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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1593: PurePower, PurePowerAPS.com and Richard Janzen is a complete fraud by OracleAV on 2018-07-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
Contacted PurePower early 2017 and got a money-back guarantee to audition their PurePower+ 3000 Hooked up my Audio Research mono amps and powered on.   With the first mono amp on, PurePower started to generate this loud buzz from...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Anybody building or using R 2R ladder DACs? by Gargoyle on 2015-09-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Anybody building or using R 2R ladder DACs? in Audio Discussions  0 Replies 
Not that I want to divert my attention from my horn project, I'll admit I am curious. The horns are going to take some time, so I might be able to squeeze this in if it proves feasible.While some might scoff at such a thought, for many of us, digital...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Nobody can avoid the trap of language by Joe Roberts on 2009-01-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Aporia - Silbatone Acoustics speaker in Horn-Loaded Speakers  107 Replies 
As the writer of the above-referenced propaganda, I am pleased to once again tweak the whiskers of the cat. First off, this is promotional material so what the heck do you expect? Every brochure offers a new benchmark in performance or it is not doi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: 'A great truth is a truth whose opposite is also a truth' - Thomas Man... by Romy the Cat on 2009-01-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Aporia - Silbatone Acoustics speaker in Horn-Loaded Speakers  107 Replies 
Joe, I think I would battle it. I would not be so certain. Mostly the SUV sized bass horns are notoriously bad sounding despite of the assurances of the system owners overwhelmed with so common in audio endowment effect. Not to mention that the Stag...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #835: “…the cause must now be explored.” by Romy the Cat on 2011-04-10 
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, this is very interesting indeed. I'm assuming that the sonic difference between these two files is in line with the sonic difference you hear between bad and good 'electricity' days when you're just listening to music,...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #24: Our short Audio Story by Amir on 2018-12-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: My Audio Philosophy in Playback Listening  95 Replies 
what is audio ? Audio is our reaction to sound , if there are audiophiles with different reactions then you may convince yourself Audio quality is relative to listener. I think it is not true. The real quality exist itself . ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #72: Differences by kodomo on 2019-06-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Designing and building a 5 channel horn loaded (looking for ... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  73 Replies 
I have 2nd order crossover both on the upper knee of the ob bass section and on the lower knee of the midbass section. My measurements show phase response and the summed spl is as good as it can get. Have you tried the direct servo technology or do y...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #19: The real-state U-turn? by Romy the Cat on 2009-07-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Midbass Horns and Real Estate. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  247 Replies 
The more I looking and thinking about the pool of available idea and properties then more I come to a “ridicules” conclusion that I most likely will not find what I need and what I like. The point is that if I combine my requirement for not suspended...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #65: The APS regenerator: the joy and disappointments. by Romy the Cat on 2007-08-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
Well, another page of my saga with APS regenerator is turned. I got the updated APS unit. It kind of “works” as I redefined the definition of word “works”. Under normal circumstances I would walk away from it but there are some moments in my “bad ele...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Null-set dipole butterfly tweeters. by Romy the Cat on 2006-10-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Null-set dipole butterfly tweeters. in Audio Discussions  1 Replies 
As I have mentioned previously I’m slowly in a process of assessing other opportunities for my Macondo, since the EV T350 driver it too soft to be paired with Vitavox S2. While I am doing it an old observation keep knocking in my head. A few years ag...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: FR-Carts by Stitch on 2012-08-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Fidelity Research FR-7 in Analog Playback  42 Replies 
The carts from Fidelity Research were made until 1989. From what I know, the FR-7 series are different among with Impedance, Output and what kind of diamond cut they have. They last forever based on their internal construction and can be retipped qui...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #14: The year 2008 and fulfillment of audio objectives. by Romy the Cat on 2008-12-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Summary: my/your audio: year by year in Audio Discussions  45 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] In the 2008 I have a few immediate goals: 1)    Finalize the 6-chennals version of Super Melquiades and integrate it with Macondo 2)    Finalize the “End of Life" Phonostage: 3)  ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: The Ongoing Price (and Size) of Greatness by Paul S on 2015-09-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Lamm’s new phonostage. in Analog Playback  11 Replies 
I have to say, this might be the "best" review by MM that I've read. Certainly it is more thoughtful and less hysterically fawning than usual. I agree that with a stock Jensen SUT (if, in fact, this is what he's done) Lamm might have gone too far w...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: There is no need to put one ass on multiple sits by Romy the Cat on 2014-06-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Rullit Aero-8 driving – misused naming convention in Audio For Dummies ™  3 Replies 
[quote user="rowuk"]Oleg has a lot of bad press in Germany for unkept promises and defaulting on delivery of product. Just keep an open mind next to the open ear. The best product only serves a purpose if it a) arrives and b) performs.I really like t...

