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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #20: Wasp by Markus on 2010-07-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The “Dead Points of Live Sound” in Playback Listening  28 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]I remember a few years ago I have seen the written direction how Wilsons was teaching his dealers to setup speakers. Does anybody have it now by any chance? I would like to review it in context of DPoLS/[/quote]http://www.t...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #221: Freak of nature? by rowuk on 2022-07-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Remedies the Beauty in Playback Listening  293 Replies 
As I was not present during the magic moment of the Dunnoys (or Dannoys), I can not assume anything but considering the initial aftermath documented here, perhaps that "moment" had more to do with stars/sun/moon lining up, DPOLS for a week or a speci...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: What about the rest of the room by DHT4ME on 2008-09-02 
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In reading this thread I am compelled to ask the simple question about the rest of the room. In my experience moving furniture and room treatments also make a huge impact and must certainly inffluence the perfect lcation for any room as specifically ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #17: Big listening room by ArmAlex on 2010-04-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Romy The Cat's new Listening Room in Audio Discussions  478 Replies 
Romy, francley the biggest reason that I'm very happy you moved to your new place is, you have a very big listening room-like mine-so speaker placment and search for DPoLS wuold be more helpful to me. I hope so!Anyhow congradulation for new place.Arm...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: ... again on GOTO Unit drivers... by twogoodears on 2008-08-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: ... again on GOTO Unit drivers... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  108 Replies 
Hi Romy and thanks a lot for the always interesting topics and discussions going on... I'm quite new to DPoLS and consider the approach of "obtaining sound in a room" more than "speakers positioning" - too often to WAF fullfillment and aesthetics, th...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #28: Mahler VI and the “new” Macondo. by Romy the Cat on 2007-04-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo Frame modification. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  46 Replies 
I spent today couple hours starting to search the DPoLS for Macondo. So far I am far from target but the experience was quite amassing. The “new”, properly aligned Macondo, with the bells and Water Drop and whistles does quite well. I have some “test...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: The DPoLS ceremony in a Boston apartment. by Romy the Cat on 2017-12-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The remarkable moments in Audio. in Audio Discussions  16 Replies 
This was the most astonishing and bewildering moment of my entire audio life. It was in 2000. That time I lived in cozy downtown Boston apartment that I absolutely loved. The apartment sounded fabulously with pretty much any playback you put in. A...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: A loss of axial symmetry by drdna on 2006-05-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Adding one more spherical to Macondo. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  92 Replies 
Romy,I was really shocked when I saw this idea of yours.  It is a trade off of course with improved control over narrower frequncy bands being traded for axial symmetry.  Yet because the position of the drivers is so very important, I am so...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #13: Generalizations vs. specifics. by Romy the Cat on 2008-09-02 
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[quote user="tuga"] Hello Romy, Could you elaborate a bit on your experience with the toeing in of horns subject. My square mouth horns are probably even trickier than round horns to fine tune as the higher frequencies seems to radiate in a flowery (...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #189: My five cents by twogoodears on 2010-02-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Midbass Horns and Real Estate. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  247 Replies 
Dear Roman and all... also unrequested/unsolicited, MUST give my opinion on the above... I had to translate my 2,3 meters from my Gotorama speakers system, and obtained 7,6 or so feet... it's angled 110° in front of my head, placed on 5,3 meters long...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: "It" Thread by Paul S on 2021-10-16 
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Not to hijack the Dannoy (Dunnoy) thread...Yes, the It question is a Big One. I am now thinking of a sort of sonic Gestalt that I have experienced on several occasions, and that I currently ascribe to/associate with (perhaps mistakenly) specific equi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #277: DPoLS and overcoming the dissection of sound by AOK_Farmer on 2010-11-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Romy The Cat's new Listening Room in Audio Discussions  478 Replies 
I think that thinking about the audio problems in terms of phase is perhaps logical but counter productive for the reasons you enumerate Paul. It is not the humane thinking... but room *loading* and the DPoLS placement philosophy are... feeling the m...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #136: Evolution of my rooms sound quality. by Romy the Cat on 2016-10-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A listening room for a domesticated Cat? in Audio Discussions  283 Replies 
A local audio friend sent me a few days back a feedback after visiting my new listening room:   “When we used to listen to music at your Woburn house I could come home and still enjoy my playback. But listening to playback at the Boxwood house ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: My View by Amir on 2016-06-04 
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[quote user="op.9"] Amir wrote:I listened one time (just one time) to master tape (revox reel).micro harmonic was so better than dCS Elgar (digital source) and it was better in micro dynamic. i did not tested good DSD in a good DAC vs good analog but...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: A linear sequence of cascading controversial mistakes by op.9 on 2016-06-05 
