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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #13: Taking neutral when/where one can get it by Paul S on 2007-04-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: About the Audio Neutrality. in Playback Listening  12 Replies 
The TAP TVC does happen support a fully balanced topology, for whatever that's worth.  I have not discovered anything difinitive about this for myself, however.  I can say that I do not consider the unit's situational neutrality as anything...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: GOTO at CAF 2010 and will also be there again in CAF 2011 by MINGSU on 2011-02-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: New show in US, some new horns... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  2 Replies 
That was the 4 way system designed by John Sheerin using GOTO drivers on my request.  The tweeter is GOTO 160 with S3000 horn xover at 5kHz.  The high mid is GOTO SG370DX with S600 horn xover at 1kHz-5kHz.  The low mid is GOTO 505TT with S150 hor...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #788: The Black Gates effect on PP2000 by Romy the Cat on 2011-03-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
[quote user="Lx_"] Well, this is consistent with the behavior I have. I can hear electrical devices behind the PP, especially those of the switching PS type: computer screen, laptop charger, DSL box, printer, SAT decoder... Good luck finding electron...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #108: It is not so elementary, Mr Watson.... by Romy the Cat on 2021-10-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo's Axioms: Horn-loaded acoustic systems in Horn-Loaded Speakers  120 Replies 
+++ Tannoy-style ("Laid Back"): dampen the distortion relative to the music; these listeners can tolerate less distortion, but also need less of the musical signal to be satisfied.I wish I would agree was that what I'm hearing from Dunnoy I might ful...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #18: Higher power cpu by Amir on 2017-03-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Why I hate computer playback. in Didital Things  17 Replies 
[quote user="manisandher"] Amir wrote:Please share more information about your PC.Amir, I have two PCs for purely audio purposes - one for my main listening room and one for my home office. The former was built commercially by Phasure (http://www.pha...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #70: Surprise ? maybe, but I kinda doubt it by Kerry Brown on 2012-01-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Crossover Design in Audio Discussions  69 Replies 
Jorge, I know what you mean about horns, Living Presence. I love what my horns do. Palpability. Solidity. In an invisible sort of way. I have two Ampex 300s downstair...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Preamplifiers: keys to mystery. (Lamm L1, L2) by Romy the Cat on 2004-11-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Preamplifiers: keys to mystery. (Lamm L1, L2) in Audio Discussions  2 Replies 
Preamplifiers: keys to mystery – or…. how a preamp might be not only a load-driving gadget. Years after years the preamplifiers are being a “terra incognito” of audio people. I admit that preamps are a subject of my persistent curiosity. I was alway...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #68: The wickedness of ‘smart’ TT’s power supplies by Romy the Cat on 2008-06-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Ultimate Turntable in Analog Playback  220 Replies 
[quote user="Paul Costa"]Aparently the new powersupply for the motor makes it sound even better, but I have not heard it or the three motor.  I would like to hear the three motor but really do not have any interest in owning it.  Much debat...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #375: More thoughts about the RSA or the difference between hairy, harry and... by Romy the Cat on 2009-07-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
What picked my curiosity and what I found very interesting is to learn if the Running Springs Audio (RSA) flaks own any truly dymick/harmonics not screwing filtration know-how. If it so then it would be VERY interesting to merge with APS does wit...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: filament supplies by guy sergeant on 2007-02-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: DHT driver & input in Melquiades Amplifier  25 Replies 
I made a simple SE amplifier using the 6B4G for a friend. Initially, it was ac heated and sounded fluid & lively with a very agreeable gentle quality particularly with strings and woodwind. But, however I arranged the ac supply & hum bucking methods ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #78: Goto 505TT user right here. by Kcct82 on 2011-06-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Eventually - a reasonable midbass horn from GOTO in Horn-Loaded Speakers  97 Replies 
[quote user="MINGSU"]I think most of reader get my point of the car examples.  The main point is to follow the manufacture recommendation on how to use the driver.  Of course, if you want to do something different, that is your choice but don't come ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Minusk: a new Vibraplan? by Romy the Cat on 2007-07-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Minusk: a new Vibraplan? in Audio Discussions  8 Replies 
Interesting… I was under suspicion that only Vibraplan allows LF decoupling but here is another California company the offers an alternative solution. http://www.minusk.com/ The Vibraplans did work fine and the principle was very simple, I read wha...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: The possibilities are truly endless. by Romy the Cat on 2012-06-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: LF Amplifier in biamping. in Audio For Dummies ™  10 Replies 
[quote user="Teflon"]If I understand you, your amplifier uses line level frequency selection at the input to each channel, and the output of each channel is optimized for the frequency range of interest -you worry not about the performance of a chann...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Audio Demoronisator AD-2? Why not? by Romy the Cat on 2010-06-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: New Sonus Faber in Audio News  1 Replies 
Yes, it is true – it looks like a move toward my Audio Demoronisator http://www.goodsoundclub.com/Commerce/AD1.aspx However, I would like to see what and how Fenice does what it does. This new paper MF driver looks interesting. I ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Destilled whale sperm or not by Wojtek on 2015-06-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: T.H.E. Show, Newport, 2015 in Audio News  14 Replies 
[quote user="Paul S"]Audio Note: This room had THE least problematic sound at the show, better tone and more Music. System was not stressed by classical music as they played it, with a “perspective” that +/- “compensated” for the relative “lack of ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Making it sing... by skushino on 2005-07-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Making it sing... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  8 Replies 
