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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Sound from a sick Cat by Romy the Cat on 2005-01-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Loudspeaker: Sound reproduction has not changed. in Audio Discussions  18 Replies 
Timothy, My “understanding” whatever you feel I understood “after seeing the CES voodoo” neither changed nor evolved in any directions. My level of tolerance changed but it was it. However, I feel that you mistakably “deciphered” my message.  ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #33: Monday night :-) by haralanov on 2011-08-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Basic guide to advanced audio in Playback Listening  62 Replies 
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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: You are either deaf or your system is crap by haralanov on 2012-03-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The irony of playback photographs and videos. in Playback Listening  11 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwb9OCivhtgUpon looking the video I realized that as camera moves the sound does not changes, so the sound was not recorded “live” with microphone but was overlaid by post-production. [/quote]...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #25: Re: EdgarHorns and the ordinary pile of audio Morons. by drdna on 2005-12-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Crossover Design in Audio Discussions  69 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] Considering the problem you described, it was pretty much, where I expected it to be. However your explanations are kind of sound strange to me. If your tweeter were out of phase with the rest of the drivers then it would ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #13: Re: The "bad" S&B resellers... by Thorsten on 2005-01-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Expressive Technologies SU-1 in Analog Playback  33 Replies 
[quote user="Antonio J. "]MFA e-mailed me aknowledging that I was perhaps going to try the DIY way getting a "raw" transformer from S&B and offered me assistance. The "problem" is that their unit with a gain selector and load selector is way too ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #398: A hallucination? by Romy the Cat on 2013-08-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps in Melquiades Amplifier  397 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]  Romy the Cat wrote:That sucks. I use to have a box of perhaps a dozen of YO186 but I did not see it for a while, pretty much from the time I moved to new house. I was listening today some of my “critical” reference stuf...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #17: Digital by Amir on 2009-04-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Analog vs. Digital... without BS. in Didital Things  23 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]However, the result of direct conversion of analog into digital is practically NEVER exposed to audio people.[/quote]I never heard direct conversion of analog to digital and i should agree that i can not be sure that digita...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #112: More on the 2A3 comparisons by drdna on 2009-01-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps in Melquiades Amplifier  397 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]I was thinking about this: how come that driving 6C33C (in fact driving anything one can imagine) the 6E5P was very fine but driving 2A3 it was dull like hell. I opened the amp and tested all – everything was perfect but th...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #58: :) by haralanov on 2010-02-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vitavox S2 with Electromagnets in Horn-Loaded Speakers  91 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] your diver might be a very good MF diver but it does not go to region where the “tizzing” live.[/quote]You may not believe me, but the driver start to  roll off (very smoothly) after 14kHz and at 20kHz is at -6dB. I intent...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #706: I was talking about Sound. by Romy the Cat on 2011-01-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
[quote user="manisandher"]  Romy the Cat wrote:The change of the voltage from battery and from AC always was there, I have seen it on all PurePower Units but I did not even report it as I find it absolutely irrelevant.Romy, you've said in the past:...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #22: No, i don't know how to design that by Vasyachkin on 2010-03-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: My feelings about new exciting audio products in Audio Discussions  25 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Do you personally recognize the sonic impact of bad electricity in your own playback?[/quote]no, not in the sense that i assume you mean it.  instead i have my own beef with bad electricity, which i suspect is different fro...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: To Romy regarding dipoles by Vasyachkin on 2010-03-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Horn speaker with dipole bass? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  11 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]I do not exactly understand what you are proposing at DiyAudio site.[/quote]i can't log in to Diy Audio so i can't view the attached image ( diagram ) files there - can you view them ?  without diagrams it would be really h...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Different factors affecting bass quality by haralanov on 2009-04-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Constructing LF modules to the limits in Audio Discussions  54 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Sand damping it beautiful, it is well-recognized, but you do pay cost for it, in your case the cost is space. [/quote]I know that Romy… but without the massive amounts of sand, there are always some vibrations felt when I t...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #373: I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. by Romy the Cat on 2009-11-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps in Melquiades Amplifier  397 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]  Romy the Cat wrote: Romy the Cat wrote:http://www.goodsoundclub.com/pdf/YO-186.pdfI have to admit that I have written a few pieces of writing about my experiences with YO186 but I withhold to post it as I do not know if...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #26: I'm not married to any topology by haralanov on 2014-01-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: JBL 2226 2445 2405 3-way and a path forward in Horn-Loaded Speakers  27 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]I very much do not want to sound like I am expressing sarcasm. [/quote] Romy, I don’t treat your comments like expressed sarcasm and I never did it. In my view, your site is the only place in Internet, where fruitful discus...