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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #82: Bass subdivision by Jorge on 2021-04-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Deep End DIY - Australian take one Macondo. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  87 Replies 
I think we have to subdivide bass into upper bass from 100hz to whatever your midrange does and bass under 100hz and then maybe infrabass. Front loaded upper bass horns are fantastic and I would say if you never heard one, you really nev...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #32: Polishing Diamonds by Paul S on 2023-07-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo 3.0 in Horn-Loaded Speakers  51 Replies 
Happy Birthday and Congratulations, Romy! Nice to hear you took the “me time” and you’re getting the results you’ve been after for so long. When you talked about Bruckner’s long expositions and the “almost” feeling you get, I may not know exac...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Pacific Microsonics Model Three by Romy the Cat on 2009-05-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Pacific Microsonics Model 2 in Didital Things  85 Replies 
[quote user="coops"] I did hear a rumour that the Berkeley boys were going to make a new 'model III' but Mike Ritter quashed that particular rumour…[/quote] I did not hear this rumor but if I did I would not give to it much credit. With all cr...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #45: The APS PurePower vs. good electricity. by Romy the Cat on 2007-06-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
A friend of mine asked my last night if I feel that PurePower’s Sound as good as a playback during those extremely seldom moments when electrify is good. It was a good question and I feel that it is worth to cover. First off all I can not say about ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #54: Vitavox S2: notes to dairy… by Romy the Cat on 2005-04-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vitavox’s S2 Survival Guide. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  123 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]I thought that the folks who are interesting where I am going with my Macondo should know that am still working with Vitavox S2[/quote]OK, I think now I’ve learned whatever I need to learn about this driver. In order to und...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Real-Objective Tweeters Alignment Survival Guide by Romy the Cat on 2006-10-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: About the tweeters phase alignment. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  3 Replies 
Ok, none it is time to dive into the practical process of tweeters alignment. Once again I presume that we are taking about monopole tweeters that use AFTER your midranges compression drivers (read my previous post). Some people use term “supertweete...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: How the things are getting so much out of hands? by Romy the Cat on 2020-01-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How the things are getting so much out of hands? in Audio News  7 Replies 
I am not following the products as I use to do in past, do not buy anything in audio and do not look forward to. Sometimes I look on-line what is our on in audio industry and what is more and more amazes me the level of obnoxiousness , impunity a...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: What does it mean" the best DAC"? by Romy the Cat on 2015-12-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Really Expensive DACs? in Didital Things  29 Replies 
Well, this is a big subject. Kind of. For sure a better DAC produce better sound. How much a better DAC shall cost? That is a complicated topic that has absolutely no relation to how the DAC sound. I remember a dealer that I know pick up a new spe...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: About the Critical Audio Tune ™ by Romy the Cat on 2009-08-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: About the Critical Audio Tune ™ in Playback Listening  5 Replies 
I reread my posts at http://www.goodsoundclub.com/Forums/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=11547  and http://www.goodsoundclub.com/Forums/ShowPost.aspx?postID=3981 and http://www.GoodSoundClub.com/TreeItem.aspx?PostI...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: An Acquired Taste by Romy the Cat on 2010-08-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: An Acquired Taste in Playback Listening  0 Replies 
Here is a good article, not that I agree with everything that the author say but the direction is very good.  http://guthrytrojan.blogspot.com/2006_03_01_archive.html An Acquired Taste by Guthry Trojan from March 28, 2006 It ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #86: Hypocrisy, stupidity or just talking advantage of ignorance? by Romy the Cat on 2009-09-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: ... again on GOTO Unit drivers... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  108 Replies 
[quote user="twogoodears"] I learned nonetheless to use for my (limited) task (fine tuning my speakers and audio system in my music room) the great IVIE IE-30 R.T.A. and IVIE IE-20 white/pink noise generator [/quote] You do not need white/pink...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Convolutions inside permutations by steverino on 2014-05-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: New Barenboim’s Bruckner Release in Musical Discussions  7 Replies 
RE Peralmusic soundfilesThis is something that a Jacob Ganz wrote for NPR (my underlining):"I spoke again with Bob Ludwig, the mastering engineer quoted in the story, who has submitted "Mastered for iTunes" tracks to Apple. He says the compan...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: VTL TL-7.5 Reference: His name was Marc Mickelson he was a showgirl. by Romy the Cat on 2005-03-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: VTL TL-7.5 Reference: His name was Marc Mickelson he was a s... in Audio Discussions  0 Replies 
Marc Mickelson always was one of the heroes of audio propaganda – he always was able to load a maximum cargo of “strategic information” to the readers without being insulting to anyone and without too obvious demonstration of his real intentions. I r...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Macondo – Super Melquiades: few months later. by Romy the Cat on 2006-03-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo – Super Melquiades: few months later. in Melquiades Amplifier  10 Replies 
