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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Listening room associations... by de charlus on 2013-07-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Appearance of listening rooms and musical association. in Playback Listening  1 Replies 
Looks a little Gorecki to me - make of that what you will....de Charlus...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #64: Update on room and new measurements by kodomo on 2018-05-16 
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 
I just wanted to make an update. I have since rebuilt our main room and am very happy about it. Having a very good and homogenous decay (within 0,05ms) for the whole audio band really turns the listening experience in to something else. Total clarity...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #66: The room is bigger by kodomo on 2018-05-16 
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The room is actually bigger now (about 75m2) but the whole orientation has changed. The speakers were at the opposite side of the room near the windows. Having windows for a front wall had a detrimental effect on sound in the old layout. The absorpti...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #98: It is always the room by anthony on 2021-10-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo's Axioms: Horn-loaded acoustic systems in Horn-Loaded Speakers  120 Replies 
Romy, yes it is an interesting subject and one that I have thought quite a bit about although not directly from the angle from which you are approaching it.One of Macondos great strengths is narrow directivity from high frequencies all the way down t...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #19: Think about it as active room treatment by Romy the Cat on 2023-06-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo 3.0 in Horn-Loaded Speakers  51 Replies 
Wow, where did you see a 1kW amplifier that is able to produce bass that does not make you vomit? Also, why would you need power like this. If you go with 15” high sensitivity driver, then you would need 20-30W max. Do not forget that your objecti...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #34: Room infirmity. by Romy the Cat on 2013-10-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Good midbass is complicated, if not unobtainable. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  74 Replies 
Macman, the “annoying peaks above the usable frequency range” is something that your specific installation might have in context of your room and your acoustic system location but it might not be a characteristic of tapped horns. I do feel ...

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 #3: New Room, a first shot. by Romy the Cat on 2010-04-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Romy The Cat's new Listening Room in Audio Discussions  478 Replies 
It is a lot of work but it a lot of pleasure to work on it. I put Macondo in as is position. The ceiling will be painted and painter will be moving the speakers, so where the speakers are now is irrelevant. Still, the image below gives an idea what w...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #29: The new room, the very first listening. by Romy the Cat on 2010-04-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Romy The Cat's new Listening Room in Audio Discussions  478 Replies 
Connected today Melquiades and Macondo in new room. Macondo uses drivers as they are – no time or axis aliments of any kind yet, no Insertion Channels, no level calibration by channels. I just in-phase the channels and sat to listen, to see what happ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #37: Room by Bill on 2010-04-23 
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Please tell us about the design decisions and topologies that made this presentation possible.http://enjoythemusic.com/magazine/viewpoint/0209/aachapter112.htm...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #62: Speakers and room by zako on 2010-04-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Romy The Cat's new Listening Room in Audio Discussions  478 Replies 
ROMY  Your analogy of fitting the foot to the shoe is on the right track... Some times you need is a better pair of sox,,,You dont need to change the decorum of the Symphony hall..When you have a shitty orchestra,,,  Sometimes rearranging the musicio...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #72: The first take on the room with RTA by Romy the Cat on 2010-05-03 
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Ok, I found my RTA cable and did some very basic measurements of what Macondo does in the room. The results were in the direction that I anticipated but worth in amplitude. My right bass channel that that sited right next to the equipment bay has no ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #98: The Room response at LF by Romy the Cat on 2010-05-09 
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As much I like my new room I have to admit that this week the room is delivering a major disappointment to me. This week I am trying to finalize the location of bass channels, accenting sub 50Hz region. I presume that above 40-50 will be handles by d...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #75: The bigger problem in the new room, as I can see it. by Romy the Cat on 2010-05-04 
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"] So, I wonder what kind option I have. I think the most proper would be to reengage the Macondo's Axioms and to see how the bass channel might be modified in order to work alone with 63Hz mode but not against it. [/quot...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #150: Room treatment I would like to avoid at this point. by Romy the Cat on 2010-05-15 
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[quote user="tuga"] I am curious as to how you'll "integrate" the 63Hz mode into your acoustic system but I can see it possible without any "room treatment". [/quote] Ric, what I need to know how my dedicated midbass section will be decaying. There i...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #180: My further thoughts on room acoustics by Romy the Cat on 2010-08-10 
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[quote user="unicon"] that old sails does just control <1khz reflections ... you need to control your mid bass n basic bass frequencies first. [/quote] I guess you meant >1khz reflections? Yes, it will and it is erectly what I am loo...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #172: The heat dissipation in the new room by Romy the Cat on 2010-08-05 
