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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Get a clue on digital audio by Goetz on 2013-02-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A Simple Question (or 3) About Sampling Rates in Didital Things  2 Replies 
Dear Paul,pls study these pages to get a proper understanding of digitalaudio technology  and a clue where to go to get music out of this technolgy:http://www.mother-of-tone.com/cd.htm  from Charles Altmannand some articles of Lukasz Fikus:www.lampiz...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #284: I have no clue by Romy the Cat on 2022-11-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Remedies the Beauty in Playback Listening  293 Replies 
I do not know what is going on. A couple of days ago I turn playback and decided to play I very much non-demand material and with suddenly the sound I ever heard. I do not know what is going on. I am slowly contemplating the idea to bring horns back ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #645: A clue by AOK_Farmer on 2010-12-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
"but it highly likely that PurePower buttery does stay online during the unit run from AC"That's all I am saying also! My idea is ONLY that PP changed the degree to which the equipment *sees* the AC source instead of the battery source. How isolate...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #16: Rear Loaded Horns by msaudio on 2010-06-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Small double bass horn for 3"-8" driver in Horn-Loaded Speakers  37 Replies 
Moreart   Most people on this site only badmouth things they don't understand. From what i have read the last few years on romy's site, there is a leader and a bunch of follower's that have no clue of audio basic's in sound reproduction. The leader j...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #71: Correct Tonal Reproduction is King by Stitch on 2017-10-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Copper Mat on a Micro Seiki Gun Metal Platter in Analog Playback  122 Replies 
Well, I know these endless discussions about Seiki but after a while we all have to make a decision. Tuning? Better? Better than what? What is "I like it!"?When doing something - serious - it is mandatory to know what a correct tonal reproduction is....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #24: Leave them enough time ! by Jack 14 on 2007-07-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Gas voltage reference 0A2 tubes. in Melquiades Amplifier  42 Replies 
Hi Romy, Still playing with Gas zeners, isn't it ? I once seen, tested and scrapped "dead" ones.... Clue#1: they fire and (try to) regulate at higher than nominal voltages at normal current and are erratic.Clue#2: they have sections (at top an...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Get a clue on digital audio by Goetz on 2013-02-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A Simple Question (or 3) About Sampling Rates in Didital Things  2 Replies 
Dear Paul,pls study these pages to get a proper understanding of digitalaudio technology  and a clue where to go to get music out of this technolgy:http://www.mother-of-tone.com/cd.htm  from Charles Altmannand some articles of Lukasz Fikus:www.lampiz...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: They do not play like music period! by ShuffleSk8Ter on 2013-07-31 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Why Horn loaded systems?! in Playback Listening  30 Replies 
your post has not merit sir...some of the most stupid people that have the ability to play musical instrument have no clueon how music sounds in an audience(fact) I know several people here in the chicagoland area that play for CSO they are cluelessa...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: OK, I get it by Antonio J. on 2005-03-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Problems with horns: upper bass in Horn-Loaded Speakers  109 Replies 
INTEGRATION that's the clue and that's what I always feel lacks in my room, I mean extreme integration, real integration, the feeling that the recorded bass sound has its own boundaries, not my room's. So you said, midbass horns?OK, let's g...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #100: Quick thoughts on beginning of system assembly by scooter on 2016-08-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A listening room for a domesticated Cat? in Audio Discussions  283 Replies 
I helped Romy shuffle around some hardware and connect some cables yesterday. That damned table weighs about 100.000 pounds. This was one of those once-in-a-lifetime opportunities to see live, in-person how Romy thinks about audio and incorporates th...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: More of my thoughts by ShuffleSk8Ter on 2013-07-31 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Why Horn loaded systems?! in Playback Listening  30 Replies 
further more I did not come to this site to be enamored with romys system or suck his dick either like you seem to get a clue and be true to  yourself and your system ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Thank you by andrewmartyn on 2011-10-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Anyone know this horn flare in Horn-Loaded Speakers  4 Replies 
ThanksI did email TOA a while back but no one knew if it was one of theirs they sent me better photos of the TH 650 but although it looks the part side on I'm a bit miffed about seeing the screw fixings holding the reflex tube in place.If anyone else...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: old pianos by Michaelz on 2007-02-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to USE “Resonating Oops” in loudspeakers in Horn-Loaded Speakers  184 Replies 
I know that piano sound board is very expensive.  How ever, one can get brken old upright pianos for free, or for very little (except you need to have a truck to move them.  No clue for lack of time though:^)...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: Sound was changing ... by unicon on 2009-10-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Tightening to loosening Screws ? no fake... in Playback Listening  13 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Unicon,  I do think that you deal not with phase but with damping and resonances…. The Cat[/quote]Romyto be saying it carefully the main sound change i encountered is the RESONANCE which surely deals with TIME . and talking...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #104: Mechanical differences Altec 288 versus Vitavox S2 what makes them tic... by morespeakers2 on 2013-02-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vitavox’s S2 Survival Guide. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  123 Replies 
I believe you use the laser to find out at what frequencies there are resonances and where they are at so youcan make the phase plug accordingly but like I said I know about as much as those lasers as I saw in the Tad brochure. A machinist told me on...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: It belongs HERE and in most other areas.... by Thorsten on 2006-03-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: There is nothing subjective in music reproduction. in Playback Listening  9 Replies 
