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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #996: More about PP radiation. by Romy the Cat on 2011-12-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
[quote user="steverino"] Romy said "When I had my magnetic and EMI probes running with open PP2000 cover then the probes showed me that I was in the middle of Chernobyl Black Forest. I think the PP3000  even more poisoning..." Now I begin to u...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #15: Lead Foot by Paul S on 2013-07-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Mastodont DIY Rack: Wall Mount? in Audio Discussions  68 Replies 
Here is an idea from Walker Audio that actually makes some sense in some cases:http://walkeraudio.com/?product=valid-points-resonance-control-kitTo be sure you understand, I am NOT suggesting you spend anywhere near 625USD for something like this.  R...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #19: DIY Vibraplane clone by N-set on 2013-11-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Mastodont DIY Rack: Wall Mount? in Audio Discussions  68 Replies 
Here is a little update on my DIY suspended rack.The top TT table is made and preliminary tested for lekages.This is basically a 1,4m x 0,7m DIY Vibraplane clone. The steel profile is now filled with perlite. I feel it damps worse than sand+steel sho...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #62: More logic by decoud on 2013-12-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Mastodont DIY Rack: Wall Mount? in Audio Discussions  68 Replies 
N-Set, I do not claim to add to the facts you have already comprehensively given, I am merely asking about the logic, and I do not suggest to have a definitive answer, hence my ending with a question. I can see three reasons why other people use spik...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: My 2 Hz are better than your 2 Hz by Stitch on 2009-12-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Is better than Kinetic Systems’ Vibraplane? in Analog Playback  3 Replies 
There are a few manufacturers out there, Minus-K, Halcyonics, Vibraplane...The Vibraplane is a good unit for the money, I have no problems with it and it does the job the way it should.Those Vibration units work different from construction and are ve...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Re: Commercial Air Blower Ionizer by Romy the Cat on 2004-06-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Commercial Air Blower Ionizer in Analog Playback  17 Replies 
Michael, yes, certainly it does. You see, we all know how much fun to fight with static. The static exists not only on the records or sleeves but also on the TT and everywhere else, no mated how good it all grounded. The typical antistatic tools, lik...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #103: Squeezing the Drop Part II by Stitch on 2013-01-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Ultimate Turntable in Analog Playback  220 Replies 
Got an interesting message from someone who got an invitation to listen to a ClearAudio Statement Turntable ($165.000,--). He was interested to buy it from the owner. He brought a Sutherland Timeline for Speed Test and it was a Disaster. Totally out ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #66: I could not believe how I lived without the tape loop. by Romy the Cat on 2009-11-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Pacific Microsonics Model 2 in Didital Things  85 Replies 
Using the AD/DA and employing those Dominus cables I could not believe lived without the tape loop.  Plugging Pacific into the loop I in fact save one spare cable and got assurance that I would never will move/plug/unplug my AD anymore. I feel like w...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #48: Last words on foam and other updates by kodomo on 2016-09-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Designing and building a 5 channel horn loaded (looking for ... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  73 Replies 
After trying these reticulated foams for some time now, I ended up with using them only on the JMLC 1400 with the Radian 475 beryllium drivers. I had a smallish bump about where it worked. It flattened out and the sound changed a little. It sounded a...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #166: From Maquette to Full Scale by Paul S on 2010-07-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s Midbass Project – the grown up time. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  455 Replies 
Romy, is it a goal to make the horn strong enough to raise one end or turn it without having it fall apart from its own weight?From your earlier descriptions, I expected to see at least one continuous piece of plywood bridging the full length of the ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #81: I wish that was the case... 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 
Hi Romy, I've confirmed through Goto's Japanese dealer that a drop between 200-400hz is normal for 505TT, their suggestion was to double up on drivers or buy the more expensive versions... Looking at the measurements the 505TT is good for 400-1800...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #450: Racks and things by JJ Triode on 2015-04-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Romy The Cat's new Listening Room in Audio Discussions  478 Replies 
I'm not sure if the Salamander-style rack (wooden shelves supported by nuts and washers on threaded rods) will support 800 pounds, but if you put heavier items near the bottom then a wide heavy-duty version might be fine.  Besides Salamander, some ot...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: The new D/A Treasury? by Romy the Cat on 2008-04-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Lavry Gold DA924 ++ in Didital Things  25 Replies 
A week passed since I updated my Lavry-924, what a sound! If before the DA924 was just the most advanced and the most interestingly designed multibit with excellent sound then now it is becoming the most advanced and the most interestingly sounding D...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #444: I need to build something custom by Romy the Cat on 2015-04-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Romy The Cat's new Listening Room in Audio Discussions  478 Replies 
[quote user="tuga"]Have you considered "fencing" your equipment bay? Such a baby-proof fence might actually be made to look nice (more so in a large room such as yours) and you wouldn't have to reposition all your equipment and cables...again.[/q...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #17: Mastorack cont. by N-set on 2013-07-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Mastodont DIY Rack: Wall Mount? in Audio Discussions  68 Replies 
Paul, as you write the pendulum effect is unfortnately unavoidable if one wants the levelingfreedome of spikes, so I try to live with that. I looked at Walker...tjaa....$1750 for a record clamp...I also saw how he works on his suspension (look at my ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: The first take on the new room. by Romy the Cat on 2010-04-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Romy The Cat's new Listening Room in Audio Discussions  478 Replies 
