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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Kilimanjaro's RCA by Romy the Cat on 2010-08-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The African compression electromagnet drivers? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  42 Replies 
In fact I posted a question to Wolf and he replied that he can produce the coil of any voltage the customer would like to have. That is good. The below is data by Wolf von Langa: MI-1428 - original version of the RCA 1428 - especially made for...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Useful findings. by noviygera on 2010-10-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Midbass impedance bumps -- why and what to do? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  18 Replies 
Romy,Thank you again for a helpful reply. Your comments are very appreciated inspite of not suggesting what to do. I will figure that out myself. And here is what I've learned so far:>> Herman, if you use Precision Devices hen you are at mid-hi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #26: More Info by Dave_at_BW_Broadcast on 2010-07-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Where are our good Tuners? in Off Air Audio  43 Replies 
Thanks, DaveWhat kind front-end your tuner has?Romy, probably best I point you to a datasheet as it contains more information than I could fit in my reply :Dhttp://www.nxp.com/documents/data_sheet/TEF6730A.pdfAny further information about the tuner f...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #21: Do your own experiments. by Romy the Cat on 2011-09-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Constructing LF modules to the limits in Audio Discussions  54 Replies 
[quote user="oxric"] I have always felt that if I went for a vertical array of 10" drivers, I would keep the drivers closer spaced than you do in your 'Dunlavy' made enclosure. Based on the 110" height of the tower, I see that you would be doing this...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: Turning the constraints of space into a virtue by Romy the Cat on 2014-03-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Small spaces in Audio Discussions  13 Replies 
[quote user="decoud"]So the ambition is low, and I am after a simple solution prioritizing these things, but the question of general interest is whether anyone has found an elegant way of turning the constraints of space into a virtue [/quote] We...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #14: RH Amplifiers and superfluous acrobatics. by Romy the Cat on 2014-12-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: SET amplifiers in Audio Discussions  30 Replies 
[quote user="noviygera"]anyone familiar with the sound of this amplifier RH-307a?[/quote] The RH Amplifiers is a snippety subject. For what they meant to be they are reasonable design avoiding large cap in feedback and in particularly of you have ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1722: "Ground" vs. "Ground" by Paul S on 2020-11-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
On any USA electrical wiring system, ALL circuits are referenced to and mechanically connected directly to a common ground at all times via the "neutral" wire, which ultimately connects to the grounded bus in the service box. And all UL electronics a...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #15: The Wilson Bass: the reasons. by Romy the Cat on 2009-03-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: About Wilson Audio Loudspeakers in Audio Discussions  53 Replies 
Actually is not mystery but juts economics. BTW, the large Wilsons are I believe are not juts ported but so called fourth order design. With a sealed enclosure of the identical size the Grand Slam / Alexandria would go in Stereophile category of spea...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #336: Type 45... they're not all the same by floobydust on 2009-06-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps in Melquiades Amplifier  397 Replies 
 Romy, I have a very large collection of 45 triodes.... many brands and varying internal construction. From my humble viewpoint, here's some personal findings on the various types:- Globe 45 tubes... these are the earliest, mostly from RCA. There are...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: The better Russian tubes and 120W SET - might be fan. by Romy the Cat on 2009-05-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: More power from Melquiades? More powerful tube? in Melquiades Amplifier  19 Replies 
Nope, the Russian tubes generally much, in fact much worse than western equivalents. There were however some exceptions. Those options were due to various reasons. The tubes like GM70, YO186, 1P24B, 6E5P, 6N30P, BO188, GM57, UB180, 6C33C, 6N6P, M...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #31: WE437 phono stage gain by Thomas Mayer on 2009-11-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The LCR RIAA correctors in Analog Playback  57 Replies 
Hi! Stefano just made me aware about this forum, so I registered. Interesting thread about LCR RIAAs, one of my favorite topics :-)   About the gain of the WE437 phono: Since Stefano wants to use external MC step ups, I designed the phon...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #22: Mangerhorn by Joe Roberts on 2010-05-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Munich High End 2010 in Horn-Loaded Speakers  39 Replies 
Moreart, somebody sent me this link last year. You are surely the DIY pioneer of back loaded Manger.As you probably know this is a touchy speaker to work with. Rated at 91 dB/W input by the factory, we measure ~91 up to near 92 dB/1W/1m in our two mo...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #156: Balancing act; Act II by jessie.dazzle on 2010-01-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Jessie Dazzle Project in Horn-Loaded Speakers  172 Replies 
First: Anyone with a pair of 8 Ohm Fane Studio 8Ms for sale may contact me (contact info available by clicking on my user name in the blue column on the left of the page).In answer to Romy's comments: I agree that there is a deterioration in sound qu...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #195: APS Purepower 2000: Sound #5 by Romy the Cat on 2008-12-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
Upper range effect is amassing, though not much different then with other regenerators. With PS Audio’s Power Plant the compression at MF-HF is also reduced or eliminated and that ugly heavy dense pressure blanket got lifted. The Power Plant while do...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: NAT Audio Magna -160 Watts of Single-Ended Class A by Romy the Cat on 2007-11-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: NAT Audio Magna -160 Watts of Single-Ended Class A in Audio Discussions  5 Replies 
I have to admit that I personally care less about powerful full-range SET amplifiers. I do not take their sound seriously, in fact I do not believe they are cable to do “right full-range sound” and what I see then I always imagine them with huge, bar...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #74: Honesty, it sounds like fantasies to me… by Romy the Cat on 2007-09-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Initial thoughts about new/old Lamm ML2s in Audio Discussions  215 Replies 