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #819: Sorry, I mis-quoted by manisandher on 2011-03-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]BTW, there are reasonably simple tests to verify that your unit does or does not have the problem that my November units has, the testing procedures you will need to get from PurePower.[/quote]I will certainly look into thi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #30: Need for a systematic approach by drdna on 2008-12-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Sakuma's Show in Audio Discussions  35 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]did anybody pay attention that all coupling transformers-loaded amplifiers (among those that I heard) sound in a similar way as the amps with high voltage output tube that run over 1KV on plate. Did you ever think why?[/quo...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #39: The gas tube adapaters? 7-pin to small octal? by Romy the Cat on 2009-09-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Gas voltage reference 0A2 tubes. in Melquiades Amplifier  42 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]3) There is an army of the 150V 7-pins gas tubes: 0A2, SG1P, STV150/30, StR150/30, 150C1, G150m 150C2, 150C4, CV10664, CV1832, CV2903, CV8161, HD51, M8223, QS1207, GD150/4K, QS1210, SR56. I did not try the larger octal 150V...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1504: Capacitors versus batteries in regenerators by drdna on 2016-01-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Well, the StormTank is currently is being sold for $30K.[/quote]Oh well, I can forget about buying one to try it out...[quote user="Romy the Cat"]The PurePower has a bank of caps that shunt the battery. Intellectually, it ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Cats and (Rain)Dogs by Arno P on 2011-06-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 3.5m Tractrix Horn Project (AKA RAINDOG) in Horn-Loaded Speakers  18 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Arno, I have plenty at my site that describes in great detains why and what I do not like in idea of single driver with back-loaded horn.  Build it and hear what you will be getting. The software you are irrelevant.  There ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Contemporary audio-map is mostly gray in color by haralanov on 2010-12-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The industry-embraced audio and classical music. in Playback Listening  5 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]In fact in today world there is a very interesting phenomena - very low-end audio,  literally mass-produced table radio that on can buy for $50 sound hugely more musical for classical repertoire then the mega-dollars playba...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #164: Don't buy it! by dkarmeli on 2014-05-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Ultimate Turntable in Analog Playback  220 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] dkarmeli wrote:If the rest of the setup is up scratch then all you get is the recording and you'll forget about they system. Your body and mind will relax and allow you to have the same emotional connection with the music ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Tubes and the Sound by drdna on 2009-01-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A sort of DPOLs in Melquiades Amplifier  8 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]I am not sure if you stress the words “sound” or the word “stereo”. I do not have anything to do with mono but properly implemented stereo is absolutely wonderful and I love Take a little portable mono microphone, attach it...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #41: Re: Thorsten's preamp idea by Thorsten on 2005-11-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Passive transformer based preamp in Audio Discussions  41 Replies 
Roman,[quote user="Romy the Cat"]May I ask you, this realization of yours… dose it has any “sound”. [/quote]The one we have build which is a little different (6S45 not C3g, also tried WE 417A, 437A, TX-101 Copper not silver, AN UK Line Output Transfo...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #970: To be continued by Lx_ on 2011-12-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]PP has the ultimate tool that allows detecting a LOT about its operation. Do you observe the same behavior as you describe when you pull out the power cord and let the unit to run from internal battery?[/quote]I made experi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #743: The hardiness correction. by Romy the Cat on 2011-01-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] … The sound still a bit harder then I would like it to have…  I do not find any sensible explanations.[/quote] I was breaking my head trying to figure out why the large caps shunted battery in PP2000 suddenly gave me chang...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #63: Another 2 cents by haralanov on 2010-02-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vitavox S2 with Electromagnets in Horn-Loaded Speakers  91 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]So, you feel that high voltage filedcoil do excite the electromagnets driver somehow?[/quote]I will not call this exitation, let say it dynamic stability.[quote user="Romy the Cat"]What voltage you feel is appropriate?[/quo...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #101: Agreed by Winnie on 2007-12-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to USE “Resonating Oops” in loudspeakers in Horn-Loaded Speakers  184 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]From the above-linked 6moons’ site:  Publisher's comment:Layered Sound as demonstrated at Marja & Henk's during my short visit consisted of running their Avantgarde Duos and the Model Ones simultaneously, the forme...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #23: Running on empty fumes ? by glaesemann on 2013-12-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Purist Audio Design vs. Purist Audio Design in Audio Discussions  25 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]I do have two cables RevB that are dried out and that need to do refilled but I afraid to send it to Purist and they might lose the Right sound. Purist use nowadays a new liquid and go figure if that liquid make the cable t...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #50: Valve amp virgin by manisandher on 2008-09-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A quest for a better monitor. in Audio Discussions  97 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]They need a LOT of very good power, preferably in class A to sound the best and then will not last long with a lot of power.The caT [/quote]Hi,I'd like to try driving my SL600 speakers with a valve amp. Does anyone have any...
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