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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: About Timbre and Audio #2 by Romy the Cat on 2011-05-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: About Timbre and Audio. in Playback Listening  9 Replies 
Continuing my observation about the Timbres and Audio.From what I said above it is very important to understand that Timbres in Audio are not the photographic density of the colors themselves but rather an ability of a photograph to differentiate...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #59: Yes, but…. by Romy the Cat on 2011-08-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Basic guide to advanced audio in Playback Listening  62 Replies 
[quote user="Paul S"]On a lighter note, I have actually read some interesting - if relatively simplistic - commentary on Tone at guitar forums.  Too bad about their bases for the discussions, however, and I will close by saying it bodes well for anyo...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: True Sound and Spirituality by drdna on 2006-12-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Can a ultimate playback system bring us True Lasting 'Happin... in Playback Listening  7 Replies 
This is an interesting question.Audio is the reproduction of sound.  What one makes of an audio system has to do with one's goals in life, not audio in general, as it is a tabula rasa, more or less.For myself I have found that I seek a connectio...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Belief Systems by Flm on 2021-01-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Single Driver speakers in Audio Discussions  5 Replies 
Thanks for input! This is the kind of information I am looking for. My feeling is one driver can't do it all. But audio reviews say this Cube Audio driver is revolutionary and finally we can have it all. As it meets the criteria of no crossover to sc...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #46: You are always compensating for something by Wojtek on 2019-07-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Any good sounding AES/EBU interfaces out there? in Didital Things  53 Replies 
In regular off the shelf hi-fi system , be it a total lack of LF in your speakers or the "pinch"  of dome tweeters or the midrange mud. Romy like all of us throws money on the problem and he usually chooses  well regarded and expensive solutions. The...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Destilled whale sperm or not by Wojtek on 2015-06-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: T.H.E. Show, Newport, 2015 in Audio News  14 Replies 
[quote user="Paul S"]Audio Note: This room had THE least problematic sound at the show, better tone and more Music. System was not stressed by classical music as they played it, with a “perspective” that +/- “compensated” for the relative “lack of ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Sadurni Acoustics does public? by Romy the Cat on 2014-05-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A new kid in the block: Sadurni Acoustics in Horn-Loaded Speakers  21 Replies 
I hear a rumor that Sadurni Acoustics was presented at recent Chicago audio show. Interesting, that Jorge went out of closet and decided to invest in full time career of speaker making. I wish to extend to him a full my full condolences an d my great...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #32: Re: Better among worst? by Thorsten on 2005-11-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Passive transformer based preamp in Audio Discussions  41 Replies 
Hi,[quote user="morricab"]Hmmm....I guess I can't really see that unless you are enjoying a particular coloration you are getting from the TVC.[/quote] Nope. On this you are wrong. Based on direct bypass tests the TVC's I USE (that is the specif...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #372: The most important thing: dark side of the bass by Romy the Cat on 2010-10-11 
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="Romy the Cat"] Still, I did not mention the most important thing about my new midbass horn. This most important and the most astonishing   new characteristic of Sound I did not pursue and I got it purely accidently. I did not talk ab...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #17: One year passed... by Newtohorn on 2019-03-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How difficult is it to achieve Vox Olympian sound in Horn-Loaded Speakers  17 Replies 
Well, it is maybe one year from my initial post.  I have not pursued the horn route basically because in the past year I have not heard any horn system that sounded like the Olympian.  Given the time constraint, I did not want to pursue the DIY route...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: CEC TL0 3.0 vs Audio Note CDT Six by Amir on 2019-07-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: CEC TL0 3.0 trasport in Didital Things  2 Replies 
I hope i could have a comparison between New Audio Note UK CDT-Six Transport and the CEC TL0 3.0. Audio Note CDT-6 is not in iran and it is very expensive around 153k$ . I hope i could have CDT-6 to compare with CEC TL0 3.0 . ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #32: Audiopax Model 5 Audiopax model 88 by Amir on 2019-09-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: My Audio Philosophy in Playback Listening  95 Replies 
finally these beautiful pre/power delivered to me and they are playing music for break-in.I will report about sound of Audiopax model 5 & Model 88.The system :   CEC TL0 3.0 Transport     Audio Note DAC 5 Special      Audiopax model 5     Audiopa...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #18: Piano is a special case by rowuk on 2022-11-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo 2.0? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  24 Replies 
For my ears, the piano is rich in harmonics that change with playing volume BUT the only way to get a louder note is with the hammer striking the strings more powerfully which always is coupled to a louder "articulation". Violins and wind instruments...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #34: Let me know why Audiopax inject energy to the sound by Amir on 2019-10-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: My Audio Philosophy in Playback Listening  95 Replies 
first i should say i need more time to judge the Audiopax for some reasons but i try to share the first thing come to my mind after listening to Audiopax. I should say i use Pure Power 3000+ , I mean i judge Audiopax when it is c...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: A sober view on Cogent True-to-Life Sound. by Romy the Cat on 2006-11-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Satisfying result: the RMAF Show + Cogent in Horn-Loaded Speakers  22 Replies 
Well, when we are talking about Cogent we need clearly differentiate two things: the Cogent’s drivers and the Cogent’s installation. The problem is that since Cogent’s drivers are something so called “compression drivers” then their performance might...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: I would concur... by jessie.dazzle on 2007-02-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: SET and speakers: disregard Volume in Audio For Dummies ™  4 Replies 
Hello all,Some time ago, I bought a pair of very early production ML2s for an ongoing horn project (see "Note at end").Rather than just let the ML2s sit and wait for the horns to get done, I of course tried them out with my "normal" 89db/watt@1m spea...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #32: Piano in the audio room. by Romy the Cat on 2014-09-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Audio Shopping vs. Piano Shopping. in Playback Listening  39 Replies 
An audio guy contacted me today with and an interesting note: “can't put a piano in the same room as a hifi”. When I asked why he wrote: “scott's steinway sounding board would 'ring' like crazy. it was my theory about why his tannoys sounded even mud...

