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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: L-9=>Closed box by Joe Roberts on 2010-05-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Munich High End 2010 in Horn-Loaded Speakers  39 Replies 
The Western Electric L-9 in Munich was/is an infinite baffle design. The 754B woofers are in a sealed enclosure with a front horn. There is no possibility of cancellation between front wave and back wave of speaker, so I wouldn't call it an "open baf...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: The vintage tubes paranoia and a custom bass transformer by Romy the Cat on 2008-01-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: My (Amplification + Acoustic System): what is next? in Audio Discussions  41 Replies 
[quote user="Paul S"] I have been surprised that you have not already pursued the Zarathustra for your multi-driver, sealed LF.  From your early descriptions of both, this seemed like a natural pairing and the most likely way to go, to keep the ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #840: Just trying to understand by Lx_ on 2011-04-13 
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"]You absolutely incorrectly, in my view, look at the data. The files of cause do not have the same start mark. Why shell they? I did not subtract one from another. You did in phase the files and did the subtraction but what ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #66: Why design system with such large constraints? by scooter on 2012-01-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Crossover Design in Audio Discussions  69 Replies 
[quote user="Kerry Brown"] Jorge, You're quite welcome to visit any time you are in the SF Bay Area. .... The little aluminum box on the upper shelf with the blue LED is a NuFrorce mono amp, one of two.  The DEQX HDP3, one of two, is the black bo...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #21: Do your home work. by Romy the Cat on 2013-04-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Lamm ML2.0 & Lamhorn/AER in Audio Discussions  25 Replies 
[quote user="HookEm"]But, although it seems things are moving in a good direction, the overall presentation still seems a bit dry (not as fluid as my head tells me it should be).[/quote]HookEm, it was a bit is very generic comment that does not expre...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1163: Pure Power 3000+, corrections and further observations. by Romy the Cat on 2013-06-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
Ok, it is a lot of information on my plate and I am trying to make sense of it. Below I will share my observations about the new Pure Power 3000+. The first thing first.  In the post I made a few days back: http://www.GoodSoundClub.c...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #57: Way to go, Mr. Reviewer!!! by Romy the Cat on 2008-09-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Lamm Industries: a special interview with a special company in Audio News  97 Replies 
I actually read the review carefully. My initials sentiments were very accurate.  Knowing the Vladimir’s reaction to those thighs I might presume that he also feels that this level of “intelligent writing about audio” is no more intellectu...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Oh, low voltage sources... by anthony on 2019-04-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Valve Preamplifier for Macondo/DSET in Melquiades Amplifier  74 Replies 
[quote user="rowuk"]How many sources do you currently have? If you are building a phono corrector, make it for 4 volts output. If you have a PC for digital playback, there are good DACs with more than 2V output. That would leave a tuner to pimp - cer...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1824: Just 2 cents. by xandcg on 2022-07-31 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
[quote user="Amir"] ---------------------------------------------------   common internet information : it seems UPS/inverters/ACRegenarators react different to different loads .PSU design affect on load characteristics and not ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #128: Some room dealing basics by Romy the Cat on 2016-10-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A listening room for a domesticated Cat? in Audio Discussions  283 Replies 
Two of my local audio folks asked me to put online my thoughts process about my listening room. Here are some basics. Yesterday, messuring my room I got the following response in lower octaves. That is a typical response in rondom rooms, or wh...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: My Verklärte Nacht. by Romy the Cat on 2017-12-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The remarkable moments in Audio. in Audio Discussions  16 Replies 
An amazing event took place during the flip between 2011 and 2012, the New Year nigh. It was my former suburb listening room, the one that had the midbass horns built into the attic.  At that time, I was running playback a lot and I frequently was...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Here is the article by rowuk on 2014-06-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The centuries old struggle to play in tune in Playback Listening  10 Replies 
The Wolf at Our Heels The centuries-old struggle to play in tune. By Jan Swafford Y...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Pham Thanh Cuong's playback from Vietnam. by Romy the Cat on 2010-12-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Pham Thanh Cuong's playback from Vietnam. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  6 Replies 
Pham’s installation did pop up at my site before, primary in context of the illustration of what “those brainless Goto people do”. During the last year or two Mr. Cuong made some changes that I feel worth to note and to discuss. http://...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: Well, Lamms are not exactly fun anymore. by Romy the Cat on 2005-09-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Silence of the Lamms! in Audio Discussions  7 Replies 
[quote user="Tommy"]I believe that you are right on the LAMM issues look at the sewers! The market is flooded with them and everyone wants to sell them including dealers and private folks. I have never seen so much Lamm crapolla for sale as in last f...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #85: Re: “Something” in playback.... by Romy the Cat on 2006-09-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vitavox’s S2 Survival Guide. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  123 Replies 
angelo, I do not know what the story about the Vitavox Mike. He travels a lot and sometime he is few weeks out of county, during this time he does not retie emails.… It happened with him before. He runs a shop and you might call his ask how he is do...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #128: The Cantare drivers and the Foxtex’s bid by Romy the Cat on 2009-02-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s MiniMe or about Pilot Acoustic Systems in Audio Discussions  213 Replies 
