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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Good commercial speakers by samuel33 on 2007-09-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Good commercial speakers in Audio Discussions  36 Replies 
Hello everyone,@Romy the cat : I have read you with interest...i'm kind of new in this *audiophile* world, I can't stop laughing when I read your comments about the audiophile mafia, you are so right.Between mike Lavigne with his dartzeel dartzeel da...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #18: Well... by Alex Yakovlev on 2008-04-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Festival “Son & Image” in Montreal in Audio Discussions  17 Replies 
I know Dave for quite some time by now. He does not seem to get any better, but I have got used to him and pretty much disregard his behavior and only pay attention to why I came there. :)Avantgarde speakers sound good to my taste in general. I don't...

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 #2: You cost me 10 bucks by Antonio J. on 2006-02-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: ESS Connoisseur: a sensible review? in Audio Discussions  1 Replies 
but worth the reading. No "magic experiences" listening to crappy music, no "mistical revelations" about who-cares soundstage delineation... just objectively-aimed impressions about the strong and weak points of the sounds those speakers can reproduc...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Re: How to waste $25.000.00 by dazzdax on 2005-10-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to waste $25.000.00 in Audio Discussions  3 Replies 
Romy, I agree that it is not necessary to spend that amount of money to get good sounding speakers. But in the real life situation you'll have to pay for design, quality, manufacturing and of course... good sound. Let's take the Tannoy Westminster Ro...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #45: Yes, even more.... by Romy the Cat on 2007-03-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Initial thoughts about new/old Lamm ML2s in Audio Discussions  215 Replies 
[quote user="Paul S"]At this pointIi think it's fair to say that if you have ML2s with "reasonably efficient" speakers then you can safely just hew to whatever works best with the ML2s and toss the rest, because in that case "the rest" is not worth k...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: My 2 cents by drdna on 2007-09-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Good commercial speakers in Audio Discussions  36 Replies 
Well, I would say listen to everything and make up your own mind.And you should select speakers that match your room and the rest of your stereo.  Blah blah blah.I was going to say most folks here have built their speakers.  Then I realized...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #33: It is hard to do something for the first time without full knowledge..... by Dominik on 2010-10-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Altec Model 19 in Boston. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  61 Replies 
Is speakers like altec 19 have time aligned drivers? I think I have never seen in internet time aligned  3-4 way horn speakers with oken/jensn as a bass.Slowly I am closer to finish my first speakers with horns, the frame is adjustable (35-45cm drive...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #111: First a statement of fact by Winnie on 2007-12-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to USE “Resonating Oops” in loudspeakers in Horn-Loaded Speakers  184 Replies 
Podium Sound speakers are not NXT speakers. They use a central spine of transducers to vibrate a special panel that is supported almost exclusively on those transducers (four small sound bridges are used to help support the perimeter against a solid ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: Bob Fulton by Paul S on 2017-02-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Wilson Audio and the Moore's law in Audio News  23 Replies 
Ha! You're either old or you read too much. There was also Arnie Nudell.  Back to Bob Fulton, he never made 2 "statement" speakers alike! I actually owned E modulars from him. They were +/-  the same as the Js, but with smaller subs. Ironically (cons...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #20: Sliding Scale Dynamics by Paul S on 2023-06-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: High End Munich 2023 in Audio Discussions  22 Replies 
It seems like many speakers that might be acceptabe at low to mid volume with simple music begin to compress and otherwise screw up when "pushed", either dynamically or with more complex music. Of course, plenty of people really have no use for speak...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #28: Edgarhorns imaging and soundstage correction with DEQX by slack key on 2011-12-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Crossover Design in Audio Discussions  69 Replies 
I am interested to find out more information about how DEQX will help solve my issues with getting better soundstage, imaging and depth with the Edgarhorn Titans.  I read some reviews from the DEQX website and sent them an email but still waiting...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #41: The Ghost of Resonating Oops by Paul S on 2023-09-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Romy the Cat's Audio recommendation: the biggest bang fo... in Audio For Dummies ™  46 Replies 
I tend to look at specs even though they might not tell much about sound. I saw that one of the DSP processors has an ambience type phase injection option for a pair of front ambience-type speakers, along with the rear ambient speakers. I am probably...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #20: Hard wiring by Paul S on 2007-04-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The one-stage Melquiades. in Melquiades Amplifier  74 Replies 
Well, it is a given that I am not a horn guy right now to begin with.   Of course, the "theater speakers" were and are mostly dinosaurs and/or mostly of historical/nostalgic interest.  I just want to mention some excepti...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #16: More than I was willing to spend by Antonio J. on 2006-06-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Milq: Starting the project in Melquiades Amplifier  23 Replies 
Hi,The tech guy asked for 2800 euros for a monoblock pair, and his project wasn't really the same what Romy and Dima designed, it had some modifications that I wasn't sure wouldn't spoil the results. On the other hand my speakers aren't as sensitive ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #19: Performance to cost by perrew on 2009-11-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A single worst thing in today’s acoustic systems. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  28 Replies 
