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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Be careful: Imaging vs. Compression by Romy the Cat on 2005-10-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Be careful: Imaging vs. Compression in Playback Listening  23 Replies 
It took for us, for the people with brains and ears, a few years to explain to the foolish audiophiles the artificiality of their soundstage objectives. Six years ago when I was tiring explaining to the audio-zombies that soundstage is juts a surroga...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #86: Dynamic sinking? by Paul S on 2007-08-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The most promising “best” commercial speaker in Horn-Loaded Speakers  192 Replies 
Romy, when you mention "dynamic sinking" of ribbons are you speaking of sub-8k Hz use of powerful ribbons like the Water Drop compared to 109 dB efficient compression drivers, or do you notice this dynamic sinking no matter how high you cross ov...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Problems with horns: mid-range drivers by Romy the Cat on 2004-07-13 
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If you know how in some optical systems imagery get destroyed when an aperture getting closed to F64 or even smaller, then you understand what happens in compression driver when frequency get higher and spaces smaller. Yes, the proximity of wavelengt...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #12: ASP by steverino on 2014-05-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Revisiting DSP in Didital Things  12 Replies 
FM is Analog Signal Processing vs DSP. The compression aspect is only really intrusive on orchestral works. Pop and jazz are already compressed and chamber music presents a more limited dynamic range if not limited contrast. But on the evidence most ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Some horn writing by Thomas Dunker. by Romy the Cat on 2006-01-14 
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All below is written by Thomas Dunker Yeah, "sound consistent independent of signal level" is a very precise way to sum up my whole speaker philosophy. Anything that is assumed to be constant, but which actually changes with signal dynamics is what ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #43: High-res : Second priority by jessie.dazzle on 2009-05-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Attention Sound Engineers (compression and loudness) in Playback Listening  47 Replies 
As things stand today, I believe that the biggest gain in quality is not to be had via the pursuit of higher resolution formats.A friend of mine who works for a large media distribution business (like Amazon) recently gave me a bunch of sample CD...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: The empty words about compression. by Romy the Cat on 2007-08-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Contributing factors in compressed sound in Audio Discussions  3 Replies 
Well, it is a good subject and my reply probably will be lengthy. However, do not expect to read anything worthy in there as I have no answers. We all know about the compression, the people with develop listening culture and more or less evolved lis...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #24: Compression vs. imaging by ArmAlex on 2012-03-07 
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"] One more tip. The “least dynamic compression positioning” mostly managed by upper bass and bass channels while in the “imaging positioning” the MF and HF channels play more dominating roles. Therefore, if you use a typica...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #13: It is NOT FM is Analog Signal Processing vs DSP by Romy the Cat on 2014-05-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Revisiting DSP in Didital Things  12 Replies 
[quote user="steverino"]FM is Analog Signal Processing vs DSP. The compression aspect is only really intrusive on orchestral works. Pop and jazz are already compressed and chamber music presents a more limited dynamic range if not limited contrast. B...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #18: Some lyric about midbass and the ways to go there… by Romy the Cat on 2005-08-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Chinese upperbass horn. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  35 Replies 
[quote user="rdrysdale"]….as of now I'm convinced that a compression driver is the best way to go for fast, detailed and dynamic bass. The compression ratio needs to be just right, and the horn needs to be right, when these two are working together p...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: I kind of wonder why? by Romy the Cat on 2011-06-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Why second tonearm/cartridge does not sound like first one? in Analog Playback  2 Replies 
What really pisses me off is that my second arm/cartridge has a very strange effect that I did not see neither in this arm (Micro 282) not in this cartridge (Ortofon SPU Classic). I am taking about dynamic compression. In fact it is very seldom you c...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #19: The benefit of compression or the good compression. by Romy the Cat on 2007-09-18 
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[quote user="hagtech"] Aw crap.  Does that mean I'm responsible for everything Bush does? [/quote] From historic perspective, yes we Americans are more responsible for what Bush does then Mozambiqueans for instance. A hundred years from now peo...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: The Evolution (or Anti-Evolution) of FM Broadcast by Romy the Cat on 2008-06-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Evolution (or Anti-Evolution) of FM Broadcast in Off Air Audio  3 Replies 
A Seminar presented by Greg Burnett at Audio Fest 2004, Colorado Audio Society by John HaralsonOctober 9, 2004 Why are audiophiles interested in FM radio? Because the quality of FM audio was satisfying until stations began to compete with each othe...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #88: I want more of it. by Romy the Cat on 2013-10-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Kitties go to London in Audio Discussions  92 Replies 
Thanks, rogier this is very nice of you to post it.  So, it is Concertgebouw conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt, live. Very interesting. I will be listening it tomorrow. Does this station has the page that future all Concertgebouw concerts? I found th...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #28: Good Compression: Low Level Extension by Pacific? by Romy the Cat on 2007-09-27 
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I have to admit that I was experimenting last night with Pacific’s Low Level Extension and it was not bad at all. It would not be my last words as I would need the whole system up and running to see what is going on – the region where the Low Level E...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #88: Not completely conclusive but the demonstrably convincing by Romy the Cat on 2021-11-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Remedies the Beauty in Playback Listening  293 Replies 
