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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #447: Well, if anyone could ever do this ... by rickmcinnis on 2013-06-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s Midbass Project – the grown up time. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  455 Replies 
It would be you!I should have known you had researched this more than the posts revealed.I know I would not want to wrestle those drivers out of the attic, either.  I figure you have replacements to use temporarily so you would not be without, but .....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #39: Re: Potential for Upgrade by Brian Clark on 2004-12-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Where are our good phonostages? in Analog Playback  61 Replies 
[quote user="guy sergeant"]I used to work for a valve amp making company and we had a little 2 stage phono amp that sounded far better than the 834 with passive eq, no feedback etc. It also cost less than the EAR.I can send you the schematic if you w...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: JBL 2482 by KLegind on 2014-01-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: JBL 2226 2445 2405 3-way and a path forward in Horn-Loaded Speakers  27 Replies 
[quote user="mats"]Good start Dan!The JBL phenolic 2" driver is 2482.I would lower the crossover point as far as you dare, 300Hz or so.Now the 2226 will do what they are pretty good at.Later you will likely want to filter the 2445 around 2k.A 600Hz h...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Idiocy by Romy the Cat on 2014-02-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Avantgarde method of cap biasing. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  2 Replies 
[quote user="hoan da ox"]Hello to all, After following the comments of Romy for some time (have learned a lot, thank you), I would like to ask a question on this subject.This circuit is built with resistors, diodes and capacitors. Could someone elabo...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #180: Professional Level Productions by Paul S on 2022-02-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Remedies the Beauty in Playback Listening  293 Replies 
Wow, Bill, that sounds like a lifetime of work - and no rest - to me! Hats off again if you can listen for more than 2 sessions in a row without glitches! It has been over 20 years since I gave a thought to combining sight and sound systems. But how ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Hmmm... the sad truth about BMS.. by stuck.wilson on 2006-09-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Hmmm... the sad truth about BMS.. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  6 Replies 
agh..well.. i can see that you'd never be over for a beer and listen session, romy!  not that i wouldn't invite a curmudgeon such as yourself.. but my own system might not make the cut!i just finished off a little 2 way bms/altec system (and i d...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #35: No go! by N-set on 2011-04-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to get a LOT of SET power. in Audio Discussions  106 Replies 
This whole 833 A2 concept, given the constraints,is a no go. When driven positive, the grid equivalent resistance drops down to 1/transconductance level. For 833, being a high-gm tube,this can be as low as 100R. In order not to distort significantly ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #261: Going down the DC path by floobydust on 2009-05-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps in Melquiades Amplifier  397 Replies 
 Romy, I have some (strong) opinions on DHTs concerning filament supplies versus specific tube types. For virtually ANY 45 triode, AC is my preferred option. Still, not all 45 triodes will be acceptable for my use, hence weeding thru many of them to ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #186: Not a fan of weak magnets by martinshorn on 2017-07-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A listening room for a domesticated Cat? in Audio Discussions  283 Replies 
hi Woitek. The K33 extend the bottom end by the high Q, to almost 40 cycles . Which is only ok if you work with passive XO on a single amp.  Well that's how they were designed. Having designated amps that allow you to steer the parameter or even bett...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #33: Some clarifications by Thorsten on 2005-11-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Passive transformer based preamp in Audio Discussions  41 Replies 
Folks,A maker of Magnetics reading along has taken me privatly a little to task, it seems I was not clear enough with some of my statements, apologies.First, I seemingly stated that Amorphous material was "always iron", that was not my intention, amo...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #35: Re: Very HF and amorphous materials? by Thorsten on 2005-11-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Passive transformer based preamp in Audio Discussions  41 Replies 
Hi,[quote user="Romy the Cat"]T, would you elaborate on it if you feel that it has any merit?[/quote]Really, I do not know. From my limited experience I have found that multiway active systems are very much a tuning excercise par excellance. Given th...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Re: Input choke for Low Currents? by hagtech on 2006-03-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Input choke for Low Currents? in Audio Discussions  5 Replies 
Hi Cat.  I run the 12AX7s just a hair over 1mA each, and the 12AU7s at 6mA.  With differential pairs and bleeders, it ends up at 39mA on each +/-300V rail.  That works out to 7H minimum inductance at 60Hz, using the standard formula.&n...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #81: Some interesting information by manisandher on 2010-05-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Pacific Microsonics Model 2 in Didital Things  85 Replies 
I asked Dave Peck of Avid (formerly Euphonix) a few questions regarding the Model Two (otherwise known as the PMI). The responses he received from Keith Johnson (one of the original designers of the PMI, head of Reference Recordings and chief design ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: I too a little confused by miab on 2011-11-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Windows Based Transport: A quiet and capable Source? in Didital Things  47 Replies 
Reading the title of the original post I was under the impression that a new product was out or discovered that was a computer based optical drive system with storage as it's secondary function but it looks like just another storage based system with...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #63: When 6N6Ps go bad by Paul S on 2007-03-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Initial thoughts about new/old Lamm ML2s in Audio Discussions  215 Replies 
No matter how often I go through it I still frequently get confused and disoriented when tubes go bad.  In this case I have been integrating a new (passive) pre-amp and a new (tubed) phono stage into the system, including trying various tub...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: Looking at the tapped horn further… by Romy the Cat on 2009-04-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The tapped horns: cons, pros and Sound in Horn-Loaded Speakers  57 Replies 
