformer I picked some harmonics and now I feel that my midbass has a bit too long roll off. I moved the second low pass filter close to the first filter. After a very careful listening and some thinking I ended up with setting ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #322: Temptations!!! by Romy the Cat on 2010-09-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s Midbass Project – the grown up time. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  455 Replies 
The entire morning I am cleaning house and listening WCRB, warming myself up for 3MP broadcast of Riccardo Muti leads Chicago with Verdi's Requiem. Hey, did I tell you that am listening my new midbass horns? Well, I do and I do not. The throats of th...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: It is all depends…. by Romy the Cat on 2010-06-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Mitigating Undesired High Freqs in Midbass Horns in Horn-Loaded Speakers  1 Replies 
There are a few other ways to roll off HF: shaping and extending front chamber, playing with damping of the driver cone and so in. The Altec 515G at 220H, what the channel above? When you say that you have too much HF then how do you methodologically...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: DACT et alia by Gregm on 2006-05-31 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: I need a “second-type” phonostage. in Analog Playback  38 Replies 
I am somewhat familiar with the dact: I used it in non controlled manner but familiar environment; it was assembled by someone else who also provided the necessary power supply; it was in two chassis about 15x15x~30 cm each (one for ps), so the equal...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Tonality versus Frequency Response by Paul S on 2011-03-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Tonality versus Frequency Response in Playback Listening  0 Replies 
I miss the ancient "apologia", but who has time for ity these days?  For those familiar with this gambet, consider this blast preceded by an "excuse" that somehow justifies both itself and what follows.  I am too tired to bring these thoughts to ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #36: Wine, Music, and Sensory Overload? by Paul S on 2013-08-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Wine, women, song.. and audio in Playback Listening  71 Replies 
Maybe Kierkegaard was right...Although I was introduced to Great Burgundy during a series of great, grand, multi-course feasts, this was a long time ago, and things have changed for me since then.  For one thing, there was never any Bruckner rendered...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: My lucky day? by rowuk on 2020-02-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Perception of bass? in Playback Listening  9 Replies 
Well, I do have 3 channels of DSEP. Dedicated Single Ended Pentode: one channel (bass/mid 30-500 Hz) with a 307A DH pentode feeding two wonderful Fane neodymium Colossus 12" - one from FS to 150 Hz and the second from FS to 500 Hz. OPT with a lot of ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: 1.5 order low passes by stuck.wilson on 2007-07-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: First Order on Bass channels: Designed for Sound in Audio Discussions  16 Replies 
what a great idea-- i never really thought of a sort of 'low pass bypass' inductor of sorts?!   i'd always assumed that inductance was similar to capacitance in that regard-- the more you add, the more you get-- but hadn't thought about the...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Re: No recommendations.... by Romy the Cat on 2006-07-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: High Definition Tape Transfers in Musical Discussions  10 Replies 
[quote user="Antonio J."]Their price is not exactly "budget". The description sounds interesting, but I'd like to know if you have listened to any yourself and can recommend some for being an interesting performance worth a listen.[/quote]I would lik...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: A few more hybrid suggestions by Chirag on 2006-05-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Two-stages, hybrid, small, powerful class “A”? in Audio Discussions  23 Replies 
Hey Cat,Well..my first question would be regarding the application.  The big Melq tube is already doing the bass towers...is it not enough current?  And wouldn't a proper class A 100w amp with its low low efficiency require something like 1...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #384: The Agony of ignoring..... by Bud on 2009-07-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
So, what you would have to do is buy a bunch of #9 AWG solid copper wire from China, so it is only 99% pure,acid etch the surface, paint it with tar and wind it up in a snake sex twist. Or pay them to do it for you.The idea is sound, the application ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #42: The peculiarity of time alignment. by Romy the Cat on 2010-04-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Romy The Cat's new Listening Room in Audio Discussions  478 Replies 
[quote user="jessie.dazzle"]Assuming situation 2 is possible, receiving mid-bass primarily as reflected sound, one would have to take into account the reflected path of that sound, and how it describes the mid-bass part of the image, relative to the ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #53: Some updates with MiniMe by Romy the Cat on 2008-10-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s MiniMe or about Pilot Acoustic Systems in Audio Discussions  213 Replies 
I am quite fascinated with the result that I might get from MiniME and at the same time I am defensive with the direction it takes. Anyhow, here is how it stands… The decision to go for MF driver was I think right one. Even the 70-20RX tweeter has s...
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