[quote user="Paul S"]Some time ago Romy threw me a fish in the form of two numbers, 280 and 185, meaning mV and V, respectivly, and I finally got around to chowing down.  I was getting annoyed with the sound this morning to the extent that I bus...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #44: The Lamm ML4 and the 7-points by Romy the Cat on 2007-10-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Lamm Industries: a special interview with a special company in Audio News  97 Replies 
Yesterday I got two emails asking me about Lamm ML3. I replied as I usually do, saying that I that I do not practice in satisfaction in audio-consumer curiosity.  Still, it made me to think again about a hypothetic amp around GM-70.I am not a fa...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #13: Leaving in the hart of the Beans City by Romy the Cat on 2007-05-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
[quote user="RF at Ona"]Reading about the sensitivity of your system to electrical power supply problems reminds me of the days when I used to make my own equipment as much for the learning experience as for the final result.One of the mundane things...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: 110dB, some kind ribbon…. by Romy the Cat on 2006-10-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Tweeter for Vitavox S2. High-sensitively ribbons? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  64 Replies 
I emailed to Bo and he said that they can't provide individual units. There is another interesting drier out there. It is RBN180 18” toll ribbon with reported sensitivity of 110dB http://www.alconsaudio.com/site/technology.html I never heard it and...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #28: ML3 : Should it have been a pair of speakers ? by jessie.dazzle on 2007-01-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Lamm Industries: a special interview with a special company in Audio News  97 Replies 
I know Lamm is not in the business of making speakers, but from my point of view, they are missing more than just one opportunity here. Rather than addressing the lack of excellent, high sensitivity speakers by offering a more powerful amp, would...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: These are beautiful indicators... by Gregm on 2007-02-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: SET and speakers: disregard Volume in Audio For Dummies ™  4 Replies 
If I may add, from experience, following and including Romy's post above:1) In cases of established incompatibility with a average power SET, more output energy (55W), will not completely clear the above 2) and esp. make 3) less "muddy" or ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Myth? perhaps... by Romy the Cat on 2005-12-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Myth: High-efficiency Low-power in Horn-Loaded Speakers  12 Replies 
Myth, perhaps but let look what might actually the myth migh be. There is nothing “on a paper” that presumes a good sound. 109dB sensitivity is not automatically means anything and a 300B SET is not a definition of some kind of abstractive quality. I...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: How to evaluate playback... or the Six-Leveled-Listening Benefits™ by Romy the Cat on 2004-06-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to evaluate playback... or the Six-Leveled-Listening Ben... in Playback Listening  3 Replies 
A few year back a Russian audiologist A. Likhnitsky’s published a book “Sound Quality: New approach to testing of the home audio equipment”.  (P&K, 1998) The book has many positive moments and altogether it was a wonderful attempt to bring i...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Some Horns propaganda by Romy the Cat on 2004-07-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Some Horns propaganda in Horn-Loaded Speakers  4 Replies 
This is an article from Thomas Dunker's site (available in my Links Section) and presumably written by him. Although I slightly disagree with some of the statements he made about the horns “imaging”  and some others but generally it is very good...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #25: Re: Better among worst? by morricab on 2005-11-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Passive transformer based preamp in Audio Discussions  41 Replies 
Hi, Thanks for the info about transformers.  It is as I expected, however, that these passive devices are not passive sonically at all. I agree with you that the higher quality of the transformers should lessen the effects I noted (if not elimi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #14: Re: I've read them by Bud on 2005-07-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It is possible to eliminate some forms of gross side band di... in Audio For Dummies ™  22 Replies 
Antonio,You should expect to hear just the music. In explaining the effect of this process in words, I am in a simmilar position to Romy with his Melquiades amplifiers.Most speakers sound just fine, to those who are used to them. We have, in our sens...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: 10" Bass drivers dairy note. by Romy the Cat on 2005-08-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Bass drivers inquiry in Audio Discussions  10 Replies 
Well, the game with a “better” 10" bass driver is over. After years of mind looking for the 10” light-coned, papered 20Hz drivers with higher sensitivity and after a month of quite active searching for such a driver I concluded that such a driver jut...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: Re: Particular Reasons for 10" Preference? by Romy the Cat on 2005-08-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Bass drivers inquiry in Audio Discussions  10 Replies 
[quote user="Chirag"]Outside of the already constructed bass towers, is there a reason you are looking exclusively for 10" drivers?  I have heard a pair of stacked 15" Lambda's on each side supplementing/providing bass to lower midbass under som...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: LF Amplifier in biamping. by Romy the Cat on 2005-08-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: LF Amplifier in biamping. in Audio For Dummies ™  10 Replies 
If you are an adherent to single-ended amplifiers and high-efficiency loudspeakers then undoubtedly you came across to the thought what to do with LF sections and how to drive them. The high sensitivity at LF comes only along with the non-resolvable ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #31: Re: ribbons/electrostats.... by Romy the Cat on 2005-11-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Passive transformer based preamp in Audio Discussions  41 Replies 
[quote user="morricab"]Well Romy, IMO they are not just tonally different they are more tonally correct, ie. they simply have less coloration than other technologies.  Just listen to a recording sometime made with a ribbon microphone and you wil...
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