[quote user="serenechaos"] I do not know of importance of enemys death to this topic. [/quote] Oh, this is a sheer pleasure but do not call that dirt enemy. He is not enemy but way beyond it, he is the person about whom I have a death-wish as ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #27: Mess… by Romy the Cat on 2018-09-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The ULF cannel for my new listening room. in Audio Discussions  43 Replies 
Ok, spent a half of the nigh to working with my IB problem and discovered that everything that I do now is a complete mess.   First of all the crossover that I used is not what I though it is.   I found my old there from which I learned...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #13: Active filtering by devo_yan on 2018-05-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 250 watts Parallel S.E. advises in Audio Discussions  13 Replies 
Thank you for your answer.If I understand well, In purpose to do something realistic and good sounding. I should use at least 2 amplifiers (one for high frequencies and the GM-100 amp for low frequencies) with a tubes active filter at the inputs of e...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1525: A reply from a lurker by Bud on 2016-01-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
First: Good on you John, so few have spent any time on core material properties. I have developed a method for passive self demagnetization in E/I core. Works a charm except that higher perm materials become harder to drive and the driver circuit beg...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Audio Sonar Acoustic Levelling (radical new approach for room treatmen... by atilsley169 on 2012-08-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Audio Sonar Acoustic Levelling (radical new approach for roo... in Audio Discussions  6 Replies 
Audio Sonar Acoustic Levelling (ASAL) As an engineer, I’ve been intrigued by the various room treatment systems out there…most of which are sound (excuse the pun). My own 4-way front-loaded playback system is very dynamic…and suitable room...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #15: No question, ML2 is more capable than my speakers (and everything else... by Paul S on 2006-12-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Initial thoughts about new/old Lamm ML2s in Audio Discussions  215 Replies 
ML2 is also making me hear my modified AI M3A pre-amp, not to mention I guess I could now benefit from all shielded cables.  All this stuff was fine with the Wright 2A3s. Speakers:  I built a version of Dick Olsher's 3-way Diamond...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Ported box = no game. by Romy the Cat on 2006-06-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Rightsizing from extreme systems.... in Audio Discussions  7 Replies 
Hm, it is complicated. In context of ported enclosure (or passive radiator) it is imposable to talk seriously about the box resonance as a speaker/driver has no own sound but rather a summation of zillion resonances, aftersounds and the rest dirt tha...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Try converting a crossover from foe to a friend. by Romy the Cat on 2007-01-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Passive line level crossovers - re:pre amp in Audio Discussions  5 Replies 
The line level crossovers have some advantaged: they loaded into higher impedance and therefore the values of caps are smaller. Also the line level crossovers loaded against fix impedance, contrary to the speaker level and this allow writing a very e...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: The EdgarHorn Titans tweeter by Romy the Cat on 2009-01-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A sort of DPOLs in Melquiades Amplifier  8 Replies 
You might change your mind after you put the PP2000 into the game. Anyhow, I do not know what Bruce did with his Titans tweeter; I do not even remember it they are in time-aligned position. The EdgarHorn Titans uses Fane ST-5022 bullet tweeter. I had...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Who? (shades of the old "musical" vs. "accurate" d... by Paul S on 2007-02-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: SPUnisation of Macondo: how to catch own testicals. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  1 Replies 
I must have missed out on how you regulate gain to or from each or any of several "channels"/pass bands, Romy.  I can remember years ago trying lots of EQ things to get "Flat Frequency Response" and finally giving up on all of it, including...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: It's nice to dream about full range capability... but the ultra-super ... by Gregm on 2006-04-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to give bats a headache. in Playback Listening  5 Replies 
Two basic premises:A) The concept we all operate on is: a chain of components connected between one another that pick up info from a medium, transform the info into ac and amplify that info; then, we attach speakers to the last of thes...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #12: A good example of neutrality or its absence by drdna on 2007-04-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: About the Audio Neutrality. in Playback Listening  12 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]I do not think that my “resistance” to transformer preamplifiers” has to do with audio neutrality and particularly in context of “improved audio neutrality” as I do not think that neutrality might be “improved” (though it m...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #179: Latest setup by Bill on 2022-02-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Remedies the Beauty in Playback Listening  293 Replies 
 My room, is 16 to 17 feet wide, 27 to 28 feet long by 12 to 14 feet high with all walls splayed, with a combination of absorption and diffusion on the walls. All electronics are fed electricity by three pure power units originally recommended by Rom...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #277: Phase and motion by N-set on 2022-11-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Remedies the Beauty in Playback Listening  293 Replies 
Edgar, very very nice observations re the phase! Can you somehow share the movie? Shouldn't there be a second phase jump around Fs of the passive radiator? Have you tried combining sealed subs running parallel with Dannoys? I.e. ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Re: It depends by skushino on 2005-05-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: About moronity of DIY Audio movement. in Audio Discussions  8 Replies 
I think I get your message Romy, but offer an alternative perspective to DIY.The results depend on the motivation and expectations of the DIYer.  For example, saving $$$ is one reason to start learning to solder and build simple circuits.  ...
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