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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Some deeper analyses of the subject by haralanov on 2010-06-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A new 'chic' foolishness about mono systems in Audio For Dummies ™  48 Replies 
Here is a VERY interesting paper http://www.anstendig.org/Stereo.htmlSTEREO: A MISUNDERSTANDINGTHE THEORY, SOUND-SYSTEMS, AND PROBLEMS OF HEARINGThere is a common misconception that the addition of stereophonic sound-reproduction was the necessary, c...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: Sound of tubes or the sound of attitudes. by Romy the Cat on 2006-06-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: GM70 vs. 6C33C in Melquiades Amplifier  13 Replies 
[quote user="guy sergeant"] I'm sure there are many bad implementations of the 845 and 211. Almost all of the commercially available ones are pretty mediocre. However I have heard good examples of both so I know it can be done. [/quote] Actually I d...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #46: Are original Aura Sound 1808 sound ULF solution for sealed enclosure? by oxric on 2011-02-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s lowest channel. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  150 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] Aura made their 1808 driver in 80s and most of the 90s and it was wonderful. It had huge high-temperature neodymium magnet, unique magnet geometry with underhung 4" edgewound aluminum voice coil.  It was the only 18-inch...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #262: It is not about the “whole sound” but about “molecular sound”. by Romy the Cat on 2009-05-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps in Melquiades Amplifier  397 Replies 
Well, I have to admit that I did not listen the whole sound of AC vs. DC filaments yet.  I will bring home today my DC lab supply that I use for my electromagnet coil and will give the try. I still at this point am not concerned about the “whole ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Automobile Sound is not the FM Sound by Romy the Cat on 2007-07-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Where the FM quality comes from? in Off Air Audio  22 Replies 
Amperidian, Those “evens” that you experienced I your cars are well known to me - the auto sound is very different subject though and I would not mix in into FM thread... The phenomena of car sound has nothing to do with FM in particular, you might...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: My playback’s sound vs. Live sound. by Romy the Cat on 2009-03-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: My playback’s sound vs. Live sound. in Playback Listening  7 Replies 
I have been thinking recently about the subject of my playback’s sound vs. Live sound and I have to tell you that those thoughts are much more complicated than one might expect. Under normal circumstances it would be foolishness to talk seriously abo...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #20: Tactical sound vs Strategic sound and 6N6P. by Romy the Cat on 2006-12-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Initial thoughts about new/old Lamm ML2s in Audio Discussions  217 Replies 
[quote user="Paul S"] I heard back from Lamms about the relay pulses.  They suggested I bias the amps again and then Lamms went silent when that didn't work.  But the problem disappeared when I got around to replacing the 12AX7s that came w...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #28: Stupid or not - the sound remains the same - just bad sound by haralanov on 2010-06-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Small double bass horn for 3"-8" driver in Horn-Loaded Speakers  37 Replies 
Moreart, believe me or not, but I perfectly understand your constructions – they are nothing more than a simple reflection of your own way of thinking about audio and sound - just a pile of glued wooden panels without any audio based motivation behin...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #119: The sound of RIFF64 vs. the sound of W64 by Romy the Cat on 2009-04-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to record FM broadcasts. in Off Air Audio  125 Replies 
I see, it looks like they come up with new RIFF64 format that has no 2G limitation. That is good.  I never used RIFF64 but I used Sony W64. The W64 was available for a whole with Sound Forge and become available in WaveLab-6. He W64 format was th...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Is it about Sound generally of Stereo Sound? by Romy the Cat on 2009-01-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A sort of DPOLs in Melquiades Amplifier  8 Replies 
[quote user="drdna"]Experimenting with the new 2A3 tubes has been a very interesting experience. It has given me insight into more specifically exactly what I am looking for in the stereo sounds, which I associate with the Sound. The most we can as...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Tubes Sound vs. Sound of Tubes by Romy the Cat on 2011-05-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Getting more power from SET vs. properly distorting SS. in Audio Discussions  4 Replies 
[quote user="Paul S"]While you are merely being empirical, there are actually plenty of devices that aim to "benefit" the end sound of SS gain by using tubes to "condition" the signal from DACs, etc.  Also, there are plenty of commercial widgets ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #83: HDD sound vs CDP sound & NOS DACs by jessie.dazzle on 2009-06-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: High Quality Music Server / CD player in Didital Things  169 Replies 
Manisandher wrote : "...I am convinced that the soundcard/interface is the main cause of the inferior performance of HDD vs. CD..." Telstar wrote : "... It is..." Romy wrote : "...I disagree....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Musuc(Sound) subjectie, not Sounds(Sound). by Romy the Cat on 2006-03-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: There is nothing subjective in music reproduction. in Playback Listening  9 Replies 
[quote user="Thorsten"]Forgive me for saying so, but since Bishop Berkley and David Hume it should be well clear that there is NOTHING WHATSOEVER that is actually objective, at least as long as we are subject to the limitations of matter and the huma...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Just-Sound of Audio vs. Authored Sound Audio by Romy the Cat on 2012-01-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Just-Sound of Audio vs. Authored Sound Audio in Playback Listening  1 Replies 
Yesterday I visited a local audio guy who bought new speakers and for all intended purposes new amplifiers: I wanted to see what Sound he got. I did not like his Sound I literally did not acknowledge the visit as any audio experience. Very few pe...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #266: Sound in a head vs sound in space by Romy the Cat on 2017-12-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A listening room for a domesticated Cat? in Audio Discussions  283 Replies 
