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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Alon Wolf by noviygera on 2020-01-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How the things are getting so much out of hands? in Audio News  7 Replies 
But why is this guy an asshole? He seems ok in the couple of youtube videos I watched, although I did not study him in depth... On the other hand, the speakers were not my cup of tea when I heard them once for 20 minutes....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Magico: biological minded speakers by Romy the Cat on 2006-09-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Magico: biological minded speakers in Audio News  1 Replies 
Let me to explain how it started. It is well know that being a Dentist is in a blood of any Jewish boy and Alon Wolf was no exception. When he was little, the local kids teased that he might grow up without a dentist license and the little Alon was r...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Re: Jonathan Valin's strip show? by Romy the Cat on 2006-08-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Magico Mini or Jonathan Valin maxi? in Audio Discussions  21 Replies 
Well, after all I was pointed out to the place where the annoyed wonna-be-Magico-owners came from: http://forums.avguide.com/viewtopic.php?t=349&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=50 Nothing new, I well accustomed to the satiations when pro...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #33: OK, I read above. by Romy the Cat on 2014-07-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Magico: Robert Harley’s upperbass mouth. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  35 Replies 
[quote user=" Jonathan Valin"] Third, in Munich, because of the severely limited amount of time available for setup (and the severely limited space to set up in), Wolf DSP’d the U3s for phase but did not DSP them for time alignment.... In Cali, the U...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: The new old play…. by Romy the Cat on 2009-10-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Magico Model 6 loudspeakers. in Audio Discussions  2 Replies 
I do not subscribe audio publication but sometimes when my level of venomous hate goes down to dangerously low level I buy one at newsstand. The last night I saw October TAS magazine in Borders with a big picture of Magico speaker on the cover I ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Some Magico history. by Romy the Cat on 2014-05-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: High End Munich 2014 impressions .... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  36 Replies 
[quote user="Stitch"]Magico started very fast from unknown brand to a very well known brand. They must have investors that they can afford the marketing (I guess). Family business manufacturers can not afford that, no matter how good their products a...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Thanks by Telstar on 2008-02-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Reference Recordings “digital master” and Berkeley's new DAC in Didital Things  13 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]I have heard 2 positive comments from a people who used the Berkeley Alfa DAC. One of them is in sales and obviously off any credentials. Another person is just a user who used reportedly the DAC at CES (prototype version),...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Magico Mini or Jonathan Valin maxi? by Romy the Cat on 2006-07-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Magico Mini or Jonathan Valin maxi? in Audio Discussions  21 Replies 
When I meet Jonathan Valin I  laugh. Jonathan is soft-spoken, kind-mannered person who does not have that revolting attitude of a typical audio reviewer. Most of audio reviewers that I met behaved like idiots, claiming:  “the entire wo...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #28: Commercial speakers next 2 by samuel33 on 2007-10-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Good commercial speakers in Audio Discussions  36 Replies 
Hello Paul,I'm going to check if I can easely find a way to listen to the Alon lotus SE and the harbeth....I have heard the parsifal ovation with bass unit, -for me- they have no dynamics, very difficult to manage and at lower volume they are a shame...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: these are quite an interesting design by Dominic on 2007-01-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Orphean horns / BMS drivers in Horn-Loaded Speakers  2 Replies 
I can't figure how Bert can mannage to successfully overcome the fact that the tweeter is sooo deep.I'm also curious about something else. I read in a recent post of yours that you have heard the mr. wolf's ultimates and that you consider that they a...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #27: If it's the speakers themselves that you want to hear by Paul S on 2007-10-08 
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SamFrom your listings perhaps you do not mind if certain qualities of the speakers themselves come to the fore, as long as you get other things you want?I think the Verity Parsifals do need the Encore (is that it?) bass units, and you'd certainl...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Eventually & actually!!! by Romy the Cat 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 
