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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #18: . by alex on 2015-10-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Copper Mat on a Micro Seiki Gun Metal Platter in Analog Playback  122 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] be wrote:Your circumference force is right, but when viewed from above it work clocwise around the lateral bearing of the arm, therefore the arm wil tend to move inwards :-)Soory, Be, no matter how I look into it I can’...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #27: Putting the picture together. by Romy the Cat on 2009-04-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The BSO and Digital Music. in Didital Things  44 Replies 
[quote user="manisandher"]"A little information is dangerous. I find it incredible that people with absolutely no understanding about the technology and its application feel the need to speak with the authority of an expert. The HDCD processes "P...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: High-End Industry and cartridges. by Romy the Cat on 2005-05-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Shelter 90X: mystery or mastery in Analog Playback  54 Replies 
[quote user="starboy"]I decided recently to add the Shelter 901 to my collection of 'Groove Riderz' and wondered what was the justification of the price hike for the 90X. Read the same review as yourself and thought that I learn't nothing other than ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #146: Listening patterns: main vs. pilot playback by Romy the Cat on 2009-03-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s MiniMe or about Pilot Acoustic Systems in Audio Discussions  213 Replies 
Hm, this is interesting. I have my 2 shitty temporary monitors in Hamster position sublimated with a par of LF sections from MiniMe. They are not perfectly set up but quite listenable in it’s ad-hoc configuration driver by consumer PP SS amp. Here ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Unfortunately not by the Nelson Pass blessing…. by Romy the Cat on 2008-04-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Solid state revisited in Audio Discussions  12 Replies 
Well, this is huge mystery in the reproduction of the few first milliwatt and I very much applaud to what Nelson Pass is trying to do. Being muse a proponent of high sensitively and low power I very much experienced with the fact the high power amps ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #27: The talking through the horns. by Romy the Cat on 2008-02-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Eventually - a reasonable midbass horn from GOTO in Horn-Loaded Speakers  97 Replies 
[quote user="Jeffrey Jackson"] so a few things... one, there is a pair of Goto 370 on eBay and pictures of insides... the newer ones are made the same, but it seems that the execution has gotten a better/cleaner compared to these.. my diaphragms look...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Electricity and different compression drivers’ diaphragms. by Romy the Cat on 2007-06-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Musique Concrete horns in Horn-Loaded Speakers  6 Replies 
[quote user="RonyWeissman"]The electricity comment is interesting as today I put on some jazz music and the HF is very snappy, excellent! I feel like posting on AA to ask people's opinons if it's the electricity or if my concrete horns are going thro...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Re: Melquiades - think BEFORE you start. by Romy the Cat on 2006-07-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 5 Channel Version of Melquiades in Melquiades Amplifier  21 Replies 
[quote user="jessie.dazzle"] There are a few good shops in Paris that have shelves and drawers full of components. And, across the channel …. [/quote]Yes, you might experiment with transformers.  Sowers have good reputation but I never used them...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1348: No bypass as a virtue? Sounds stupid to me. by Romy the Cat on 2014-09-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
[quote user="steverino"] Unlike other online units the AG1500 is extremely quiet making it suitable for where high quality power is required but without the noise, and unlike other systems the bypass is disabled by default ensuring that raw ma...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: What does make a playback to stop? by Romy the Cat on 2009-02-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo: new horizons. A few thoughts in context Zander’s B5 in Playback Listening  9 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Actually it is not about the “3D quality of silent passages” but about the silence being the PROPER continuation of the non-silent passages. I think I have cracked this one and thinking about it more I believe I have an ans...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Implementing a Big Horn by skushino on 2009-12-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: My Multi-way Horns in Horn-Loaded Speakers  8 Replies 
Jessie-Good to hear from you.  I am very motivated following your progress.  Thanks for the inspiration.My room size is around 15' x 18' x 8'.  At this point, I feel that a proper 60 - 70hz midbass horn is physically the largest I am realistically pr...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #28: Kerf - one cause of pops and clicks by oldclassics on 2010-01-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Sensible record cleaning: vinyl piranhas and record Vaseline in Analog Playback  56 Replies 
After expending the better part of the day sorting through the record bins at thrift stores I came home with some finds (for me). Milstein playing Mendelssohn’s e minor on Columbia’s first LP, ML4001, and the Golden Jubilee concert ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #21: SpeedySteve at some kind of UK show. by Romy the Cat on 2012-03-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 5-ways from Speedysteve7 in Horn-Loaded Speakers  23 Replies 
I got today an email from the site visitor with a link to some kind of UK show, look like DIY bash show… Our friend SpeedySteve went with his acoustic system to the show. Here is the link and in the next page/s you can see his and other feedba...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #31: OK, it is over. Some preliminary follow ups. by Romy the Cat on 2008-05-31 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage in Analog Playback  310 Replies 
I spent a bigger part of day today to finish the “End of Life" Phonostage, there were many things to do but it is now over. Done! Complete! Amen! I it closed up and sat in it’s permanent place. A few observations looking back. First, I spent a LOT...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Why so much surprises about the Monitors? by Romy the Cat on 2006-06-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A quest for a better monitor. in Audio Discussions  97 Replies 
