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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #14: Maybe it's a nostalgia game by Gregm on 2009-06-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The mystery of Koetsu Onyx Cartridges. in Analog Playback  52 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] I know at least 3-4 other people who very much like me bough in the Koetsu hype and bought the top of the line Koetsu needles. All of them hate it. The point that I try to make is that if the vintage Koetsu were so good th...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Admittedly, I haven't read the article... by Gregm on 2008-10-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: OK, digitechs, why won't iPOD "dock" DAC work? in Didital Things  3 Replies 
...sorry Paul. The ref to the M4 (alc) puts things into better perspective. However, please note that in numbers it's about ½ the size of a cd. This means that there is only ½ as much information ref the music being stored. Maybe Mr Philips wishes to...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Just a small point -- missing the basic, but still by Gregm on 2008-10-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: OK, digitechs, why won't iPOD "dock" DAC work? in Didital Things  3 Replies 
I am not sure I grasped the main question -- I am myself challenged -- but to the following is impossible: [quote]if, as the reviewer says, there is no drop in quality from redbook CD, (...) the files in question are MP3...[/quote]Your reviewer is au...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #33: The loudest sells the most? by Gregm on 2008-10-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Attention Sound Engineers (compression and loudness) in Playback Listening  47 Replies 
[quote]there are many other artists who feel their music would be better served by a more dynamic record[/quote]You put it politely -- diplomatically.It seems more likely that artists (& companies) feel that louder sells better. So Amplitude &...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #29: Cu then Ag, and sound by Gregm on 2008-07-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: We who are about to die... (a cable thread) in Audio Discussions  54 Replies 
[quote user="be"]Gregm, you wrote: "Yet, the best result -- i.e. most homogeneous sonically -- came from the thinner wires in interconnects."Did you use silver wire for your comparison?[/quote]I used copper in my example above. Later on, I received r...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #17: Equal weight deasn't signify identical sound by Gregm on 2008-06-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: We who are about to die... (a cable thread) in Audio Discussions  54 Replies 
[quote user="be"]I recognise your observations about the Ag vs. Cu sound, but instead of mixing the two materials I think it is better to change the diameter.I experienced 0.5 mm silver wire to be too thin soundvice, have you tried 1.0 mm or even mor...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #13: Just as a suggestion by Gregm on 2008-06-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: We who are about to die... (a cable thread) in Audio Discussions  54 Replies 
...Why not also try a paralleled "solid-core" (single wire per leg) cable. You can twist the paralleled wires if you wish. Proceed carefully, using about 1-1 ½" between the wires. Try silver on the return first...Just as an experiment; as you note, y...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Intriguing, plain BS or somewhere in between? by Gregm on 2008-06-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Tenor amplifier and the writing waves. in Audio Discussions  6 Replies 
[quote]“The Tenors bring a remarkable top-to-bottom continuity, which I've often called the Kharma effect (the speaker, not the moral law of cause and effect)...[/quote] This is intriguing. All of the Kharmas I've listened to have displayed contin...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #25: Stretching it by Gregm on 2008-04-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The loudspeakers for a powerful SET in Audio Discussions  48 Replies 
Paul -- I used 1st order & bandpass on the Beyma. I think that 2nd on the Lowther would have been better.I set out to try and extend one "way" from the end of a wide-range drive unit, downwards. This I found to be well nigh impossible -- perhaps ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #23: Results... a few days late by Gregm on 2008-04-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The loudspeakers for a powerful SET in Audio Discussions  48 Replies 
and not very encouraging. The set up was as follows: a Lowther ex4 playing from ~12k down in a big ~100Hz tratrix. A Murata up on top, and a 15" Beyma on the bottom. The Beyma is in an Onken so the results may not be fully indicative of performance i...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #20: OK, but hold yer horses... by Gregm on 2008-04-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The loudspeakers for a powerful SET in Audio Discussions  48 Replies 
...we'll have to compromise somewhere. So, since it isn't the spkr's range, then it must be the amplifier. Forget the ML's 18W. We must have ~38-40, so let's say our machine is using a 45 / 211 / 610 /g70 type of tube.Also I don't suggest we conclude...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #18: Deep in the well of lower frequencies by Gregm on 2008-04-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The loudspeakers for a powerful SET in Audio Discussions  48 Replies 
[quote user="Paul S"]Greg, I have written about my "DEBZ" speakers several times at this site, [/quote]D. Olsher's Basszilla -- of course! Sorry, Paul, I forgot.[quote user="Paul S"]If I were to do the DEBZ concept right now, I would tune the BR...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #15: A few clarifications by Gregm on 2008-04-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The loudspeakers for a powerful SET in Audio Discussions  48 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]...it is difficult to design an objectionably performing powerful full-range SET without considering speaker, particularly the moment of LF section damping. It is not always the case the MF, HF and LF would require the same...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: The project seen in context by Gregm on 2008-04-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The loudspeakers for a powerful SET in Audio Discussions  48 Replies 
It doesn't seem prudent to look at the speaker without considering the amplifier at all. We would be designing a speaker that would work with a theoretical amp -- but not one that's available.I propose the following:Characteristics of many commercial...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: I vote Paper for warmth & tone by Gregm on 2008-04-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The loudspeakers for a powerful SET in Audio Discussions  48 Replies 
