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[quote user="NBC"]Hi Romy,Interesting direction. Sounds like minimalism (though not necessarily in the typical musical sense, e.g., John Cage).http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MinimalismNeilPS: Please excuse my being way under the 165 word 'minimum'.[/qu...
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An apple juice toast for you, Romy! I wish you a bright, content loaded present and future....
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"] And of course there was the Onegin of the Onegins: the performance in 1955 by Boris Khaikin with Bolshoi Orchestra & Chorus in studio of Moscow Radio Center. [/quote] Ah, I was spinning today the Khaikin’s Onegin’55. Y...
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That's a possibility. Romy, what about the classic LS3/5a design? Small monitor. Sealed box. jh...
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[quote user="jweiss"]Hi Romy, Here is a hypothetical question. If someone sent you an email telling you, in quite a clear way, how you had made an enormous mistake in one of your audio projects, for example an exercise in modifying a speaker, detaili...
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"]since I know that you do not deal with horns and discuss it only as theoretical exercise I am not sure what we are talking about. [/quote]Hahaha :-) This experiment was made a few days ago by a friend of mine who is speaker...
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Drawing of dual LF bass horn.Romy, here's a sketch of how I might be able to build the LF bass horns...per my post above.Regards....
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"] However, do not use word “brake” as it if from the words of mass-centric drivers. Horns are not about mass and exertion but about velocity and consequential pressure, so in horns there are no brakes but rather damping over...
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Stitch I can't understand why some people in this site are trying to be a mini Romy,you included. I read what Romy writes and you don't need to repeat it.It's very strange you KNOW what was playing in that particular room without being there. Anyhow ...
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[quote user="anthony"] Romy the Cat wrote:Here is the list of the thing to do with Vitavox S2 in order to use it in 4-ways installations. The S2 must not be used in 2, 3 ways systems. It possible to do with S2 whatever you wish but pretty much any ot...
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Bill, sorry to hear a low followed the high, and I know what you mean about getting old, but you did not mention in this post that you use DSP to improve the "overall" sound quality and to produce specific room effects, but Romy - as far as I know -...
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"]In fact, I might report that the most powerful moments of my personal experience listening “reproduced sound” took place in context of incredibly poor audio. Therefore, I do not feel that a perception that has need to consu...
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It seems that Romy is coming around to a wider view of things. Hip hip hurray!cj...
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I myself missed Romy of the past! I'm very happy that you're motivated again, I'm sure many people are waiting for new ideas....
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"]I finally concluded that I need a better mono cartridge. Screw you Denon-102! I can’t listen this midrange pusher anymore![/quote]Send it over to me Romy, I'll make sure the little offender doesn't escape! :) Brian (who lis...
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"]
Aura made their 1808 driver in 80s and most of the 90s and it was wonderful. It had huge high-temperature neodymium magnet, unique magnet geometry with underhung 4" edgewound aluminum voice coil. It was the only 18-inch...
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Dear Romy,Try EAR 312. it may help....
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Well, the StormTank is currently is being sold for $30K.[/quote]Oh well, I can forget about buying one to try it out...[quote user="Romy the Cat"]The PurePower has a bank of caps that shunt the battery. Intellectually, it
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Hi RomyHeifetz as sex with a marble woman - yes, exactly! Everything is perfect but without any emotional response. I am sure that the recorded sound he was usually given does not help - thin, scrawny & screechy - while rep...
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"]did anybody pay attention that all coupling transformers-loaded amplifiers (among those that I heard) sound in a similar way as the amps with high voltage output tube that run over 1KV on plate. Did you ever think why?[/quo...
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[quote user="Merlin"]Sorry Romy - I've no idea what you are on about. Did you link to the wrong post by chance?[/quote] What I am interested if you observe with your Berning amplifiers, since they have UHF pulses on filaments and in UHF modulator ins...
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Output transformer. Here is
what the thing become complicated. Of you drive ultra-low impedance with step
down transformer then your secondary turns will decrease. They primary will
have whatever they have for all case b...
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Thanks Romy,It is now fixed. I have left Channel B the same apart from adding a 390k positive bias resistor on the positive signal line (between C1 and R5) connected to the 14k resistor that also connects to Channel C and F. A 402k would have been ...
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Romy Hi hope you are well, here's a ( rather poor ) photo of the spherical horn, [IMG]http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb255/coopie_photo/detail_13.jpg[/IMG] , very best keith....
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Romy, thank you for this link, I am enjoying these concerts. Do you know if these recordings are available to purchase?...
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Dear JimI wanted to Thanks you and send a email to you for your good and very useful book.I think some audiophiles in this forum like to post radical and in some ways un-logical ideas.it seems romy approach and his radical views had this effect on ot...
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Romy, besides via the radio, did you ever have the opportunity to hear either the 948 or 950 in a domestic installation?...
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Romy, It could be dirt (dust) in the aircaps..Friendly regards, rogier...
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... has claimed it's toll on my side too on the Christmans Eve...strange and beautifull time.My deep condolences, RomyN-set...
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Romy,If I want to step into Bruckner music, what would be your recommendation for choosing a good performance and recording?Thanks in advance,Arno...
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