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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: An online automated cleaning machine refilling? by Romy the Cat on 2008-09-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Stop buying the records cleaning fluid? in Analog Playback  3 Replies 
I never used the Disc Doctor cleaning; in fact I never used anything beside my own cleaning and the Nitty Gritty’s. The Nitty Gritty smells better though… The problem that I see with either Disc Doctor or with Nitty Gritty that it end up to be $70 pe...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Regulation logic in amps and everything esle by Romy the Cat on 2011-09-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A different breed of 6C33C amplifier. in Melquiades Amplifier  84 Replies 
[quote user="KOTriode"] Without regulation, this amp would not work correctly due to its design: DC coupled and fixed bias. The high transconductance will make the bias current varied as much as 50-100ma due power line fluctuation without the reg...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: HMMMMM by rowuk on 2020-07-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Dpols? in Playback Listening  11 Replies 
I must be missing something - or not be ready for this yet. Here are my understanding problems:1) he starts with the "left" speaker and searches for the best bass. I would think that one should search individually with the left and right and pick the...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #18: The shape of room by kodomo on 2015-10-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Designing and building a 5 channel horn loaded (looking for ... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  73 Replies 
thank you for sharing your concerns.The LF module I was building was like yours with drivers from scanspeak. However both the dealer was not professional and the the drivers had a certain sound to them (too much character) so I ditched that solution....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Please, not again! by Romy the Cat on 2010-03-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Bookshelf Horns in Horn-Loaded Speakers  3 Replies 
[quote user="perrew"] ….. is there any chance of a speaker/horn of this type sounding good compared to a conventional monitor… [/quote] Perrew, there is absolutely no reasons or any imaginary rational in this type of speaker to use horns besides to m...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Part of the Process by rowuk on 2012-07-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Burn any single-driver speaker in hell. in Audio For Dummies ™  2 Replies 
I think that single speakers are a good start, not the means to an end.Romy, you are very adamant about the PROCESS. Gain experience, make changes based on what you learn. Is it not sensible to start with ONE DRIVER and learn its strengths and weakne...

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 #18: My own listening test... by martinshorn on 2017-04-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Wilson Audio and the Moore's law in Audio News  23 Replies 
just been this feb in NY city to an exclusive Wilson studio. I thought that the rushy noisy exhibitions where their portfolio sounded very average to me was maybe not fair to judge, if everyone loves them so much. So in that studio i got all the time...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #814: I still have my doubts…. by Romy the Cat on 2011-03-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
[quote user="manisandher"] I'm actually not advocating anything to you Romy. I'm just asking whether you are bonding your dedicated ground to Neutral. If so, I can't see how cheater plugs would help in your situation - your dedicated ground and your ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #131: Nearfield friendly? by floobydust on 2009-02-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s MiniMe or about Pilot Acoustic Systems in Audio Discussions  213 Replies 
 Paul, Points well taken. The F120A is listed as a FR driver. In my humble view, it does quite well for it's size, albeit the last two octaves will not be in full force (okay, the last octave is mostly MIA). It's lower sensitivity does not ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #392: Cables management. by Romy the Cat on 2012-09-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Romy The Cat's new Listening Room in Audio Discussions  478 Replies 
Considering the employments I would like to make in my installation after the floor will be done and the system is re-assembled I am very much thinking about some kind of new cable management solution. I have 21 powered components in my playback syst...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #12: Poetry vs. Pros by Paul S on 2011-09-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Professional sound systems in Audio Discussions  22 Replies 
Will the facination with "pro" sound never die?  The best of these speakers sound like SS from the 80s, meaning they impose that "signature" on the sound, and IMO they simply miss the fine points of Music, volume and "dynamics" notwithstanding.  Do n...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #58: The MiniMe’s Naturmort by Romy the Cat on 2008-10-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s MiniMe or about Pilot Acoustic Systems in Audio Discussions  213 Replies 
OK, I have desired to build the thing. It is not the I really need it but I would need some kind MiniMe monitor and I really would like to see how bad it will turn out to sound the speaker that I invasion with this drivers of mine. After much vague c...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: To Rip or not to Rip. by Romy the Cat on 2009-03-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: To Rip or not to Rip. in Didital Things  2 Replies 
There are a lot of talking nowadays among audio people about music servers and about the ripping the people’s CDs to music servers and playing from there. I always feel that it a dummy thing to do. People claim that besides the “convenience” there ar...

