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user="rowuk"]What can we expect from a 6 figures system? [/quote]
Rowuk,
this is very interesting question and much more complex than you might think.
The presumption is that if we look at 1/4 million dollars playback system then
we sh...
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To me, getting good sound from 50-250hz with one channel is almost a victory. That is exactly what I am unable to get in my system. So even though the aim is wider bandwidth, if the Jubilee is good for 50-250hz, within the context of high eff horn sy...
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The thing about horns is, "developing" them consumes a lot in terms of time and materials, and they are expensive to materialize. SPL modeling programs can be great for getting in the ballpark, but YMMV when it comes to "level of demands" from a hi-f...
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IF you can "hear" SS amps, Romy, then your system must not be well set up, and be sensitive to the frequency shifts caused by tube amps. SS amps have NO sound that humans can hear. I use EQ'd high eff multi driver horn system, and I can tel...
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I've been having love/hate relationship with Lowther (and its siblings) for several years now. As you all say, it has many problems to use as a full-ranger. Right now, my set up is a 3way multi-amp, Lowther (Reps 1) in Medallion cabi...
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Here is a good opportunity trying to debug a playback system. A site’s visitor sent email asking what is wrong with his playback if: “The reedinest or wooden sound of the clarinet is missing. The edge and bite to brass instruments that give drama ...
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I listened to Purepower 3000 we finally got it in iran.it is wonderful , new level of dynamics , far better than direct utility.I have a question about pp3000 if you had it in a ultra transparent system.our system is not ultimate in transparency and ...
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Glad to hear your bigger family is doing well and that you are making good progress on the room.Why not try a quick test. Try connecting your laptop to the big system, put the laptop a few feet in front of you and watch a movie or a concert? That wil...
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now THAT is the kind of instruction in critical listening that gives you some real guideposts for making your system sound right! romy, i believe you have honestly set a new standard... i have a 2 way system, so i can't use the exact instr...
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Never used the old Hafler (quad) much, mostly because I had so many mono LPs at the time, and that system (if I remember correctly) worked best with hard-panned stereo. Basically, I agree with you, and whatever I wind up with will be fairly easy to u...
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[quote user="Paul S"]I will say plainly that I still prefer the sound from relaxed SET and old paper drivers; but this preference is obviated/swamped by "real world listening" to big, complex Music, where, IMO, SETs and old radio drivers loose their ...
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I have listened to six different AC filters recently in two different audio systems , four of six ac filters were awful but two of them (lessloss and Ayre) were better:- Ayre L5XE - Lessloss x640I do not judge these two AC filters because I did not p...
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Paul,It would be improper for me to write down what I have worked on over almost 40 years in the telcoms business. WRT a CV for example, I have in the past written it all down and the reviewers do not believe it. Eventually, i stopped bothering abo...
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ArmAlex the fun thing is that you read Romy posts here without understanding his ideas and copy paste Romy instructions in your Audio system and the result is lower than those audiogon guys (an example of your audio logic -> you buy gryphon spea...
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Yes, it was not “allergy” but already, the benefit of the automated check speller but it is not the point. It is not about lofty standards. This web site is not about offering help or imposing help. I do not mind to help pe...
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[quote user="jam"]I would agree that the RX-5000 has some advantage to the SX-8000 and I put the differences down to mainly the air bearing and construction of the platter which will cause softness and a lack of focus (some people may like this). T...
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Romy,I know you know there is no such thing as perfection.My favorite quote is from S. Dali who warned, "never fear perfection, you won't achieve it". But in that statement are, at least, two messages.Nothing wrong in striving for perfection. Being...
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Hi Chirag, all
[quote user="Chirag"]Hello Jan, The sequelae of this topic is strangling![/quote]
[quote] My musical preferences, as anyones should/do, have been changing over the past few years;
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I think the purpose of good sound is to bring us closer to music. But it seems that the usual method of evaluation tends to get in the way of that goal. I have found myself listening for details of what my system is doing to the music, and wondered...
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[quote user="rowuk"] I personally think that appreciation of music and audio are not connected.[/quote]Definitely agree here. I have always appreciated music and was always frustrated in my youth when my piano did not actually sound as "it should ha...
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No question there is noise bleeding in from the rest of house - I just don't know it yet. When something is taken away I can miss it but am not the most perceptive before being made aware of what to listen for.John Broskie talks about us being broke...
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[quote user="Merlin"] Absolutely inadequate for desiphering the subjective sound quality yes - all we can deduce is that the system has a maximum sensitivity of 98db/w at best, and quite possibly less. As do many fine loudspeaker systems.
All louds...
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[quote user="Paul S"]Well, you can count me among those who are perennially frustrated by all the unnessary stupidy that goes into most recordings, that's for sure, although I have several hundred records that I would like to keep for the p...
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"]The recent LX’s posts made me to think about the PP2000 buttery. He reports that his buttery got way weaken from 2009. I used my older PP2000 from December 2008 and my currant problematic “upgraded” problematic PP2000 used ...
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[quote user="haralanov"] Romy, I have never said you have to listen to only one channel during your regular listening sessions. I just mentioned it is the most difficult TEST to pass for any system, including your Macondo. Of course you will listen a...
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"] anthony wrote:I am not sure how large to make the filter caps for
the DHT channel. At this stage I think I will start at 3000uF and perhaps
try altering it a little up or down once the system is stable. Hm, it is depend...
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Jessie, since I got my amps I have followed Romy's suggestion and recycled swapped-out V2s into V1 service. As it happens, I do not run V2s (or V1s) over a year, but I have had no problems of any kind that I can relate to following the annual V2-to-V...
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I don’t know what other people respond to as “music”, but I certainly regard sound itself as very important, indeed, and my own sense is that sound itself is usually most of what I am futzing with when I futz with my system. Basically, I trust ...
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Well, I gave away my Osage AI System. The engagement with OsageAudio was a false move. After playing with AI System solution and reading everything at OsageAudio site I am confident to state that the OsageAudio is/are quite ignorant about what th...
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First off, I forgot to mention an interesting observation: Before running the sweeps (previous post), since the drivers in the upper-bass horns are new, I decided to verify/optimize rear chamber volume (they are easily adjustable)... I wasn't expecti...
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