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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: More on the Port-o-guess… by Romy the Cat on 2008-09-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s MiniMe or about Pilot Acoustic Systems in Audio Discussions  213 Replies 
Well, the license of think this way was given to me by one mini-monitor that I found to sound “promising” for the objectives that I would like to achieve. In fact not even the monitor itself but the bass driver, the drive that in a way was unique cha...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: I have no idea what the reply is all about. by Romy the Cat on 2006-06-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A quest for a better monitor. in Audio Discussions  97 Replies 
Actually I care less about the design philosophy in this case but rather about the result. Obviously the 150W-200W (200W?) of Zarathustra’s pure class A would be completely useless for my horns. I would like to have something to drive with that amp a...

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 #21: Monitor speaker project: my hope. by Romy the Cat on 2006-06-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A quest for a better monitor. in Audio Discussions  97 Replies 
I would like to share some ides what I would like to do in my monitor project.  This are just intention and I did not try to put it all together. Probably I will do it with the next few weeks. I’m planning to use the Celestion SL-600 enclosure ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Live FM by drdna on 2007-11-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Reel-to-Reel Tape vs. Raw Better Digital in Didital Things  13 Replies 
The interesting thing about the Bottlehead people is that they are pretty good guys. "High and outside" is I think Paul Stubbelbine, who is an expert at mastering.  He remastered my girlfriend's last album.  I was very impressed.  His ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Ideas by derik736 on 2018-02-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Rare Onkyo HM-300 MK2 Horn...need info in Horn-Loaded Speakers  4 Replies 
Just to share with you with my ideas about the Scepter 500 clones. I´m not sure if I will use the w3801 bass drivers. I felt in love with Altec 416 and quite frankly I very much doubt that Onkyo would sound better or equally good. It surely doesn´t s...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #396: OK by Petrasescu_Lucian on 2009-07-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
I occasionally read this thread, but I guess you're right and it would be fair to read it from the beggining. Will do !As a general rule and I guess it applies to everybody else, the playback of my system is better late at night although there are so...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #64: I do not care about monitors anymore, I sick with the MiniMe. by Romy the Cat on 2009-11-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A quest for a better monitor. in Audio Discussions  97 Replies 
Thanks, unicon, I know nothing about the Wharfedale and I do not really looking for monitors anymore. In fact my monitor quest ended up to be catastrophe and if I know then what I know now I would not do it and would just buy off a pair of vintage ac...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Looped by Paul S on 2009-09-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Equalizer? Hm… in Audio Discussions  4 Replies 
Yes, the "tape (or "monitor") loop" is where I (and everyone else...) always put them.Why not ask Guy how he would approach it, maybe get one-stop shopping and probably the best results, too, for both the "loop" and the "box".Would "passive" curves m...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: Band-Specific Info by Paul S on 2010-06-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Learning to interpret RTA in Audio Discussions  10 Replies 
Zanon, I do not mean DEQ, but that is one way to do it.  D[SET] is another way; and it can be done in real time, by a couple of means.If you actually settle on the mid-field monitor approach, you will want that sort of speakers installed before you g...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #99: DAW settings by jp on 2009-04-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to record FM broadcasts. in Off Air Audio  125 Replies 
Ive tried various configurations but was unable to produce a recording that is similar to the fm transmission, although its not too terrible.  I monitor the sound by using the same output of the Sansui that goes into the DAW.  Replaying the file, I n...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #123: Complain! by Romy the Cat on 2009-09-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to record FM broadcasts. in Off Air Audio  125 Replies 
We did not have it in FM, it was a TV feed.  I did not listen the Magnus Lindberg overture and I did not particularly care about the "Symphonie Fantastique". I was interested in the Messiaen’s songs with Renée Fleming and it was what I was watching a...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Think ahead how to measure the DSETs gain. by Romy the Cat on 2009-09-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Think ahead how to measure the DSETs gain. in Audio For Dummies ™  2 Replies 
If you are in DSET environment then do yourself a favor and build into your DSETs a mechanism that would allow you to monitor the gain of your channels. It might be in real time or in a special calibration mode but you will need and. If you do not in...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: Measures and right interpretation 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 
Yea. In some systems, mostly trivial / conservative direct radiators in small monitor size, respond to the normal interpretation of frequency graphs very well. With more exotic and uneven dispersing systems it seems to get more difficult. I had it co...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Unsubtle by Paul S on 2011-09-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Professional sound systems in Audio Discussions  22 Replies 
TJ, Meyer is a great example of quasi-modern "outdoor" sound reinforcement.  This stuff is simply not suitable for home use, IMO, at least not if you want more than loud, articulate, dynamic sound.  The closer you get and the more you try to tune in ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #209: How bad do you need it to be? by Paul S on 2013-02-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s MiniMe or about Pilot Acoustic Systems in Audio Discussions  213 Replies 
