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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #71: Unfortunately no one is looking in this direction. by Romy the Cat on 2011-05-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to get a LOT of SET power. in Audio Discussions  106 Replies 
N-set, at this point I am under impression (not conviction however) that a hybrid with some kind of harmonic correction circuit can do the job but spend much less blood. I have to admit that the best hybrids that I head had (Lamm M1.1) no where remot...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #13: Re: EdgarHorns crash .... by Romy the Cat on 2005-12-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Crossover Design in Audio Discussions  69 Replies 
[quote user="drdna"] BUT, I think it is more exactly what you say that the midrange horn is round and the lower midrange horn is rectangular.  They sound different and it is more easy for me to hear the presence of the rectangular horn. [/quote]...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Sauna and Audio by Romy the Cat on 2012-01-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Sauna and Audio in Audio Discussions  10 Replies 
I have in my basement a room that I do not use and I am in process of building Finnish cedar sauna in there. The pre-sauna room will have a fireplace, shower, rest facility and the rest ordinary sauna suspects. While I am constructing the frame and w...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: It is Hot! The summer playback by Romy the Cat on 2008-08-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Rightsizing from extreme systems.... in Audio Discussions  7 Replies 
The damn Milqs and everything else do a lot of hit and I have been running during the hot days a pair of small monitors with consumer-grade 100V A/B amplifier. The only requirement that I have that the 100V A/B is driver from my default preamp and I ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #23: Sakuma and his sound. by Romy the Cat on 2008-11-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Sakuma's Show in Audio Discussions  35 Replies 
At the 7-level perceptual paradigm was operating not Sakuma by Cho-sun for Micro-Seiki. Sakuma was not operating in my view at any level but just listed highly band-passed, highly compressed gray sound. Nl, feels that “Systems like these are all abou...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #236: Dynamics and Avicenna by drdna on 2009-01-05 
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"] I played the full system today driven from Avicenna possessor.[/quote]Yay! [quote user="Romy the Cat"]It was interesting.[/quote]Uh oh. [quote user="Romy the Cat"]So, in my view this sonic elasticity of sound was with Avic...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #119: DEQ 2496 sound by drdna on 2009-02-11 
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="Romy the Cat"]Funny I thought that that for MiniMe it would not be so critical but as soon I plugged the DEQ-2496 in MiniMe pass I have heard that depersonalized DEQ sound.[/quote]It is funny how some people seem to not hear this at all ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #114: The feline hypocrisy of the MiniMe caliber? by Romy the Cat on 2009-02-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s MiniMe or about Pilot Acoustic Systems in Audio Discussions  213 Replies 
Actually it turned out that LE5-2/2105 are much more complicated driver and to sound right it need way more complex crossover then juts a band-pass the I initially unused. I spend some time with it today but did not find a configuration the I feel co...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #29: The ”better noise” today’s recording by Romy the Cat on 2008-03-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Sansui TU-X1 Broadcast monitor. in Off Air Audio  56 Replies 
What a concert and from whom you think it was? The Pittsburgh Symphony led by Marek Janowski! The Korean Chee-Yun played Saint-Saëns Violin Concerto #3. The Pittsburgh with Janowski demonstrated superb sound – not too sophisticated but very withhold ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: The Schaub & Lorenz paradox by Romy the Cat on 2011-02-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Forward in the past with old radios. in Off Air Audio  18 Replies 
It is very interesting as my new Schaub & Lorenz radio is a phenomenal illustration of bad sound. It has “large” and “full sound” with very impressive “bass size” but sat the same time this sound is absolutely dead. In fact audio people might lea...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #123: Complain! by Romy the Cat on 2009-09-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to record FM broadcasts. in Off Air Audio  125 Replies 
We did not have it in FM, it was a TV feed.  I did not listen the Magnus Lindberg overture and I did not particularly care about the "Symphonie Fantastique". I was interested in the Messiaen’s songs with Renée Fleming and it was what I was watching a...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: The 99.5FM - the unexpectedly positive result by Romy the Cat on 2009-12-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The new FM Classical scene in Boston in Off Air Audio  47 Replies 
I have to say, that I genially like the new 99.5. I do not have as perfect reception as I had with 97.9 with absolutely clear, no noise background. Still, thankfully the compression of the new 99.5 is very low and last night and today live broadcasts...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #14: The low voltage film capacitors. by Romy the Cat on 2008-04-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: What is the buzz: the V-Caps? in Audio Discussions  19 Replies 
I am now involved in incredibly interesting project (tell you later about it what have firm result) where I need to use a between stages a cap that cares 1V and practically no current. The best film caps that I tried were 100V-400V and they actually ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Whew… back to sanity! by Romy the Cat on 2008-05-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Wharfedale Super 12/RS/DD 12" full range driver in Audio Discussions  9 Replies 
Well, Daren,there is a huge difference between the 1.200 sq feet and 12.000 sq feet. The 1.200 sq feet is a good size room the 12.000 sq feet is good size concert hall for a couple thousand people…. So we are back to a sane listening room…. :-)Intere...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #98: I do not think that voltage drop is a problem by Romy the Cat on 2008-03-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Initial thoughts about new/old Lamm ML2s in Audio Discussions  215 Replies 
