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Hi,[quote user="Romy the Cat"]This subject of digital crossovers became quite popular during last few years and many audio-people give up and go for a simplicity and painlessness of digital crossovering.[/quote]Well, digital X-Overs would appear to o...
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Iraschwips , sorry that your post was deleted. The site
was hacked this morning, I fixed it and your post was the only casualty. I
restored it under my name and since you reported it we all set for now.[/quote]
That’s ...
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[quote user="twogoodears"]I'm pretty interested in yr. opinion about the possible choice of best, safest, smoothest way to use solid-state amp/low-end with "Triamp"... ok... 3-channells DSETs... and my system upper ways... what slope do you think...
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[quote user="RonyWeissman"]Hi, yes i agree that my solid-state amplifiers were not best choice for compressio drivers, they were my second amps when electricity was bad, otherwise I use a custom made 300B from La maison de l'audiophile for my s...
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Ewa Podles in Boston this week in Rossini’s opera “Tancredi.’’ To celebrate Ms. Podles arrival in Boston I bought last week a couple of her live CDs with Russian and Chopin repertoire. Love her voice, even some of Garrick Ohlsson’s accompaniments we...
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[quote user="noviygera"]I am very curious what "properly made" means when perusing the tonal attributes of LF. What properties or specifications other than driver diameter do you evaluate when perusing a better tone?[/quote]
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[quote user="homebuilder"]I am new to this interesting site, and am hopeful of getting some assistance with a project. I have purchased a set of TAD 1201 mid-bass drivers to begin a 4-way active system for critical home listening. (in a d...
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In terms of the length of the horn, I'm allowing myself a total height of 7'6" (just below the average ceiling height of 8'). In regards to the mouth diameter, that's another matter. (It appears that I will have to build two [2] different...
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Talking about the headphones amplifiers: Sugden HeadMaster.
I do not subscribe audio publication and buy them only if I’m mood to bitch about something. Occasionally I buy the British Hi-Fi+, which is kind of mandatory to buy living in the New Engla...
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Greetings,
I may be able to answer some questions regarding crossovers, multi-amping, etc. - without getting bogged down, hopefully, in metaphysical issues.
First off, I live in San Francisco, if he's inclined 'drdna' and other locals are wel...
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[quote user="dazzdax"]Sakuma San is some sort of cult figure among the tube-o-philes. I wonder why he is implementing so many transformers in his amplifiers. Using transformers can be a good thing but in my experience too many transformers give a som...
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There are some information about that new Japanese amps in the threads below:
http://www.audiocircle.com/index.php?topic=65312.0
http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/solid-state/37247-any-info-manual-about-yamaha-b-2-a.html
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[quote user="N-set"]Unlike transmission line reflections which are a REAL effects, torsion gravity has beena nice theoretical concept, existing on paper, but not a proven reality, mind you.This is a huge difference and I guess you are one of tho...
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Dear Romy, thank you so very much for mentioning our amplifier to your excellent forum. Indeed, during the last 5-6 years there are a lot of manufacturers “from non traditional hi-fi manufacturing countries”. In particular, in poor old Greece we ...
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In his RMAF the Federated Mike post some comments about his use of ML3:
http://www.audiofederation.com/hifiing/2008/RMAF2008/report/1500/floor_9/#audio_federation
Even though his comments from my point of view have “issuers” but Mike’s comments sti...
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[quote user="Chirag"] Well..my first question would be regarding the application. The big Melq tube is already doing the bass towers...is it not enough current? [/quote]
Chirag, I’m not planning to use this power amp in my system. ...
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Last week I had an audio visitor from far US state and listening Sound in my room and wanting to make a compliment to me he said: “of cause, no one can’t achieve this bass without your solid floor”. Being asshole as I am I begun to stress with h...
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I have recently acquired a pair of (2000 vintage, I think) Lamm ML2s and would like to share impressions and development strategies with other ML2 owners, including former owners, and perhaps I may learn from any pertinent experience.
In addition to...
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I know, I know, it is absolutely not NECESSARY and I do not think that I see a need for it. I however see that it might be USEFUL in SOME cases when a recording was mastered by a complete idiot.
So, I wonder if anyone comes across to very high...
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Interesting….. It is interesting to think about the relational of Melquiades slow take-up. I think that major contributing factor is that guy who calls himself Romy the Cat. Really, I think it’s it. The people who are capable to build amplifiers more...
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[quote user="nl"] Gordon Rankin of Wavelength Audio did a series of one-stage DHTs with a step-up transformer input about ten years ago. I think they were called the Mercury series. By all accounts, they sounded good, but of course had limited gain, ...
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Right. I do not mean to suggest that my
own solution for arriving at an acceptable global result using the
Milq full-range was not a short-cut with regrettable new weaknesses
(or just missed or postponed opportunities). But I am curious (wary)...
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OK, this morning I tuned the playback and did some listing, trying to understand what was the problem. Sound was not just bad but it was very strange, it was almost as a mechanical replica of sound. I took my phase meter trying to set horns in ph...
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+++ Going back in time to your Super Macondo with the midbass horn, I'm wondering how did the big horn influence your perception of Macondo sound if you remember?
Yes, it is very very good question and essentially the question which r...
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Hi Romy,
That is a nifty looking amp; it will be interesting to see how it works with the MiniMe and how well it heats your room this summer
These guys are not Goodwin's but ...
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Romy wrote (in blue) :
"... Are you saying that you are able to play from your PC music that you got by ripping CD and you have better sound from PC? ..."
Yes, and because of this it would be accurate to say that my system is music-...
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I was reading the Stefano Bertoncello's post about his new multi-amping again options.
http://twogoodears.blogspot.com/2010/09/multi-amping-again.html
.. and I feel that it would be a good idea to brief summarize multi-amping cros...
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Romy the cat wrote:
Nevertheless, A few years back he installed in his car a very expensive audio system: 4 channels, all multi-amped, dedicated CD, Eq and preamp, ton of loudspeakers. I know him for years b...
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Hi.
Just remembering I am not technically capable to do any actual statement.
About the GM-100 I guess so. NatAudio has an amplifier using GM100 but with solid state power supply. Magma.
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[quote
user="devo_yan"]I should use at least 2 amplifiers (one for high
frequencies and the GM-100 amp for low frequencies) with a tubes active filter
at the inputs of each amps. [/quote]
Yes, you might, though I
am not a huge proponent of activ...
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