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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #57: Schroeder Express by Paul S on 2013-01-15 
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For those too impatient or too poor to wait for a bespoke Schroeder arm there is now a +/- ready-made "Schroeder" arm available:http://dagogo.com/artemis-labs-ta-1-tonearm-review   Art Dudley also just reviewed a "regular" one for Stereophile (qv)......

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 
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[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 #50: The predictable “Whorish Fear Marketing”. by Romy the Cat on 2010-02-18 
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Stitch, You outlined very nicely the pattern that exists with quite many products in audio, I call it Whorish Fear Marketing I can’t say that the same happens with Schroeder arms. I just do not know as I never paid any attention to those arms...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #42: Virus inside by Stitch on 2010-02-15 
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"] I think it is wider then just Schroeder arms. Did you see ANY discussions about the Sonic Quality of hyped products? [/quote]No. the typical audiophile has the following tatoo onto his forehead "I-buy-I-Am"[quote user="R...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #40: Discussions about the Sonic Quality of hyped products. by Romy the Cat on 2010-02-15 
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[quote user="Stitch"]All those "discussions" about the Sonic Quality from Schroeder Arms are similar to ask a Blind for the direction.(or to ask for a lab report from the latest hyped DIY unit)[/quote] I think it is wider then just Schroeder a...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: The Schroeders arm problem by Romy the Cat on 2009-12-16 
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[quote user="bernie_f"] The fundamental "problem" of this arm is, that changing one of the three main parameters (VTA, VTF, damping) changes the two others in small increments too. Can make you crazy if you are a "tweaker" not a "listener" [/quote] B...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #57: Schroeder Express by Paul S on 2013-01-15 
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For those too impatient or too poor to wait for a bespoke Schroeder arm there is now a +/- ready-made "Schroeder" arm available:http://dagogo.com/artemis-labs-ta-1-tonearm-review   Art Dudley also just reviewed a "regular" one for Stereophile (qv)......

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 
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[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 #43: Rambling thoughts on a rambling thread. And moving generally. by oxric on 2010-02-15 
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Hi everyone, As I said, I never intended to be the advocate of the devil. Now that this thread seemed to have resolved that the Shroder tonearm is either over-hyped, or at any rate that its  manufacturer is beneath contempt because of his asso...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #98: It is always the room by anthony on 2021-10-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo's Axioms: Horn-loaded acoustic systems in Horn-Loaded Speakers  120 Replies 
Romy, yes it is an interesting subject and one that I have thought quite a bit about although not directly from the angle from which you are approaching it.One of Macondos great strengths is narrow directivity from high frequencies all the way down t...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #216: So the backwall is more like a checkerboard of no-HF-reflections--many... by Serge on 2010-10-11 
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Well it is getting interesting. I am getting the grip. I might as well read all the previous 11 pages to understand why the horns are on the backwall though...So what we have there on the backwall is big patches of 'air' which sort of suck HF inside ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #58: Oswald Mills Audio & others by Stitch on 2013-03-09 
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"] The only valuable foe myself history lesson I took after Jonathan Weiss visit was Jonathan’s quote. It was where we were sitting in his listening rooms and I was making one of few very fruitless attempts to explain to h...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #38: It's like in this joke by Wojtek on 2013-04-10 
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A guy enters highway upstream and listening to a traffic radio warning that one car is going upstream yells angrily ..."one ??? you fuc..ng  morons ?? .. there are hundreds !!". Over the years I was not able to dig up a single bad review of a Schroed...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #35: True ... by Stitch on 2013-04-10 
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"] .... to feed the interests of marketing whores of Joe Roberts types.....The Cat[/quote]... all that is based on High end Show Germany, Munich with the Silbatone demos (Joe Roberts, WE Horns...) there you can find all th...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Schröder SetUp by bernie_f on 2009-12-16 
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Hi Romy.I completely agree with you regarding the VTA <-> VTF relation on every arm out there (the lever rule also seems to work with tonearms ;-)). Also i agree that if you want the correct absolute measurement of VTF you have to do it on the ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #28: Never too old to learn from a real Master by Stitch on 2013-01-07 
