Romy The Cat's Home
Manifesto Copyright
Statistics Site Links
Site Map Surveys
Send Email to Romy the Cat
The site is back....!!!
Audio Knowledge Tree ™
Romy's "Audio Rules"
Audiophile Satire
Melquiades SET Amplifier
Macondo Acoustic System
End of Life Phonostage
Audio Demoronizator AD-1
My Exotic Audio Leftovers
My Playback System
» Polarity Tester – a must»
» The best audio system: m»
» How to train respect aud»
» Why I do not like La-hor»
» DeCompressor - Puncher P»
» Future of high-end audio
» DAW drives configuration»
» Getting more from MF cha»
» New speaker system
» The objectives of Einste»
» I have a dream, the drea»
» Always check power-line »
» New Horn Speaker Manufac»
» Drama vs. Chic
» Re-set Martha Argerich!
» Lavry vs Stahl -Tek
» Romy stalked me on the f»
» Analog: a reduction of s»
» Choice of Fireware Inter»
» Valve Technology Timeline
» Speakers: a hi-fi disast»
» Bartok piano works
» The “Melquiades” Sound -»
» My playback’s sound vs. »
» Commercial finished horn»
» It takes balls to shop (»
» Greek Arcadian Audio new»
» Records Box Stuffing
» Crossover or non-crossov»
» The BBC Proms 2009
» Listening playback with »
» Open cell foam in horns »
» A right midbass solution»
» Tell me about more about»
» Radio Stations Harmonize»
» The leather-suspended dr»
» New Barenboim’s Bruckner»
» Online Music Store in Eu»
Bookmarked are red
Wolds Opera Broadcasts
Seen and Heard
Toccata Classics
OperaGlass
Wiener Philharmoniker Di»
The Gustav Mahler Board
Heart's Ease
Female Composers Site
Pianist Yakov Kasman
Classical Collections
MusicStack
The Leonard Cohen Files
More Links »»
Romy the Cat's personal site dedicated to advanced audio and evolved music reproduction techniques

Posts Authors:  Listed only members with posts
 Posts Period :    to      Format: Year/Month/Date
Search Phrase:   
Search in Forum: 
Print Results per page:  Separate words by empty space
 