Yes, the main system often seems to require too much of an "investment" to make using it worthwhile, or even realistic.I confess I have let my mind wander in this direction:http://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&keywords=a5+audioengine&tag=googhydr...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Use absolute polarity as an early speakers test. by Romy the Cat on 2005-01-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Use absolute polarity as an early speakers test. in Audio For Dummies ™  0 Replies 
Checking if you playback can discriminate absolute polarity is very simple and very effective way to find out if you acoustic system is not fundamentally faulty. Flip the polarity and monitor the result. If you did not experience dramatic changes at ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #18: Placette and headphones by Romy the Cat on 2008-03-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The ultimate buffer – light in the end of a tunnel in Audio Discussions  36 Replies 
I asked Guy Hummel to put a headphones jack into my new unit. Guy put the jack, the switch that redirect signal to headphone or to the main output. It is so cool to have a headphone option – I have no idea why I did not ask him to do it before. In ad...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #378: Holes in the floor... by Romy the Cat 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 
[quote user="Jorge"]If you put the Melqualdes in the basement you can put a smoke detector very close and maybe a camera and a monitor to keep an eye on them.NOw you cold also  make a statement piece and put some sort of medieval looking cages around...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #14: The single driver set by Paul S on 2007-02-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to USE “Resonating Oops” in loudspeakers in Horn-Loaded Speakers  184 Replies 
Maybe no other hi-fi group has thought more about the cabinet's contribution to sound than the single-driver crowd.  Many of them like the "immediacy", "integrity"  and "purity" of the single driver sound so much that they endlessly hu...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #34: Ready to connect a speaker! by JJ Triode on 2022-01-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: R22 in Melquiades Amplifier  34 Replies 
Hi Domidaw, it looks like your amplifier is working pretty much correctly. The plate current in the output tube is a little below the recommended range (180 mA versus 200-280 mA in Romy's diagram) but too low is better than too high and you can adjus...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: The Values Pyramid by Paul S on 2010-07-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Does tube preamplifier VTL would add tube sound to system in Audio Discussions  6 Replies 
"SO i read somewhere on the net if we have to mix ss and tube the combination should be tube pre----ss amp and NOT ss pre ------tube amp."Please don't take offense, but this is why I say what I say. No matter how smart you are or how long you've been...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: They look nice but... by Antonio J. on 2009-01-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Eventually I’ve seen a loudspeaker the appearance I like. in Audio Discussions  4 Replies 
I wonder if you can do some "sound forecast" just by looking at them. The drivers seem to be of some sort of synthetic plastic material, which were true, I fear wouldn't sound much of my liking. They remind me of the Watt&Puppy, Joseph... and som...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #86: Dynamic sinking? by Paul S on 2007-08-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The most promising “best” commercial speaker in Horn-Loaded Speakers  192 Replies 
Romy, when you mention "dynamic sinking" of ribbons are you speaking of sub-8k Hz use of powerful ribbons like the Water Drop compared to 109 dB efficient compression drivers, or do you notice this dynamic sinking no matter how high you cross ov...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #36: The last mystery of Pacific Microsonics. by Romy the Cat on 2009-07-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Pacific Microsonics Model 2 in Didital Things  85 Replies 
This mystery that I would like to get answer…. Both Pacific Microsonics Model One and Model One have adjustable DAC output. Although Pacific claims the ultra-low distortion and super-high quality of their digital attenuation my negative positi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Integration distance by rowuk on 2012-07-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Upperbass horns – tone vs. distance in Horn-Loaded Speakers  4 Replies 
It is easy to calculate the lobes that are created when we use multiple drivers. That means we can mathematically derive the closest distance that all of the horns in the entire system will "play" together. When we are close to sound sources, the pro...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #138: Cap and Coil by Paul S on 2009-02-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s MiniMe or about Pilot Acoustic Systems in Audio Discussions  213 Replies 
Romy, I suspect that 200 Hz high-pass will be too low for that driver, even 2nd order, and almost certainly with just 6 dB roll-off.  I think more like 500 Hz with 1st order, and might still require the coil.Yellow-type drivers take on and ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Reading an official audio publication - TAS by Romy the Cat on 2010-09-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Reading an official audio publication - TAS in Audio Discussions  6 Replies 
What did you know; I was in Barnes & Noble and bought a first for quite long time September TAS magazine.  I do not subscribe audio publications but seldom buy them. Since I did not do it for as long time I though it will be entertaining.  It...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: The JBL Sound: 4435 – 4355 – Everests… by Romy the Cat on 2007-06-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A new beast from JBL: Everest DD66000 in Horn-Loaded Speakers  4 Replies 
I never heard Everests and I hardly feel that I ever will hear them in a reasonable installation as the people who would use Everests most likely will be the people of “different type”. Still, I wonder if the Everests are the JBL’s 21st century glori...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #148: I didn't have to seal by Wojtek on 2010-01-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Midbass Horns and Real Estate. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  247 Replies 
because floor josts support and extend the walls (they are solid  2"x6")so just screwed the board tightly to them. Because I needed the boards only within 10' so I have 3 rows of 5' +5' with the seam in the middle. I cut the second layer of bards so ...
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