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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #249: It is complex by Edgar= on 2022-10-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Remedies the Beauty in Playback Listening  297 Replies 
Yes a few ridiculous requests and statements there indeed. Full ridiculousness intended. I know Dunnoy needs a lot of power and low impedance amp. My aims are not the same as yours here as I'm not concerned to...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: OK by clarkjohnsen on 2010-12-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The industry-embraced audio and classical music. in Playback Listening  5 Replies 
While one has some quibbles with Romy's post, and must also ignore his sometimes bilious tone, the principal thesis is grand indeed: The process that led to a playback industry where a $50 tabletop (in my case a fine $180 Sony "minisystem") sou...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: You are preaching to the chorus. 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 
[quote user="twogoodears"]Beside I'm not a Goto eGotist and I own about 7-10 years old drivers, for what I'm concerned their sound is correct, quite lean if compared to 2440 and 2420, thicker sounding -  but very, VERY detailed, quick and musica...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: A quest for a better monitor. by Romy the Cat on 2006-06-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A quest for a better monitor. in Audio Discussions  97 Replies 
While Dima is cooking the Super Zarathustra I figure out that I would need some test speaker to be able to observe the preliminary results. I would not be able to drive the multi-channel Macondo with a single full range amplifier, so I need something...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: Good sounding SS amplifier for horns? by Romy the Cat on 2006-08-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Cool running AB amplifier.. with good sound. in Audio Discussions  11 Replies 
Chris, I have no experience with good sounding SS amplifier that might drive high sensitive horns. I also have no expertise to build such an amp. From what I trued before I have learned that in order to sound more or less acceptable the SS should run...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Cessaro speakers and some other tidbits by morricab on 2007-06-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: My feelings about new exciting audio products in Audio Discussions  25 Replies 
Hi Romy, I recently heard the smallest Cessaro and while I felt that the bass was not adequate for long term satisfaction it was also not a total disaster.  From the midbass on up; however, the speaker is simply superb and one of the very best h...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #154: The Hamster speaker becomes the MiniMe? by Romy the Cat on 2009-03-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s MiniMe or about Pilot Acoustic Systems in Audio Discussions  213 Replies 
Since my Fostex saga went deep South I was scratching my head wondering what  else I would like to do considering the I would like to do as less as possible. Well, talking about to do as less as possible – I like the sound of my shitty Hamster S...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #639: Solar power by Jorge on 2010-12-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
I talked for a couple of hours today with a local Solar Power technician,  I sort of told him all the gear I have that would need to run on batteries and we got a shaky number; from that number he started calculating a bunch of panels and batteries a...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: To Milq builders: corrections, simplification, modifications. by Romy the Cat on 2007-05-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: To Milq builders: corrections, simplification, modifications... in Melquiades Amplifier  16 Replies 
Since I know about a few ongoing attempts out there by different people to build Melquiades I would like to share with some of my observations regarding corrections, simplification and possible modifications of Melquiades amplifier. Obviously you ha...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #51: Brewing, thinking and heating by Romy the Cat on 2008-12-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps in Melquiades Amplifier  397 Replies 
[quote user="nl"] Gordon Rankin of Wavelength Audio did a series of one-stage DHTs with a step-up transformer input about ten years ago. I think they were called the Mercury series. By all accounts, they sounded good, but of course had limited gain, ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: Several issues (long and probably boring to many of you, my advanced e... by Antonio J. on 2006-10-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: “Melquiades” amplifier: a year later. in Melquiades Amplifier  33 Replies 
1.- Finding specific solutions to specific problems[quote user="drdna"] .... I have high-sensitivity horn loudspeakers and use some 2A3 SET amplifiers, which make very good sounds but I am looking to get closer to the Sound, which to me is feeli...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: It is much more then juts "properly calculated and sized cap”. by Romy the Cat on 2010-03-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Thomas Mayer’s Triamp in Melquiades Amplifier  2 Replies 
[quote user="twogoodears"]I'm pretty interested in yr. opinion about the possible choice of best, safest, smoothest way to use solid-state amp/low-end with "Triamp"... ok... 3-channells DSETs... and my system upper ways... what slope do you think...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: The generic optimization is an oxymoron? by Romy the Cat on 2008-04-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Dual channel SET in Audio Discussions  8 Replies 
I do not think so. There is no such a sing as optimal generic DSET but there is a concept of optimal DSET for a given situation. So what I think would be nice if some kind of company come up with a Reconfigurable DSET . The Reconfigurable DSET, or RD...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #24: Different strokes by Merlin on 2007-09-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Devid Berning amplifiers: the anti-trnsformers frenzy? in Audio Discussions  45 Replies 
I think it is a simple case of different strokes for different folks. Drdna writes about communicating the essence of sound - I write about the essence of music. He writes about wondering what Coltrane was thinking. I write about hearing him looki...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #82: The PurePower devise - the Second Action by Romy the Cat on 2007-11-30 
