GoodSoundClub's Home
Manifesto Copyright
Statistics Site Links
Site Map Surveys
Send Email to Romy the Cat
The site is back....!!!
Audio Knowledge Tree ™
Romy's "Audio Rules"
Audiophile Satire
Melquiades SET Amplifier
Macondo Acoustic System
End of Life Phonostage
Audio Demoronizator AD-1
My Exotic Audio Leftovers
My Playback System
» The “bread and circus” o»
» A new film about Karajan
» The Andrew Rose’s “Prist»
» A speaker set with JBL 2»
» The one-stage Melquiades.
» Gaussmeter wanted.
» Audio and Music: four le»
» Steinway and Lyngdorf lo»
» Macondo Horns: biography.
» Radio Netherlands’ Live!»
» The corrupted listening »
» Tractrix Bass horn vs Sp»
» Looking at the pictures »
» Stravinsky and Headphone»
» My old Fi-Hi gear associ»
» FM Acoustics: The most i»
» Polarity Tester – a must»
» Crash course on horns an»
» Hypex for ULF?
» An objective tool to tra»
» Tightening to loosening »
» “Zarathustra” amplifier:»
» NASA Reverberant Acousti»
» "Appeal to the Grea»
» How to start Classical M»
» The ridicules naming of »
» Classical Music for the »
» Vitavox’s S2 Survival Gu»
» Tannoy Red or Gold monit»
» What is the buzz: the V-»
» Very in depth considerat»
» Volti Audio's Vittora
» A car with vacuum tube..»
» The European Triode Fest»
» Disregard the industry p»
» New show in US, some new»
» Anyone Care to Make Odds»
» DC offset for A/D conver»
Bookmarked are red
Rachmanionoff's links
Audiofederation's Blog
Classical Composers
Paul's Antenna Attic
AudioTools
Input Choke Calculator
Austria's Musical Exiles
Archives of Canada
Daniels Audio
Twogoodears' Blog
Tempo-Electric - Arthur »
Louis Speichler's Records
More Links »»
Romy the Cat's personal site dedicated to advanced audio and evolved music reproduction techniques

Posts Authors:  Listed only members with posts
 Posts Period :    to      Format: Year/Month/Date
Search Phrase:   
Search in Forum: 
Print Results per page:  Separate words by empty space
 

     Pages: 20, Posts: 583    Pages: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ...


          Tip: narrow down your search criteria or select a larger number of printed results per page.


Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: I need a UPS-like solution. by Romy the Cat on 2011-11-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to run MM-type cartridge into MC phonostage? in Analog Playback  6 Replies 
Yes, I understand Bud that anything might be done but I do not want any DIY solution. To deal with all of the shielding, with grounds… I do not want to be involved into all of it. Also, the transformer shall sit at the RCA exit jacks of phono cable. ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #51: The Goto Screw Mount by Kcct82 on 2008-09-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Eventually - a reasonable midbass horn from GOTO in Horn-Loaded Speakers  97 Replies 
Hello Johan, Great pics, the diaphragm appears really thin, almost like gold leaf for guilding...I have a question about the screw mount that Goto uses. Did you by any chance find some kind of flange (for pipes) that would work as an adaptor? Pe...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Are We There Yet? by Paul S on 2009-06-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Got new mid/high horns. Now need suggestions for a lower ran... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  5 Replies 
Herman, please do not think me rude when I do not respond directly to your questions.  I have responded even though I am not personally interested in your posts because I hate to see you just dangling there, for days.Regarding your approach: It's eas...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #61: Another lost soul? by rowuk on 2019-03-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: New superlative horn build - ESD acoustic in Horn-Loaded Speakers  92 Replies 
Djjjj,you completely misunderstand what this website is. It is Romys personal diary. It is not a DIY blog, it is not a venue for commercial exposure. I recommend that you first read the posts on the Macondo axioms, then rethink why the ESD would have...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Live FM by drdna on 2007-11-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Reel-to-Reel Tape vs. Raw Better Digital in Didital Things  13 Replies 
The interesting thing about the Bottlehead people is that they are pretty good guys. "High and outside" is I think Paul Stubbelbine, who is an expert at mastering.  He remastered my girlfriend's last album.  I was very impressed.  His ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #131: Recipe from my youth by rowuk on 2021-11-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Remedies the Beauty in Playback Listening  293 Replies 
[quote user="Paul S"]...Certainly, in the end, I have "rated" my own  systems on Musical "Satisfaction", which I put in quotes because what keeps my interest at any given point in time seems to vary, at least somewhat. Hard to imagine stopping on one...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: Yes, they seem to be very closely related by Antonio J. on 2005-01-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Expressive Technologies SU-1 in Analog Playback  33 Replies 
MFA e-mailed me aknowledging that I was perhaps going to try the DIY way getting a "raw" transformer from S&B and offered me assistance. The "problem" is that their unit with a gain selector and load selector is way too expensive for my budget (1...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #21: VTA VTF balance by berlinta on 2010-02-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Schroder Tonearms in Analog Playback  61 Replies 
Hello Romy,I should have made myself more clear about the paragraph you quoted. Typical situations:a. The arm is installed on a deck that accomodates more than one arm. The listener, if lucky, has two(for all intents and purposes) identical cartridge...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #174: Poor photographer by N-set on 2011-11-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage in Analog Playback  310 Replies 
[quote user="Paul S"]How do I hate DIY? Let me count the ways...[/quote]I hate it just as much! Paul, thanks, but most of what you are talking about has been already addressed and described. Perhaps not very visible frommy pictures but I'm a very poo...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #233: DIY Failsafe by Paul S on 2012-10-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage in Analog Playback  310 Replies 
Of course, the object is to be sure you never have a situation where HV is on while heaters are off, whether switching "on" or "off".  And the usual DIY way to do this with totally separate PSs is...separate switching.  If this or a similar approach ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Come on! by Romy the Cat on 2013-05-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: An interesting TT link: belt drive in Analog Playback  5 Replies 
[quote user="N-set"]I do not know the guy who has written it, maybe he is an idiot, but anyway I'd defend his page.As far as I understand he is a DIY-er (?) who attempted his own TT, inspired by high mass belts.Well, that's life--we all have to make ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #20: Macondo topology and room. by Romy the Cat on 2012-01-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 5-ways from Speedysteve7 in Horn-Loaded Speakers  23 Replies 
I know it is a difficult subject but as it has to do less with audio but more with life priorities. Still, the practice indicates that the short-wall installations for acoustic systems of the topology that Steve is trying to make will never work. Sur...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #15: Plinth resonance and material frustration by enjoy_the_music on 2008-02-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Ultimate Turntable in Analog Playback  220 Replies 
Hi Romy and GuyI've been checking out various plinths for my new DIY project. The project's base is a Technics Sp-10mk3 motor unit.When you say a materials 'frustration' I guess you mean the choice of alloy and the quality of the casting? Inproper ca...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #32: "Lack" of HF, etc. by Paul S on 2008-06-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage in Analog Playback  310 Replies 
The "lack" of HF is definitely one of the wonderful things that makes one think of spending 30K on a phono stage.  Glad to hear you are "suffering" a similar "dirth" of HF [noise] with your DIY corrector.I wasn't going to say anything, but I won...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #12: Driving the direct heated and why do you need so much power? by Romy the Cat on 2018-05-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 250 watts Parallel S.E. advises in Audio Discussions  13 Replies 
Devo, the GM-100 for sure is a good triode to get 160 watts output power in A1. Still, it would be a good chose, from my point of view, ONLY from a prospect of embracing as good DIY audio project. There is nothing wrong then to do the good DIY aud...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: Silbatone by Stitch on 2012-05-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: High End 2012 in Germany in Audio News  36 Replies 
Well, I didn't come so close to answer your question right.I saw a few from the German DIY scenery and for them it was like the return of Jesus, best sound on PlanetBut probably they are still deaf as usual, because the Frequency step ups are limited...

