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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #873: "dynamic" and a couple of pictures . by joaco on 2011-06-05 
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"] joaco wrote:... this last time ive been doing some "ear" experiments and trying different setups of filtering . Just a question regarding a phenomena that im having , ive tried some ups/on-line regenerators and I think the...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: OAE is about the Culture of Sound. by Romy the Cat on 2008-10-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Bach, Brandenburg Concertos in Musical Discussions  6 Replies 
[quote user="Max Shatsky"] I find the playing by Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment as the most boring, sorry, I don't get it. [/quote] In my view the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment’s play it not boring but rather not flashy and not overly...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Getting hold of Alex is not easy... by anthony on 2015-05-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Planning my DSET in Melquiades Amplifier  186 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] That is very good approach in my view. The problem is in this approach that you have to have high sensitively speakers that you would be able to use with that test full-range Milq. The behavior of the Full range Milq wi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Berkeley Audio Design's Alfa Reference DAC. by Romy the Cat on 2014-09-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Berkeley Audio Design's Alfa Reference DAC. in Didital Things  4 Replies 
I am not well familiar with what Berkeley. Their voyage to the beginnings unit that the company started was irrelevant to me and then thinner USB version did not attract my attention. It is not that I feel that they were bad units. I never had th...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: Anti-skate and Micro in Japan by Gibraltar on 2010-08-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Micro Seiki MAX 282 Questions in Analog Playback  11 Replies 
Hi Romy,[quote user="Romy the Cat"] I would discard the test disk truck– I never use it. Take a silent space between the cuts (test disk!) and make a needle at your operational VTF to be in stationary ay a bit more than a half record.In fact it is ar...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: 6 Trumpets by rowuk on 2013-05-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Audio vs. Musical pitch in Playback Listening  17 Replies 
Well, as I do play trumpets professionally and own much more than 6 instruments, I thought that I would chime in.First of all, Romy, this is one of the most lucid descriptions of pitch that I have ever read! It also raises a point for discussion:If I...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #227: They are very simplistic and primitive things but... by Romy the Cat on 2010-09-01 
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="jessie.dazzle"] Romy wrote:"...Let pretend that you play a normal some kind of horn with a lot of air in it. The air drives the driver impedance down..."I'd like to understand this; correct me if I'm wrong:As soon as the membrane of a ho...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #40: 25Dia vs SPU: a first premature draft by Romy the Cat on 2005-05-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Tell me about more about Ortofone SPU Sound. in Analog Playback  54 Replies 
[quote user="Brian Clark"]I will be VERY interested in your more thorough evaluation. I hummed and hawed between the CG 25Dia and the SPU Mono before springing for the latter, expected next week. My speakers could do with a bit of upper bass help.[/q...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #110: I do not know. by Romy the Cat on 2021-10-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo's Axioms: Horn-loaded acoustic systems in Horn-Loaded Speakers  120 Replies 
I was thinking about it in past. I do not particularly believe too much in point source. We have no vertical resolution by our hearing and if drivers located strictly in a vertical line then in longitude domain they are single point source. Of course...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #50: After all I was right all along, ... almost.... by Romy the Cat on 2007-05-31 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to USE “Resonating Oops” in loudspeakers in Horn-Loaded Speakers  184 Replies 
I always say do not stress them they do not like it and I always hate third bass. The 10” are particularly are fragile with a power handling of a few watts. It is applicable pretty much to any lover MF driver that pushed to work with the “open b...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: So, what is about the SOUND of the GOTO drivers? by Romy the Cat on 2008-08-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: ... again on GOTO Unit drivers... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  108 Replies 
Yep, Stefano, it looks like we do have similar views about the subjects we touched. Let go back to exploring one of the terra incognito of compression driver – the sound of Goto. I would insist is that to judge sound of Goto driver from the installa...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #52: The New Ortofone Jubilee’s jubilee by Romy the Cat on 2008-11-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Buying a last cartridge. in Analog Playback  80 Replies 
This new “Rev B” Ortofone Jubilee surprised me with it amassing agreeability I have a nasty habit to emphasize in my listening attention the things that I do not appreciate.  I might listen something, would it be amp, or speaker, or live event,...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #24: Some D-ideas for the barn. by Romy the Cat on 2007-02-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Barn Conversion - James' Project in Horn-Loaded Speakers  28 Replies 
[quote user="op.9"]the horns come out of a rakk dac with lundahl LL1674 passive outputs the midbass use a behringer DEQ2496 (26cm delay) modified with passive outputs.[/quote]James, if you use this DEQ2496 then you might find this thread worth attent...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #28: Good word found – the radiance by Romy the Cat on 2009-08-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: About Wilson Audio Loudspeakers in Audio Discussions  53 Replies 
[quote user="el`Ol"]…. there is some characteristic shining or radiance… [/quote] Yes and no. Radiance probably is a very good word to describe Wilsons. (Search the site for Focal Utopia TN51) The key in here is not letting the artificial radiance to...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: Gray matter is not so grey by haralanov on 2010-08-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Natural Remedies for Sick Speakers? in Audio Discussions  28 Replies 
[quote user="Paul S"] I remembered a host of "old" drivers from my past (not old at the time...) that, if memory serves, sounded rather muffled and slow, with humped response[/quote]Yes, Paul, that's exactly the way they sound in their original condi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #746: Little more information ... by joaco on 2011-01-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
