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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: Engaging the heart and mind of the listener by manisandher on 2009-06-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Pacific Microsonics Model 2 in Didital Things  85 Replies 
For a living, I teach presentation skills to executives and senior managers ( www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJetXp2r3pc ) . I always begin by considering the listeners and what they are looking for. I'll ask people what turns them off when they are in ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Cessaro in London? by Romy the Cat on 2013-05-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Kitties go to London in Audio Discussions  92 Replies 
Interesting. The Cessaro are certainly the system that I would like to hear, probably Gamma rather then Betas. However, I thought that Cessaro are Germans company. Do they have presence in London? Do any Gamma are installed in controlled environm...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #82: Also there is much room by Amir on 2019-10-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: My Audio Philosophy in Playback Listening  95 Replies 
[quote user="rowuk"]In live music, we have intermodulation. Two trumpets or a trumpet and oboe playing together create sum and difference tones that change depending on pitch interval for instance. For music in major keys, this intermodulation is add...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1784: Pure Power is not Neutral by Amir on 2021-09-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
Paul. GSC = goodsoundclub I have worked with Richard (pure power owner) and i know the problems of customers but i think paypal is a good way to shop from Richard. Ask Richard to send you video from the unit before paying to him. Recently 3 or 4 pure...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #111: CEC TL0X Berkeley USB to S/PDIF by Amir on 2016-10-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: High Quality Music Server / CD player in Didital Things  169 Replies 
friday we had a good test , we use Roon Labs software.tone was very similar in both CEC and Berkeley but i am not sure about our system tone resolution because we connected a push-pull amplifier to 2way living voice speaker.in our test Berkeley was g...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #32: Audiopax Model 5 Audiopax model 88 by Amir on 2019-09-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: My Audio Philosophy in Playback Listening  95 Replies 
finally these beautiful pre/power delivered to me and they are playing music for break-in.I will report about sound of Audiopax model 5 & Model 88.The system :   CEC TL0 3.0 Transport     Audio Note DAC 5 Special      Audiopax model 5     Audiopa...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #216: Might not look like a living room anymore... by Romy the Cat on 2010-05-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Midbass Horns and Real Estate. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  247 Replies 
[quote user="msaudio"]Romy    I see were you are going With this horn worship for midbass. It is the correct thing to do "But you still will not be happy with the outcome because it does no go low enough. You will not be happy with 60hz. Then you wil...

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 #60: Long and low by jessie.dazzle on 2008-11-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Problems with horns: upper bass in Horn-Loaded Speakers  109 Replies 
Romy wrote :"...I have no way now to look at the right number but how I “feel” is you shell be arriving under 8’ of length and 40Hz cutoff with 8” throat. With 4” throat you will be looking at 12” or so…"For info : In my case, I am using an 8" throat...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #158: PC Audio by Amir on 2018-04-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: High Quality Music Server / CD player in Didital Things  169 Replies 
I spend my time/effort/money to get a good sound from computer or MacBook.my trial and error proved me that I could not attack CEC TL0-X by Computer Audio.I also lost my money 4500$ in ordering external PSU to Paul Hynes. Paul is not trusted and do n...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: Explanation. by Romy the Cat on 2013-06-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Canadian Speaker Proposal in Horn-Loaded Speakers  56 Replies 
Charlus, I would like to expend on the subject that I mentioned before. When you feel that let say Living Voice Vox Olympian and Audio Tekne sounded extremely good you need to find evidence that it was become what you believe it was. if you feel that...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Good carma by martinshorn on 2017-05-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vox Olympian secrets unveiled in Horn-Loaded Speakers  6 Replies 
hi Romy. Agree, didnt talk too much to him but you can feel having bit of empathy that hes a very warm hearted, relaxed and polite decent personality. Looks like a righteous guy. Also wish him best. Why im still writing this here? I dont think theres...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: I do not know any secrets. by Romy the Cat on 2017-05-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vox Olympian secrets unveiled in Horn-Loaded Speakers  6 Replies 
I have written a lot about Living Voice Vox Olympian Speakers and I did heard them. I do not exactly understand or agree with what is done in Olympian. I have to admit that during my listening of the Olympians they sounded much better then what I ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #14: Alessandro Baricco did it, again! by twogoodears on 2011-11-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Alessandro Baricco's "Lesson 21" or the challenge ... in Musical Discussions  13 Replies 
Alessandro Baricco, the italian writer, during a (cool, snobbish, culturally provoking and enriching) TV program, "Chetempochefa" conducted by Fabio Fazio, he captured every Man of Good-will's attention with a "letio magistralis" about... you'd bet i...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #47: Gryphon Trident 3way EAR 861 Amplifier AMR DP-777 CEC TL1 by Amir on 2019-07-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Any good sounding AES/EBU interfaces out there? in Didital Things  53 Replies 
[quote user="Wojtek"]In regular off the shelf hi-fi system , be it a total lack of LF in your speakers or the "pinch"  of dome tweeters or the midrange mud. Romy like all of us throws money on the problem and he usually chooses  well regarded and...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #81: A Polish Infomercial from Kevin Scott. by Romy the Cat on 2015-11-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Living Voice Loudspeaker in Horn-Loaded Speakers  80 Replies 