     Pages: 5, Posts: 138    Pages: 1 2 3 4 5 


Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #116: Some feedback on designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... might prove int... by floobydust on 2009-01-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps in Melquiades Amplifier  397 Replies 
 This thread has been pretty interesting overall. I've read most of it and would at least like to provide some feedback on the technical side of designing with the 45 and 2A3 DHTs... at least from my personal experience. A few years back I decid...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #68: Ideas by noviygera on 2016-03-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A listening room for a domesticated Cat? in Audio Discussions  283 Replies 
Maybe make a manifold and mount drivers vertically in push pull. No sagging, much less vibration. But I would not use fiberglass insulation behind the bass channel and remove any existing fiberglass in that area, replace with cotton/denim insulat...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #26: This was a short lived horn - Banned from the house by the wife by JLH on 2009-05-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The tapped horns: cons, pros and Sound in Horn-Loaded Speakers  57 Replies 
I have drawn up my 20Hz subwoofer horn in Google SketchUp 3D. This horn is more for home theater than for music. My smaller 40Hz loaded with B&C Speakers 8PE21’s is more musical and articulate. The 20Hz tapped horn is loaded with two Tang Ban...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: The name is the nameless speaker -Silbatone Acoustics. by Romy the Cat on 2011-01-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The CES's 2011 horns in Horn-Loaded Speakers  21 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] I wonder if any new interning horns ideas are present at CES. There is a post at the hi-fi-heroin site: http://hifiheroin.blogspot.com/2011/01/ces-preview-you-actually-want-to-see.html … that depicts a...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: It is about nuances, as usually. by Romy the Cat on 2015-07-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Tractrix Bass horn vs Spherical Wave Horn - Bass loading in Horn-Loaded Speakers  11 Replies 
[quote user="Blaukopf"] First, Romy describes his horns as spherical. Later he names them tractrix. Are some of the profiles of the spherical wave profile?  [/quote] Yes, they are spherical, wish means not rectangular. ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: The quest for insight by oxric on 2015-07-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Tractrix Bass horn vs Spherical Wave Horn - Bass loading in Horn-Loaded Speakers  11 Replies 
[quote user="Blaukopf"] Hi everybody, after reading RomytheCat's Macondo Setup I am very impressed ( phantastic music room ...) . Presently I have no working horns ( they are boxed), just questions. First, Romy describes his horns as spherical. La...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #28: Further though about the BSO files. by Romy the Cat on 2009-04-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The BSO and Digital Music. in Didital Things  44 Replies 
Doing some further thinking by my mind that has “little understanding about the technology” I would like to share another concern that for my little mind does make since. According to Mr. Donahue comments above playing the BSO files with a pos...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #47: Gryphon Trident 3way EAR 861 Amplifier AMR DP-777 CEC TL1 by Amir on 2019-07-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Any good sounding AES/EBU interfaces out there? in Didital Things  53 Replies 
[quote user="Wojtek"]In regular off the shelf hi-fi system , be it a total lack of LF in your speakers or the "pinch"  of dome tweeters or the midrange mud. Romy like all of us throws money on the problem and he usually chooses  well regarded and...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: SET is different to PP by Amir on 2019-09-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The low-power SET and dead speakers in Audio Discussions  3 Replies 
I have this table mine for Push pull Amplifier and average room size 30 square metre. if you have any idea please let me know The power is for less than 1% THD and around 8 ohm loudspeaker. ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #60: About the bug-screens by Romy the Cat on 2005-05-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vitavox’s S2 Survival Guide. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  123 Replies 
[quote user="rdrysdale"]Romy, I just got a Vitavox S2 into my shop today. I notice that it has a very heavy stainless screen on the front, do you leave the screen on when using the drivers? It looks like it restricts about 50% or more of the thr...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: You will see. by Romy the Cat on 2015-05-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Planning my DSET in Melquiades Amplifier  186 Replies 
[quote user="anthony"]My interest is mainly in the 10Y/801A/VT25 tubes on one hand and the 45 on the other hand.  The YO186 also interests me a lot especially after reading your impressions of it in your circuit and system, but it is a very diffic...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Part 2 – Description and explanation by Romy the Cat on 2009-11-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Getting more from MF channel: AMI™ solution in Horn-Loaded Speakers  4 Replies 
Part 2 – Description and explanation Anyone who have ears and a rudimental mind to understand what ears register, and anyone among them who played with MF channels driven by SET, know that subject of SET loading is imperative. Let take for...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #29: Re: Better among worst? by morricab on 2005-11-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Passive transformer based preamp in Audio Discussions  41 Replies 
Hi Thorsten, "I agree. I have to note that even in active preamp I/We (the we are friends from the London Live DIY Circle) tend to prefer TVC's over resistors." Hmmm....I guess I can't really see that unless you are enjoying a particular col...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #52: It is possible that the game might be on! by Romy the Cat on 2021-11-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Remedies the Beauty in Playback Listening  297 Replies 
 The last night I had truly alarming in experience. I visited Bill who had my original Dannoys and brought to him my SIT Yamaha B3 amplifier. He did kind of in the same directions that I did, disconnected his horns and was experimenting with Danno...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #67: Constraints ? What constraints ? by Kerry Brown on 2012-01-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Crossover Design in Audio Discussions  69 Replies 
Hi Scooter, Thanks for joining the discussion. My replies to your comments are below, please excuse the cut-n'paste. Thanks for taking the time to post more details on your set up and photos.  Yo...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #15: A long story about Phasure and the Placette by anthony on 2019-04-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Valve Preamplifier for Macondo/DSET in Melquiades Amplifier  74 Replies 
Romy, I will attempt to fill you in on some backstory. My Placette was purchased from a guy in France.  My dac is made in the Netherlands.  To an Australian that is just like next door.  I have a good and strong rel...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Tractrix Bass horn vs Spherical Wave Horn - Bass loading by Blaukopf on 2015-07-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Tractrix Bass horn vs Spherical Wave Horn - Bass loading in Horn-Loaded Speakers  11 Replies 
Hi everybody, after reading RomytheCat's Macondo Setup I am very impressed ( phantastic music room ...) . Presently I have no working horns ( they are boxed), just questions.  ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Single Ended Triode distortions.... by Romy the Cat on 2006-04-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Single Ended Triode distortions.... in Audio Discussions  0 Replies 
[quote user="guy sergeant"]The load lines are horrible. I can't imagine it gives a very accurate representation of what is fed into it. Maybe that's not what you are after.[/quote]It is not that I completely agree (or completely understand) the Eduar...
All context of this site except the Forum's posts Copyright © Roman Bessnow 2004-2024
All messages within the Site’s Forum Copyright © by authors of the posts
Last 24-hours posts:  0  
Total human visitors:  42,923,000  
   
      Search Site Forum
     Search Site via Google
 
Login:
Pass:
    Create a New Account
    Forgot your Account
AUG 1 Borromeo String Quar»
AUG 1 Cantos y Suspiros in»
AUG 1 Danish String Quarte»
AUG 2 Les Delices in Vario»
AUG 2 Borromeo String Quar»
AUG 2 Boston Pops in Lenox»
AUG 3 Boston Pops in Lenox»
AUG 4 Alan Gilbert, conduc»
lang lang: tiny desk (home)»
marin alsop on her swing or»
mahan esfahani: tiny desk c»
cellist lynn harrell has di»
npr music's top 14 albums o»
anthony davis wins pulitzer»
augustin hadelich: tiny des»
c.p.e. bach: mercurial dive»
classical music news - leo»
classical music news - aug»
is bach better on harp?»
julian bream, maestro of g»
a woman takes the podium a»
he wasn’t toscanini, but h»
9 things to do this weeken»
classical music news. diab»
another trump blunder»
from concerts to cartoons:»
classical music livestream»
how to diversify orchestra»
ethel smyth, a composer lo»
classical music attracts o»
‘the lost pianos of siberi»
5 minutes that will make y»
it’s (almost) business as »
the lost pianos of siberia»
leon fleisher, 92, dies; s»
leon fleisher, 92, dies; s»
classical music news. augu»
opera goes on in salzburg,»
More Music News »»
Monteverdi, Claudio (15 Ma»
Zelter, Karl Friedrich (11»
Montemezzi, Italo (31 May »
Larsson, Lars Erik (15 May»
Constant, Marius (7 Februa»
Fowler, Tommy (15 May 1948»
Musatex’s Bidat Model "»
CEC TL-0 MK2 transport
Lamm ML-2 Single-Ended »
Ortofon Mono CG 25 Di c»
Stage Acompany SA8535 d»
Rohde & Schwarz MSDC Mu»
Purist Audio Design Pro»
ESS AMT-1A Heil Air Mot»
Vitavox S2/S3 diaphragms
Purist Audio Design Pro»
Vitavox 330Hz Horn for »
More Leftovers »»