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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Ocean Way Audio HR2 loudspeaker by Romy the Cat on 2010-01-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A new CES 2010 loudspeaker? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  15 Replies 
Thanks, ferenc. I went to Ocean Way Recording the Federated Mike mentioned but I did not see anything in there and I did not know that they have also an oceanwayaudio.com site. They call it the HR2 and it was built for them by Allen Sides, so ...

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 ...

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 #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 #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 #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 #55: The clock doubler. by Romy the Cat on 2009-09-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Pacific Microsonics Model 2 in Didital Things  85 Replies 
I do not know what to say. Daniel is very knowledgeable person and it is the dual-wire specification (as I was told today) then I would doubt that Mr. Weiss would not comply with it. It is possible that it does it, you might not know how to activate ...

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 #11: Vibation control vs Re-entry idea by unicon on 2011-06-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Impulse response, short notes and midbass horns. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  14 Replies 
Active sound cancellation has been used widely in industry as ANC (Active Noise Control)They work best and functional in narrow band bass FRQ. To make it short it is not practical in your case... Bass FRQ have enough power to vibrate horn mouth and c...

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 #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 #213: Congratulations! (and X/O Bitching...) by Paul S on 2010-08-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s Midbass Project – the grown up time. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  455 Replies 
Sounds like you have the important parts, all right.  Well done!I am in Crossover Hell, myself, just now.  They are the Devil's Playground!  If you can get the drivers' actual, in-the horn, in the room, raw active data curves, then I recommend LEAP a...

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 #6: The Mstislav Rostropovich’s Orgy. by Romy the Cat on 2008-05-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Mstislav Rostropovich Dies at 80 in Musical Discussions  7 Replies 
A couple hours ago WHRB stage own 4 days long, day and night Mstislav Rostropovich’s Orgy. The Broadcast is available on line – a phenomenal work listening… The program is more then exiting: Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto No. 1 in a; Sargent, Philharmo...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Re: Bogus reply about nothing... by Romy the Cat on 2006-07-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Monitors: Wishful thinking in Audio Discussions  8 Replies 
Ronny, it is funny because I was juts about to carve my further observations about the Sound of my monitors. Last night I was listening Rigoletto by Callas and Gobbi on my monitor.  I come to an interesting observation that I would like Monitors...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: How to test 6C33C? by Romy the Cat on 2006-04-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to test 6C33C? in Melquiades Amplifier  7 Replies 
It is sucks to live with Russians Tubes.  It is particular sucks to live with 6C33C. They are all deferent when they new, they age very ungracefully and differently. The life with Super Melquiades, where I use 6x6C33C driving individual channe...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: How to switch moving coil signal by Romy the Cat on 2006-02-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to switch moving coil signal in Analog Playback  1 Replies 
I wonder what kind sound not-impacting methods exist to connect and disconnect signal from moving coil cartridges.  If we are talking about the switching the .1mV signal and monitor the results within a fairly high capacity playback then it beco...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: HE 2004 follow up – “Zanden” retraction by Romy the Cat on 2004-07-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: My trip to the Stereophile’s HE 2004 Show in Audio Discussions  2 Replies 
This site never meant to be a popular and was more meant to be as my personal diary but since the site become quite popular (today was a third day in a row as the over 300 discreet visitors visited the site per day) then I would like to maintain it a...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: A comfort or a shortage of complexity? by Romy the Cat on 2004-12-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: What lives in Symmetric Sound? in Audio Discussions  19 Replies 
Richard, I absolutely agree with you that dipole provides a masking affect from many problems but along with illumination of the badly reproduced bass dipoles inject into music a common denominator of…  dipolenisness….. and this something that ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Monitors: Wishful thinking by Ronnie on 2006-07-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Monitors: Wishful thinking in Audio Discussions  8 Replies 
I too want a monitor speaker to play with, especially for amplifier experimentation.I put another 4" Fostex in a sealed "box" (globe actually) and crossed it over at 150hz to one SS 25w/8565 on the side. Wishful thinking? -Yes.About 88-90dB sensitive...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: maybe they care.. but they aren't paid to- just sell more records.. by stuck.wilson on 2006-09-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Ways to use audio methods. in Playback Listening  10 Replies 
i definitely see what you're saying there.. but i do wonder if it has more to do with the economics and the powers that be than a full on case of negligence.  most sound engineers-- or at least those i've known (and not the bastard species of fa...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: Super Milq Change: the amplifier for Tweeters by Romy the Cat on 2006-09-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: An amplifier for Tweeters in Audio Discussions  17 Replies 
OK, I have conceptualized what I need for the tweeter amp. It will be MilqEZ – the same Milq one with 6C19P at output. I will use the Super Melquiades power supplies but the HF channels will host own last caps of the filters and own bias of the both ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #20: Kirkegaard's loudspeakers (a nobler Tannoy) by Paul S on 2007-03-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to USE “Resonating Oops” in loudspeakers in Horn-Loaded Speakers  184 Replies 
I am just reminded of the long-since-superceded (naturally...) 10" Tannoy "mid-field"  "pro" monitor.  I think it was the TM10, which also used it's cabinet to very good effect, at least in terms of voicing.  You want "bubbles", I...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #16: Is this a mercy killing? by Paul S on 2007-09-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Good commercial speakers in Audio Discussions  36 Replies 
Every musician/composer I know who has heard the Harbeth Monitor 40s has liked them, for whataever this is worth.  They aren't cheap and they are not efficient, but they are pitched well within their limits and they provide enough deta...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #26: Commercial speakers, next ! by samuel33 on 2007-10-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Good commercial speakers in Audio Discussions  36 Replies 
Hi everyone,First, thank you for all your advices. The university take many most of my time, so listen to speaker had been difficult.So......I come back with many things too tell, i have made some listening sessions to find a good speaker to work wit...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: My feelings about new exciting audio products by Romy the Cat on 2007-04-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: My feelings about new exciting audio products in Audio Discussions  25 Replies 
I kind of feel that I am way off in my familiarity about what is going on with new audio products. My horizon is very restricted with my own needs and with my own interests. I am irregularly read audio publications and irregularly visit some audio si...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Juts to address a myth by Romy the Cat 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 
[quote user="drdna"]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 i...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Exchange mechanisms by peter foster on 2008-01-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Amplification and Consciousness. in Playback Listening  15 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] [snip] Electronics conducts Transformation of Reality and mind should distinct between contamination of original Realty and discrepancies of Reinstated Realty as well as to be able to differentiate the discrepancies of Re...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: The Parallel Events are a different subject by Romy the Cat on 2008-01-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Amplification and Consciousness. in Playback Listening  15 Replies 
[quote user="peter foster"] Since obtaining a pair of 'reference' microphones, microphone pre-amplifier and analog-to-digital converter as part of my playback system I have learned much about 'relative reality', 'transformation of reality', 'reinstat...
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