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In the Thread: Josh: My visit to Romy the Cat's Macondo
Post Subject: Good God, you took a "cookie cutter" test CD to a private, intimate system evaluation?Posted by Wojtek on: 2/2/2019
Those things are made to impress enough to buy whatever the maker of CD is selling. I'm glad you posted that review on DIY-audio although out of respect for the host it would be nice if you had posted it here first and out of politeness asked if you can re-post it on DIY in order to massage ego's of site's gurus or for publicity purpose .Roman does not make living in Audio , selling his expertise the way Kevin Scott of Living Voice is, so your less than ecstatic opinion wouldn't have any materially negative impact. I do think it's the only honest review (from the bystander point of view) of Roman's system out there and while it's not positive it's also not derogatory. It's just exact justification for the sound of high end systems out there-nothing more , nothing less. I'm happy you confirmed Macondo actually sounds like a normal speaker. I remember Roman saying that may times over the years and sort of making fun of people who did not experience "The sound" but I had my doubts. It is confirmed now at last . It's a speaker.
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Pity is , I was visiting Boston with my GF and there was a thought of soliciting an invitation but I said to myself"nah. I can barely articulate 2 sentences on the forum , can't ever remember who was playing what and I'm not able to tell viola sound from violin,and suffer some hearing loss from construction work abuse. However , reading Josh impressions of the system my first thought was " Asshole!you should have worm your way into Roman's house , told him you will entertain his unruly brats for 2 hours or expedite your GF to do that and have the system in disposal for a day , not to mention fine free cigars (you usually can't afford to buy )or even a glass of fine old Burb" 
If really the general sonic description of the system are accurate ( and Roman says they sort of are ) I would probably really enjoy the sound even if "not getting it' Now, don't get me wrong. Myself,I told Roman to go "sxjkkdf" or at least to a Salsa club where girls would rob his naked sweaty back with their aroused tits while dancing but I doubt he listened and now is too late. He will die his "prickly" way without that liberating experience , surrounded only by loving family and faithful friends and Macondo wold be either buried with him or burned...Josh , while I don't think you're an asshole and the honesty is always good you did cross some unspoken boundaries. Also I'm pretty sure Roman would not request a return of that fine cigar if you'd post here that the system is not to your liking and why. You would hear in return you're not ready and you're probably not . Is any of us ever ready? Rerurn to Romy the Cat's Site