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Hi Romy,The builder regards VR1 more like an "offset to 0" adjuster than a bias control for the 6E5P since its working range is quite narrow. He asked me to know from you if along the 6E5P's lifespan it needs further adjustments at VR1 or if a single...
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Certainly not the most practical and inexpensive, but probably the system that could keep better the "size and weight" of a performance, just the same way this system did 70 years ago. I don't think a computer based system would keep it, no...
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who worked for a while in a FM station. He said that some good quality broadcasting stations have tube bassed compressors and that they process de signal quite a lot. Maybe what we hear coming from the FM is a highly processed signal, which might hav...
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"]I bought the Lundahl chokes for L1 and was not able to us them and they were insultingly sharp. For the L1 you would need more henries and more DCR, the higher DCR will sound better and the “bad” and “cheap” Hammond chokes ...
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Hi Romy,I've forwarded your last comments to Luis (the builder). He's a technical guy and for engineering minded people there are some things that seem hard to understand, they tend to think that better measurable performance is more desirable than s...
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Hi Romy,The builder insists that using five 400uF caps mounted in parallel to achieve the 2000uF required in that position should give some measurable benefits over using a single 2000uF cap. I really don't know if a single "big cap" c...
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Hi Romy,Probably my evaluation methods are still quite moronic, but I think I'm learning to listen to what matters in the music. I had some experiences with a friend using several caps in a preamp he built, and also in the integrated I'm using. I und...
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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, ...
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Dear Romy,Thanks a lot, I've forwarded to him your answers, let's see what he says. I have tried Mundorfs in some critical places in the integrated tube amp I'm using now and they are pretty good, expensive, but not at the level of those Auricaps, Ho...
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I'm in touch with a reliable technician who is going to build the Melquiades monoblocks for me. He has suggested some changes which I'd like to comment, he's having trouble to find some of the parts. I hope you can help with this:- Regarding C2 the 2...
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I was suspecting that, when I get a "punchful" sound, the stage gets more compressed and flat. Widening the stage yields a compressed sound, specially in the low midrange-upper bass. I'll try, but I guess these speakers won't ever be at the DPoLS, al...
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I suppose I'm more tolerant, even to myself than you. I don't think that most people are morons, some just try to be helpful acknowledging their own limitations.I agree that real knowledge about things that matter and are serious comes from inside. B...
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I mean that you put the most of the people hanging around public sites into the same bag. I think there are several different categories:- The ones that have limited exposure to music and audio, they really don't care about music, and their exig...
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I kind of agree with your post. I believe the problem sits in the fact that the people who really cares about music and is capable of feel its intentions, don't care about audio. And people interested in audio, look at it as a "toys hobby", being mor...
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Yes, I thought about them being an issue in such device, but I still wonder if there would be any relationship between the diameter of the iris and any filtering function on the response of the tweeter. The Amatis were mentioned just as they were the...
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Interesting point Romy. I wonder if using something like a photocamera iris diaphragm just in front of the tweeter would allow for a quick and "non invasive" treble adjustment. I thought of this when I recalled how tweeter response is handled by the ...
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Hi Clark,I've read your articles about the Reality Check system to improve CD sound. It seems is very little you can disclose about how it works. I guess that being based on a PC DVD-reader and a PC burner all what it does depends on software, so I w...
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Thanks for the extensive reply. I wish I knew exactly the use the preamp is doing of them and if they could be safely replaced by those alternatives you mention. I believe they're regulators within the power supply. The problem with them is not burni...
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My preamp also uses those 0A2 and I have a bunch of "made in USA" ones that look right the same than those "National", using the same orange color for the brand letters, but they're supposed to be RCA. They all failed in a quite short time in deliver...
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Thanks for the wise advice Romy. I'm curious to know if you have ever recorded those broadcasted live events. I guess you've done for sure but I'd like to know if you've found open reel, cassette, CD-R or any other recording method most suitable...
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on a Naxos edition. Very nice rendition, and as you say, quite diferent from others I've listened to. Thanks for the recommendations.What about other Rachmaninoff's and Rimsky's works I should know? :-)Regards,AJ...
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"]
....Still, to me, Myaskovsky and Glazunov are Rimsky-Korsakovs with talent deficiency. They remind me the music of the infinitely wiling to say something Nikolay Medtner that itself might be OK from certain perspective bu...
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Hi friends,I'm an abosolute ignorant about these two composers and coincidentally to their anniversaries, I've thought to ask for your wise advice. I like russian composers and also orchestral works better than chamber ones, so fire your guns. If you...
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and I find it very logical, to me it makes sense. In fact some speakers use some kind of coating to break those stationary waves, although I ignore if their measured results are as impressive as with your system.I wonder why no commercial manufacture...
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For what I can understand, your system works as a treatment on the cones surface. In ported (bass-reflex) speakers some of the bass energy comes from the port. Should it be treated as well? Maybe since the sound coming from the port is not phase cohe...
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If Bud agreed maybe they could be posted or placed for downloading somewhere in this site or elsewhere. I am very interested in knowing more about it.Regards,aj...
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I already bought it and another one by Mravinsky fo that collection :-( Golovanov's sound is horrible (haven't listened to Mravinsky's yet), but I've learnt not to pay much atention to that and just enjoying "the important". I had seen that...
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I've casually found at a record shop near my place one of the Great Conductors of the 20th Century CDs, dedicated to Golovanov. It's a two CD set and includes the 1812 Overture with the Moscow Radio Orch (In spite at Amazon they state the Monaco Radi...
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"]
Actually I do not think that it “all about money” but rather about “those” people who exercise nothing else then thier own Moronity. Ignorance is a state when a person recognizes that something is wrong but do not know "w...
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I think that many people start into this hobby more for the love to the "music machines" than for loving music. In the realm of audio, what most matters are the machines, and there is a specific language or "jargon" to explain those "audio intrincaci...
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