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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Maxim Vengerov: Encore is opportunity shamelessly exploit own showmans... by Romy the Cat on 2007-06-01 
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The rehearsal at the beginning of the last clip is quite pleasant…. ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Paganini's Daemon : A Most Enduring Legend by Romy the Cat on 2006-11-21 
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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #22: … and the winner is: EV T-350 by Romy the Cat on 2005-08-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Electro-Voice T350, T35, + Fostex tweeters. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  34 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Now my midrange channel need no upper range diffusion and now I feel that the result I’m getting from T350 is too soft and too transiently slow for S2. So, I kind of very mildly begin to look out there and to try top fugue ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Edgarhorn 350 as fundamentals-channel by ayebee on 2013-02-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Dukane 5A540 Compression Drivers in Horn-Loaded Speakers  4 Replies 
Have you tried using the Edgar350/2441-combination between the upper bass- and midrange horns, like Romy’s fundamentals channel? I use a very similar combination (140 Hz and 600 hz tractrix with Studio 8M and JBL 2420 drivers, respecti...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Film about Jacqueline du Pre. by Romy the Cat on 2006-11-02 
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Courtesy to Bostonian Yubo Bao......

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: The Trout - Perlman, Barenboim, Du Pre, Mehta and Zukerman by Romy the Cat on 2007-01-08 
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"The Trout" - Itzhak Perlman, Daniel Barenboim, Jacqueline Du Pré, Zubin Mehta and Pinchas Zukerman ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Renée Fleming as Onegin’s Tatiana. by Romy the Cat on 2006-12-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Tchaikovsky’s “Evgeny Onegin” in Musical Discussions  13 Replies 
Looking at the coming MET “Eugene Onegin” production on February 24 it would be very interesting to hear Renée Fleming as Tatiana. I always love when foreigners sings Russian repertoire, particularly if they are “really trying” and if they are somebo...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Gustavo Dudamel at consert with Hilary Hahn by Romy the Cat on 2007-05-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: National Youth Orchestra of Venezuela in Boston!!! in Musical Discussions  8 Replies 
Sure you heard about the National Youth Orchestra of Venezuela’s conductor: the Gustavo Dudamel - the “hottest and youngest conducting properties around”, the next music director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Here is good clip I found where last m...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Rachmaninoff PC 2: Concertgebouw, Chailly, Volodos. by Romy the Cat on 2007-06-06 
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It is not that I agree with everything but interesting…. ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Rostropovich plays Bach No 3 and Brahms Double Concerto by Romy the Cat on 2007-04-28 
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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Carlos Kleiber "Koumori" live in Japan by Romy the Cat on 2007-06-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The best “Die Fledermaus” on CD? in Musical Discussions  1 Replies 
... opening overture for "Die Fledermaus" With Bavarian State Orchestra ... ...and of course with Wiener Philharmoniker ... ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: … and of course there is also THAT touch.... by Romy the Cat on 2007-05-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Juana Zayas plays Chopin in Musical Discussions  10 Replies 
Cziffra, is hardly my beloved pianist and some of the thighs he does are amusical from my point of view but... taking about THE touch… he like was catapulted from another planet…. ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Mravinsky 1983 by Romy the Cat on 2007-06-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Ah Mravinsky ! in Musical Discussions  8 Replies 
I have to note that I do not like the play at THIS performance but still it does a good video documentary (with incredibly stupid camera work though). ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Audio Asylum is the “Audio Idiocracy”… by Romy the Cat on 2007-05-31 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: What is wrong with the AA board people in Audio Discussions  6 Replies 
That is very funny.  Last few days I made some appearance at AA’s High Sensitively Forum. The circus has gone but the clowns still there…. What the remarkable dumbness infected with an extraordinary accumulation of the audio-Morons of all calib...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: The Sakuma's Show by Romy the Cat on 2007-07-31 
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I am not a big supporter of Sakuma’s cult but it is a nice video for those who are, and who do not know what stays behind it….  (in Japanese) Some further reading for those who are interested… http://www10.big.or.jp/~dh/ Rgs, Romy the Cat ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: The audio shock absorbers? by Romy the Cat on 2007-09-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Minusk: a new Vibraplan? in Audio Discussions  8 Replies 
Well, I do not know folks how about good Vibraplan as a shock absorbers but I do not know what they are saying however I would like those guys who do those white mats to begin to do something for audio... ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #117: Horn Thickness by msaudio on 2010-07-22 