My Biggest problem is the performance to cost ratio. Twenty years ago I got a pair of Onkyo DM-3 speakers as a present, I think they cost around 200USD at the time. A couple of years ago I could afford a pair of Wilson WP7s, they sounded more "clear"...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: Farther from the walls by CO on 2007-10-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Building a new music room in Playback Listening  20 Replies 
The horn mouth will be 3-4 foot from the wall but you are right the MF/HF will be closer if i dont delay them so i can bring them out from the wall. If i line them up purely acousticly then they will move forward at least two more feet which puts the...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: A few looks at Macondo from a wider angle… by Romy the Cat on 2008-10-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo vs. the “industry sponsored speakers” in Horn-Loaded Speakers  4 Replies 
[quote user="jessie.dazzle"]Well I assume you mean the "pros". After this weekend at the Paris Hifi show (first one ever for me), I cannot say that I place much value in what the "pros" might think. Man, honestly, what crap sound in most every room...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #51: Replies by Bill on 2021-08-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 2+3 surround sound?? in Playback Listening  82 Replies 
Will try to answer all questions here.Romy: I understand why you do not wish to use the term “surround sound”, but it is the accepted term for what we are discussing. You may add other terminology, but it only muddies the debate until others accept i...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #50: Oh well... by anthony on 2016-03-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A listening room for a domesticated Cat? in Audio Discussions  283 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] Anthony, the rock located in a middle gives a great advantage of shortest and symmetric cables.[/quote]But it is only the interconnects to the amplifiers that need to be longer...no others...speaker cables stay as is...a...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #29: Sealed, Ported, and Less-than-Ported Summer Listening by Lbjefferies7 on 2008-09-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s MiniMe or about Pilot Acoustic Systems in Audio Discussions  213 Replies 
For the sake of helpfullness, I think that we may separate the differences of the ported speaker designs of myself and Petar.  What I have described is the standard, pedistrian model of a vented speaker.  Petar's is a hybrid aperiodic-...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Macondo vs. the “industry sponsored speakers” by Romy the Cat on 2008-05-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo vs. the “industry sponsored speakers” in Horn-Loaded Speakers  4 Replies 
 Last few years my interest in audio “out there” got subsided and nowadays I seldom exposed to new amps, speakers and other product that the industry offers. It only partially might be explained by the fact that I got worn out on the primitive s...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #12: Consider Diagonal Placement/Hexagonal Form by RF at Ona on 2007-10-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Building a new music room in Playback Listening  20 Replies 
Collin,I would suggest that you abandon the idea of placing your speakers against the back wall with that reflecting/diffracting angle in front of the speaker(s). Such a structural intrusion would not be kind to the polar radiation pattern ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: It is very simple and it is very complicated. by Romy the Cat on 2010-01-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Many Mani's options: My first horns in Horn-Loaded Speakers  17 Replies 
[quote user="manisandher"] For the past few months, I’ve been looking for a solution to a problem – how to recreate through speakers the same sound that I get through headphones. [/quote]I very much applaud to the desire to have speakers that do ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Now the skies are clearing for me… by Romy the Cat on 2006-12-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The most promising “best” commercial speaker in Horn-Loaded Speakers  192 Replies 
Ah, I see, they claim cobalt magnets only for tweeters… this sets everything to be more understandable. Those TADs should be replaced in those speakers in such case – but it would be shame to do it paying $150K for the speakers. In fact for $150K the...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #17: Cabinets joining in by guy sergeant on 2007-03-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to USE “Resonating Oops” in loudspeakers in Horn-Loaded Speakers  184 Replies 
Last week I listened to some small back loaded speakers using Fostex drivers where the cabinets had deliberately been made to replicate some of the qualities of a double bass or cello. Apparently very thin cabinet walls etc.While I have some reservat...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Enthusiastic No by Romy the Cat on 2014-08-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Question on speakers in Melquiades Amplifier  2 Replies 
seavan, I would not recommend to get Milq to use with 88dB sensitive speakers. In fact it might be dangers for the speakers tweeters. You will not have any interesting sound even is you in a very small room and will be listening at very low volume. I...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: My personal fave is Coincident Audio by Wojtek on 2008-01-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The ridicules naming of audio products. in Audio Discussions  2 Replies 
with their Victory , Total Victory and Complete Victory or  was it Extreme Victory line of speakers . Makes me think that they are designed strictly for US market. I heard that these are good speakers and I just wonder how many potential costume...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Coincident by Nick on 2008-01-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The ridicules naming of audio products. in Audio Discussions  2 Replies 
I own a pair of the Total VictoryIII that pair nicely with my room due to the inside firing woofer (tames my room nodes).  The marketing of the products uses tremendous hyperbole (words like 'breakthrough' appear often with regard to speakers, c...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: How about Bosendorfer speakers? by JANDL100 on 2007-09-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Steinway and Lyngdorf loudspeakers in Audio Discussions  6 Replies 
Steinway speakers?  Why not!   Another long-established piano manufacturer, Bosendorfer, are actually making their own speakers that pretend to be pianos - they have resonating boards attached to their sides!You might imagine that...
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