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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Claude Perrier and his tube seremony by Romy the Cat on 2008-01-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Claude Perrier and his tube seremony in Audio Discussions  0 Replies 
I do not know how interesting it is from technological or sonic perspective but the enthusiasm and perseverance of this guy defiantly deserves applauds. Claude Perrier in his 70 makes home direct heated triodes, how many people like him are out ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: I beg your pardon! by clarkjohnsen on 2015-09-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to play Mahler 7 at home… in Horn-Loaded Speakers  12 Replies 
"I invited Clark but he sold his soul to Devil and went to Tanglewood for the concert." Indeed I did go, for I had bought the ticket back in April. As for the Devil part, there had been no selling and therefore no satanic transaction. Plus a...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #27: Seiji Ozawa and Boston: "Trois Petites Liturgies de la Presence D... by Romy the Cat on 2008-12-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: I hate, hate, hate, hate Boston Symphony! in Musical Discussions  72 Replies 
The last week Ozawa returned in Boston after 6 years of thanks God escape from BSO. He played Olivier Messiaen "Trois Petites Liturgies de la Presence Divine" and Berlioz's "Symphonie Fantastique". I am not a highe Ozawa fun but I have to admit the B...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: The hard-reading vs. soft-reading by Romy the Cat on 2009-11-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Zanden 2500S CD player + some general attitude comments. in Didital Things  4 Replies 
[quote user="tuga"] Don't you think that this “soft reading” players with no rythm syndrome could have mainly to do with dynamic compression, which is as much a feature of many "analog sounding" CD players as high frequency roll off?[/quote] I...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: Square one by jessie.dazzle on 2009-03-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Learn to listen your listening rooms in Audio For Dummies ™  15 Replies 
Here's what I would do.In general :Start by excluding the DPoLs, excluding the electronics and associated gear, and considering just the room. With no electronics functioning, is the room an acoustically pleasant space ? Invite friends over and ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Lavardin discovery by noviygera on 2021-08-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Lavardin discovery in Audio Discussions  5 Replies 
Hi guys and Romy,I was inspired by Romy's recent videos on Dunlavy speakers, sound, and it got me thinking, about simple correctness of sound, when I seldom experience it. It happens at surprising moments sometimes, when you least expect it. This rea...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: Phil Mundi : Audio Pro medias : Iwata Horns by jessie.dazzle on 2006-11-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Who builds horns? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  84 Replies 
Since I speak French, and since I deal with plagiarism everyday, and since NOTHING pisses me off more, I phoned Phil Mundi to ask him about the unothorized use of your artwork on his site, and if this act was representative of the level of fidelity o...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #66: The Injection Channel – time to harvest by Romy the Cat on 2007-06-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to USE “Resonating Oops” in loudspeakers in Horn-Loaded Speakers  184 Replies 
It was exactly how as I imagined - the Injection Channel worked very-very well. The electricity was good, close to wonderful. I calibrated everything and decided to spend a few hours just listening some tonally complex things. The Injection Channel m...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: I see no needs for them in home installations by Romy the Cat on 2007-06-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Wide dispersion horns in Horn-Loaded Speakers  3 Replies 
There were plenty it of them made: Techniques 9500, Excusive 2301, Iwatas, JBL 2350 and JBL 2345, Vitavox (narrow) and few others … They kind of very strange horns and I always was suspicions about them. Though my suspicions are purely theoretical: a...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #71: The Metallized Polypropylene vs. something better. by Romy the Cat on 2007-12-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 6 Channel Version of Super Melquiades in Melquiades Amplifier  131 Replies 
Yes, thanks Charles and thanks for everyone who sent the direct amps on this subject. The ClarityCaps, similar to the Canadian Solens, British Ansars Supersound, the French MKP, and a few others proposed, are all Metallized Polypropylene caps. I am ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #34: To accuse me in ... in this context? The defense rests. by Romy the Cat on 2010-02-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Schroder Tonearms in Analog Playback  61 Replies 
[quote user="oxric"] You can do as you please, but in my opinion, it is a mistake. This approach has two main consequences that I would like you to reflect on. First and foremost, it will discourage people like Frank Shroder to post on your websi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: Modded AirPort Express by jessie.dazzle on 2009-01-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: What to do in office? in Off Air Audio  33 Replies 
Hello Rony, No, I've never heard a DB Systems-modified AirPort Express. You might start by buying AirPort Express from Apple (89€); this should give you some insight... If you sense it has further potential, then (since you are in France) you could...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #29: Boston Symphony Announces 2009-10 Season by Romy the Cat on 2009-03-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: I hate, hate, hate, hate Boston Symphony! in Musical Discussions  72 Replies 
"Highlights include complete Beethoven Symphony Cycle, Strauss's Four Last Songs with Renée Fleming, Mendelsshohn's "Elihah," Mahler's Fourth and Seventh Symphonies, and Premieres by Carter, Harbison, Lieverson and John Williams. BSO Music Director ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #85: Fane: 16 ohms vs. 8 ohms by Romy the Cat on 2011-04-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Bye-Bye, Fane in Horn-Loaded Speakers  108 Replies 
[quote user="oxric"] As to why people are interested in the 16 ohms drivers, that is only true of some. The idea is that if the Vitavox S2s are being used, and a single amplifier to drive the different channels, it seems to make sense to go for 1...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: Your Garden Variety Fetish-Free Musician by jessie.dazzle on 2007-08-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Musicians' ear in Playback Listening  10 Replies 