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"] The second action is a process of active injection of sonic particulars into down-line components…..That dual activity should be always understood as two separate elements of PurePower’s contribution.  [/quote]This re...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Impressions from High End 2009 GERMANY by Stitch on 2009-06-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Impressions from High End 2009 GERMANY in Audio Discussions  6 Replies 
same procedure as every year...  When we did a visit at Munich we are no negative audiophiles, we are curious and just wanted to know what is going on.  Based on recession 30% less Exhibitors were there, from about 360 in 2008...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #26: K-Stereo vs. not K-Stereo: some notes. by Romy the Cat on 2007-11-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: K-Stereo Ambience Recovery Processor in Didital Things  29 Replies 
Eventually I spant last nigh 3 hours to listen the Peter’s K-Stereo processed CD’s and took some notes, Below are some real-time comments of this listening session. Playlist 06; Song 01.Track 1; 17:27.Serge Koussevitzky, Boston Symphony Orchestra.Tc...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: My Multi-way Horns by skushino on 2009-11-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: My Multi-way Horns in Horn-Loaded Speakers  8 Replies 
My current speakers are Edgarhorns with the straight 80hz upper-bass shell.  The bass never sounded correct to me.  The problems with Edgar's mid-bass are well documented at this site and elsewhere.  I tried some simple modifications to the crossover...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: SS Amplification for Compressions drivers? Sound? by Romy the Cat on 2009-12-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: SS Amplification for Compressions drivers? Sound? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  19 Replies 
Anybody who ever tried SS amp with compressions drivers or the drivers of high-sensitivity that can be driven by minimum current knows how it works. Nelson Pass created with his First Watt project a lot of publicity to the idea. A few watts, in p...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #72: Bias with attitude, bass and transformers... by Romy the Cat on 2012-03-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A different breed of 6C33C amplifier. in Melquiades Amplifier  84 Replies 
[quote user="KOTriode"]Romy, in the contrary, it is very unfair to compare my 845 amp with the 6C33C. The main reason is the 845 amp used the best output/interstage transformer available, while the 6C33C's output xformer is pretty good but far from b...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #39: The Fundamentals Channel around S2 is taken further. by Romy the Cat on 2007-08-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Adding one more spherical to Macondo. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  92 Replies 
[quote user="jessie.dazzle"]I really appreciate the result of the 180Hz horn with the S2... Particularly in terms of "texture". It is responsible for such an important range... [/quote] Well, if you appreciate the lower knee of the S2 driver then wa...

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 #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 #63: Approaching the LF DSET by Romy the Cat on 2015-12-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Planning my DSET in Melquiades Amplifier  186 Replies 
[quote user="anthony"]Hi Romy, So it is time to think about the bass output transformer in my DSET.  My bass channel will be 8 x 25W/8565-00 each side set in a sealed box and will cover the frequency range below say 100Hz.  These drivers can be ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #37: There is nothing extraordinary so far. by Romy the Cat on 2007-09-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 6 Channel Version of Super Melquiades in Melquiades Amplifier  131 Replies 
  [quote user="Paul S"] Romy, on Fundamentals channel did you leave the 20uF cap at speaker level or did you re-configure that band pass at line level? [/quote] Nope, it is hoe it depicted the 20uF cap at speaker level. I see no problems with ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: The “distributed” half-order crossover. by Romy the Cat on 2007-07-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: First Order on Bass channels: Designed for Sound in Audio Discussions  16 Replies 
[quote user="stuck.wilson"] having seen the benefits of first orders in my own application tonally AND dynamically[/quote] It's never was my experience. A never seen any tonal distinction between first and second order and I don't think that I exper...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #91: ... indeed... by twogoodears on 2011-06-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Eventually - a reasonable midbass horn from GOTO in Horn-Loaded Speakers  97 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]  twogoodears wrote:I'm following with interest the thread and must say that I'm baffled: Goto's "instructions" are - SIMPLY said - a mix between non-existent and wrong... I love what Goto's did in my system... BUT I thi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Some analysis of the Joe’s system. by Romy the Cat on 2019-12-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Some analysis of the Joe’s system. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  0 Replies 
I was pointed out to Steve Guttenberg’s video “Meet Joe, and his amazing DIY horn speakers” at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFoCVw2AJRc.     I would like to provide some commentary regarding what I observed in there.  Steve Guttenberg is an in...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Lamm LP2 phonostage: review of review. by Romy the Cat on 2005-03-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Lamm LP2 phonostage: review of review. in Analog Playback  2 Replies 
I like to stress a point that the mammals that write thier doodles for audio publication are not juts ignorant fools but also the cheap, low class, falseificators. No wonder that the audio manufacturing companies do employ the so-called reviewers as ...

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...
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