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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: Re: Forum e-mail by i_should_coco on 2006-09-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Big mama 1.5" horns.... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  27 Replies 
Hello Chris, Yes, the 340s are superb. Martin suggested I cut them myself, but they're very nicely made and I really don't want to make a pig's ear of it. I wish I'd had him make them with an "adapter" so I could use larger format drivers. I didn't h...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #26: Early days by decoud on 2012-05-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Full range Melquiades implementation in Melquiades Amplifier  81 Replies 
Yes, it is built according to the schematic, but by someone else, from whom I have only just received it. The opt is custom-made nanocrystalline amorphous core, gapped at 300mA and running 200V/240mA.It is quiet, precise and very fast (which last the...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #53: Ignore it by Amir on 2019-10-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: My Audio Philosophy in Playback Listening  95 Replies 
This topic is my corner , it is about my ideas , my setup , my news and my story. I write here because i do not want create many new topics. I think it is better to write only here.There is No need to read my topic If you think my topic is moronic or...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #22: Work in progress and a support request by twogoodears on 2008-08-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: ... again on GOTO Unit drivers... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  108 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] Welcome to the state of the lost virginity. In fact the expresses of the 98 percent of people worldwide are irrelevant as if you know how time-misaligned sound horns then you would automatically discard whatever ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: A truly cool solution for RIAA re-tuning…. by Romy the Cat on 2007-08-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A truly cool solution for RIAA re-tuning…. in Analog Playback  2 Replies 
All records, particularly from good period, were recorded at different equalization. Even the records that were RIAA marked were in fact WAY off…How to deal with it? Running a feedback to high impedance, in the way how it made in EAR 384P, permited u...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #12: Some notes on the S&B TX-103 "sound" by Thorsten on 2005-01-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Expressive Technologies SU-1 in Analog Playback  33 Replies 
Hi Roman,[quote user="Romy the Cat"] the S&B unfortunately does just gain, nothing else) but for the money S&B do OK. [/quote]Then it does exactly what is asked of it, I asked JB to design it for me PERSONALLY as a "wire with gain". I have be...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #103: Does history repeat itself? by rowuk on 2021-11-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Remedies the Beauty in Playback Listening  297 Replies 
In Macondo/Melquiades thinking, random process means random result - and that is exactly what happened with Dunnoy. A random driver was placed in a random cabinet with a random passive radiator and random cabinet damping. All subsequent attempts to r...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #33: 834P schematic by Romy the Cat on 2004-12-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Where are our good phonostages? in Analog Playback  61 Replies 
Chirag, I have some other guys who were asking about the 834P schematic. I just got home and made a picture of my manual with the schematic in it. I do not know if it’s legal. It sort of none-commercial site and I did paid long time ago for my first...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #40: Sentiments by zako on 2010-12-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A new 'chic' foolishness about mono systems in Audio For Dummies ™  48 Replies 
The mono/stereo sentiments are not directally related...In some ways yes,,and in some ways no,,,But a complex answere would take a complex mix of remastering the program,, Ive done it both ways.   And so has my long ago dead friend,, who had done alo...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: R2R by Duc on 2017-03-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: EAR Yoshino DAC 4 by Tim Paravicini in Didital Things  24 Replies 
[quote user="Amir"]Ear dac4 is not so transparent and it's volume control should be removed in my idea.[/quote]Amir,Good idea. I bet it will make a remarkable difference. Try to look for your ideal sound among true Multibit R2R DACs. For your informa...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #16: Signal strength by peter foster on 2008-07-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Where the FM quality comes from? in Off Air Audio  22 Replies 
The station that I most listen to is 105.9 MHz that broadcasts from one location 50 miles away at 100kW power and that is detected by 2 FM aerials mounted as a parallel array with rotator and ~ 40 feet of coaxial cable to the TU-X1.  T...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #12: Bidat with volume pot? by Antonio J. on 2005-03-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The “Melquiades” Sound - beginning of the story. in Melquiades Amplifier  28 Replies 
I wonder if you're doing your listening with the Bidat using its volume pot or you're using only vinyl with your phono correctors or maybe the ET-T-834 EAR using its volume pot. Maybe the Melquiades has its own attenuators. I'll be glad to know how y...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #35: The Seventh Channel of Macondo by Romy the Cat on 2008-09-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Simpson Microphones thread. in Audio Discussions  45 Replies 
[quote user="Andy Simpson "]Not recreate the performance but only the mechanical stimulus at the ear….[/quote] Well, if my project with the Macondo 7th Channel will go successfully then I would very battle this notion of “stimulus for the ears”. ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #100: Driver attatchment; gaskets by serenechaos on 2009-01-31 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s MiniMe or about Pilot Acoustic Systems in Audio Discussions  213 Replies 
just a couple thoughts: the nicest mini-monit0rs i've ever heard used an unusual mounting technique.  http://www.enjoythemusic.com/magazine/equipment/0807/micropure_kotaro.htm i had difficulty communicating with the maker due to language ba...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #58: Incomplete by ArmAlex on 2019-10-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: My Audio Philosophy in Playback Listening  95 Replies 