Loudspeakers. For whomever who follows my dairies on this site and whoever has any real understanding what makes a horn-loaded loudspeaker to sound good it is know that Macondo Acoustic System is not juts the result of my DIY efforts or the John Hasq...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: A very pleasant surprise by Romy the Cat on 2009-12-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The 5-ways from Germany. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  38 Replies 
I think this post need to have an epigrapher: “We knew what we wanted to hear, and so we developped, and developped, and developped... In hundreds of small and bigger steps. Over thirty years. Till we were "there" where we always wanted ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: CEC TL0 3.0 Dynamics by Amir on 2022-07-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: CEC TL0-X: by no means an in-depth review in Didital Things  17 Replies 
CEC TL0 3.0 (I have CEC TL0 3.0 model 2018) is my favorite Transport and the question is could it be improved? CEC has very very good dynamics good bass good pace good rhythm good dimension very accurate sound, low jitter and very tr...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Let wait. by Romy the Cat on 2021-11-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Bermuda Triangles of Audio in Playback Listening  5 Replies 
*** I am positive that if you get 100 pieces of exactly your model of Tannoy, they will ALL sound different.  Very likely, I have 6 drivers and one of them sound as I need, all the rest of them are compromised. They still have the similar char...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Equipment for the recording engineer by rowuk on 2015-01-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Sound of Ehernet cables? in Didital Things  5 Replies 
There is always the argument that if you can't hear it, it can simply mean that your hearing sucks....... When my second son was setting up his mobile recording studio we wanted an external RAID array for speed (mor...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: More about the “absolute tone”. by Romy the Cat on 2005-08-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The elusive “absolute tone”. in Playback Listening  24 Replies 
[quote user="morricab"] I have found that the Apogee loudspeakers ribbon drivers can quite successfully reproduce correct tone.  The reason why is this:  They have very little coloration from the driver materials themselves (no nasty resona...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: A few comments in context of the Reinhard's notes by Romy the Cat on 2009-12-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The 5-ways from Germany. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  38 Replies 
I find that one of the most interning and stimulating ideas that you expressed was your experience with your bass horn [quote user="Reinhard"] Midbass horns: are there are two 20 cycle bass horns which normally have 6,50 m in length and 3,20 i...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Olga Kern and Russian’s National Philharmonic by Romy the Cat on 2007-03-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Spivakov, NPoR Orchestra and Olga Kern in Musical Discussions  12 Replies 
If you followed, a few days ago in the conversation with “Michaelz” I was spinning my usual plot, bitching that most of the today’s pianists play, unintelligent as senseless, almost like with the "rubber fingers”:  http://www.GoodSoundClub.com/...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: New HDTT New Releases - October 2007 by Romy the Cat on 2007-10-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: High Definition Tape Transfers in Musical Discussions  10 Replies 
New Releases All releases are on CD or 24/96 DVD  1) BEETHOVEN - CHRIST ON THE MOUNT OF OLIVESHERMAN SCHERCHEN CONDUCTING THE VIENNA STATE OPERA ORCH.JAN PEERCE · MARIA STADER · OTTO WIENERVIENNA ACADEMY CHORUS Transfered from ...

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 #1664: Romy Thanks by Amir on 2019-08-06 
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"]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 #17: My DHT experiment: some conclusions. by Romy the Cat on 2008-11-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps in Melquiades Amplifier  397 Replies 
Ok, I do not know what it was: was it DHT, was it 300B, was it some other specifics of this given amp or whatever… but those two aspects that I named: intentional density of colors and randomness of pace are something that I would like to exercise in...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Ocean Way Audio HR2 loudspeaker by Romy the Cat on 2010-01-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A new CES 2010 loudspeaker? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  15 Replies 
Thanks, ferenc. I went to Ocean Way Recording the Federated Mike mentioned but I did not see anything in there and I did not know that they have also an oceanwayaudio.com site. They call it the HR2 and it was built for them by Allen Sides, so ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #39: Mode filed-coil semi-BS by Romy the Cat on 2009-07-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vitavox S2 with Electromagnets in Horn-Loaded Speakers  91 Replies 
Somebody at AA asked about the difference between electromagnets and perm magnet. Thankfully the AA idiots who pick the pieces of brain at my site and already learned that the idiotic blabbering about “the electromagnets have more flux” is comple...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Musical Fidelity V-Link by David on 2011-06-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Asyncronus USB in Didital Things  12 Replies 
Keep in mind that CD players are an electro mechanical interface with all the possibilities of jitter etc coming into play. Streaming audio via the V link bypasses most of the nasties and is certainly a much ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: That is much more to talk about it by Romy the Cat on 2023-05-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: High End Munich 2023 in Audio Discussions  22 Replies 
[quote user="anthony"] Macondo is no magic bullet.  Sure, Macondo/DSET is put together in a way that it's components need for optimal operation, and when "used as directed" the performance is phenomonal, but it is still prone to room integr...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: The Audio of 21 century: still not there. by Romy the Cat on 2019-12-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Audio of 21 century: still not there. in Playback Listening  4 Replies 
It is the end of the year and while people think about summation of the year’s events, I would like to elevate myself to a higher altitude trying to observe the most significant things in audio with wider lenses.  I am 52 and I begin to play with “...
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