Paul S wrote : "...I thought it was a garden variety truism, if not the truth, that musiicians typically "make do" with - whatever - in the way of hi-fi..." Yep! The French have a proverb that translates something like this : "Its always th...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: Building a midbass horn... by Romy the Cat on 2005-03-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Problems with horns: upper bass in Horn-Loaded Speakers  109 Replies 
[quote user="Antonio J"] INTEGRATION that's the clue and that's what I always feel lacks in my room, I mean extreme integration, real integration, the feeling that the recorded bass sound has its own boundaries, not my room's. [/quote] I do not comp...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #29: Construction continued & Images by jessie.dazzle on 2007-08-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Jessie Dazzle Project in Horn-Loaded Speakers  172 Replies 
Paul S wrote : "...Jessie, you know I am not a horn guy. I played with horns for 5 years, and I have heard plenty of them, and so far none have worked for me, musically.  But I have remained mindful of horns' potential, and I keep coming back ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #33: Miscast castors I hope these are not! But we will see soon enough. by oxric on 2011-12-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Rakeshorns in Horn-Loaded Speakers  33 Replies 
[quote user="jessie.dazzle"]Rakesh,Two things I see that may or may not turn out to be an issue:1) The relatively narrow stance of the front wheels; depending on how heavily you load the top of the frame, stability could be a bit on the limit when mo...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #40: Srajan Ebayn, Sarah Palin and the “great Ronald Regan”. by Romy the Cat on 2010-07-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The European Triode Festival’s horns in Horn-Loaded Speakers  57 Replies 
As an update of his former article http://www.6moons.com/industryfeatures/grandecastine/1.html Srajan Ebayn of the 6moomsposted the second part: http://www.6moons.com/industryfeatures/grandecastine/2.html It looks ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: Stating the obvious by jessie.dazzle on 2007-03-31 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Time Alignment : Live Performances vs Audio in Playback Listening  9 Replies 
Hello Stringreen, First, though I do use it, I think the term "time alignment" is a misnomer... We should really be calling it something else. When you say "Time Allignment has nothing to do with the placement of instruments in an orchestra", y...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Listening Pipe Organ Music by Romy the Cat on 2011-05-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Listening Pipe Organ Music in Playback Listening  4 Replies 
I knew that Bruckner will fuck up my mind, but I am grateful for that… Lately I tuned my attention to organ music, in fact I’m listening a lot of organ music.  It might appear that my playback got to the point where it might do a full justice ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Karajan and Bruckner Seventh: Berlin vs. Vienna by Romy the Cat on 2007-07-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Bruckner, me and the Seventh in Musical Discussions  81 Replies 
I have added to my list the Karajan’ recording with Wiener Philharmonic made in April 1989, sorry I missed it initially. Karajan generally with Vienna is more interesting then with Berlin Philharmonic, not to mention that he is generally better recor...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Bach and kids… by Romy the Cat on 2019-09-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Bach and kids… in Musical Discussions  2 Replies 
A friend of my told another day that with kind are long nights but short years, it is amazingly accurate. In my family during those long nights, regardless he reasons we spend time in the kid’s bedroom, we play Bach. If it pretty much anything, wo...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Those experiences. Early birthday. by Romy the Cat on 2011-07-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Those experiences. Early birthday. in Playback Listening  1 Replies 
Nope it is not my birthday today, I share this day with Mahler but I truly celebrated my birthday yesterday. Yesterday I got home and found in my mail box a package from my Japanese friend. I brought it home, I knew what it was, I put it on my ta...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #61: Past lives etc. by jessie.dazzle on 2008-06-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Jessie Dazzle Project in Horn-Loaded Speakers  172 Replies 
Thanks Romy and Paul for your comments. Romy wrote : "...I personally would probably go for a monopod frame above the upper bass horn (merging it in middle) as I feel it make the architecture more elegant, more airy and visually less deman...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #31: Concrete horns and the Cogent Boys by Romy the Cat on 2005-04-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vitavox’s S2 Survival Guide. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  123 Replies 
[quote user="cv"] Well, the Cogent (Steve Schell and Rich Drysdale) boys are building just such a beast: field coil magnet, (possible) permendur polepieces for >2T, Fs 70Hz, throat - dunno, but at least 3" dia, reduced compression ratio relative t...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Sound Liaison download by Gentleman on 2013-05-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: New audiophile download sites in Musical Discussions  12 Replies 
well,well, well.Big words.If the Marriot played the music from the Sound Liaison Label,in their elevators with a good sound system, I'd be riding that Thing all day.But that's the beauty of music,diversity.and Glen Gould,of course,no surpassing that,...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #47: The missed opportunity. Did you mean Bread & Circus? by Romy the Cat on 2010-07-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The European Triode Festival’s horns in Horn-Loaded Speakers  57 Replies 
[quote user="Stitch"] I think, we should change our view for High End.We (the customers, those who pay the bill) are always mad or frustrated about reviewers (Astor, Valin, and son on..) and this discussion was endless, is endless and won't c...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Attention Sound Engineers (compression and loudness) by jessie.dazzle on 2007-09-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Attention Sound Engineers (compression and loudness) in Playback Listening  47 Replies 
ATTENTION SOUND ENGINEERS Dear sound engineer, As you certainly know, a recording that sounds BAD on a "high-end" or "audiophile" playback system may still sound GOOD or at least acceptable on a the average more modest mass-marked systems (such a...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: Many shadows of Gieseking… by Romy the Cat on 2008-06-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: More Gieseking! in Musical Discussions  19 Replies 
Well, Jerry, I can pitch you some CDs. They would be from US resellers but I am sure you can found your local UK equivalent. Be advised that I have none of the Gieseking’s CD only LPs, so I have no idea how good sound transfer was made to CD.  G...
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