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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Reading about Malquiades amplifer and the DSET concept: check ! by devo_yan on 2018-05-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 250 watts Parallel S.E. advises in Audio Discussions  13 Replies 
I already have some PY500 (it's a sign =))) ) and I have 836 too.I read about Malquiade amplifier threads.So it seem peoples on this forum like horn speakers (I love them too) and are looking for fast transient response, it's exactly what I like.But ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Making sense of no sense by Paul S on 2007-03-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Another light for the LS tunnel: transformer-attenuators? in Audio Discussions  26 Replies 
Like I said, musical bass via the TAP does not thin out at all before my BR bins roll it off; but that's as much as I can say at this point.  And (against conventional logic) the TAP certainly does much better bass than any active LS I...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: It would be more demanding… by Romy the Cat on 2007-03-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Another light for the LS tunnel: transformer-attenuators? in Audio Discussions  26 Replies 
Well, I do not know what this conversation is all about. Anyhow, one point I would like to make – try to plug it into the context of the thread. It is very simple to run Sheffield’s Leinsdorf "Valkerie" and to “like” bass and dynamics. The REAL reall...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Building the Zarathustra II by nautilus981 on 2010-04-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Building “Zarathustra II” amplifier in Audio Discussions  8 Replies 
Hello, would it be possible for us to see the diagrams and schematics behind the Zarathustra II in the same spirit as the Melquiades was conceived, noting that the best of ideas are formed with the purest of sentiments?[quote]It is Dima’s and my stro...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #21: ...comparing of different RIAA methods. by Romy the Cat on 2009-10-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The LCR RIAA correctors in Analog Playback  57 Replies 
[quote user="perrew"]Romy,one thing that interest me is you use an active RIAA and the Allnic is passive circuit if I understood things?[/quote] Perrew, Among the none-commercial, home-made correctors here is my evolution of phonostages. ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: The misery of passive crossovers on bass channels by Romy the Cat on 2007-12-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The European Triode Festival’s horns in Horn-Loaded Speakers  57 Replies 
Paul, l I have written about it somewhere: the passive speaker-level crossovers on bass channels are no good. Marko has 250Hz that with 3rd order would be around 10mH and 2mH. With air core then would be very large coils with huge amount of DCR – ver...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #243: The focus of recreating the accidental success by Edgar= on 2022-10-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Remedies the Beauty in Playback Listening  293 Replies 
Hy Paul, I agree with your comment about the tone of the passive radiator if it runs to the mid range. This is the point of the SS8565. the combo of the crazy stiff cone and the special surround works phenomenally well to stay linear. It is even bett...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #32: Re: Better among worst? 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="morricab"]Hmmm....I guess I can't really see that unless you are enjoying a particular coloration you are getting from the TVC.[/quote] Nope. On this you are wrong. Based on direct bypass tests the TVC's I USE (that is the specif...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #45: Romy don't get so worked up dude by Kerry Brown on 2011-12-31 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Crossover Design in Audio Discussions  69 Replies 
Hi Romy,Always nice to correspond with you, thanks for your comments.I used the term 'sophisticated' literally: so - phis - ti - cat - ed Adjective: 1. ( of a machine, system, or technique ) Developed to a high degree of complexity.As do you, I prefe...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #253: More on PR by N-set on 2022-10-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Remedies the Beauty in Playback Listening  293 Replies 
Thank you Rowuk for the explanations. [quote user="rowuk"]The Tannoy driver moves at 32 Hz, the passive radiator can only move at its tuned frequency - 30 Hz. [/quote] I understand what you are trying to say,...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #79: Dannoy by Bill on 2021-11-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Remedies the Beauty in Playback Listening  293 Replies 
These are Romy's original boxes and scanspeak used as passive radiator. I have purchased 10 inch tannoy reds with their crossovers to replace Romy's which I have given back to him. My Trinnov is doing a 24 dB Linkowitz Reilly crossover at 80 Hz. To m...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #18: OK, it is something. by Romy the Cat on 2010-10-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s lowest channel. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  150 Replies 
I guess I have found a more or less usable new configuration for ULF channel. It is 28Hz, second order, with slightly raised ULF on the transition slope. It sounds quite good. Well, I am not supposed to say this. It doesn’t sound good but it sound pr...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #36: GOTO SG505TT + S150 horn by MINGSU on 2008-02-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Eventually - a reasonable midbass horn from GOTO in Horn-Loaded Speakers  97 Replies 
    SG505TT + S150 horn crossover at 180 Hz is not recommended by GOTO.  The SG505TT driver is not recommended to use with single throat S150 horn.  Double SG505TT driver is recommended to use with single throat S150 horn.&nb...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: eversts by coops on 2007-06-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A new beast from JBL: Everest DD66000 in Horn-Loaded Speakers  4 Replies 
I heard the Everests recently at the Munich Hi End show, unfortunately they were being used in an active vs passive display/dem , you could tell when the Everests were playing as the active speakers had a sound like an inflated balloon being rubbed w...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #47: I knew who you are talking about by MINGSU on 2008-11-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: ... again on GOTO Unit drivers... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  108 Replies 