That is funny but I received a few emails from audio people suggesting that I am a nut because at I suddenly expressed queasily in a monitor loudspeaker. Ironically only one of them uses some-type horn loading loudspeakers and the rest use large floo...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #53: Belt Creep by George on 2006-12-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A longer turntable belt. in Analog Playback  60 Replies 
Here are some quotes from AA that I found interesting: Rubber transmits vibration poorly, that's why it's used. Unfortunately this also means that it creates speed variation, mostly due to belt creep (NB I do NOT mean belt slip). The motor is ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #44: My take about midbass and phase plug. by Romy the Cat on 2009-08-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Midbass Horns and Real Estate. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  247 Replies 
John, I disagree. No one deny the importance of harmonics and you are right saying that “If a speaker does not reproduce the harmonics correctly, then the tone is not reproduced correctly.” However you are talking about a complete speaker, not...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #57: Regarding your transformers, make it flipable. by Romy the Cat on 2011-11-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A different breed of 6C33C amplifier. in Melquiades Amplifier  84 Replies 
Ah, you use those gorgeous VPI boxes to host transformers. No wonder it does not sound well, what did you see the anything from VPI sound well? Seriously, I do have those VPI boxes, I do not remember where they come from to me but they are too go...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #190: I have a few options. by Romy the Cat on 2010-08-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Romy The Cat's new Listening Room in Audio Discussions  478 Replies 
[quote user="jessie.dazzle"] You might try the Foam Factory; they are easy to deal with, inexpensive, have online ordering, quick turn around and can ship anywhere.They are NOT a typical audiophile-oriented acoustic room treatment supplier. Never...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #26: Super Milq 6-channels diaries: the honeymoon nigh by Romy the Cat on 2007-09-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 6 Channel Version of Super Melquiades in Melquiades Amplifier  131 Replies 
After many hours and much efforts I have connected the new 6-channels Super Milq to my 6-channels Macondo, with omission of tweeters for now.  I made some measurements and initial adjustments and then was trying to listen it briefly. I did not l...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Loos vs. strategic offset by Romy the Cat on 2009-08-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: About the Critical Audio Tune ™ in Playback Listening  5 Replies 
[quote user="Axel"] is what I have called it, and what I hear you are describing? I wonder for how long you will be OK with it. [/quote] Yes, I might call it in way a “Loose Cannon sound” but the work “loose” is a bit misleading as the “tone” ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #27: I hope that good news will come later this week. by Romy the Cat on 2010-06-15 
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="msaudio"]Putting The Mid Bass horns behind your head will not work. This thread was about Mid Bass Horns Project, do you thank you will be able to use any frequency above 80 cycles with rear fired horns that are behind your head? Tha...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #84: Details : Mid & upper bass horns by jessie.dazzle on 2008-07-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Jessie Dazzle Project in Horn-Loaded Speakers  172 Replies 
Romy's quotes in blue:Daniel J. Plach's quote in green:"...The back chamber mechanism is good. Are you planning to do the same in the midbass horn?..."Yes, it will be similar, but more robust; I have an idea for a locking-type seal, which I would pro...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Zanden 2500S CD player + some general attitude comments. by Romy the Cat on 2009-11-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Zanden 2500S CD player + some general attitude comments. in Didital Things  4 Replies 
I was asked a few days ago what I think about Zandèn new CD player and I replied that I do not think about it. Truly, those companies produce new models each 18 month to initiate new rounds of cash extraction from clueless, deaf and blind audi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Thirsty Horses, Water & Bio-Recordings by jessie.dazzle on 2007-09-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Attention Sound Engineers (compression and loudness) in Playback Listening  47 Replies 
Romy's Quotes in blue : "...recorded music is just the industry commodities... Therefore I absolutely do not share your enthusiasm about the “opportunity for a big record label”.I'm not really expecting it to happen (I have some experience wit...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Oh, God! When idiots stop to post at my site?! by Romy the Cat on 2012-12-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Holly Proscenium idiocy! in Analog Playback  23 Replies 
[quote user="TheOptimist"]I've been reading these comments for years now, and it's getting pretty tired. So I think it's about time someone spoke up. I've done some work with Mr. Walker, I know the guy, and most importantly, I've ACTUALLY HEAR...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: The point of it all by serenechaos on 2008-10-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Dialog with Industry Rain in Audio Discussions  3 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] There were few exchanges in Lamm’s thread with Mike from Audio Federation referred here: http://www.GoodSoundClub.com/TreeItem.aspx?PostID=8460 http://audiofederation.com/blog/archives/502 ...  Mike...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Lamm’s new phonostage. by Romy the Cat on 2013-01-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Lamm’s new phonostage. in Analog Playback  11 Replies 
Lamm introduces a new product, the LP1 Signature phonostage. Vladimir was planning to do it for a long time as his parley into “reference” series and after his from my point of view failure with LL2 phonostage. The new LP1 Signature phonostage...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #16: My circumference force by Romy the Cat on 2015-10-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Copper Mat on a Micro Seiki Gun Metal Platter in Analog Playback  122 Replies 
[quote user="be"]Your circumference force is right, but when viewed from above it work clocwise around the lateral bearing of the arm, therefore the arm wil tend to move inwards :-) [/quote]  Soory, Be, no matter how I look into it I can’t un...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #21: Do not worry.... by Romy the Cat on 2015-06-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Planning my DSET in Melquiades Amplifier  186 Replies 
[quote user="anthony"]Do you still use the fuse shown in the MF channel schematic linked above (not the 6 Channel schematic)? [/quote]  This find that this fast blow 100mA in B+ supply of output channel is a good idea regardless. In a minor way...
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