[quote user="kodomo"]I heard the same not just from one but from a few guys for my playback as well! I think it is because of the all encompassing effect and the strength of the stereo image. Most people have never heard that strong of a phantom cent...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Kharma Speakers as pH-indicator of the worst in Audio. by Romy the Cat on 2006-11-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Kharma Speakers as pH-indicator of the worst in Audio. in Audio Discussions  8 Replies 
Recently there was probably nothing as low in audio as the BS surrounded Kharma loudspeakers. Each single step Kharma takes is further and further in-depth Kharma into the realm of bogusness. It is not that I find that “Kharma the Manufacturer” or “K...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Hiroyasu Kondo: “My thoughts on Hi-Fi”. by Romy the Cat on 2009-09-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Hiroyasu Kondo: “My thoughts on Hi-Fi”. in Audio Discussions  0 Replies 
This material is courtesy to Mr. Shibazaki, the owner of Sibatech Shop in Tokyo, that sell internationally Japanise Hi-Fi equipment. http://www.sibatech.co.jp/ I hope that Sibatech people are more decent then our american distrib...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: A sober view on Cogent True-to-Life Sound. by Romy the Cat on 2006-11-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Satisfying result: the RMAF Show + Cogent in Horn-Loaded Speakers  24 Replies 
Well, when we are talking about Cogent we need clearly differentiate two things: the Cogent’s drivers and the Cogent’s installation. The problem is that since Cogent’s drivers are something so called “compression drivers” then their performance might...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #16: I hope you will talk about the amp sound. by Romy the Cat on 2008-02-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The 6E5P tube data. in Melquiades Amplifier  44 Replies 
Jim, what is operational point of the 6E5P, what it drivers (how it coupled) and how do you bias the 5E5P? BTW, the clipping at the bottom is very good, very symmetrical. Try to measure which stage clips first: the driver or the output stage. One m...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: "Natural Sound" by Paul S on 2024-12-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Why I do not like the "high-end" audio-reviewers. in Audio For Dummies ™  26 Replies 
Is this sub-thread OK here, or should it have its own header?The idea of "natural sound" is still facinatinating to me after many years of deconstructing and reconstructing old drivers and gear, trying to figure out what makes what sound a particular...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: How Melquiades milks sound? by Romy the Cat on 2005-04-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Melquiades: too early for a verdict? in Melquiades Amplifier  6 Replies 
[quote user="cv"] I'm enjoying this account of Melquiades upbringing. I must ask though: how are you sure that what you are hearing isn't on the recording? Not that I don't believe you, I just wonder if the stuff has been there all along and undiscov...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #359: Midbass nasal sound by Romy the Cat on 2010-10-06 
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="Romy the Cat"] To my huge surprise and pleasure my midbass horn has absolutely no honk. I heard bass honk in ANY, even the best midbass horns that I heard (BTW, some honk does not bothers me and I even consider it desirable). [/quote]  T...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #17: Sound at the Show by Serge on 2011-05-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Munich High End 2011 in Horn-Loaded Speakers  45 Replies 
Needless to say the sonic impressions I am getting at the shows may be deceptive and always are very preliminary: that's the nature of an event like that. Who knows what's happening in the mains while I am listening, may b...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #90: “Tailor to each buyer's room and sound taste. “ by Romy the Cat on 2011-06-24 
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="MINGSU"]I think you pointed out correctly.  GOTO sell speaker driver and not a system - because it is impossible to pre-config a multi-horn system to fit every buyer's room and sound taste.As a business, I offer the full service of insta...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1881: The Sound of Music by Paul S on 2022-09-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1916 Replies 
Rick, good question. Probably few people at this forum think seriously about power supplies; you might get more answers on DIY forum. Of course, the only thing we care about is our experiences with the Music, however that happens, which certainly doe...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #12: Breaking the Sound Barrier by Paul S on 2024-05-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: My new “New” listening room, 2024 in Audio Discussions  31 Replies 
Nothing like Musical results to prove audio concepts! Congratulations! As far as I am concerned, that you are getting this from stereo CDs is Icing on The Cake! I hope it holds up and that answers pour forth as you tweek and fiddle with the variables...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Re: The unreal goals of sound reproduction. by guy sergeant on 2005-08-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The real goals of sound reproduction. in Audio For Dummies ™  4 Replies 
If identical performances the same piano were given in different venues the 'indentation of recreated space' can never be the same as the acoustic properties of the venue are a part of that indentation.When this sound is then reproduced anywhere...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Don't position speakers but create Sound in room. by Romy the Cat on 2006-06-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Don't position speakers but create Sound in room. in Audio For Dummies ™  1 Replies 
Audio people constantly make, from my perspective, a big mistake trying positioning their loudspeakers in their listening room. While they do so, they try to make the loudspeakers to perform better in their rooms. However this is quite fatly thing to...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #28: Basic principles of sound by I.M.Distortion on 2008-04-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo's Axioms: Horn-loaded acoustic systems in Horn-Loaded Speakers  120 Replies 
Dear Romy   Chapter 1 in the audio cyclopedia, you should read it because you are the won who lacks experiance when it come to building a sound system. #1 from were you listen to system from you should be able to look down the thr...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #56: Sound and light are VERY much the same. by Romy the Cat on 2008-04-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo's Axioms: Horn-loaded acoustic systems in Horn-Loaded Speakers  120 Replies 
[quote user="be"]There is no analogy to chromatic aberration in acoustics of air.[/quote] Disagree. Regardless the reason for Chromatic Aberration in context of the given illustration we care ONLY about the arrival time. In case of lens we have the ...
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