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...

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 #62: Monitors again by unicon 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 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]  Romy the Cat wrote:...To substitute SL600 original tweeter with anything else, would it be Revelators, Diamond or made from Faberge Eggs is like to make a movie with Humphrey Bogart and ask busboy form a nearby Chinese ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #55: The little glory of my small woofers. by Romy the Cat on 2011-10-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Constructing LF modules to the limits in Audio Discussions  54 Replies 
This weekend a local audio guy came to my palace and was bitching about his bass. I have small 1 cub feet pair sealed foxes with 8” version of my 25W drivers, I think they are 21W. I used them on the side of my bed to allow my old Koshka to climb in ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #127: Agree and disagree by Romy the Cat on 2009-02-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s MiniMe or about Pilot Acoustic Systems in Audio Discussions  213 Replies 
[quote user="jessie.dazzle"]Forgive me for being so forward, but I have been holding it in for some time, and am right now, at this very moment, ripe for saying that I see this MiniMe thing as being analogous to an affair with a capricious little mis...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Be punctual. by Romy the Cat on 2012-06-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Better solution for being late? in Audio Discussions  6 Replies 
I never was late to symphony, or to wherever else for that matter. I do feel that to be late to symphony is like to be late to airplane – you miss it and you are not the part of the trip. For sure no one saved to be late and all that you do just miss...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #17: Another consideration – the cable length by Romy the Cat on 2010-06-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s Midbass Project – the grown up time. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  455 Replies 
If I succeed to make my midbass horn at attic then I will face another problem that I do not know how to address at this point. The horns will be powered from Melquiades bass channels – it means it will use a good 70 feet speaker cable. If I go with ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #77: Bais and filament voltage by DA on 2013-08-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Bias help in Melquiades Amplifier  96 Replies 
Well, it looks like I got fucked by the transformer company.that realy sucks !!!  I have not talked to them yet ,but even if they agree to replace them it will take at least 6-8 weeks plus international shipping cost , import tax , VAT .Filament tran...

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 #152: Around and around depends on lack of comparisons by steverino on 2014-05-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Ultimate Turntable in Analog Playback  220 Replies 
A lot of assertions are made about this being better or that being the same. In the absence of assessment (and I don't even mean DBT tests, just pooling of expert judgments) this game never stops. There is not a standardized system that can be used t...

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 #64: How little a simple man need! by Romy the Cat on 2009-11-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Pacific Microsonics Model 2 in Didital Things  85 Replies 
Last couple days I was playing with my new tape looped Placette, riming Pacific from Tape Rec output. How little a Moron need to be happy!!! Even I still have some technical issuers that I need to resolve using Pacific in and out of the tape loop but...

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 #13: My Kind of Foolish Monitors and Sub playback by behhl on 2006-06-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A quest for a better monitor. in Audio Discussions  97 Replies 
I use my my kind of Foolish Monitors happily, which are (no longer in production) BBC licensed LS3/5a monitors. Surprisingly they were designed with the intent to use them in the mobile truck on site recordings studios etc, ie: with no great am...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #897: Difference between electricity and non-electricity: some summation. by Romy the Cat on 2011-11-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
[quote user="steverino"] Why do you think the improved sonics were related to the residual noise or more precisely the hypothetical delta of noise components from one day to the next? You were very non specific about what was better and to what d...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: Ocean Way HR-2A, HR-2B and HR-2C. by Romy the Cat on 2010-01-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A new CES 2010 loudspeaker? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  15 Replies 
I was trying to find out what drivers the Allen Sides’ speaker uses and found a lot of noise about this among the people of Guitar Center – it is not surprising considering Allen Sides background. http://www.clynemedia.com/gcpro/Ocean_Wa...
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