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  1910 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 #41: Discrimination vs labour by decoud on 2014-06-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A DSET is better then an expensive SET in Audio For Dummies ™  41 Replies 
The logic here is that to be able to play and appreciate a Stradivarius you have to make it yourself. That is too hard a line. There are plenty of basic things that the vast majority of installations get wrong. We are talking about lifting the baseli...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #21: Oh stop by Wojtek on 2019-02-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Josh: My visit to Romy the Cat's Macondo in Audio For Dummies ™  28 Replies 
Now Alex , don't be a Sissy Groupie. Josh's posts here were perfectly fine and his Macondo review is perfectly valid and absolutely valuable and it's telling that you do not grasp why. The only slightly questionable thing is his conduct as a man and ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #279: Going the Distance by Paul S on 2009-05-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps in Melquiades Amplifier  397 Replies 
From your description, it sounds like you are experiencing the (predictable) effects of tying all the filaments (and cathodes!) together.  Utah Bob already gave some good, proven suggestions for preventions/remedies, a couple of posts up the thre...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #123: Nichicons by N-set on 2017-04-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Planning my DSET in Melquiades Amplifier  186 Replies 
Gentlemen, I can only hope to be wrong on the  air-borne feedback.Actually your project Anthony made me think of coming back to my Staxquiades project - a Milq inspired monster amp for my Stax headphones. Do you have a source of big PSU Nichicons at ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: New Parts for Old Dogs by Paul S on 2008-09-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Relief from micro-arcing tube pins? in Audio Discussions  6 Replies 
Thanks, Romy.Although I am most certainly not a DIY/electronics whiz, and have no aim to be, I can +/- read a schematic and I can solder OK, have a de-soldering gun, etc.Yes, there's no question that these sockets are poor quality...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #12: SOS (same old shit) Redux by Paul S on 2010-08-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Natural Remedies for Sick Speakers? in Audio Discussions  28 Replies 
Petar, I might have just been tired, but I thought I saw a pair of "likely" 3.5" paper tweeters, and I played the hypnotized consumer and bought them, to start with my adaption education.  It might be a while before they get here, but in the meantime...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #250: LF cont'ed by N-set on 2022-10-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Remedies the Beauty in Playback Listening  293 Replies 
Looks like the phase response is quite complicated, with two phase flips between the knee and the Fs notch, but the PR phase eventually comes back to be in phase below the Fs: "I am sure we have all heard that a passive radiato...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Fane 8's in 4 inch throated horn tuned to 115Hz by Tax on 2011-04-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Cerebral and psychological evolution of amp matching for the... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  15 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Tax, do not go over yourself with “building paranoia”, looking for drivers, horns, boxes and etc. If you are looking for 80Hz to 200Hz range (you will need higher upper knee for AG Dou) then you do not need a bass d...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #44: DIY by anthony on 2015-07-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Planning my DSET in Melquiades Amplifier  186 Replies 
[quote user="Paul S"]The usual "trick" to "stop inductance" of wire wound resistors is the "old double-wound trick", like those offered by Mills: http://www.soniccraft.com/index.php/resistors-mills-c-29_53 (and I think it is much the same for capac...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #32: Same old story by Joe Roberts on 2010-05-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Munich High End 2010 in Horn-Loaded Speakers  39 Replies 
The only reason I don't have a giant WE system is that I can't afford it and I don't have room. I sold all  of my WE and Lansing field coil gear to my Silbatone friend back in 1989, because I know he would never sell it, he was putting together a ser...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Where are our good Tuners? by Romy the Cat on 2008-03-31 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Where are our good Tuners? in Off Air Audio  43 Replies 
I have to admit that some of my opponents might consider my organizational views on high-end audio too socialistic and will recognize in my view some residues of me growing up in socialistic society. Leaving aside the prejudicial and completely fooli...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Goosebumps explained by RonyWeissman on 2012-04-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Tubas and Mc-step in Analog Playback  5 Replies 
Hi Romy,Well maybe it is that the answer.  My mono is pierre clement eb 25 broadcast cartridge, the original not the contemporary remake. The output is extremely high, almost overwhelming my phono amp I have the impression. Also, it tracks very heavy...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: How much of our troubles have been cables all along? by Paul S on 2007-09-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Any good sounding AES/EBU interfaces out there? in Didital Things  53 Replies 
I have been adding and reconfiguring gear recently and I will be needing a 6' digital cable very soon, when I add batteriy power, so I just went ahead and bought one of the "Synopsis" remainders Romy mentioned.This $5 discontinued Belkin blue ca...
All context of this site except the Forum's posts Copyright © Roman Bessnow 2004-2024
All messages within the Site’s Forum Copyright © by authors of the posts
Last 24-hours posts:  0  
Total human visitors:  42,782,285  
   
      Search Site Forum
     Search Site via Google
 
Login:
Pass:
    Create a New Account
    Forgot your Account
APR 28 Jonathan Biss, piano»
APR 28 A Messiah for Our Ti»
APR 28 Between Us with Atta»
APR 28 Celebrating LGBTQ+ S»
APR 28 Mozart: Don Giovanni»
APR 28 Music of the Italian»
APR 28 Bach Cantata Series »
APR 29 Trio Tableau in Newt»
lang lang: tiny desk (home)»
marin alsop on her swing or»
mahan esfahani: tiny desk c»
cellist lynn harrell has di»
npr music's top 14 albums o»
anthony davis wins pulitzer»
augustin hadelich: tiny des»
c.p.e. bach: mercurial dive»
classical music news - leo»
classical music news - aug»
is bach better on harp?»
julian bream, maestro of g»
a woman takes the podium a»
he wasn’t toscanini, but h»
9 things to do this weeken»
classical music news. diab»
another trump blunder»
from concerts to cartoons:»
classical music livestream»
how to diversify orchestra»
ethel smyth, a composer lo»
classical music attracts o»
‘the lost pianos of siberi»
5 minutes that will make y»
it’s (almost) business as »
the lost pianos of siberia»
leon fleisher, 92, dies; s»
leon fleisher, 92, dies; s»
classical music news. augu»
opera goes on in salzburg,»
rhiannon giddens to lead s»
barenboim and elgar: a mus»
his name is joseph boulogn»
More Music News »»
Mackenzie, Alexander Campb»
Headington, Christopher (2»
Daugherty, Michael (28 Apr»
Micro-Seiki air-suspend»
Electro-Voice T350 twee»
Purist Audio Design Pro»
Rohde & Schwarz EU-6201»
Mid-range tantrix round»
Koetsu Onyx Platinum Ca»
Micro-Seiki Arm Board
Micro-Seiki MAX-282 To»
Vitavox AK-15/40 15" ba»
Vitavox S2/S3 diaphragms
“Tree Blind Mice” colle»
More Leftovers »»