Some kind of Polish publication published some kind of interview with Kevin Scott, the owner and designer of Vox Olympian, translation is available via whatever translates it.  The questions to Kevin are unfortunately utilitarian- and the rest is ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1674: Good System Good Ears by Amir on 2019-08-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
[quote user="rowuk"]Amir,in my world there is a process for selection and it is not AB or changing power cords. That does not mean that I deny that equipment (including cables) can change sound. It means that the normal audiophool description "it was...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #486: When are batteries good? by drdna on 2010-03-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
[quote user="oxric"]I fail to see the utility, as I have always done, of opinions, approaches or theories which make some dogmatic assumption based on limited experience with the said device. So for your opinion, which seems to deny that the Living V...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #15: TL0 3.0 Like Less Sharp DACs by Amir on 2019-07-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A littlie D-War: Bidat vs. Lavry Gold in Didital Things  14 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]buy naltrexone online cheap buy naltrexone from trusted pharmacywhere can i buy duloxetine buy duloxetine 60 mg goI know quite a few installations when CEC-TL0 entered a well performing setup and literally destroyed it. T...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Speaker Proposal by de charlus on 2013-06-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Canadian Speaker Proposal in Horn-Loaded Speakers  56 Replies 
I am not "working backwards" from a tweeter. I presently use Harbeth M40.1s, but having recently heard the Living Voice Vox Olympian and an Audio Tekne horn implementation of Ale Acoustics drivers, the experiences opened up new vistas of what is poss...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #18: Reproduction by Stitch on 2013-05-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The new G.I.P speakers. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  36 Replies 
[quote user="Wojtek"]... If it was really that bad Stitch would be first to give his honest opinion , instead he only remarked that it was interesting but different. I was surprised how pleasant...[/quote]It is quite common to "rate" a Demo negative,...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #18: Good God, you took a "cookie cutter" test CD to a private, ... by Wojtek on 2019-02-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Josh: My visit to Romy the Cat's Macondo in Audio For Dummies ™  28 Replies 
Those things are made to impress  enough to buy whatever the maker of CD is selling. I'm glad you posted that review on DIY-audio although out of respect for the host it would be nice if you had posted it here first and out of politeness asked if you...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: Hi, John. by Romy the Cat on 2017-04-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Resonating hi from oversea in Audio Discussions  8 Replies 
Hi, John, thanks for posting. Nowadays I can’t react the events of my site with the immediacy I use to do it. I have more kids then hands and I am a bit busier wiping noses to little them instead of wiping noses to typically-deranged internet audi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #88: The fraudulent eBay actions with Vitavox S2 drivers. by Romy the Cat on 2008-01-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vitavox’s S2 Survival Guide. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  123 Replies 
I kind of fed up to receive those emails (I ordinary do not reply them) with questions and therefore I would a would make one atypical public statement and it will be it. I say “atypical” as I truly do not care about your purchasing habits, still sin...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #24: Connectivity is not causality. 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 
[quote user="unicon"]I agree and understand how important is moving the speakers to find the symmetrical impulse from both channels BUT in microscopic movement we mainly correct the vibration of speakers which indeed effects the whole things.in m...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Further thoughts II by Stitch on 2014-05-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: High End Munich 2014 impressions .... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  36 Replies 
The Rockports have a very light platter and a carbon Arm....the one I listened to was the latest, it had simply no Bass reproduction, nada, nothing and the Arm resonances are also inferior to any energy transfer from any cartridge. The lead wires are...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #49: I do not think it is about deafness and… by Romy the Cat on 2009-08-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Shelter 90X: mystery or mastery in Analog Playback  54 Replies 
[quote user="Stitch"] I agree, the Shelter transformer is nothing special, but when you really want to loose hairs, try the one from Koetsu. Well, living in a world of morons I spend - unfortunately - too much time with reading idiotic reviews fr...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #22: Re: Better among worst? by morricab on 2005-11-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Passive transformer based preamp in Audio Discussions  41 Replies 
Hi Thorsten, I understand what you are saying and with regard to the particular preamp in question and you may well be right as there is no mention by the manufacturer what brand of autoformers are in use (or if they roll their own).  I am curi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: S2 dia. alnico.. by chaos on 2008-07-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 60hz, GPA-515-8ghp horn... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  32 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Hi Romy! The 515-8GPH were in same scale as the 515G with slightly above 35Hz resonance frequency and 103 sensitivity -  a very good candidate for 60Hz horn. The 10” throat? No bolls to go for 9”, how about 8”?  ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: "O Vitavox, Vitavox! Wherefore art thou Vitavox?" by oxric on 2011-06-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: "O Vitavox, Vitavox! Wherefore art thou Vitavox?" in Horn-Loaded Speakers  22 Replies 
At some point last year, after I had been offered an opportunity to buy some Vitavox S2 drivers from someone in Paris, and some S3s from Germany, I decided to approach Mike Harvey of Octave Audio, AKA Vitavox Hifi, to get some information about how I...
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