[quote user="Paul S"] I have stated several times that the ML2s are less sensitive to bad electricity than my phono stage, and this is true. However, this is not to say that the amps are immune to bad electricity. In fact, it is the effects of bad el...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #40: Berning amps and “switching Oops” injection? by Romy the Cat on 2007-12-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Devid Berning amplifiers: the anti-trnsformers frenzy? in Audio Discussions  45 Replies 
Merlin, might I ask you if you can recognize anything from my post: http://www.GoodSoundClub.com/TreeItem.aspx?PostID=6020... in the sound of your Berning amp?Rgs, teh caT...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Intermodulation by el`Ol on 2008-03-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Measuring reality: empirical mode decomposition in Audio Discussions  10 Replies 
I don´t know whether the audio industry`s products are so sophisticatet that they need mathematical steam hammers to improve them. In a German forum there is a discussion about a diploma work from the TU Berlin where the student found out in psychoac...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #20: It would be much more beneficial for Truth. by Romy the Cat on 2007-08-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Sakuma's Show in Audio Discussions  35 Replies 
Thanks, John. We all adults and we all know how much difference between Realty and what we see on TV, particularly if we have done TV for living. As I told Sakuma might be is more interesting then the cult that I feel purely artificially is made abou...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #69: To “compensate for bad electricity”? by Romy the Cat on 2007-09-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
[quote user="Paul S"]What a relief! No matter how many times it happens, at some point I always wind up adjusting my system to compensate for bad electricity! [/quote] I would concur with it – sine the temperature dropped last week here in Boston the...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: A new European production of 12AX7? by Romy the Cat on 2007-11-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A new European production of 12AX7? in Audio Discussions  3 Replies 
I have heard that here and there an advertising of new 12AX7 production.http://www.musicdirect.com/product/73403I wonder if it is the truly new production of some kind of new manufacturer (like Emission Labs or similar) or juts rebranded and repainte...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: I said “more friendly” - I did not say better. by Romy the Cat on 2007-01-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Tuuubes - where are the hard vacuums going? in Audio Discussions  3 Replies 
I’m very far from being able to express any more or less valuable opinion on the subject however, what I understand that they/you are taking about small signal-level devised. Whatever it worth, I feel that pure SS can care line-level tasks perfectly ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #350: A piano in a listening room by Romy the Cat on 2012-06-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Romy The Cat's new Listening Room in Audio Discussions  478 Replies 
I am slowly contemplating to put a baby grand piano in my listening room. Besides all other considerations there is one that fascinates me - how the presence of a piano in listening room will affect sound acousticly. I do remember in past I had guita...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: It is about reverberation time. by Romy the Cat on 2012-07-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Big room vs small room in Audio Discussions  9 Replies 
Rowuk, I think you take the subject of acoustic in listening room a bit wrongly, would it be for audio or for your trumpet. The reflection of bass wave back to the listener is not the problem at all, at least in my assessment. The key is in decay pat...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #48: The things will be much better. by Romy the Cat on 2012-03-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Opera Room in Audio Discussions  77 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] This week on Thursday and Friday I had two “audio visitors” in my listening room. We did some listening and as it have become customary: they asked me to show something “interesting” or different in my Opera Room. BTW,...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #43: I do not know. by Romy the Cat on 2010-06-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Gas voltage reference 0A2 tubes. in Melquiades Amplifier  42 Replies 
[quote user="ghpicard"]Hi Romy,   I wonder whether you could advance on the octal voltage regulator testing on the Milq, and what your conclusions were. As I have already seen Milq on your new home still with the 0A2s I can assume you weren't much sa...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: 4 questions. by Romy the Cat on 2011-02-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Full range Melquiades implementation in Melquiades Amplifier  81 Replies 
Decoud, I have 4 questions to ask The configuration of chasses you use implies that input has to be in the mid of the amp in front. I however, do not see it. So, where is the input and why it is too far from the first grid? What brand/made/specificat...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #382: Y0-186 sounds like… by Romy the Cat on 2011-02-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps in Melquiades Amplifier  397 Replies 
Actually I have found a perfect association how to describe the Y0-186 sound, it sound like dill herb. This might explain my love to Y0-186 as dill is one of the most beloved smalls and taste. A combination of dill and garlic is a magic small that wo...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #370: ….above and below two very clean channel. by Romy the Cat on 2009-09-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps in Melquiades Amplifier  397 Replies 
Yesterday my local audio guy visited me. He also fold in love with YoYo tube, flipping juts once between the normal linear tubes and YoYo was enough for him to ask me to leave the YO86 in there and do not change it anymore. We both agreed that it is ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #354: Actually it is not so simple. by Romy the Cat on 2009-06-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps in Melquiades Amplifier  397 Replies 
After all, I faced a problem where I did not expect it. The MF channel with no wirewound LPAD attenuator sounds more extended but at the same time not all of that extra HF too useful. In fact, what I hear is that with the series resistor Sound ha...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #279: What is relevant and what is irrelevant by Romy the Cat on 2009-02-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
Floobydust, and this is exactly why I ask what “other available solutions for clean power” do the job but do not “hurt” sound. The reason why I ask is because if I know, let say 3-4 devises, of the different designs that do the “electricity cure” w...
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