[quote user="el`Ol"]Romy, I find the Veravox 5 drivers are strong contenders when searching for elevated sensitivity 5" drivers. I heard the Veravox 5X in combination with Shindo SET electronics and found it very natural-sounding. Both 5ers have cer...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #197: APS Purepower 2000: Sound #6 and plugging techniques. by Romy the Cat on 2008-12-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
This is very interesting subject that gave me a lot of head ache until I figured the things out. It is known that I have aversion to ground that comes with mains. It is very dirty, so a few years back I drove 15 feet copper poll in pretreated backya...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1125: PurePower warranty service performed well by PurePower on 2013-04-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
In  late December hifigirlgeek reported an error message on the display of her PurePower+ that indicated our diagnostic system had detected an overtemp reading, which caused the PurePower unit to go into protective shut down. ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #68: Yellowish vs.blueishness and Vivaldi. by Romy the Cat on 2005-08-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vitavox’s S2 Survival Guide. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  123 Replies 
[quote user="Bud"]I actually prefer the essence from the other end of summer, that wet, clear water running sound, so exuberant and hopeful ... though autumnal music has its own joys.. you only need encounter Vivaldi's  Four seasons portrayed by...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: The hostages taking or the collapse of SET idea. by Romy the Cat on 2015-01-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The ultimate worst best things in audio. in Audio Discussions  8 Replies 
What I hate usually and in audio in particularly is the situation when a professional know that s/he is able to deliver a satisfactory resale and s/he subordinate and enslave everything to this believe. Pretend you are have a house with a single ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: The “sounds” that I am looking for. by Romy the Cat on 2008-05-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The “sounds” that I am looking for. in Playback Listening  5 Replies 
My interests in sounds are lately gone to next direction.  I became less care about the expressivity of sounds but rather about semi-masochistic subsiding of sound, almost at the level of sonic humiliation. I am taking about the state of intenti...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: The Audio of 21 century: still not there. by Romy the Cat on 2019-12-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Audio of 21 century: still not there. in Playback Listening  4 Replies 
It is the end of the year and while people think about summation of the year’s events, I would like to elevate myself to a higher altitude trying to observe the most significant things in audio with wider lenses.  I am 52 and I begin to play with “...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: The silence after coda by Romy the Cat on 2010-12-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The silence after coda in Playback Listening  1 Replies 
Sure, talking about this subject it is impossible to avoid the Glenn Gould brilliant GPAADAK concept. http://glenngould.ca/articles/2010/3/22/nailing-shut-the-coughin-gpaadak-as-the-first-step-to-improv.html …. But Glen not with u...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #22: Switch off one of the stereo channels… by Romy the Cat on 2011-07-31 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Basic guide to advanced audio in Playback Listening  62 Replies 
[quote user="haralanov"] So the tweeter is always needed. The bad thing is it deforms (in 99,9999999999999999999% of the cases) the perfectly round audio window, formed by the midrange channel and "pull" some notes sometimes at its axis. These are of...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Wet/Dry ™ configuration for midbass. by Romy the Cat on 2017-10-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Wet/Dry ™ configuration for midbass. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  1 Replies 
Say whatever you want but some of the vintage drivers has it. Not all of them but some of them do and the question how to get it. I always has been an enthusiast of midbass horn and I am very much the enthusiast now but there are some topological ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Horns and digital crossovers. by Romy the Cat on 2005-03-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Horns and digital crossovers. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  16 Replies 
This subject of digital crossovers became quite popular during last few years and many audio-people give up and go for a simplicity and painlessness of digital crossovering. There is an army of people out there who would swear by a complete transpare...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #327: About my old system vs. the new system, as now. by Romy the Cat on 2011-08-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Romy The Cat's new Listening Room in Audio Discussions  478 Replies 
[quote user="Jorge"] I listened to Romys old system,  I am sure the new one sound better….[/quote] With everyone who comes to my place we discuss that subject: how audio installation in my new listening room sound different from the playback I had in...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: A new amplifier from Audio Note. by Romy the Cat on 2005-09-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A new amplifier from Audio Note. in Audio News  4 Replies 
The Japanese manufacture Audio Note by the infamous Kondo-San announced a new revolutionary amplifier. The name of the amplifier unfortunately could not be spelled or pronounced in English and therefore the US distributor Mr. Klein calls it “NDiP” or...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Lamm ML3 – 3LAMA worth SET by Romy the Cat on 2006-12-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Lamm Industries: a special interview with a special company in Audio News  97 Replies 
I got a forwarded email today containing the Lamm Industry’s release notes about their new SET amplifiers. http://www.GoodSoundClub.com/PDF/LammML3.pdf The good thing in this is that Vladimir is still Vladimir and he did changed since the Rich ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: French technician. Oxymoron? :-) by Romy the Cat on 2009-12-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Antenna Cable Connection in Off Air Audio  3 Replies 
[quote user="RonyWeissman"] I know lot's of small DIY shops but they would charge me several hundred euros to explain to me that they don't understand what I am saying. [/quote] Yes, this is a good one. I am in the same boat with most of the s...
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