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 #4: Barrels and General Audio Moronism ™ by Romy the Cat on 2007-01-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: About destiny of “High-End Sound”. in Playback Listening  6 Replies 
***  This ever-present surrogate high resolution become an identity of today audio, the unfortunate identify I have add…. Did you note that that all so-called high-end items while they try to send a message to users that they sounds “better” in ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: How we "think" about audio by Romy the Cat on 2008-01-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How we "think" about audio in Playback Listening  2 Replies 
[quote user="op.9"]…. I had to throw out all sorts of preconceived ideas about how music actually works. Since then I've gradually tried to re-rationalise some of it... not always very successfully. To me, Janacek is like a compilation of all those '...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: Do you like Nietzsche? by Axel on 2009-07-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: What I am doing? in Playback Listening  15 Replies 
you have put one of his quotes under your post, so I guess you do. Despite not being inclined to take much note of anything other then your own 'philosophy', (which is fine), at least in this case you seem to do go with someone else. Nietzsche ha...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: SS output vs. tube by KLegind on 2011-01-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Tube outputted CDP's and DAC's in Didital Things  3 Replies 
Thank you Joaco for your reply. I was hoping tubes could ameliorate the brutal sound many CDP exhibit. I was at an audio fair recently and heard a Tentlab player with the Philips CD Pro mech and tube output that had a kind of gentle sound very unlike...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: DHT midrange by Wojtek on 2008-01-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: My (Amplification + Acoustic System): what is next? in Audio Discussions  41 Replies 
[quote user="Paul S"]If a DHT for MF only, what sounds better than a 45?  Best regards,Paul S[/quote]VT-52 -beautifull, rich and smooth sounding tube (yes even with simple CRC DC 6.3V filament supply) (some say that 50 is the best sounding DHT b...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Re: My old Fi-Hi gear associations... by guy sergeant on 2004-08-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: My old Fi-Hi gear associations... in Audio Discussions  10 Replies 
Agree with most of these but I think your being a bit kind to B&W. Less of a cigarette paper more of a 13 Tog Duvet. Which Audio Note product did you hear that you thought so little of? The UK made stuff and the Japanese stuff are very different....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #119: What is important in Midbass Horn? by Romy the Cat on 2010-07-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s Midbass Project – the grown up time. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  455 Replies 
I realized that this thread is slowly becoming the most sophisticated web recourse about Midbass Horn available. Trying to keep the thread educational I would like to introduce to my readers one more objective of my project. The subject is super ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #70: Open or Closed ? by iWC Doppel on 2013-12-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Living Voice Loudspeaker in Horn-Loaded Speakers  80 Replies 
Crikey,I will take you up on not posting.... if that is your desire. I do hope you allow me a final post, shame I thought I'd stumbled across an interesting site, but no matter.For clarity I did not drive either the S5 or S2 with a SS amp other than ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Death and Wisdom by RonyWeissman on 2013-07-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The last message of audio? in Playback Listening  6 Replies 
If you want to make God laugh - tell him about your audio plans!Or on a more serious note, I would tell people that they should align their cable budget with what they spent on the last anniversary gift of their compagnon, you have to keep this hobby...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: More transparent without volume control by Amir on 2017-03-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: EAR Yoshino DAC 4 by Tim Paravicini in Didital Things  24 Replies 
[quote user="xandcg"]For the record, and wide talking, the LampizatOr sound is on the same boat of Audio Note (UK).[/quote]Ear dac4 is not so transparent and it's volume control should be removed in my idea.I guess Audionote is good but it's sound is...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #15: TL0 3.0 Like Less Sharp DACs by Amir on 2019-07-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A littlie D-War: Bidat vs. Lavry Gold in Didital Things  14 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]buy naltrexone online cheap buy naltrexone from trusted pharmacywhere can i buy duloxetine buy duloxetine 60 mg goI know quite a few installations when CEC-TL0 entered a well performing setup and literally destroyed it. T...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Code -- internet to USB by scooter on 2009-03-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Remote System Management in Off Air Audio  13 Replies 
Initially I thought it would be interesting to write up some jazzy code. On second thought that actually gets a bit time consuming once you consider all the parts to get from the internet/email to the USB, especially as all the parts are always bein...
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