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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #95: 2nd stage bias mystery by N-set on 2011-08-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage in Analog Playback  310 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"][/quote]This is a technical post.I've made some progress on my assault on the above version of EAR 834. After hard (mostly because of my idiocy) labouring through the soldering, I've creeped to the level where I can make so...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #43: The subject of 'Excessive HF' and implications by Andy Simpson on 2008-10-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Simpson Microphones thread. in Audio Discussions  45 Replies 
Romy,In response to your response to what I did not say but implied....I decided to put the question here instead, where the light of enquirey might shine upon several different facets of investigation.Firstly, I'm still interested to know if you are...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: DIY Firefly by green heron on 2011-04-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: DIY Firefly Horns in Horn-Loaded Speakers  2 Replies 
As the builder behind these horns, I can answer some of your questions.  It's true, I was primarily focused on the woodworking/building side, and now I'm experimenting with amplification and crossovers. I can't speak authoritatively on those subjects...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #13: Generally above. by Romy the Cat on 2011-06-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 5-ways from Speedysteve7 in Horn-Loaded Speakers  23 Replies 
[quote user="IslandPink"]Do you favour the tweeter horn to be placed at the top, above the mid/HF horn , or in this situation place the tweeter between the bass/mid horn and the Mid/HF horn ? To clarify -Bass/mid is a rectangular Tractrix with...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Single Ended Triode distortions.... by Romy the Cat on 2006-04-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Single Ended Triode distortions.... in Audio Discussions  0 Replies 
[quote user="guy sergeant"]The load lines are horrible. I can't imagine it gives a very accurate representation of what is fed into it. Maybe that's not what you are after.[/quote]It is not that I completely agree (or completely understand) the Eduar...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #30: Is it you or me? A very interesting question.... by Andy Simpson on 2008-09-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Simpson Microphones thread. in Audio Discussions  45 Replies 
[quote user="Paul S"]Andy, I will say right away that I am not at all set up to "exploit" online music, but this comes across to me as "clean" and  "noise free", with some nice spacial effects, basically devoid of harmonics, and not much in...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #21: Re: Crossovers, phraseology and the holes by Gregm on 2006-02-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Be careful: Imaging vs. Compression in Playback Listening  23 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] Even if it is possible with a given (multichannel, faulty design) loudspeaker then the DPLOS become very fragile and appears/appears too sudden, without a gradual improvement while approaching the DPLOS. The keys are phase...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: Fane impedance and other drivers. by Romy the Cat on 2008-02-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Bye-Bye, Fane in Horn-Loaded Speakers  108 Replies 
[quote user="jessie.dazzle"] Back when Fane were still in business, I ordered a pair in 16O (I don't know if there is a theoretical best choice between the two for horn loading... Any thoughts ? However, the 8O model will require a smaller coil in th...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Thank you for giving me ideas on RTA by zanon on 2010-06-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Learning to interpret RTA in Audio Discussions  10 Replies 
Thank you all for your ideas and suggestions on RTA.Romy -- you are correct, measurements always need to be made in context of sonic experience and more importantly musical intention. For me, though, to begin the process, I need to unlearn much of wh...

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 #9: A big change for the better by Paul S on 2007-06-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The K&K SE hybrid phono stage: a report in Analog Playback  54 Replies 
I must say that I have always thought the Cardas "Golden Ratio" schtick was pretty lame.  So it was with no small measure of trepidation that I sent off a rather outlandish sum of money for two Cardas Golden Whatever 4.7 uF caps for th...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Upper-bass horns and current measurement. by boiklox on 2014-01-16 
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 
Romy,Your Macondo system is something that has been a "role model" for what I'd like my playback system to be in the coming years. And much of what I've learned about horn playback systems I've learned from reading your writing and other posts on thi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: The long story in short by haralanov on 2012-09-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: UHF capable tweeters and the moronic conclusions in Audio For Dummies ™  16 Replies 
Yes, Paul, you are right that it has to be pointed that the frequency extension, by itself, does not guarantee anything (but that’s why I posted the thread in Audio For Dummies section :-) ). OK, now let’s see how the tweeters should be used (in cont...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #235: Calibration problem by N-set on 2012-11-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage in Analog Playback  310 Replies 
Experimenting with Decca carts, I've temporaly disconected the SUT's and decided to check the RIAA calibrationand I think I have some (circuit?) problem.[quote user="Romy the Cat"] In the end of everything I was able to get very nice response. The...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #42: Already done by rowuk on 2020-03-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: About EAR 834P Modifications in Analog Playback  45 Replies 
Thorsten Loesch who came up with the mods, details what caps and why on the first page of this thread. Lacking interest for multiple years of auditioning caps, I just built it that way (2012 or so) and have had no urge to change anything. Romy has pi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Thoughts on midbass horn approach by noviygera on 2018-08-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Thoughts on midbass horn approach in Horn-Loaded Speakers  2 Replies 