All-I'm optimizing new speakers, but the deep subject matter is a little new to me.  Will this work?Using a pair of Welborne Labs DRD300B SET amps (tapped 8ohms) with a 3-way passive crossover to integrate these drivers.  Here is ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #746: Little more information ... by joaco on 2011-01-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
[quote user="Paul S"]Joaco, all this will probably be moved back to the "Electricity" thread, which is not really an APS Forum, as it has appeared for a while, now. Paul[/quote]Yes , I made a mistake ... it will be much better in the Electricity thr...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #16: The good Cessaros.... by Romy the Cat on 2007-03-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The most promising “best” commercial speaker in Horn-Loaded Speakers  192 Replies 
[quote user="coops"]Yes primarily i viseted Thomas to compare tonearms, he has a couple of Schroeders, the new graham Phantom ( mark III ) a vintage Ortofon amongst others. and he has a fine collection of cartridges, as I mentioned he is a very nice ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #29: Sealed, Ported, and Less-than-Ported Summer Listening by Lbjefferies7 on 2008-09-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s MiniMe or about Pilot Acoustic Systems in Audio Discussions  213 Replies 
For the sake of helpfullness, I think that we may separate the differences of the ported speaker designs of myself and Petar.  What I have described is the standard, pedistrian model of a vented speaker.  Petar's is a hybrid aperiodic-...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Cessaro speakers and some other tidbits by morricab on 2007-06-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: My feelings about new exciting audio products in Audio Discussions  25 Replies 
Hi Romy, I recently heard the smallest Cessaro and while I felt that the bass was not adequate for long term satisfaction it was also not a total disaster.  From the midbass on up; however, the speaker is simply superb and one of the very best h...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1300: QK1 or better integrate LCR directly into your grid to audio link by Goetz on 2014-05-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
What I assumed initially is written on the Nordost page. "The QKOIL QK1 is a load resonating coil (LRC) which generates a passive electronic field that has a beneficial sonic effect on the AC current." ... as we should do in loudspeaker crossover...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #228: Experience with Dannoy by Edgar= on 2022-10-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Remedies the Beauty in Playback Listening  293 Replies 
Howdy all,I have been playing with the Dunnoy concept since Romy discovered it and I agree that it is a very good improvement for Tannoy bass.Dunnoy with reverb injection is a phenomenal experience. I have gold drivers not red but I tried both 10s an...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #241: To answer your question by N-set on 2022-10-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Remedies the Beauty in Playback Listening  293 Replies 
[quote user="Paul S"]It seems from following these threads that no one so far has been content to stay focused on recreating the accidental success of the original Dunnoy/Dannoy. Is this because no one can actually recreate the original, or is it bec...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #105: A valid observation, rowuk. by Romy the Cat on 2021-11-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Remedies the Beauty in Playback Listening  293 Replies 
[quote user="rowuk"]In Macondo/Melquiades thinking, random process means random result - and that is exactly what happened with Dunnoy. A random driver was placed in a random cabinet with a random passive radiator and random cabinet damping. All subs...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #31: History of phono stage by drdna on 2008-12-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: About EAR 834P Modifications in Analog Playback  45 Replies 
[quote user="Paul S"]Adrian, I wonder how you wound up with the never-mentioned FET 10? I prefer it to the EAR 834 I heard. Is this another case where it's full of old caps? I would not be at all surprised if futzing with those caps might yield as ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #12: One note devise. by Romy the Cat on 2012-07-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The 5-ways from Germany. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  38 Replies 
[quote user="rowuk"]Brass instruments function much differently than audio horns. First of all they are built extremely resonant by mismatching length and horn taper. The taper of the bell is there not for horn type efficiency, rather to change the a...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Audio or porn? by twogoodears on 2008-08-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: ... again on GOTO Unit drivers... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  108 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] Yep, Stefano, it looks like we do have similar views about the subjects we touched. Let go back to exploring one of the terra incognito of compression driver – the sound of Goto. The reason I ask is because no one talk a...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #26: Some afterthoughts about the ESD Acoustic horn speakers. by Romy the Cat on 2018-05-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: New superlative horn build - ESD acoustic in Horn-Loaded Speakers  92 Replies 
Well, I do not like the ESD debut. It was not well though and not well executed. The sound that they demonstrated is kind of less relevant. Sound look like was nothing interesting to say the last, sorry it is too obvious at the video clip above in...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: I would agree that, while equipment abounds, musical software topples ... by Gregm on 2006-09-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Ways to use audio methods. in Playback Listening  10 Replies 
I think the sorry state of the music industry (s/ware, sound) is primarily due to:a) the trend toward audioVISUAL and the ensuing market for productsb) how people listen to musicA) I believe this is self-explanatory; the bulk of the market invests in...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #40: The crisis of perception. by Romy the Cat on 2010-11-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s lowest channel. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  150 Replies 
I pretty much know what I need to do – I need to go for shaper filter built in my power amp. The second order I have no is too impactful to midbass, so I need to do for 2th order or perhaps for 4th and try to integrate it.  Whatever it will be I thin...
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