....because where humans are concerned objectivity does not exist, is not possible, basically, all is subjective, deny this at your own peril.....[quote user="Romy the Cat"]In audio we juts reproduce Sound and it is not necessary to dive into the jan...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #81: The color of the listening room. by Romy the Cat on 2016-06-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A listening room for a domesticated Cat? in Audio Discussions  283 Replies 
We closed the house last week and as now painters are going over house and repaint if. Wify went super creative with colors  but she left my listening room alone and wants me to do whatever I want. I used different simulators but still do not have...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #156: Extra Back Bedroom Problem Fixed by msaudio on 2010-05-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Romy The Cat's new Listening Room in Audio Discussions  478 Replies 
If you put your speakers in the back extra bedroom, you could have your cake and eat it 2. You will have a normal living room and your headphones sound that you love from small room will be back and better then ever and it don't cost anything except ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: Yes, and just because... by Paul S on 2013-03-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: What Is The Minimum for an "Acceptable" Phono Stag... in Analog Playback  12 Replies 
what you say is true, one might just as well start with the idea of a "minimal" phonostage that is powered by batteries.  Naturally, if one has no clue what one wants with a "thing" then he is always essentially empty handed.  Still, at some point on...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: Crooked glasses by scooter on 2009-10-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Audio-tekne's "Tone Quality Improvement technique" in Horn-Loaded Speakers  9 Replies 
Most commercial speakers I have heard are not time-aligned. Some claim that a large part of the population is not "sensitive" to time alignment. That is rubbish. Most people have not heard properly aligned speaker systems so have no clue why their sy...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #344: Impedance test the way you done it by unicon on 2010-10-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s Midbass Project – the grown up time. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  455 Replies 
[quote user="unicon"]Roman,  I suggest that you do add the mass in driver like coins in driver cone(and measure the coin weight too) and do added mass free air impedance test then you can see where it can bring another low resonance .then when it rea...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Guess what ,I built those too.... by Wojtek on 2007-05-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Zigmahornets Speakers: come up with a title on this topology... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  4 Replies 
Some years ago I've read on AA how great Ratt Shack 1197 (fostex f-103) drivers are (for whooping $2 a piece ), and some high-end German guys refuse to listen anything else than those Zigmahornet pipes. They are OK for background music and maybe for ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #33: Alignment by Paul S on 2018-07-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Fidelity Research FR-7 in Analog Playback  42 Replies 
Here's a link to a copy cat alignment tool:https://www.audioadvice.com/pro-ject-align-it-cartridge-aligment-tool-black.html?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI-ZSy3ZmE3AIVxF5-Ch3G2QttEAQYBSABEgLQ3vD_BwEDon't know if it's any good, but it appears to be the "correct ty...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Maybe there would be more to say, if the subject was worth a shit. by msaudio on 2010-05-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: There is no need to say anything if there is nothing to say. in Playback Listening  6 Replies 
When the ship is sinking, you need to find a life preserver or a boat. Most people in the audio field that are trying to sale something, you cannot trust them because of there bad idea's. There are a handful of audio companies on the cutting edge...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #24: It was happened last night: she is getting there. by Romy the Cat on 2014-01-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How would you handle it? in Playback Listening  24 Replies 
It was very interesting.  Amy and I were having a fancy dinner in the Cancun's resort. We were siting on a private balcony, with closed door and in the main floor  of the restaurant live jazz band started to play. Amy was sitting back to them and did...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: I do differently. by xandcg on 2015-12-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Really Expensive DACs? in Didital Things  29 Replies 
Paul S,I usually do not compare source components (or amplifiers or cables or etc.) in this fashion, DAC vs DAC, CDT vs CDT etc. unless I feel two (or more) of then (may) be too similar, like Lampizator and AN UK DACs I like. I prefer to focus integr...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #52: The truth about the Schroeder tonearms by Romy the Cat on 2010-02-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Schroder Tonearms in Analog Playback  61 Replies 
[quote user="oxric"]If someone wants to discuss the hype that accompanies some products and the point where it ceases to be legitimate marketing practice and becomes a purposeful and reprehensible attempt at misrepresenting one's products and dec...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #167: More findings by N-set on 2011-11-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage in Analog Playback  310 Replies 
I did one thing: I swapped the phase of one of my PS transformers (the heater one).My PS transformers are placed parallel side-by-side and super close to each other. Very wise, but I had no choice. I tried to wire the primariesout of phase to have so...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #23: Boxy Harmonics by Chirag on 2007-03-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to USE “Resonating Oops” in loudspeakers in Horn-Loaded Speakers  184 Replies 
Hello again kitty...Analogous to the lack of perfect "audiomoron" transparency of something like an L1 or tannoys or koetsus, I can see the general direction of your thinking regarding the "oops" nature of developing a musical transducer in room.The ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: Card on the table. by Romy the Cat on 2011-05-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 5-ways from Speedysteve7 in Horn-Loaded Speakers  23 Replies 
Ok, I shall stop to annoy lost in frequency responses DIYAudio people and to lay cards on the table, explaining why I consider that for now the Speedysteve7’s installation and his efforts are condemned to end up with sonic nothingness. When I read Sp...
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