This weekend I was unpacking. I had a change to give to my new listening room a first early run. I was re-strategizing how the room will be setup and moved equipment in the room. My initial planning was fine and the equipment was fitting in the room ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #12: Disagree . . . by scooter on 2012-03-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to make money in Audio in Playback Listening  19 Replies 
I "get" the attraction in selling a few Milqs. But. . .  1. What is the likelihood of the Milqs becoming part of a good entire system? 10%? 5%? less? So what is the point?2. An average "garden variety" professional consultant / law partner bills at $...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #167: It will be more clear with time. by Romy the Cat on 2010-07-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s Midbass Project – the grown up time. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  455 Replies 
[quote user="Paul S"]Romy, is it a goal to make the horn strong enough to raise one end or turn it without having it fall apart from its own weight?From your earlier descriptions, I expected to see at least one continuous piece of plywood bridging th...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Atomic age building by N-set on 2013-07-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Mastodont DIY Rack: Wall Mount? in Audio Discussions  68 Replies 
[quote user="Paul S"]N-set, I've seen and done plenty of all-concrete construction, including floors and entire roof structures, standard, pre- and post-tensioned, and also shot-crete.  Ironically, concrete itself actually gets stronger over time, fo...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Ergonomically and functionally done very stupidly. by Romy the Cat on 2008-01-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The commercial music servers. in Didital Things  36 Replies 
[quote user="jessie.dazzle"]Control everything from anywhere in the house : The newest version of the Mac OS (sorry!) gives you complete wireless remote control over a second Mac, allowing you to see the screen of the other computer, and execute ALL ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #51: Ah, they are parabolic! by Romy the Cat on 2016-09-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Designing and building a 5 channel horn loaded (looking for ... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  73 Replies 
If they are parabolic then do not need to experiment with anything else – they look gorgeous. Juts for shits and giggles try to put between the equipment rack and speakers some kind of very fussy plants of 5-6 feet tall. It might not be to your ta...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #19: Violating the virginity of OPT’s secondary. by Romy the Cat on 2006-06-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Building Melquiades: Chronicle of full-range in Melquiades Amplifier  44 Replies 
[quote user="hagtech"]Ah, think of it this way.  Imagine floating the input to your ET step-ups.  Don't ground it.  Let the primary and phono cartridge float.  This is a similar situation but far far more sensitive.  It's a m...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: Re: Computer digital storage by jtavan on 2005-11-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to record FM broadcasts. in Off Air Audio  125 Replies 
Romy, I've been storing all my digital music on a computer located fairly far from the audio system for quite some time now. You've brought up a few issues that are worth discussing. 1) Storing the digital stream - I assume you mean either (...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: Hd flagellation, and the tu-x1 by doug s. on 2008-12-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: HD Radio? Good, bad or ugly? in Off Air Audio  7 Replies 
hi romy,yes, digital compression sucks and is the main reason hd radio sounds so sterile.  the dildo analogy is quite appropriate, imo.  but, if there's a station you enjoy that doesn't come in well, the xdr f1-hd does sound quite nice - if...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #201: Dealing with first reflections, in natural way. by Romy the Cat on 2010-02-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Midbass Horns and Real Estate. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  247 Replies 
While my R&E deal on hold (had to close tomorrow but proponed) I n order to keep some sanity I was playing with idea of listening room arrangement. As I told the room has a number of very cool properties that I fall in love to from start. One...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #101: Trial and Error by Kcct82 on 2011-08-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: ... again on GOTO Unit drivers... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  108 Replies 
Hi Romy,Well, this is my (and my dad's) first horn system so we're learning/building one step at a time. Our motivation is simple, to use horns as low as possible.The very first DIY configuration was:TAD ET-703TAD 4002GOTO 505TTTAD 1603 Woo...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: Damping Stereo Lab 140 Hz Horn with money, "your version is fine ... by mjloudspeaker on 2009-08-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: MacondoLite in Horn-Loaded Speakers  18 Replies 
decoud The stereo lab store prices seem very reasonable, considering the cost and work of molds making, shipping is something else altogether, another factor yet, but my question always comes back to the tractrix curve, there is always a loss ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Thinking within the box : Collin's future room by jessie.dazzle on 2007-10-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Building a new music room in Playback Listening  20 Replies 
Hello Collin, Others may disagree, but my first reaction would be to give up the closet space and hang your clothes or store your items on open racks, covering the racks with a thick velour curtain; together this will make a nice diffuser/absorber...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Only God knows.... by Romy the Cat on 2008-09-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How do you position your stereo? in Analog Playback  3 Replies 
[quote user="drdna"] Option #2 is appealing since it will free up a lot of space and make the equipment more cat-proof.  I was thrilled to come home a month ago to find the tonearm wires chewed through and the tonearm swinging freely.  [/qu...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #12: Still only a thought bubble 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 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Still, I feel that methodologically it is not right way to build a playback.   [/quote]No disagreement from me on this point.  This is all just a thought bubble for now.  Even if I wanted to press go on this project based ...
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