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 #4: The mental aim by Romy the Cat on 2023-06-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Loudspeaker (Troels Gravesen project); Finally! in Audio Discussions  36 Replies 
Paul, what I am saying has nothing to do with your Troels project but rather a psychological exercise to understand what truly is going on. Also, I very much not knocking at your door with my mental approach to audio objective am trying to demonst...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: Grado Sonata & Ortofon Rondo Bronze by AlexBerger on 2010-05-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Say “no” to the light tonearms. in Audio For Dummies ™  10 Replies 
Romy,Yes, I measured my cartridge-tonearm combination with test disk. The resonant frequency was completely different compared to calculation with http://www.mh-audio.nl/MySystem/RF.asp.7 years ago, I tried Fidelity Research FR-64FX with Grado Sona...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #145: On the move by jessie.dazzle on 2009-07-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Jessie Dazzle Project in Horn-Loaded Speakers  172 Replies 
So it sounds like you're considering a move...Romy wrote :"...As I understand you in the middle of your midbass horn project were forced (or whatever reasons were) to move to new house..."   My old place would have been perfect for the large horns. T...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Suggested target curves and setup techniques for Pro Audio Digital Equ... by Thorsten on 2005-03-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Suggested target curves and setup techniques for Pro Audio D... in Didital Things  9 Replies 
.... in home systems for Room correction and general system EQFolks,This is from my own Yahoo group, but may be of interest here....Since writing this I have in fact changed my speakers to dipoles and do not currently use a PADEQ (it will return thou...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #80: The Robert Stevenson’s syndrome? by Romy the Cat on 2019-04-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: New superlative horn build - ESD acoustic in Horn-Loaded Speakers  92 Replies 
[quote user="jackydai"]Romy, I’m disappointed to see you confront your own belief just to win a debate. It is not my intention to convince you, but if you, after all these years of research on horn flares, think that a twisted flare rate at t...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Understanding Line Array Systems by Romy the Cat on 2006-10-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Understanding Line Array Systems in Audio Discussions  0 Replies 
Understanding Line Array SystemsBy John Murray Behind the buzz, there are a lot of factors at work in line arrays. An explanation and comparison of current models. This discussion can’t be contained in just a few paragraphs, so we must start with th...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #16: EnABL, PT-R9, Arum Cantus and Albert Einstein. by Romy the Cat on 2006-10-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Tweeter for Vitavox S2. High-sensitively ribbons? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  64 Replies 
[quote user="Paul S"]OK, Romy, that EnABL stuff got my attention!I can't recall all of the bad ideas borne of good research, but this EnABL thing sounds a little fishy, and certainly it sounds too good to be true, as existing in a simple and really u...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #20: Material is not specific enough by rowuk on 2012-11-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Battling stupid Horn Criticism as a concept in Horn-Loaded Speakers  32 Replies 
[quote user="be"] Horns are of course some kind of band pass filters with different kind of ripples at lover cutoff and beaming at upper cut off, according to horn type.Maybe it should be added that contributing to the horn sound idea, is that the...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: RX corrector? by Romy the Cat on 2005-02-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Another interesting corrector: Likhnitsky's RX corrector. in Analog Playback  6 Replies 
Well, Brian, I do not think we here are in a competition whose way is more innovative, also the RX corrector do not use any air caps, and I do not know why you refer to them. Unquestionably the idea to milk a transformer and to use its inductance to...

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 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Some horn writing by Thomas Dunker. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  0 Replies 
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 #29: Sealed, Ported, and Less-than-Ported Summer Listening by Lbjefferies7 on 2008-09-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s MiniMe or about Pilot Acoustic Systems in Audio Discussions  213 Replies 
For the sake of helpfullness, I think that we may separate the differences of the ported speaker designs of myself and Petar.  What I have described is the standard, pedistrian model of a vented speaker.  Petar's is a hybrid aperiodic-...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Re: Walter conducting Vienna SO / Strauss by Romy the Cat on 2005-01-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Walter conducting Vienna SO / Strauss in Musical Discussions  1 Replies 
Scott, Unfortunately Bruno Walter is not my guy, and particularly on Richard Strauss and therefore I would not help you. However, I would suggest you to find a different, more productive venue to research performances after those “just heard” exper...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #23: ....on the subject of 'fooling' the listener..... by Andy Simpson on 2007-11-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The elusive “absolute tone”. in Playback Listening  24 Replies 
I was sitting in the pub a few years ago and overheard a conversation between two audio engineers. They had been drinking for a few hours and had reached the point of grand challenges & wagers."I can assemble a music reproduction&n...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #588: The electricity. by Romy the Cat on 2010-11-14 
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"]Ok, I got my two more PP2000, not I have 3 all together and I need to find how to use them. My little celebratory mood with PP2000 is much shorn live and my old PP2000 flying back today to Canada for fixing the problem with...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #143: The insulation controversy. by Romy the Cat on 2010-07-26 
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="Paul S"]Scooter, many houses in the Northeast were roofed by people who understand how this works, and the first few courses of shingles are "underlain" accordingly, to preclude such seepage. In Romy's case, I believe he could sim...
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