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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Cessaro speakers and some other tidbits by morricab on 2007-06-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: My feelings about new exciting audio products in Audio Discussions  25 Replies 
Hi Romy, I recently heard the smallest Cessaro and while I felt that the bass was not adequate for long term satisfaction it was also not a total disaster.  From the midbass on up; however, the speaker is simply superb and one of the very best h...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #116: To Samplitude or not Samplitude. by Romy the Cat on 2009-04-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to record FM broadcasts. in Off Air Audio  125 Replies 
[quote user="HDTT"]Romy have you tried Samplitude extensively, I have both Wavelab and samp prefer samp.Also with version 10 with Hybrid engine believe or not it is noticeably cleaner than older version noticed itright off the bat. Wavelab is good bu...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Bit-identity by el`Ol on 2008-07-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The SACD and the Windows Media Player in Didital Things  5 Replies 
Hello Romy!I suspect that Sony intentionally astablished a poor conversion algorithm, as well. I don`t think there more than a hand full SACDs that have a separately recorded/mastered PCM layer, maybe some more that use an other (non-Sony) ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: A real, working value? by Paul S on 2007-08-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The LCR RIAA correctors in Analog Playback  57 Replies 
I have read about but not heard the transformer RIAAs and the "No R" version (or was it "no C"?), and I have seen some fairly ingenious ways to try to keep impedance at a constant 600 Ohms.  But the 10k does pique my interest, because now w...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #39: Understood by anthony on 2023-07-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo 3.0 in Horn-Loaded Speakers  51 Replies 
Yes, my DSET is fundamentally the same as yours with 6 channels, three fullrange, 1627a for Channel C.  The largest difference is probably that my DHT channel has its own B+.My preamp is quite different though, being a hybrid based on 10y.  It has a ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #17: Time delay by deemon on 2006-09-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Evaluation of tractrix curves based on visual surface reflec... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  17 Replies 
Yes , the idea of time delay machine is completely clear now . I made some experiments with analog and digital parts of the circuit , ewerything OK , and I need to assemble all the parts together , but now I am finishing the new hybrid class A amp - ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #68: This is interesting! by noviygera on 2015-12-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Planning my DSET in Melquiades Amplifier  186 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Interesting. with sealed 280 sq feet and 8 drivers per side along a long wall you very much migh be able to use a singe 6C33C. With proper loading, good trasformer, DSET and these drivers you should be able to get bass that...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #42: Winner, Schminner: This Gives Me an Idea... by Paul S 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 
OK, I managed to get to the "fully mono" experiment done pretty quickly.  The single speaker made a more "compact" sound that stuck more closely to the speaker, itself, despite "increased" ambient cue "saturation".No surprise, I happen to prefer my o...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Your LF arrays are sealed, right? by Paul S on 2007-03-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: "Zaratustra II" to drive Macondo’s bass? in Audio Discussions  3 Replies 
If LF are sealed, I would suspect that the strong SS/hybrid would be better able to keep the drivers "off the air cushion".  When the drivers get to that point I hear something I would describe like this:  Take your fingernail and...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #24: The Robert Koda’s Takumi K-70 hybrid by Romy the Cat on 2011-03-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Two-stages, hybrid, small, powerful class “A”? in Audio Discussions  23 Replies 
Here is another interesting hybrid. The gain stage is made around 5842 tube, most likely with feedback and the current stage is SS reportedly single-ended and in class A.  They claim 150W, if it is in Class A and without PP then frankly I do not see ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Is Zarathustra Back? by Romy the Cat on 2008-04-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Building “Zarathustra II” amplifier in Audio Discussions  8 Replies 
I have a conversation yesterday that encouraged me to think again about the Zarathustra II project. This 250W of pure class “A”, 90A capable hybrid is sitting under my bad horns. All parts are there and the amps 90% built… I need to finish it. It was...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #33: Underdamped bass on SETs by morricab on 2007-10-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Devid Berning amplifiers: the anti-trnsformers frenzy? in Audio Discussions  45 Replies 
"Indeed for classical work I often find a slightly under damped bass response to be emotionally evocative and of benefit to the illusion of the acoustic"Have you looked at the primary cause of this issue with most SET amps?  I can tell you that ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Tannoy Barkingside by starboy on 2007-02-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Tannoy Red 1960s: some sober reality in Audio Discussions  10 Replies 
My preferred type of speaker is a full range ribbon, though I've always had a monkey/Tannoy on my back which is surprising as I don't really care for box speakers. I've heard many over the years but I was never really that impressed but wan...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Fits general consensus by steverino on 2023-05-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Good small SS amplifier in Audio Discussions  3 Replies 
Over the years there have been occasional reviews of low powered SS, but mostly in passing because they undercut (by sounding better) the bigger SS amps whether by the same vendor or others. Yes many years ago I had a low powered semi faux hybrid Jol...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #13: What "Works" More Often? by Paul S on 2013-03-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: What Is The Minimum for an "Acceptable" Phono Stag... in Analog Playback  12 Replies 
If anything, I have already laid out too much "background" or "context" including my likes, dislikes, whatever, at this long-suffering site.  The idea here has nothing to do with anything other than getting "acceptable" sound more often than I do...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #22: The Name of the PP Triode/SS Hybrid by Paul S on 2012-09-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Are Any Powerful Amps Worth Using? in Audio Discussions  21 Replies 
Since I "forgot" to mention it before, the very interesting amp I mentioned up the thread is the Nat Audio Generator monoblock, a Serbian PP triode/SS hybrid of some sort.  Now that I have the MA-9S2s, there is no reason for me to check back on t...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #17: What to do for now? by Romy the Cat on 2011-04-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Yamaha B-2 V-FET amplifier. in Audio Discussions  19 Replies 
Well, one way or another I will fix my B2 amp. I think while I have no bass amp it would be a good idea to try other amps for ULF: powerful tube amps or even class D amps.  I do not have inspiration to dry Class D amps and I have no powerful tube amp...