I have written my previous post after reading their remarkably-idiotic page about “values” and noticing a few mistakes in thier “punch-lines”, still there is a further point in all of it. The Hi-Fi companies and Hi-Fi marketing are lost touch with th...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #59: Ribbon Man by Paul S on 2006-12-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Tweeter for Vitavox S2. High-sensitively ribbons? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  64 Replies 
It is interesting indeed how people allow their attention to go from fixation to fixation without ever changing/adapting methodology, believing none the less that each single idea in turn is The Answer.  I remember the first time I heard th...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #12: Room sharing by Romy the Cat on 2013-01-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Orion Phono Preamplifier in Analog Playback  15 Replies 
[quote user="ArmAlex"]I have no experiance of Constellation sound, but I think it should not be something special. In CES they shared a room with Magico which is unbelievably unlistenable.[/quote] Room sharing at the shows is a complicated subject an...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #35: Magico horn bass modules by Romy the Cat on 2014-07-11 
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I was pitching before that to make a loudspeaker with integrated LF module you have no ethical right to charge more then let say $20K retail.  If you charge more then you have no mechanism to deliver anything for the money people pay. However, if you...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: The Magico “Strategic Sound” and new drivers. by Romy the Cat on 2007-12-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Magico Mini or Jonathan Valin maxi? in Audio Discussions  21 Replies 
Thanks for the link, el`Ol. The original Görlichs, when they still use aluminum layers were very interesting, thought they were soft suspended drivers that is not my cap of tea.  BTW, for whatever it worth the Magico new version does not use ADT...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: A legend about the Berkeley DAC being a baby Pacific? by Romy the Cat on 2008-02-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Reference Recordings “digital master” and Berkeley's new DAC in Didital Things  13 Replies 
[quote user="Telstar"]. Considering their pedigree alone, it's worth a listening.[/quote] Telstar, yes, you might be right. I do not know those peoples personally but I have opened my Pacific to serve the cooling fan and have seen HOW the unit was m...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: It is official... by samuel33 on 2007-09-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Roomy the cat is going to sell speakers?! in Audio Discussions  4 Replies 
It is official Roomy the cat is going to sell speakers !Few quote on another forum : Jvalin "you are planning to build and market for a good deal more money than the Mini IIs." (26 000$ for the Mini II)Roomy respond "I have only to you with a private...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: YL audio, ALE, GOTO, and Onken... good post. by Romy the Cat on 2006-09-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Orphean horns of bd design in Horn-Loaded Speakers  6 Replies 
[quote user="angeloitacare"] Of course, Avantgarde with their price tag never will be for mass consumption. I offered Holger then to see If I could commercialize his horns in japan, Do u know how much was the dealer price for a pair of trios at that ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Re: Avantgarde, BMS and Orphean. by angeloitacare-idiot on 2006-09-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Orphean horns of bd design in Horn-Loaded Speakers  6 Replies 
Hi Romy a good sound in a room does not depend only on the speaker chain, but essencially also of the room acoustics. Probably many of the Trio systems didn’t sound right just because of that…. I was at Holgers Home in Lautersbach back in 94. He ha...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: 2010 Classical Grammy Nominees by Romy the Cat on 2009-12-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 2010 Classical Grammy Nominees in Musical Discussions  1 Replies 
Category 95: Best Engineered Album, Classical (An Engineer's Award. (Artist names appear in parentheses.))Britten: Billy BuddNeil Hutchinson and Jonathan Stokes, engineers (Daniel Harding, Nathan Gunn...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Reading an official audio publication - TAS by Romy the Cat on 2010-09-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Reading an official audio publication - TAS in Audio Discussions  6 Replies 
What did you know; I was in Barnes & Noble and bought a first for quite long time September TAS magazine.  I do not subscribe audio publications but seldom buy them. Since I did not do it for as long time I though it will be entertaining.  It...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #61: A Happy New Year To All by Kerry Brown on 2012-01-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Crossover Design in Audio Discussions  69 Replies 
Jorge, You're right about using identical amps. No doubt. I have not used Dr. Edgar's passive network but I have tried conventional passive networks on Edgarhorns. They worked alright. And I have...
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