Mr. GOTO is a very shy person and does not want to force his view to others.  But when asked, he always gives his best answer from his experience.  When his customers want to try something different from his recommendation, he will encourag...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #39: Re: Better among worst? by Thorsten on 2005-11-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Passive transformer based preamp in Audio Discussions  41 Replies 
Hi,[quote user="morricab"]You may be right.  It would perhaps be worthwhile to look into "better" transformers but I am not sure that an advantage can be found over just going RCA to XLR adaptor into the balanced inputs and thereby bypassing the...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Shag carpet and not even any cable elevators! by JJ Triode on 2015-01-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The ultimate worst best things in audio. in Audio Discussions  8 Replies 
Seriously, those rear firing woofers (with bass reflex, driven by SET and only internal passive speaker covers) could be one point worth ridicule.  The length of the cables, and size and probable acoustic deadness of the room, might be others.  There...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #16: The Other Parts by Paul S on 2018-08-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The ULF cannel for my new listening room. in Audio Discussions  43 Replies 
Is it too soon to talk about amps and X/Os, line or speaker level, active or passive, etc?  If nothing else, it might save years to use a "board" to establish profiles, especially since the speaker positions will be fixed, and there are (almost) alwa...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Could someone recommend a reasonably priced pot. by Edgar= on 2021-02-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Could someone recommend a reasonably priced pot. in Audio Discussions  4 Replies 
Im building a passive mixer, so will need a few.I'd appreciate a leg up. I'm not interested in splitting hairs on the 1% difference between the best pots out there. More looking for recommendations on what is good in the 80% realm. As in a decent pot...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #93: The amplifier's power supply by Paul S on 2007-12-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
Peter, I wish I had more confidence in the amp's power supply as significant proof against the full range of AC power nasties.  In fact, I have long had the sense that there is such a thing as "over-regulation" where hi-fi power suppli...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #184: Not quite analogous by Markus on 2009-07-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s MiniMe or about Pilot Acoustic Systems in Audio Discussions  213 Replies 
Th fabric adds resistance to the tuning, so the tuning of your bottle changes. And if that's the effect you're seeking, I fail to see how the passive radiator will achieve that. You could introduce some resistance in your port, but that would again c...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #51: New by Purite Audio on 2013-05-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Living Voice Loudspeaker in Audio News  80 Replies 
I heard the new or at least new to me Accapellas in the Marriott, ( the DeLuxe show which is a spin off) I thought they were pretty good, plasma tweeter,cone driver and mid horn and a passive bass which was sealed?I think they used to use active bass...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: The Henry’s Grande Castine by Romy the Cat on 2007-12-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The European Triode Festival’s horns in Horn-Loaded Speakers  57 Replies 
[quote user="Marc HENRY"] For this Musique-Concrete horn system called "Grande Castine" (it was developped in Saint Cast Le Guildo, Britanny, France, from were females inhabitants are called "Castines" ) i prefered a modified 60Hz Le Cleac'h cylindri...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #33: LCR active vs. RC passive by perrew on 2009-11-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The LCR RIAA correctors in Analog Playback  57 Replies 
Romy,what I meant was why choose LCR active over a RC RIAA passive EQ?Is there a logical explanation for this or does it just sound better in your experience?/P...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: Minimalist after dac chip approach by mark on 2008-03-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: DA architecture: True Multibit vs. anything else. in Didital Things  17 Replies 
the 47 labs progression dac uses just a few passive components after the multibit dac chip and with the flatfish transport produces excellant bass and rhythm.i think that results will vary depending on the individual dac chip architecture and how it ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #37: Re: Potential for Upgrade by guy sergeant on 2004-12-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Where are our good phonostages? in Analog Playback  61 Replies 
It's polishing a turd though isn't it? I listened to the 834 quite a bit when it came out and thought it sounded poor, even for the price. imho, The circuit's just bad. If you do all that to it it isn't really an 834 anyway. I used to work for a valv...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #40: Tiny Dancer by Paul S on 2009-11-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The LCR RIAA correctors in Analog Playback  57 Replies 
Who has had success with active amplification of very low level signals (like LO MC output), apart from Boulder 2008 and super-expensive lab-type equipment?It seems like the safest path (that's still reasonably affordable) for LO MC lift-off is a (pa...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #18: HF by Merlin on 2007-03-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Ridiculous Japa-Brazilian horn. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  54 Replies 
One thing that is unclear is the mid/HF crossover. Is there more information?Is the system triamped with S15's or biamped with 2 x S30 and S15? You say the crossover is at 15khz yet the UT-045be has a built in switchable passive crossover which ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Yes but how to do it by unicon on 2010-12-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: I have a dream, the dream about DPDP, just another abbreviat... in Audio Discussions  1 Replies 
YE!Weeks ago I had a long thinking about it and posted the subject : primitive steps for standard soundI was thinking that  how can we shape a standard idea to cover a primitive sound and how to standardize it .Well said romy we need these fields to ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: More sense by noviygera on 2012-03-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Sound of line level filters in Audio Discussions  4 Replies 
>>Gera, are you catapulted from another planet? Are you sure that you want to drive a mid horn with Rowland amp? Romy, some people that know me will say "yes", I am not sure... Of course no, not the Rowland to drive my horns, this is the amp ...
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