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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #22: The DPoLS in the new room: new thoughts. by Romy the Cat on 2010-11-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The “Dead Points of Live Sound” in Playback Listening  28 Replies 
Since my new room is set and the playback is installed and configures I name an interesting observation: http://www.goodsoundclub.com/Forums/ShowPost.aspx?postID=1500 Continue to think in this direction I come to very promising hy...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Lucky one by kodomo on 2018-04-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Listening playback with my wife. in Playback Listening  3 Replies 
I guess I am the lucky one! I met my wife through music, we both were writing ambient/experimental stuff back then but did not have much of a chance to have face to face time, just exchanging music and being in different cities, well... Fast forward ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #29: OK. by Romy the Cat on 2011-12-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Rakeshorns in Horn-Loaded Speakers  33 Replies 
[quote user="oxric"] What is you say is not only irrelevant but quite wrong. The frame, legs and supporting rig are in the main invisible from the listening position and this was a design requirement from the very beginning. I do not dislike criticis...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: Too stubborn to say "never again" by op.9 on 2016-06-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: My Audio Philosophy in Playback Listening  95 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] op.9 wrote:Romy all these seems acceptable. I hope the little cat Thomas David is doing just fine and you enjoy growing him. moving always demands a huge amount of CPU process hope that is done as scheduled. it's a pity...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: What hall is in Beethoven's mind? by Nicanor on 2010-04-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Lecture on history of architectural acoustics in Playback Listening  5 Replies 
What fascinates me is the whole idea of room acoustic being basically invisible to us - despite measuring differently, we don't really notice the effects of room acoustics in the rooms we aren't actively listening in. Your friend's voice in an audito...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #25: No interest. by Romy the Cat on 2011-06-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: An unexplored way to deal with the sound/music perception in Playback Listening  39 Replies 
Kunashirsky, I do not want to “estimate the remastered vinyl obtained by this technology”. Nether I want to “go to Page 8 of your site” or to any other page. It look like you have some kind of strong believes about some kind of things, so do I. One o...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #26: It is time to go for DPoLS? by Romy the Cat on 2014-02-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The “Dead Points of Live Sound” in Playback Listening  28 Replies 
I got a few days an email from the site reader where he expressed interest about DPoLS and informed me that is working on his own methodology to deal with DPoLS.  This kind of revived in my memory when my own installation was in DPoLS positions, God,...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #18: My kids... by anthony on 2016-02-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A listening room for a domesticated Cat? in Audio Discussions  283 Replies 
...like their own music when they can put it on, and they are 4 and 7 years old.  Once they were old enough to negotiate with (somewhere around 2yo) they learned very quickly not to touch my stereo gear and the lessons have stuck to this day.I love t...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #130: I do like the brickish finish. by Romy the Cat on 2010-07-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s Midbass Project – the grown up time. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  455 Replies 
The brickish finish does not make me cringe, in fact I do like the idea. I do not feel that it would be some kind of non-truths. There is no truths or non-truths in it. The only a few first feet of the horn will be visible and then it will go to dark...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #322: Temptations!!! by Romy the Cat on 2010-09-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s Midbass Project – the grown up time. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  455 Replies 
The entire morning I am cleaning house and listening WCRB, warming myself up for 3MP broadcast of Riccardo Muti leads Chicago with Verdi's Requiem. Hey, did I tell you that am listening my new midbass horns? Well, I do and I do not. The throats of th...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #90: Real estate & the Fs of 18-inchers by jessie.dazzle on 2010-05-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Romy The Cat's new Listening Room in Audio Discussions  478 Replies 
Romy wrote:"...I use 10” but they have free air resonance of 19Hz. Not any of 18” drivers have such a low resonance..."Well if we can believe the manufacturer's spec sheet, it is possible to get close; McCauley claims a free air resonance of 20Hz for...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #358: Piano Measurements by Jorge on 2012-06-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Romy The Cat's new Listening Room in Audio Discussions  478 Replies 
I have an Upright piano in my listening room, it has been there since day one, so I dont know how different my room would sound wihtout it... Maybe I will haul the piano out one day just to test it:   nah...A bunch of years back we were testing two a...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Listening room acoustics by skushino on 2012-07-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Reinforced live sound in audio listening room in Audio Discussions  4 Replies 
I've been reading about the acoustic characteristics of the world's great symphony halls, like Boston and the Concertgebouw.  Did you know that Sabine, Berenak, and Cyril Harris mathematically defined those characteristics, using metrics like RT-60, ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #33: Listening some Wilsons this week. by Romy the Cat on 2014-04-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: About Wilson Audio Loudspeakers in Audio Discussions  53 Replies 
Last week I spent in NYC and while Amy was hanging along some kind of malignancy conference of her and had a couple hours free around Grand Center Station and I decided to drop by at  Innovative Audio at 58 street.  I know that they Wilson and La...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1214: My rewiring experience in 50s house by scooter on 2013-12-31 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
N-Set, Happy New Year. I think you are running 230v 50hz in Poland so a lot of comments on this board may not be applicable. I lived in a 50s house in the US at 120v 60hz with terrible electrics (terrible everything really but that is a different sto...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: What is quiet enough? by rowuk on 2014-09-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: DAW is down… new DAW. in Audio Discussions  4 Replies 
There of course is a ton of garbage on the net about the sound quality of a DAW with WLAN vs gigabit ethernet, analog or digital power supplies, memory, manufacturer of hard drive, active ports.I have primarily only really invested in lowest noise an...