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We all bitch that during summer the tube amplification is a problem to operate.  I am with you my brothers and I feel your pain. Well, hmmmmm, not really feel you pain. To my big surprise I have discover in my room the I might run all 12 Milq channel...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Do curved room corners improve sound quality? by fulcrum on 2010-09-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Do curved corners help??? in Audio Discussions  15 Replies 
Looks like a whole bunch of people looked at the thread but nobody replied.Does that mean nobody knows, nobody cares or I just posted it in the wrong place??Seems like nice curvy corners ought to help but maybe I'm woofing up the wrong tweeter!cedwar...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: The Opera Room by Romy the Cat on 2010-09-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Opera Room in Audio Discussions  77 Replies 
I have a room in my house that I have no use and I kind of considering converting it to The Opera Room.  Generally it might be consider video rooms but I have no interest to watch movies in there, which is regularly associated with video – I have a l...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #310: If a room can play Bruckner properly then it can play ANYTHING. by Romy the Cat on 2011-03-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Romy The Cat's new Listening Room in Audio Discussions  478 Replies 
A few months ago, in May of last year in the thread about Listening Rooms and Composers  and How to play Bruckner Sound on Audio I have complained that my room is not what I was looking for as I was hoping to have Bruckner Room but I need up with...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #18: Tweaking the room comfort… by Romy the Cat on 2011-08-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Opera Room in Audio Discussions  77 Replies 
I spent today few hours in the house of my local guy with quite nice and elaborate HT. To my surprise I am absolutely not overcome with good quality of image or good sound from video system. In fact the more I observe the result that HT delivers the ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #29: A "new" video room with Altec 21s by Romy the Cat on 2011-09-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Opera Room in Audio Discussions  77 Replies 
Perhaps that sick idiot who was popping up at my site last year and who insisted that I am gay was right. Perhaps I am a gay as I lately discover my unhealthy interest for cheap room decoration…. Oh, well I wish I was…  The reality is that the appear...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #22: New in my listening room.... by Romy the Cat on 2015-01-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Who inherit Mocondo or another Mini-Me. in Site Support Forum  42 Replies 
Hey, what do you know? The combination of those: wife, baby and piano projects work very well together. Any and Thomas are practicing Bach’s first book WTC......

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #29: In the mid of my listening room setup… by Romy the Cat on 2016-08-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Who inherit Mocondo or another Mini-Me. in Site Support Forum  42 Replies 
I figured out that that after I choke Thomas will be too bored to live at family forest lake and to listen my records in solitude – he would need a company. So, today, The August 23, Thomas’ brother and sister: Charlie Severs Bessnow and Abbigail ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: CES: the most interesting room by Romy the Cat on 2005-01-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The CES 2005 in Audio Discussions  16 Replies 
My prize to the most interesting and educational room at the show goes to a room with WAVAC 833 power SETs. Visiting this room made me to think a lot and made me to draw a lot of very valuable to me conclusions. I heard a lot about those amps. Recen...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: RE: room treatment and loading by movingcoilguy on 2008-05-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Wharfedale Super 12/RS/DD 12" full range driver in Audio Discussions  9 Replies 
I Romy I have readone of your posts that you sent or posted and I am beginning to get a bit of a grip of what you are saying but will continue to read the other thread also. I guess at this point I should really use the tool I have and see what if an...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: You have some room to go... by Romy the Cat on 2007-05-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Ah Mravinsky ! in Musical Discussions  8 Replies 
MRAVINSKY'S RECORDINGS (1938-1984) IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDERThe data courtesy to Kenzo Amoh from Tokio 1938/03/27-4/3 Leningrad R M Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 OMel 06820/33 unknown 1938-1939 Leningrad R M Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 BMG(J) BVCX 80...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #13: Room Sharing II by Stitch on 2013-01-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Orion Phono Preamplifier in Analog Playback  15 Replies 
Rooms are normally booked from Manufacturers or Distributors. Not all of them have a full line, so they look for Partners. Looking for Partners to share costs and/or to present a running System. A Turntable or Digital Manufacturers does not build amp...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #15: Not my room, not my system by Paul S on 2008-04-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Museatex Bidat pages. in Didital Things  57 Replies 
No language barrier here.IDAT was heard in smallish "board" room off studio, their speakers and rock music off monitors, between takes, so think what you want.Based on too much experience with Meyer sound systems at outdoor concerts, however, th...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #82: Also there is much room by Amir on 2019-10-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: My Audio Philosophy in Playback Listening  95 Replies 
[quote user="rowuk"]In live music, we have intermodulation. Two trumpets or a trumpet and oboe playing together create sum and difference tones that change depending on pitch interval for instance. For music in major keys, this intermodulation is add...
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