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[quote user="Amir"]Hey , I judge the sound by myself , you judge the sound by yourself but we could have common area in our view if we be trained listener, do not search criteria if you believe good sound really exist. biased opinion is between begin...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #13: Taylor Series by Amir on 2016-06-07 
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[quote user="op.9"] Amir wrote:Hey , I judge the sound by myself , you judge the sound by yourself but we could have common area in our view if we be trained listener, do not search criteria if you believe good sound really exist. biased opinion is b...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #62: Goto's Advance Stage by twogoodears on 2011-04-04 
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Thanks, Roman... I strangely (?!?) feel me like a schoolboy at his first primary schoolday... virtually ALL my (limited) audio knowledge, vanished... and I'm dealing with brand-new problems, like a crossover with fixed slopes and cut-off frequencies ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: Listening to the room by ArmAlex on 2009-03-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Learn to listen your listening rooms in Audio For Dummies ™  15 Replies 
Dear Romy, I know it's impossible for you to answer to everybody especially a rookie like me. And I deeply appreciate whenever you’d reply, but you know, you and a very few people in your site are the only reliable source. Regarding DPoLS I stron...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #40: EdgarHorn, 2A3, cables, wire, DEQX by drdna on 2011-12-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Crossover Design in Audio Discussions  69 Replies 
[quote user="slack key"]I know that speaker position and room acoustics are important.  I use a laser to align the speakers, room treatments, hallographs, crystals, ionizer, Z-sleeves, bybee filters, etc.  I also have power conditioners, installed de...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: EML hi-mu triodes by JJ Triode 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 
Romy, take a look at EML 30A and its cousins: http://www.emissionlabs.com/datasheets/EML20B.htm Really though, I think you should close up the right-hand 6-channel Milq in its present form, do any updates to the PS of the left 6cM that you feel...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #12: Power response by martinshorn on 2018-03-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Goto SG-370DX measurement in Audio For Dummies ™  30 Replies 
ya that’s likely where the truth goes. I had it once with electrostatics. Theyre most bitchy in regards of correct positioning in the room as we all know. They’re a lifetime task to find DPOLS. I tried to move around and found huge difference. Some c...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #12: Mid-bass Deficiency? by Paul S on 2010-06-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Listening rooms and composers. in Playback Listening  15 Replies 
Well, that is a small room, all right.  Regardless, a "mid-bass deficiency" alone could literally evicerate big works.  I have written up the Kubelik/BPO/Dvorak 9, because I think so highly of that performance.  It should absoutely be loaded to the g...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #35: Evolution or revolution? Tradition or... by twogoodears on 2008-11-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: ... again on GOTO Unit drivers... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  108 Replies 
Hi Keith and congratulations for your new babies... I'm truly jealous of your room size.Me too, as I previously wrote, assembled a VERY similar rig, vastly inferior to you welded supports, any, using the same approach: S-150, S-3000 and S-400, respec...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #31: Comming year 2012. by Romy the Cat on 2011-12-31 
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"]What are my plans for 2011? I have a few. I am sure that I will be working with fine refinement of Macondo in the new room. I look forward to review the Macondo Fundamental Channel, will it be my new 18-cell or not I do...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #71: Playing around. by Romy the Cat on 2008-07-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Jessie Dazzle Project in Horn-Loaded Speakers  172 Replies 
[quote user="jessie.dazzle"] And Ok, maybe I don't have all the filters dialed in, and the DPOLS are like a dream to me now….[/quote] And with 1600 pound per channel you might forget about the DPOLS … -:) [quote user="jessie.dazzle"]Here is an RTA ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #24: How I'd wish to write in my language... by twogoodears on 2008-08-30 
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... to better express myself, with every needed nuance... Roman: I never wrote I'm able to time-align my speakers, I only told you I quite recently began "moving" drivers and horns as I never did in the past few years, NOT simply looking for a practi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #20: It is comming..... by Romy the Cat on 2007-03-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo Frame modification. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  46 Replies 
OK, I’ve been for a while but I think I am ready to move forward. Sine the project with Water Drop Tweeter is over successfully and I know the final detentions of the tweeter and its radiation parent that will be used in Macondo I might finales every...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #12: Tell me if I'm wrong by Antonio J. on 2005-11-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Be careful: Imaging vs. Compression in Playback Listening  23 Replies 
I think that I've never experienced a pair of speakers placed to achieve the DPoLS, but once I had mine quite close since the "sound" was something special, which trascended the features of individual sounds and helped to make music an experience qui...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #29: Confused by Amir on 2018-04-05 
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"] So, you get a pair of loudspeakers and a room with comfortable foe you reflection pattern. You set up left loudspeaker (left for you) where I need to be. I always suggest starting from left loudspeaker as it cares the f...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #407: Geometry by Jorge on 2012-09-22 
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I like a lot how the room is looking, the plants in the center look great and sort of hide Melquiades very well.   I am sure the acoustic properties of the plant will make up for the wall to wall carpet no problem.  Actually I had trouble finding...
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