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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #26: Window vs Sound Stage by Jorge on 2011-07-31 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Basic guide to advanced audio in Playback Listening  62 Replies 
Part of setting up a system is listening to both channels independently,  they measure the same and sound the same,  but individually with a lower volume and punch,  and of course no stereo effect." the audio window should get larger and larger, unti...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #258: Angels on Pinheads by Paul S on 2022-10-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Remedies the Beauty in Playback Listening  293 Replies 
Jarek, how many 10" Scanspeaks do you think it would take to get way down in your room? And remember that, according to Romy, the "best sounding" Dannoy, the heart of this speaker system, still only plays up to 90 db peaks (70 dB continuous with seri...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: More thoughts by N-set on 2012-06-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Turntable speed analysis. in Analog Playback  17 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] N-set wrote: There is a certain analogy between THD number and Wow&Flutter number: bare THD tells you very little, if anything at all, about the amp, one has to dig into that number deeper and see a detailed spectrum b...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #14: If not then all bets are off by Romy the Cat on 2010-10-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: More 6E5P-6C33C amps. in Melquiades Amplifier  22 Replies 
[quote user="Cosmos"]Indeed it took me a very long time to decide upon regulate or not. I ended up with regulation option to save some chassis space and weight, otherwise I would need at least 10 kilos more and 30% bigger space that would make the wh...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #114: AV by scooter on 2016-09-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A listening room for a domesticated Cat? in Audio Discussions  283 Replies 
Glad to hear your bigger family is doing well and that you are making good progress on the room.Why not try a quick test. Try connecting your laptop to the big system, put the laptop a few feet in front of you and watch a movie or a concert? That wil...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #42: Macondo and Melquiades in the NEW room. by Romy the Cat on 2009-10-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: My (Amplification + Acoustic System): what is next? in Audio Discussions  41 Replies 
Reading my old post about my new R&E adventures Midbass Horns and Real Estate http://www.romythecat.com/LatestPosts.aspx?ThreadID=11190  ….and contemplating on my prospective move to a big room I am strategizing what change...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Hm, I do not think so. by Romy the Cat on 2013-10-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: USB microscope for setting VTA in Analog Playback  18 Replies 
Hmmm. I need to admit that I did not read the article above and I did not familiar myself with the author’s reasons as I stubbornly consider Fremer to be an idiot. However, purely hypothetically thinking on the subject I wonder why the presence of mi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: Circular logic versus well-accepted products by Paul S on 2007-01-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Lamm Industries: a special interview with a special company in Audio News  97 Replies 
Romy, for one thing, you are still talking "best possible sound" in a very literal way while most other people are merely working out one or another acknowledged compromise, or they are hoping to make their system do an even more spectacular renditio...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #185: Some idea of what will happen by Saturntube on 2010-02-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Midbass Horns and Real Estate. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  247 Replies 
Similar experience but I get to keep my "old" room. I have just changed my 5 way horn loaded down to 140 hz speakers to a friends room twice as big as mine, with an open back area into the house as your new room has and one side and the front have hu...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #47: GU/GM vs. 6C33C by Romy the Cat on 2011-04-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to get a LOT of SET power. in Audio Discussions  106 Replies 
[quote user="haralanov"]N-set, a friend of mine built an amp with this monstrous USSR tube. It has 3 stages and the GU81M is driven by 6C33C. Within context of driving mid or high sensitivity bass drivers, this is all you need. In comparison, his pre...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #50: Triode 3-Stage by Paul S on 2011-04-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to get a LOT of SET power. in Audio Discussions  106 Replies 
N-set, starting from reasonable input, the 6E5P can swing some serious voltage, and Romy also sings its praises in terms of sound.  Maybe sim that, running it in its safe zone to a 6C33C. From there, you have all the power you'd want to drive -- what...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #36: Re: Better among worst? by morricab on 2005-11-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Passive transformer based preamp in Audio Discussions  41 Replies 
As to the best transformers souding more transparent than the best resistors, I'll believe it when I (don't?) hear it.  You claim to have heard this but I most certainly haven't.  Based on theoretical arguments the noninductive metal film r...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #114: Aura 1808 most overrated 18in driver on the planet by msaudio on 2010-05-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Romy The Cat's new Listening Room in Audio Discussions  478 Replies 
Back in the 90's i bought a pair of Aura 1808 woofers and made a set of 24 cubic foot corner enclosures 1 1/2 thick, crossover at 100hz, close to 300 pounds, way over built enclosure with a baffle on the face of the enclosure that i could remove. I T...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #228: Experience with Dannoy by Edgar= on 2022-10-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Remedies the Beauty in Playback Listening  293 Replies 
Howdy all,I have been playing with the Dunnoy concept since Romy discovered it and I agree that it is a very good improvement for Tannoy bass.Dunnoy with reverb injection is a phenomenal experience. I have gold drivers not red but I tried both 10s an...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #67: TW by Paul Costa on 2008-06-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Ultimate Turntable in Analog Playback  220 Replies 
TW Acustic latest website here only in German though.  http://www.tw-acustic.de/00000198640aab305/000001985b0e5e29a/index.htmlI have had the AC single motor for almost two years now.  Coming from an SME 30 I personally enjoy the TW more and...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Basic guide to advanced audio by Jorge on 2011-07-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Basic guide to advanced audio in Playback Listening  62 Replies 
