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Not everyone shares the view that Neodymium sounds better in audio applications either....
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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)...
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I thought the Library of Congress was supposed to have one of these, which from what I heard would do the same job perfectly well and in real time.
http://www.elpj.com/about/index.html ...
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Hello Romy,I am no power expert but here are my observations on your situation.Even though a PS Audio and others create a perfect AC sine wave this does not seem to be the answer, even for low draw front end components. It seems that some type of&nbs...
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Excellent Reviews Too!http://www.amazon.co.uk/thesharperedge-830156000025-Budweiser-Inflatable-Speakers/dp/B00006IUFI...
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I am not quite understanding part of what you say:[quote]"It is very difficult to make a generalization about it but generally this quite “large bloomy space” will be a space equal to, I would say, 1/8-1/12 of the room dimensions."[/quote]Picking a r...
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apologies, didn't see the sockets in the other end! I have seen chinese linestages that have this many tubes. Be interesting to learn how well it works as is....
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it might be tricky for this (as it is) to work well as a phono stage! It also seems rather involved for a line stage too. (too much gain?) The chassis does look substantial though. Presumably the valves are pcb mounted inside? What will y...
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...MQWT topology?(matchstick quarter-wavelength tube)...
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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...
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[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 ...
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[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...
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Speculating again.Maybe they have an extra driver firing downward that's invisible in the pictures? ...
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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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I can see where you are coming from. However many people (including users of this site) need to use a combination of 'industry built' and sometimes 'home built' items (where there isn't something readily available that will do the job they want it to...
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"][quote user="guy sergeant"] I think it would be quite difficult for anyone to set up any sort of production of drive units and not become an 'industry' participant. It's quite remarkable that you manage to use a turntable, ...
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I think it would be quite difficult for anyone to set up any sort of production of drive units and not become an 'industry' participant. It's quite remarkable that you manage to use a turntable, arms, cartridges, CD Player, Tuner, pre-amp and cables ...
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Hi Romy,I was very wary of even discussing this issue here. I should have followed my instincts! Mike is a rational & considered person. He will do what he does. People can choose to like it or not. It really makes no difference to me. I'm not in...
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I shall put your questions to him Romy.
He is in a difficult position. Does he make a the driver using the tooling/knowledge/supplier information he has acquired from Vitavox(and change nothing)? This would be actually be a Vitavox S2 (not a repro...
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Not yet. I'll give him a call & put details of the reply here....
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There is a picture of a bbq thingy -- at first sight I was confused thinking it was downward & upward facing horns...:)[quote user="Romy the Cat"]
The Japanese Christopher Witmer posted at the Sewers some finny pictures of another Klangfilm “in...
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As a piece of 73 year old cinema sound technology, I think they look great. As something to reproduce music on, maybe not. They belong in a museum really.
Which would you rather try to get good sound from Romy? These or Magico Mini's?...
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"]However, what is wrong with exercising anal retentiveness within the subjects of Absolute Audio if the entire audio as an occupation is a Mecca of anal retentiveness? [/quote]
Nothing. Why else would I post here? If I wa...
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[quote user="Romy"] I see a problem. Sine you have 8 meters interconnects I presume that it a relatively large room with speakers positioned relatively far. This way your common remote control will drive two Placette passive units located a few meter...
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Romy,
I have always been meaning to ask you why a step-up transformer for a cartridge can be acceptable but a transformer elsewhere is considered detrimental.
Thanks,
George...
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I have had a Placette Active for some 5 years now and it was quite a revelation when I put it in my system. According to Guy Hamel one of its most important features is its powerful op-amp output stage with an output impedance of 10 ohms. Since I hav...
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I admit I haven't statistically substantiated this to any great extent with commercial speakers (only with a pair of non-ribbon Genesis).[quote user="Romy the Cat"]
drdna wrote:
Lately, Romy, you have been saying again how ...
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Since you are now an "insider" and saw these speakers in vivo. What is the mid-bass horn (as Romy notes) & that small upper mid. Anything else?You know it's unlikely that many (any?) of us will make to Munich Hi-End......
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You've looked at the PRO 170 Audax drivers I believe. What did you feel their shortcomings were?...
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Last week I listened to some small back loaded speakers using Fostex drivers where the cabinets had deliberately been made to replicate some of the qualities of a double bass or cello. Apparently very thin cabinet walls etc.While I have some reservat...
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