[quote user="Paul S"]Joaco, all this will probably be moved back to the "Electricity" thread, which is not really an APS Forum, as it has appeared for a while, now. Paul[/quote]Yes , I made a mistake ... it will be much better in the Electricity thr...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #31: Bidat and electricity by Vance on 2008-04-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Museatex Bidat pages. in Didital Things  57 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Bidat, for whatever reason is remarkably sensitive to electricity, probably it is more sensitive than any other my priced of equipment. What however is ugly is that during different time, during the different problem with e...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: The bigger view by Scott L on 2016-12-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Infinite Baffle Implementation and "Compression Sub-bas... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  17 Replies 
[quote user="skushino"]Guys, my attention has been elsewhere the past couple of weeks.  The catalyst for the original post was to go beyond the usual "speakers in a room" approach, and use the room itself as an integral part of the sound.  IB seemed ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: The old EQ curveball by steverino on 2016-04-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: FM Acoustics: The most important component of a quality Audi... in Playback Listening  4 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]FM Acoustics’s  Manuel Humber speaks about his Harmonic Linearizer device. It is very possible that this FM Acoustics preamp is a fine unit and that it does better than other EQ solutions but why the EQ solution shale be...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #18: Teac vrds 10se specs by Telstar on 2008-04-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Museatex Bidat pages. in Didital Things  57 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Yep, Telstar. The 1547 was use in Sony and Teac CD players and believe the first CD-SACD machines used that chip. I know very little about those chips and have none of my personal experience to deal with all of it. The reas...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: I am for a complete elimination. by Romy the Cat on 2006-10-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The “Inverted High End Audio” ™ in Playback Listening  30 Replies 
Interesting post, Dominick. However, my views are way more radical. I am not for discouraging – I am for a complete elimination. What I feel should be elimination is a superstructure that sets artificial and completely bogus hierarchy in audio. We ra...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #12: Just played the BSO Ordinal files. by Romy the Cat on 2009-04-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The BSO and Digital Music. in Didital Things  44 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]I got the new BSO 88/24 files them briefly listened a few fragments. Generally I do like them and they are nothing like the 320kbps multi-channel WMA that BSO marketed before. My fear that the files might have issues with t...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Matching pre to multiple power amps by KLegind on 2010-01-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Saying goodbye to the digital crossover. in Didital Things  8 Replies 
[quote user="noviygera"]Kris,thanks. Here's what I have:>>There is a caveat: The combined input impedance of the power amps must be at least 10 times the output impedance of the preamp. Otherwise the load will kill the sound of your playback...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: The Electrocube 950 series by Romy the Cat on 2008-01-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: What is the buzz: the V-Caps? in Audio Discussions  19 Replies 
[quote user="Paul S"]Romy, I did do a fair amount of fishing trying to find a "consumer" source for a matched pair of ElectroCube 950Ds. These puppies may not be expensive but they are "exotic" in their own way because hard to source for average chum...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #264: Chassis grounding by jessie.dazzle on 2009-02-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
I should add that disconnecting the "ground" wire as mentioned above will most likely not solve the issue. It will likely also be necessary to ground the chassis of the components directly (to a nearby water pipe for example). When grounding t...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #157: F120A -- end of the game? by wchang on 2009-04-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s MiniMe or about Pilot Acoustic Systems in Audio Discussions  213 Replies 
I got my pair of F120A by-the-book bookshelves a few weeks ago and yes, in the beginning they were very much "compressed" sounding.  Things improved a bit over time, but the low treble (which gives instruments their "color") is still recessed.  So I ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #22: No, i don't know how to design that by Vasyachkin on 2010-03-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: My feelings about new exciting audio products in Audio Discussions  25 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Do you personally recognize the sonic impact of bad electricity in your own playback?[/quote]no, not in the sense that i assume you mean it.  instead i have my own beef with bad electricity, which i suspect is different fro...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Oh, low voltage sources... by anthony on 2019-04-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Valve Preamplifier for Macondo/DSET in Melquiades Amplifier  74 Replies 
[quote user="rowuk"]How many sources do you currently have? If you are building a phono corrector, make it for 4 volts output. If you have a PC for digital playback, there are good DACs with more than 2V output. That would leave a tuner to pimp - cer...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #21: The last nigh stupid DIY apathy… by Romy the Cat on 2007-04-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The one-stage Melquiades. in Melquiades Amplifier  74 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Still, doing whatever crazy and Macondo-dedicated things I will be doing with one stage I will have my full-range Milq as a tested reference trying to get result no worse then the one that I got from a “default” Melquiades ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Always check power-line polarity. by Romy the Cat on 2005-07-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Always check power-line polarity. in Audio For Dummies ™  11 Replies 
There are some information here and here, particularly among those who knows, how the misbalance of the power polarity between the components of your systems can screw sound. Certainly the auditable benefits are very substantial and anyone who power ...
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