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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #28: "Yellow"ness of Lowther by yoshi on 2007-08-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Lowther Driver in Audio Discussions  62 Replies 
Romy dropped by yesterday.  He goddamn demonstrated how "yellow" and compressed the Lowther (Reps-1, in my case) is, using my system, by simply playing other channels and the Lowther channal separately (mine is a 4way multi-amp set up, so it's v...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #145: Tube sound and vibration by drdna on 2009-01-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps in Melquiades Amplifier  397 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"][quote user="drdna"]As I had been looking at all these tubes I began to also inspect their interior construction. This will amuse you: one thing I would do is to hold the tube right up to my ear so the glass would be touchi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Lowther for midbass may be tricky by Gregm on 2006-11-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Lowther Driver in Audio Discussions  62 Replies 
...if you want to use it "pure" as it were, without any in-between equalising. Or you could tailor the amp accordingly. I would see a lowther working well mid-high rather than mid-bass.My experience is limited, however, to EX-4 used with wizzer in a ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #47: Gryphon Trident 3way EAR 861 Amplifier AMR DP-777 CEC TL1 by Amir on 2019-07-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Any good sounding AES/EBU interfaces out there? in Didital Things  53 Replies 
[quote user="Wojtek"]In regular off the shelf hi-fi system , be it a total lack of LF in your speakers or the "pinch"  of dome tweeters or the midrange mud. Romy like all of us throws money on the problem and he usually chooses  well regarded and...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #19: Divert and indicative picture... by Romy the Cat on 2005-04-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vitavox’s S2 Survival Guide. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  123 Replies 
[quote user="guy sergeant"] In your earlier piece about how to use the S2 'properly' you wrote "Whatever happens between the 400 and 2,5 is pretty much unnecessary for you garbage. So, get any known to you soft capacitor of 3uF and place it in serie...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #87: The thoughts salad. by Romy the Cat on 2010-09-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Adding one more spherical to Macondo. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  92 Replies 
Sorry, I do not share your sentiments with those 3 reasons. Below are my reasons. [quote user="jessie.dazzle"] Three reasons: 1) To try high passing your upper-MF channel (S2 > 400Hz horn) above the 1250Hz secondary resonance assiciated ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #102: Injection, Resonance, & Point Sources by drdna on 2007-12-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to USE “Resonating Oops” in loudspeakers in Horn-Loaded Speakers  184 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]From where I am staying Injection is not debatable. What dubious is - the methods of Injections. The large panels of Layered Sound has own advantaged and own disadvantages. I was considering in past to use another Red injec...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #145: Aaarrggghhhhh by anthony on 2019-01-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Planning my DSET in Melquiades Amplifier  186 Replies 
[quote user="anthony"]I woke up this morning to have the brightest thought that my DHT issues are probably caused by how I have wired up the filament transformers. [/quote]After rewiring the filament transformers this morning, I have spent all day tr...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #232: Howdy Jarek by Edgar= on 2022-10-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Remedies the Beauty in Playback Listening  293 Replies 
My comments are rather discouraging arn't they! Not my intention but hopefully helpful in the long run. Regarding time alignment i just wanted to raise the point i think it might be more relevant than initially anticipated by someone considering buil...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #43: More 834PT bravua... by Romy the Cat on 2004-12-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Where are our good phonostages? in Analog Playback  61 Replies 
[quote user="guy sergeant"] I don't doubt for a moment that there are plenty of people 'who know' who will wax lyrical about the benefits of open loop eq in feedback circuits. There are people 'who know' who will tell me that valve amplifiers cannot ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #16: not to be too picky, but it might be important by Dominic on 2007-01-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It takes balls to shop (never mind the nuts) in Playback Listening  24 Replies 
[i]"...the human ear is (...) a one membrane system, in a way, a mirror of (...) one driver." Are you sure? Aren't there tiny hairs, each of which, given SP, oscillates at a different frequency, thereby giving the brain the particulars of ton...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #21: Re: Crossovers, phraseology and the holes by Gregm on 2006-02-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Be careful: Imaging vs. Compression in Playback Listening  23 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] Even if it is possible with a given (multichannel, faulty design) loudspeaker then the DPLOS become very fragile and appears/appears too sudden, without a gradual improvement while approaching the DPLOS. The keys are phase...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: How to give bats a headache. by paul williams on 2006-04-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to give bats a headache. in Playback Listening  5 Replies 
I've never understood the continual need to get equipment to have ever wider frequency response, to me (but then I'm a complete technonumpty) this just seems to be an exercise in chasing numbers to impress those that are impressed by spec sheets.&nbs...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #31: The “phantom fundamental” BS idea. by Romy the Cat 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 
Haralanov, do not write stupid posts, you have “no experience and no knowledge” about it. Also, do not propose to look at any other speakers as looking is very a deceptive activity. There is a phenomenon of vision that called “phantom visual reality”...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: A somewhat guarded apology... by Manitou on 2007-11-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The 'nature' of said realities. in Audio Discussions  14 Replies 