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The units that i put in my pictures JBL AND ALTEC A7 both designs have a resonance just like all wood that you would rap your nuckels on even 2 inch thick plywood will resonate at a given frequency, that goes for glass, cement, metal, they all do...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #15: Knappertsbusch conducts "Eroica" in 1944 by Romy the Cat on 2007-08-09 
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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #17: For the sake of the general Sakumanizatuon by Romy the Cat on 2007-08-09 
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It was juts recently uploaded: It you do not care to read my bitching then watch this Sakuma clip. It shows off very nice the Sakuma’s “deliberate mono” solutions. Be advised that they use very wide angle optics…. The caT...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Stage Music: get more clew. by Romy the Cat on 2007-03-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Stage Music: get clew. in Musical Discussions  4 Replies 
Here is another one. The celebrated “Si vendetta, tremenda vendetta” from the end if the Rigoletto’s second act. There is not a lot going on the stage and look what the sensational Tito Gobbi turned the duet into? Gilda sung by Lina Pagliughi and it ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: My beloved Contraltos: kill sopranos. by Romy the Cat on 2007-04-16 
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I have admitted that I have some freakish affection to lover mirage “moments” in sound and the cellos concertos are my “specially” beloved concertos: http://www.goodsoundclub.com/Forums/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=2630 The very same goes with voices. The ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: 4-sale items by RonyWeissman on 2012-05-29 
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Hi,If anyone is interested I am selling :- Vitavox S-2 pair, excellent condition, Professional cleaned and magnets recharged- Altec 515-8G pair, also good condition- EV T-350 pair 8ohm, good condition alsoShoot me an e-mail for pictures and prices.  ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #166: Circuit modification for 2A3 optimization by drdna on 2009-02-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps in Melquiades Amplifier  397 Replies 
[quote user="floobydust"]If you do some modeling you're running about 15.5 watts of dissipation on the plate and pushing over 4.5 watts output. Running the higher B+ voltage (350 volts) with a 1K cathode bias resistor and the 2.5K load results in hig...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #164: Preferred 2A3 operating point by floobydust on 2009-02-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps in Melquiades Amplifier  397 Replies 
 Adrian, Romy, et al, Okay, I don't take any of it as an attack... so none of that bothers me.... I'm fine with it... again, it's a view on what you heard based on your test scenario, nothing more and I certainly welcome the review. Now tha...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #761: Some observations . by joaco on 2011-02-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
As im using the regenarator as described and found it well suited for my needs I will keep on posting my personal findings and thoughts . Yesterday I went to a local friends house to try it . This person has a dedicated line inside his house ... but ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #35: TAD ET-703 by Wojtek on 2008-12-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Electro-Voice T350, T35, + Fostex tweeters. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  34 Replies 
You could source used TAD tweeters for ~$1K pair .They sound exceptionally smooth and extended .More so than infamous T-350 and with better "tone" which may be relevant since your 288 are tonaly "dead" according to the Cat. Who knows, he may be right...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #165: The sound of the 2A3 however? by drdna on 2009-02-13 
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[quote user="floobydust"]Running the higher B+ voltage (350 volts) with a 1K cathode bias resistor and the 2.5K load results in higher distortion than the text-book operating point, which is B+ of 300 volts and a 750 ohm cathode biasing resistor and ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #191: Okay, so this might work.... by floobydust on 2009-02-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps in Melquiades Amplifier  397 Replies 
Agreed.... ditch the choke... you don't need any additional decoupling. One last model shows the following assuming a 350 volt supply and a 6K load.Useing a 1.21K cathode resistor, it works best to minimize distortion and balances the transfer charac...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Spherical speakers spherical setup [Re: Playing with the ideas...] by Ronnie on 2006-06-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo Alternation. Extending the LF line-array in Horn-Loaded Speakers  8 Replies 
Yes. That kind of placement was a giant improvement in all aspects!I'm pushing the speakers around in a big circle today./Ronnie...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: "1000 performers" by JJ Triode on 2015-09-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to play Mahler 7 at home… in Horn-Loaded Speakers  12 Replies 
It looked like they had "only" about 300-350 people on stage in Tanglewood.  I think the original score called for about 750, at least that is how many Jascha Horenstein had on stage in the Royal Albert Hall in 1959.  He also had about 6000 people in...
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