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 #380: Sweet spot enlargement by noviygera on 2012-08-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Romy The Cat's new Listening Room in Audio Discussions  478 Replies 
Is there a pill for that too? Seriously, it would be very interesting to hear what solution you come up with because I have converted from listening music solo to a small number of audience (friends). So much that I listen by myself much less oft...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: My new “New” listening room, 2024 by Romy the Cat on 2024-05-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: My new “New” listening room, 2024 in Audio Discussions  6 Replies 
A year has passed since I moved to my new home at the Mass and New Hampshire border.  Last week, the setup of my listening room was complete. I am planning to record a video with my observations in regard to my new listening room....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #69: A lofty position by Paul S on 2008-07-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Jessie Dazzle Project in Horn-Loaded Speakers  172 Replies 
Jessie, as it happens, I find my own best listening position varies somewhat these days, depending on what I'm listening to or for.  For the best overall energy in my fairly energetic room, it is with my ears about 1 1/2 m off the...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #17: Follow-up on Music Room Options by RF at Ona on 2007-10-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Building a new music room in Playback Listening  20 Replies 
Collin,I am pleased that you found my suggestions worthwhile. I approached the issue of your music room with two questions in mind:1- How to avoid the structural angle from interfering with the sound2- Would an enlarged room be worthwhile...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #24: So far SO good!!! by Romy the Cat on 2023-07-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo 3.0 in Horn-Loaded Speakers  51 Replies 
Got the right channel open baffle installed. It's certainly not finished cosmetically but it is fully functional. There is nothing measured or calibrated But I spent quite a few hours listening last night. It is very very very interesting result. ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: That is not 1812 and the cannons… by Romy the Cat on 2013-08-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: That is not 1812 and the cannons… in Playback Listening  0 Replies 
I remember a couple year back I was observing how sound of playback interact with sound of the forest just out of my listening room. Somebody even proposed that it would be fun to have Mahler 7 complimented by the scream “off stage” life deer… Last n...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: To experiment during the New England winter by Romy the Cat on 2010-09-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s lowest channel. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  150 Replies 
[quote user="jessie.dazzle"] I have 2 ULF "boxes"; each has an 18" McCauley 6174. The enclosures are sealed and each measures 14 cubic feet. They are made from 70mm thick concrete blocks. Power is from a pair of M1.1 amps (100 Watts each)....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #120: A new concept of ULF channel. by Romy the Cat on 2011-10-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s lowest channel. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  150 Replies 
A guy visited me today and while I was playing to him some music an ides stroke me: how to make ULF channels invisible? I have given birth to a ridicules ides to make huge, 40hz, no-cheating horns in time-aligned position absolutely invisible in list...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #436: Audio as an interactive subject. by Romy the Cat on 2013-01-03 
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="rickmcinnis"]It is possible someone would buy the house JUST FOR THE SYSTEM and leave it as a separate listening house… [/quote] Yes, that would be very gratifying for sure and my ego will be dramatically enlarged but in reality we all k...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: A longer CD-Rom cable. by Romy the Cat on 2011-01-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A longer CD-Rom cable. in Didital Things  0 Replies 
I have a question, person someone have investigated it. I have my DAW, with all it fans and sitting it basement, then I have a bunch of the 10-15” cables to all of my peripherals running to my listening room.  What however I do not have in listening ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Bass Trap by noviygera on 2010-08-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Another problem in my new listening room. in Analog Playback  1 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]The appendix in the corner of my room (I think it called rotunda) is very cool thing – it is where all my equipment lives – superbly comfortable and I can’t dream for better layout of my listening room. I am not kidding. Ho...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: But how can one become knowledgeable? by Antonio J. on 2005-01-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Speakers: a hi-fi disaster. in Audio Discussions  22 Replies 
Nice post Romy, you're probably right, I can't say since I've never listened to a pair of speakers that really told me "what can be done". I've always owned and listened to speakers that are commercially made, and I've had to choose among the ones th...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #15: Re: EdgarHorns by rdrysdale on 2005-12-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Crossover Design in Audio Discussions  69 Replies 
     Hi drdna, Three things that I have found that can seriously damage the performance of our horn system is: Speaker location, heavy gage or multi stranded speaker wire, and room reflections. When you locate the speakers, m...
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