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Luv' it.************************01-07-13: JweissDon't know who Jeremy is, but it's pretty obvious he is shilling for Artisan.I often get emails when Artisan releases a new "product" to the effect that- "do you know this guy is ripping off your design...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #39: Which direction? by Stitch on 2010-02-15 
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All those "discussions" about the Sonic Quality from Schroeder Arms are similar to ask a Blind for the direction.(or to ask for a lab report from the latest hyped DIY unit)...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Field-coils vs. permanent magnets by twogoodears on 2009-09-01 
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Unfortunately I cannot reply to your question, Roman, as I purchased from herr Von Langa a N.O.S. pair of Altec 416-8B 15" woofers.BTW: while in Berlin, last May, Frank Schroeder performed an interesting, provoking "blind-test" using '50s and '60 Tel...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #37: Third hand opinions ... by Stitch on 2013-04-10 
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[quote user="Wojtek"]  Stich , your own complains about aforementioned arms (Schroeder mostly)  was "no highs , no lows " . Pretty primitive way to judge a productfrom a sophisticated listener like yourself. Since you seem to have unlimited budget , ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #48: Performance? by Stitch on 2010-02-18 
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Just a few lines to the "Performance" of this piece of wood on strings for 7k $I listened to the Schroeder Reference + SQ and some custom made ones which were normally not available (Schroeder model blahblah with Valhalla cable etc.)(of course you ca...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: The video thoughts have brought questions to mind by rowuk on 2021-08-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Some thoughts about bass in high-end audio. in Audio Discussions  4 Replies 
The idea of high quality delay makes me wonder if the delay effectively increases the virtual length of the room - allowing longer wavelengths before the room Schroeder frequency is reached. This would be a "softer" bass without the room compression....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: The satanic tonearm as far as I can see it. by Romy the Cat on 2009-12-16 
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[quote user="bernie_f"]Hi Romy.I completely agree with you regarding the VTA <-> VTF relation on every arm out there (the lever rule also seems to work with tonearms ;-)). Also i agree that if you want the correct absolute measurement of VT...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #21: VTA VTF balance by berlinta on 2010-02-11 
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Hello Romy,I should have made myself more clear about the paragraph you quoted. Typical situations:a. The arm is installed on a deck that accomodates more than one arm. The listener, if lucky, has two(for all intents and purposes) identical cartridge...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #40: According to Stitch by Wojtek on 2013-04-10 
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 other  "super arms" (in terms of price ) do have  some  , "stand by itself" inherent intellectual value which Schroeder totally lacks. And also personal prejudice seems to blind his objective judgement. Apart from that the question remains if the ar...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: To check a Moron by Stitch on 2013-11-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to mitigate the expectation of assurances. in Audio Discussions  3 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]So, my question to you guys: what techniques you use to filter out just wana-to-sound-intelligent audio people what you are engage in random let say phone conversation? Did you develop any practice to recognize that the per...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #55: Idiot by association by wjam on 2011-01-04 
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Hi Romy,The thing is.. Mr Schroeder is making a living and as such (being someone who needs to make a living in order to pay for stuff), he may from time to time have to associate himself with people that will facilitate this ability to help him pay ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: The real Audiophile by Stitch on 2011-05-13 
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"] When people visit me I ritually ask them to offer critiques to Sound they hear in my room...[/quote]What do you expect? Most  audiophiles have absolutely no idea from reproduction of the real thing. More or less they bl...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #36: You need to differentiate by Wojtek on 2013-04-10 
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the cynical whores whom don't believe in what they doing from the ones which do. Joe Roberts happens to always have expressed his W.E love and bias ever since the dawn of "Sound Practices" so I don't see his involvement in Silbatone as a "whorish sel...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Ultimate Tonearm by Stitch on 2013-01-12 
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CES 2013: Yes, there it is. THE Arm.The Manufacturer says (Roksan): Sorry guys, it can't be made cheaper, $35.000,-- is the price we need for that sonic revolutionHis Dealer said: Guys, when the Sound of a Graham Arm is worth $6000,-- then the sound ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Schröder & VTF by bernie_f on 2009-12-16 
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VTF on all the Schroeders is adjusted by moving the counterweight behind the "bearing" back or forwards. This counterweight is fixed on the armtube by a screw. On the greater Schroeder arms there is also tiny screw on the backend of the armtube to do...
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