I have identified a direction for my next speaker system. Whether it is a good one or not is a different topic -- I think it's a good one because I've lived with my current horn system for 10 years and have since developed an understanding of it's st...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: How to make a Cat scared. by Romy the Cat on 2008-08-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Recording/Playback software in Didital Things  13 Replies 
[quote user="DHT4ME"]Well we know that Steinberg  who created Wavelab is also behind ASIO. The Ottachan ASIO notes state that Wavelab was the sonic standard for compiling the plugin. It is possible to get very close to the Wavelab sonic standard...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #59: Meow ! No more hiss !!! by jessie.dazzle on 2007-03-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Initial thoughts about new/old Lamm ML2s in Audio Discussions  215 Replies 
Romy wrote : "...You have too much gain in your playback for 109dB sensitivity... I used ML2 with 109dB sensitively and L2 with 12.5dB voltage divider at ML2 and I had no annoying noise at nearfiled..." Ok so I made a couple voltage dividers fo...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #405: Semantics and other stories by rickmcinnis on 2010-11-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s Midbass Project – the grown up time. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  455 Replies 
Romy,I know you know there is no such thing as perfection.My favorite quote is from S. Dali who warned, "never fear perfection, you won't achieve it".  But in that statement are, at least, two messages.Nothing wrong in striving for perfection.  Being...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #101: Trial and Error by Kcct82 on 2011-08-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: ... again on GOTO Unit drivers... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  108 Replies 
Hi Romy,Well, this is my (and my dad's) first horn system so we're learning/building one step at a time. Our motivation is simple, to use horns as low as possible.The very first DIY configuration was:TAD ET-703TAD 4002GOTO 505TTTAD 1603 Woo...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #86: Where to cross MF & theory on depiction of depth by jessie.dazzle on 2010-09-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Adding one more spherical to Macondo. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  92 Replies 
Romy wrote:"...I will most certainly do not need it to go over 1000Hz, why would I? It is very much not my objective. All the I would like to do it to give to Fundamentals Channel some room from the bottom to breathe..."Three reasons:1) To try hi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #105: A valid observation, rowuk. by Romy the Cat on 2021-11-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Remedies the Beauty in Playback Listening  297 Replies 
[quote user="rowuk"]In Macondo/Melquiades thinking, random process means random result - and that is exactly what happened with Dunnoy. A random driver was placed in a random cabinet with a random passive radiator and random cabinet damping. All subs...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: I read more about Tenor amp. by Romy the Cat on 2008-06-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Tenor amplifier and the writing waves. in Audio Discussions  6 Replies 
I read one more page from the Tenor description, before the author begun to talk about sound. A correction need to be made, from the first pages I understood that the amp use 6N6P driver but on the next pages it was not the case. Perhaps I confused s...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: The typical BS from Lamm by Romy the Cat on 2011-01-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Lamm ML2.1 "No longer available"? in Audio Discussions  16 Replies 
I think I need to make some commentary in here as BS will be swallowed as usually and somebody shall take stand on it. Before is a small prelude. Sometimes back in his comments about RMAF 2010 Show Report the Federated Mike wrote in his blog: ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: a topology to make more neutral music transmission by drdna on 2007-04-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: About the Audio Neutrality. in Playback Listening  12 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Try slowly removing from your perception of concept of Audio Neutrality, substituting it with Event Recreation Neutrality. You might discover eventually that a Recreative Really has a very strong cross-expressive bound an...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #21: You Should Be The Presidents Cheif Of Staff. by msaudio on 2010-05-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Altec Model 19 in Boston. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  61 Replies 
Romy    I have not herd so much doulble talk in a long time. Some of the best sounding drivers on the market in the last 60 years, were for sound reinforcement. I do believe, in a 2 way speaker system crossed over at 800hz with a good wood horn i wil...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: The Evolution (or Anti-Evolution) of FM Broadcast by Romy the Cat on 2008-06-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Evolution (or Anti-Evolution) of FM Broadcast in Off Air Audio  3 Replies 
A Seminar presented by Greg Burnett at Audio Fest 2004, Colorado Audio Society by John HaralsonOctober 9, 2004 Why are audiophiles interested in FM radio? Because the quality of FM audio was satisfying until stations began to compete with each othe...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: VTA done right by Stitch on 2013-10-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: USB microscope for setting VTA in Analog Playback  18 Replies 
I think it is quite helpful to have some information about VTA in general.In the 50's there was no cutting standard, that means, every Label did cut their records the way they wanted ( the angle for Mercury, RCA LS, Decca etc. are all different). At ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Playing with the ideas... by Romy the Cat on 2006-06-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo Alternation. Extending the LF line-array in Horn-Loaded Speakers  8 Replies 
[quote user="Ronnie"] Listening to the horns, it seems that they indeed die somewhere below 120Hz. I was surprised, and a little disappointed that it seemed so steep. Good to hear that it's to be expected!!Yes, I'm using a 30-something-Hz 1st order h...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: You got to be kidding!!! by Romy the Cat on 2012-04-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Atkinson vs. Tektronix: first audio case in US Supreme Court in Audio News  1 Replies 
I do not blame John Atkinson specifically. He is not better or worse than any other his idiot-colleges. Take a look the level of the moronity this time John Atkinson allows himself to fell. In his “review” of Lamm M2.1: http://www.stereo...
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