[quote user="Amir"]This topic is my corner , it is about my ideas , my setup , my news and my story. I write here because i do not want create many new topics. I think it is better to write only here.There is No need to read my topic If you think my ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #25: Escalating Levels of Violence by Paul S on 2013-08-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Wine, women, song.. and audio in Playback Listening  71 Replies 
Yes, all that. Of course one never resorts to the paddles except in the most desperate cases. Once the bottle is open, however, this may at least make a silk purse from a sow's ear.  On the other side, I got too early to a Montrose that seemed "young...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Every discipline opens new doors by rowuk on 2014-03-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Making musical instruments by audio person? in Playback Listening  18 Replies 
Hi Romy,I do believe that you can benefit from the study of making violins. It is one of the few instruments that are essentially "finished" in development. They have an essentially perfect string length for the played frequencies, the body size and ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Harsh Violins by zztop7 on 2014-03-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Making musical instruments by audio person? in Playback Listening  18 Replies 
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 in the past to my taste.  First...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #298: The idea that the sum of the parts "quality" offers the best... by rowuk on 2020-03-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage in Analog Playback  310 Replies 
We cannot view theoretical advantages of individual parts as the path to a better solution. The EAR phono corrector worked so well because the total concept was holistic. Thorstens modifications did not use the "premiere" parts to get the total solut...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #38: Wilson headache by Djoeri on 2015-01-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: About Wilson Audio Loudspeakers in Audio Discussions  53 Replies 
Hi Romy,I've been reading GSC for some time, because I hope to find and learn some different audio perspectives. Untill now I never posted anything because of my total ignorance about horn speakers. But i've heard some wilson audio's a couple of time...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Sewer commercial FM stations, mindless radio listening by misnacat on 2009-10-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Apple helped kill FM...and might help rescue it... in Off Air Audio  2 Replies 
J. Here is a start, If you want live hosts and quality FM broadcast with a wide varity of program material try CBC Radio, available just about everywhere here in Canada including the North West Territorys.Most nations radio stations have large budget...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #98: Works +/- properly by Romy the Cat on 2011-08-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage in Analog Playback  310 Replies 
[quote user="N-set"] Sorry Romy, I did not want to sound nitpicking. I'm rather trying to understand if my copy works +/- properly.[/quote]   I do not see you nitpicking, you do the right things and I wools do the very same if I was at your place. 1V...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Single Ended Triode distortions.... by Romy the Cat on 2006-04-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Single Ended Triode distortions.... in Audio Discussions  0 Replies 
[quote user="guy sergeant"]The load lines are horrible. I can't imagine it gives a very accurate representation of what is fed into it. Maybe that's not what you are after.[/quote]It is not that I completely agree (or completely understand) the Eduar...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: Stating the obvious by jessie.dazzle on 2007-03-31 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Time Alignment : Live Performances vs Audio in Playback Listening  9 Replies 
Hello Stringreen, First, though I do use it, I think the term "time alignment" is a misnomer... We should really be calling it something else. When you say "Time Allignment has nothing to do with the placement of instruments in an orchestra", y...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #40: The difference between 'the same' and 'equally real' by Andy Simpson on 2008-09-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Simpson Microphones thread. in Audio Discussions  45 Replies 
[quote user="tuga"]  Andy Simpson wrote: Hi Tuga,<BR><BR>I have no argument here.<BR><BR>My main test procedure is to set up the monitors either side of the source and match playback SPL for direct bl...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #115: My revision by Amir on 2016-12-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: High Quality Music Server / CD player in Didital Things  169 Replies 
[quote user="Amir"]these are my findings about computer audio after some trial error:1. computer audio is very very hardware/OS/software dependent. computer structure is multi task (time sharing) and using it as a real time single task processor is n...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #15: I juts do not follow you 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"] I feel very pleased for you. I was always somewhat puzzled by your descriptions of how you felt the S2 sounded, particularly between 600 and 1200 Hz. My experiences with a few different horns but always with a good quality...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: An Interview With Dr. Bruce Edgar by Romy the Cat on 2007-07-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: An Interview With Dr. Bruce Edgar in Horn-Loaded Speakers  0 Replies 
The Other End of the Single End: Modern Horns Done With Flare An Interview With Dr. Bruce Edgarby Dave Glackin, printed in POSITIVE FEEDBACK. 1996 Dave Glackin interviewed Dr. Bruce Edgar in his home, prior to the 1996 WCES. A follow-up on the speak...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: DIY Firefly by green heron on 2011-04-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: DIY Firefly Horns in Horn-Loaded Speakers  2 Replies 
As the builder behind these horns, I can answer some of your questions.  It's true, I was primarily focused on the woodworking/building side, and now I'm experimenting with amplification and crossovers. I can't speak authoritatively on those subjects...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #89: Bingo by Paul S on 2011-07-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vitavox S2 with Electromagnets in Horn-Loaded Speakers  91 Replies 
Decoud, this is certainly the evolutionary idea, all right, that I have been turning over in my head for a while now.  However, even to start with, if nothing else, there is with FC the opportunity to "dial in" flux by ear.I cannot remember when, but...
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