[quote user="miab"]I'm curious as to why the preference to paper cones as opposed to carbon/poly/kevlar/ceramic/.... With weight and stiffness advantages of other materials, would advancing technology not be well implemented towards drivers? [/quote]...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Maybe the book by his widow... by Gregm on 2008-04-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Herbert von Karajan’s 100 Birthday. in Musical Discussions  5 Replies 
...Eliette v K? I couldn't find online info on it, but I'm sure it's been published....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: Cassette experiments by Gregm on 2008-02-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The nature of "soundstage" in audio. in Playback Listening  22 Replies 
[quote user="drdna"]Is it possible that a simple experiment can be done with cassette players and the Dolby filter since this equalization affects compression for example? Adrian[/quote]If you are referring to the "soundstage" quality of such playbac...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #19: "The curious incident of the dog in the night-time"--or, a m... by Gregm on 2007-11-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The elusive “absolute tone”. in Playback Listening  24 Replies 
As most of us know, the answer to Sherlock's pointer is, the dog did nothing in the night-time -- and that was the curious incident. [quote user="morricab"] Romy sez: "I see things differently. My view advocates that playback creates NEW Sound from s...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: Let me extrapolate and speculate by Gregm on 2007-11-07 
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 
[quote user="morricab"]It is a good question that I also asked when I saw this speaker.  Afterall, everything being equal using the same materials for the drivers is more optimal from a coloration standpoint.  My guess is cost. Personally, ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Plus ca change, plus c'est la meme chose by Gregm on 2007-10-25 
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 
    What I find irksome is exactly this: [quote]Hi-Fi companies and Hi-Fi marketing are lost touch with the nature of sound reproduction and so deep in disassociation with the means of Real Audio that they are forced to pull out of ...

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 #32: OK, a word on approach & point of view by Gregm on 2007-09-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Devid Berning amplifiers: the anti-trnsformers frenzy? in Audio Discussions  45 Replies 
[quote user="Merlin"]If there's one thing I hate about internet forums it's people postulating about sounic characteristics and possible failing in equipment they have never heard.[/quote]Quite so. However, the approach here is simply to ask -- it do...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Artists (some) seem to have an attenuation syndrome too by Gregm on 2007-09-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Attention Sound Engineers (compression and loudness) in Playback Listening  47 Replies 
I.e. seek "louder" as if they wear permanent ear-plugs[quote user="guy sergeant"]The record companies demand that sound engineers make the recordings so that the band sounds as loud (noticeable) as possible when played on the radio. Music recorded in...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Conclusions ("the best") outside specified context by Gregm on 2007-07-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: FM Acoustics in Audio Discussions  4 Replies 
Chris, I'm not Romy but I've listened to some of their products -- about which I'll talk later. First:[quote user="dazzdax"]Hi Roman, FM Acoustics amplifiers from Switserland have been regarded by many audiophiles (mostly the ones with lots of money)...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: A name that comes to mind by Gregm on 2007-05-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Zigmahornets Speakers: come up with a title on this topology... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  4 Replies 
...MQWT topology?(matchstick quarter-wavelength tube)...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: "If the waveform is wrong, the sound is wrong..." by Gregm on 2007-05-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Haniwa Cybernetic Audio System in Horn-Loaded Speakers  11 Replies 
Mind boggling iteration! I.e. & eliminating common denominators, "If the sound is wrong... it is wrong."Agreed. IMO they are right -- ain't no two ways about it.[quote]The Cybernetic Audio System, on the other hand, uses a closed-loop feedba...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #37: Tweeter too low, mid too hot... by Gregm on 2007-05-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: RAAL “Water Drop” tweeter for Macondo. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  77 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]I had today a conversation with RAAL’s Alex and he pinched to me a very interesting idea. He feels that I attenuate the outpit of my “Water Drop” too much. I have no doubts that I attenuate it as much as necessary and Alex ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #17: Maybe setting a target ain't that bad by Gregm on 2007-05-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Starting from scratch - new amps new system in Audio Discussions  18 Replies 
[quote user="Dominic"]I'm liking lately the idea of getting a chinese 845 based SET off ebay. Point to point(less fiddly modification), there's a choke coupled one available now, umm, 10 or so watts for under a thousand dollars, you know that sort of...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #12: Just another idea.... by Gregm on 2007-04-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: German Odeon horns. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  13 Replies 
Speculating again.Maybe they have an extra driver firing downward that's invisible in the pictures? ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: I think we need some direct info fm these guys by Gregm on 2007-04-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: German Odeon horns. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  13 Replies 
Romy notesQ[quote] It uses at the buttom a regular sealed or ported box and the driver as direct radiator but they also put the speaker on the spikes and made the bottom looks like it is a horn output. Also at this larger model[/quote]On the smalle...
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