Fully armed with my new knowledge I made today an interesting experiment. I listen Remedios as is this amplifiers running for 35 minutes and then re-listen them again in 2 hours. It was very very convincing, very self-evident but slightly not what I ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: A different type of upper MF compression driver. by Romy the Cat on 2012-04-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A different type of upper MF compression driver. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  7 Replies 
I was listening last night a string quartet rehearsal. The play was for the most part justifiably non-so-glorious and I was thinking about my little audio things. For sure our upper MF drivers nowhere near where they need to be. There is too much...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Predicting Speaker Sound by Paul S on 2009-01-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The sound compromises of high efficiency direct radiators. in Audio Discussions  8 Replies 
At this point I think that the main advantage of efficient speakers is that they represent the best chance for a sort linearity that to my knowledge can't be gotten any other way.  It seems like inefficient drivers simply do not sound the s...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #20: Soundstage by Amir on 2009-09-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The nature of "soundstage" in audio. in Playback Listening  22 Replies 
[quote user="drdna"] Romy the Cat wrote:I propose that soundstage is a derivative property of compression. Stripping compression destroys soundstage, increasing of compression makes soundstage more tangible. Yes, I have no argument with anything you ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #39: More interesting FM/digital findings…. by Romy the Cat on 2005-11-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to record FM broadcasts. in Off Air Audio  125 Replies 
This weekend I decide to take my FM where it should be. I ran ~125” and installed a dipole on the roof of my building and serviced my tuner. The result was as expected but there was something unexpected. Along with all normal benefits of better anten...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #88: Even if power is good: Ribbons and basketball by Romy the Cat on 2007-08-01 
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[quote user="Paul S"]Romy, when you mention "dynamic sinking" of ribbons are you speaking of sub-8k Hz use of powerful ribbons like the Water Drop compared to 109 dB efficient compression drivers, or do you notice this dynamic sinking no matter ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: Getting more from DX4 by Paul S on 2006-11-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Lowther Driver in Audio Discussions  62 Replies 
Perhaps there are ways to horn load Lowthers that do not screw up the sound, but I don't know of any, and there are other reasons, as well, for not asking LF from Lowthers.For me the best thing about the high-pass-limited Lowther DX4 in OB is th...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: Blending integrity? by Paul S on 2006-11-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Initial thoughts about new/old Lamm ML2s in Audio Discussions  215 Replies 
As I process what you have said about "blending integrity" I hear a trumpet blowing right at my face, just like I did last night.  But obviously this is my imagination at work.  Do you mean in general the way tones exist and integrate ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #19: The RAAL's tweeter and Sound (#1) by Romy the Cat on 2007-02-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: RAAL “Water Drop” tweeter for Macondo. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  77 Replies 
I had many interesting listening experiences while I used the Water Drop’s Macondo. I would try to surmise briefly the sonic consequences of the Water Drooping. “Me” and “briefly”, would it be possible? Well, where did you see a Jewish boy who refuse...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #53: A wonderful write up about ribbons. by Romy the Cat on 2006-11-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Tweeter for Vitavox S2. High-sensitively ribbons? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  64 Replies 
Continuing to harass the readers of my site and myself with the good news about the performance of my SA8535 driver I would like to post a very educational article about the subject. As I told before, being familiar with sound of ribbons then never i...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: “Zarathustra” amplifier: loosing of virginity. by Romy the Cat on 2005-05-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: “Zarathustra” amplifier: loosing of virginity. in Audio Discussions  7 Replies 
The thread is derivation form the previous thread about the Dima's amplifier.I was trying to gradually approach better and better loudspeakers with the Zarathustra amplifier but today I decided to hit with the Zarathustra the pinnacle of low sen...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #22: Electricity, compression and soundstage by Romy the Cat on 2009-02-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Be careful: Imaging vs. Compression in Playback Listening  23 Replies 
A few days back a guy who began recently to use a power regenerators that eliminates a great deal of compression out of sound was reported that soundstage the he did not like did despair. In this thread I was advocated that “soundstage” as a surrogat...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #24: Actually it is not the case. by Romy the Cat on 2008-09-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Shelter 90X: mystery or mastery in Analog Playback  54 Replies 
My Shelter is set properly; in fact the setting was not changed for years. On my TT there are 4 arms and there is another stereo arm. I know what shell be difference between my Second stereo arm and my Reference arm. No my Second stereo arm over perf...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: An objective tool to trace gap better horn rate and crossover? by Romy the Cat on 2007-10-05 
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"] Make an experiment, and I will simplify the case quite assertively. Take a typical compression driver, cross it at 800Hz, second order and load it into a proper contemporary horn (Tratrix or JMLC) of 300Hz. Listen that hor...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: The Active High Frequency Solution - AHFS by Romy the Cat on 2008-02-06 
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"] Anyhow, I would like to add some addition to my “to do” list for 2008. 8) Try my new experimental AHFS in context of my RAAL “Water Drop” [/quote] OK, I would like to share with readers of my site a notion is that I am ...
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