Romy,  I have been trying to explain to myself what happened and how I got to it and trying to recreate this wonderful boiling point. I tried to make a write up of all the steps needed in order to make it happen,  but it is ever so elusive. I ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: They have 2 tubes. by Romy the Cat on 2010-12-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Engström & Engström Lars.... in Audio Discussions  2 Replies 
[quote user="Paul S"]20W from a 300B?  What?  I missed that. [/quote]Actually then call themselves Moonoblocks, it means that they use 2x300B for channel, probably paralleled or in SET PP configuration like Audio Mirrors does it. Still it is pushy fo...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #213: Fighting with RIAA by N-set on 2012-07-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage in Analog Playback  310 Replies 
I'm precisely fighting with dialing-in the RIAA....I tried to follow (parts of) Romy's description earlier in the thread, but the anti-RIAA method and test LP give me a huge difference, much bigger than 0.2dB (rather 10dB or so):what was +/- flat usi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #77: Geometry by jackydai on 2019-04-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: New superlative horn build - ESD acoustic in Horn-Loaded Speakers  92 Replies 
I’m glad you talk about geometry, but to respond to this I have to refer to other brands. I will only talk about facts and hope it’s not offending anybody.My basic point is: the flare rate has to be coherent right from the entrance of phase plugs. In...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #102: What is necessary to understand about APS-like units. by Romy the Cat on 2007-12-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
[quote user="Antonio J."] … looking like the Kemp's unit. But that's provided the input electricity is still under 5% of distortion. They also state that that performance is under linear load, so it might be possible that using chokes or trannies loa...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #16: A quest for a better monitor and sensitivity. by Romy the Cat on 2006-06-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A quest for a better monitor. in Audio Discussions  97 Replies 
[quote user="behhl"]As well, it is 15 ohm, and one of the few monitors I can drive with my SET reasonable. All other monitors I know demand so much more amp and I still cannot understand why.[/quote] behhl, This is a part of bigger subject.  T...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Re: I, as usually, very much disagree. by David@NY on 2005-10-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Something that a loudspeaker must have. in Audio For Dummies ™  17 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]David, welcome . I very much disagree with what are saying. There are no personal preferences that might be pleased by any complimentary adjustable properties. What I mean: if listeners have civilized and serious ref...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: To look in other direction. by Romy the Cat on 2020-02-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Perception of bass? in Playback Listening  9 Replies 
Rowuk, first of all, I very much recommend you do not undertake the Paul’s advice and do not go for any implementation of bass with bigger drivers or more driver of different topology of bass section like OB and so on. For sure better bass would ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Further info on Sadurni Acoustics by Sadurni Acoustics on 2011-08-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A new kid in the block: Sadurni Acoustics in Horn-Loaded Speakers  21 Replies 
This is our first offering; we are indeed working on another two higher priced models.  One will have an additional channel on top, the other one will be front horn loaded down to 40 hz.  Optional finish and colors, both for horns and supports, a...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: The elaboration… by Romy the Cat on 2013-03-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: For one day only in Horn-Loaded Speakers  12 Replies 
It is not about “how low can the 600hz horn go before running in to problems” but rather a specific if of Vitavox S2 driver.   The S2 with plastic suspension has secondary resonance at 1250 cycles (you might read about in details in my S2 thread). So...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #188: I still will be trying to get the same nearfield setting... by Romy the Cat on 2010-02-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Midbass Horns and Real Estate. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  247 Replies 
[quote user="Saturntube"]Similar experience but I get to keep my "old" room. I have just changed my 5 way horn loaded down to 140 hz speakers to a friends room twice as big as mine, with an open back area into the house as your new room has and o...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: My answer by devo_yan on 2018-05-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 250 watts Parallel S.E. advises in Audio Discussions  13 Replies 
Nice thank you for the link, see the "lo SE100-1", 169.0 USD for 7Kg, it's cheap and they look good.So I was Happy with my choice of parallel 845 (I was hesitating with GM-70 but after a difficult decision I decided that the GM-70 filament consume tw...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: Macondo positioning? by Ronnie on 2006-08-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo Alternation. Extending the LF line-array in Horn-Loaded Speakers  8 Replies 
I'm curious about how you set up your horns in the room.From photos it looks as if they are fairly close together, compared to the wide setting you suggested I try, while our room dimensions are fairly similar?When I started pushing the horns apart a...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #69: Driver's Worth by Weight by Paul S on 2009-11-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A quest for a better monitor. in Audio Discussions  97 Replies 
Mani, I am not saying that any driver (let alone any collection of drivers...) will ever be entirely "correct" in terms of acoustical instrumental timbre, no matter the frequency range it attempts to address.  I am saying that the sonic "weight balan...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #247: Silver considerations by N-set on 2013-03-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage in Analog Playback  310 Replies 
Paul, thank you for your input![quote user="Paul S"]I think with the SUT the "dynamic" loading the cartridge "sees" may swamp the choice of wire metal.  Once the loading is dialed in, silver might be nice.  [/quote]Yes Paul, absolutely agree--the ele...
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