Okay,First, thank you for responding so fully or roundly(?) to my reply.  Second, I apologise for any annoyance caused by my missive(s).  I had my doubts at the time, and was a little fluey to boot.  Not an excuse.Third, the guard...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: ML3 and Wilson by Stitch on 2012-02-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Lamm ML2.2 and Mark the BS teller. in Audio Discussions  7 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]... mostly idiots and Lamm cronies...The caT[/quote]I am guilty. I own ML2.1 :-)   But modified. And I use it with a 99dB Speaker....I listened to these ML3 amps for a longer time, owner System, no demo. The problem in gene...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #873: "dynamic" and a couple of pictures . by joaco on 2011-06-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] joaco wrote:... this last time ive been doing some "ear" experiments and trying different setups of filtering . Just a question regarding a phenomena that im having , ive tried some ups/on-line regenerators and I think the...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: A System is Manditory by Paul S on 2009-05-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Softer Side of a Hard-Tracing Cartridge in Analog Playback  12 Replies 
Adrian, I have not tried the top Deccas for many years.  My last experience with them was as ever: I absolutely loved their unrivaled immediacy and presence, which I found totally addictive, and it also made other cartridges sound pretty pathetic by ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #12: The road to exquisite playback is fraught with IEDs by rowuk on 2013-07-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: DAC Recommendations in Didital Things  44 Replies 
I think that picking a DAC is like picking speakers - regardless of the price, we don't know what we have until we get there. I do not think that it is possible to compare digital and analog playback forms. With a turntable we have as many choices (g...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #54: Observe the sound… with your brain or ears? by Romy the Cat on 2013-12-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Mastodont DIY Rack: Wall Mount? in Audio Discussions  68 Replies 
[quote user="N-set"]Rings=poorely damped, due to its crystaline structure. Take a granite tile with two fingers, put your ear close to it and knuckle. Observe the sound.Repeat with other stones to compare. For that reason it's neither used in nanolab...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Thank you for giving me ideas on RTA by zanon on 2010-06-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Learning to interpret RTA in Audio Discussions  10 Replies 
Thank you all for your ideas and suggestions on RTA.Romy -- you are correct, measurements always need to be made in context of sonic experience and more importantly musical intention. For me, though, to begin the process, I need to unlearn much of wh...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #53: Subharmonics and undertones by Jorge on 2011-09-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Constructing LF modules to the limits in Audio Discussions  54 Replies 
Just how important are  subharmonics and undertones in audio, and how they affect tone? I played around for a while with the Townshend supertweeters,  this is a ribbon tweeter that you can barely listen to:  you plug it in and put it next to your...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #18: Re: I juts do not follow you by guy sergeant on 2005-04-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vitavox’s S2 Survival Guide. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  123 Replies 
In your earlier piece about how to use the S2 'properly' you wrote"Whatever happens between the 400 and 2,5 is pretty much unnecessary for you garbage. So, get any known to you soft capacitor of 3uF and place it in series with the S2 driver. This wil...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #98: Love at first listen by Antonio J. on 2007-12-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to USE “Resonating Oops” in loudspeakers in Horn-Loaded Speakers  184 Replies 
[quote user="drdna"]While I think a resonating speaker can add its own musicality to a reproduction, it is clearly adding harmonic distortion, etc.  It may be pleasant, but you run the risk of needing differently tuned speakers for each type of ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Loudness vs. tone by Romy the Cat on 2014-03-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Making musical instruments by audio person? in Playback Listening  18 Replies 
[quote user="zztop7"]The vast majority of time that I hear I violin, it is too harsh.  I like a sweet tone.  The major problem is that a violin must Cut through a vast hall; Stradivarius[?plural] are known for this.I have built instruments ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #98: It is always the room by anthony on 2021-10-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo's Axioms: Horn-loaded acoustic systems in Horn-Loaded Speakers  120 Replies 
Romy, yes it is an interesting subject and one that I have thought quite a bit about although not directly from the angle from which you are approaching it.One of Macondos great strengths is narrow directivity from high frequencies all the way down t...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Fostex tweeters, Lowther broadbanders on a limited range. by gordan on 2011-04-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Fostex tweeters, Lowther broadbanders on a limited range. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  1 Replies 
well, i believe that the popularity of the better fostex tweeters comes from their typical, off-shelf sound which is soft and easy on ear in comparison with super-resolunt Ti or Be diaphragm equipped competition. they very much suit any sharpness com...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #412: Here is where Melquiades pays off. by Romy the Cat on 2011-01-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s Midbass Project – the grown up time. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  455 Replies 
Since I got my stable and good quality electricity back I recalibrated my bass horn. Again, I set it up with very precisely and absolutely without any measurements, juts by ear, to sound exactly how I want it to sound. This is in a way my crown jewel...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Crossovers and frames by serenechaos on 2008-05-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Experience Music Horn Installation @ VSAC in Horn-Loaded Speakers  25 Replies 
I ask Jeffery about crossovers...  Yes, the GOTO sub comes with a steep slope.  The crossovers Jeffery built (all the horns) are 1st order, and cross-over points fine tuned by ear.  The “what to do different or the same” question was...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: Fane impedance and other drivers. by Romy the Cat on 2008-02-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Bye-Bye, Fane in Horn-Loaded Speakers  108 Replies 
[quote user="jessie.dazzle"] Back when Fane were still in business, I ordered a pair in 16O (I don't know if there is a theoretical best choice between the two for horn loading... Any thoughts ? However, the 8O model will require a smaller coil in th...
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