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 #34: Let me know why Audiopax inject energy to the sound by Amir on 2019-10-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: My Audio Philosophy in Playback Listening  95 Replies 
first i should say i need more time to judge the Audiopax for some reasons but i try to share the first thing come to my mind after listening to Audiopax. I should say i use Pure Power 3000+ , I mean i judge Audiopax when it is c...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Moscode, Morecode, Moronocode…. by Romy the Cat on 2006-05-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Moscode, Morecode, Moronocode…. in Audio Discussions  0 Replies 
Since I am now in the Super Zarathustra conceptualization mode am paying attention to the hybrids out there. http://www.goodsoundclub.com/TreeItem.aspx?postID=2362 I still do not see any interesting Class “A” hybrids but it looks like regular AB hy...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: The Phono Interconnects. by Romy the Cat on 2008-06-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Chasing utopian better phono interconnect. in Analog Playback  6 Replies 
Since the 2007-2008 alchemic music season and consequentially live FM season was over (the event I marked with my “End of the live Phonostage”) I have been spinning a lot of vinyl lately. So, I spent some time with different phono cables with my diff...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #16: The Tom Evans' Linear amplifier. by Romy the Cat on 2008-06-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: My feelings about new exciting audio products in Audio Discussions  25 Replies 
[quote user="RonyWeissman"]Hi,  yes i agree that my solid-state amplifiers were not best choice for compressio drivers, they were my second amps when electricity was bad, otherwise I use a custom made 300B from La maison de l'audiophile for my s...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Exceptional loudspeakers drivers: 18-inchers by Romy the Cat on 2006-06-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Exceptional loudspeakers drivers in Audio Discussions  34 Replies 
Let start from the largest drivers and go down. There are larger then 18” drivers (23” and 30”) but looking at this magnet structures I do not find them serious. I addition to make the 23” cone stiff enough requires a lot of diaphragm’s mass or to us...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Observation from 2006: Zarathustra II by Romy the Cat on 2007-01-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Summary: my/your audio: year by year in Audio Discussions  45 Replies 
Over the course of the enter 2006 Dima and I were involved into the Zarathustra II saga. It took countless phone calls, countless emails, a lot of thinking, numbers of shipments and many hours for Dima and me to propagate the project to it semi-compl...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Space; The Final Frontier by Paul S on 2015-08-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Another time aligned 5-way horn project in Horn-Loaded Speakers  189 Replies 
Murataltuev, I am not qualified to advise about the fine points of horns, per se, but I am guessing the big "slab" in the middle of each horns tower will create more problems than it solves, at least with respect to sound. Honestly, unless you are OK...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Another Boston Radio Station Sold...WCRB by scooter on 2009-09-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Another Boston Radio Station Sold...WCRB in Off Air Audio  2 Replies 
Public radio WGBH (89.7) reportedly bid $14m for WCRB (99.5), Boston's fledging privately held 100% classical radio station. Reportedly the idea is to make 89.7 a pure news format, whereas it previously was a hybrid including classical music. WCRB wi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #15: Unravelling the Mix by Paul S on 2012-04-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Are Any Powerful Amps Worth Using? in Audio Discussions  21 Replies 
OK, I have one foot back in the water again, a hand-me-down monoblock from a "well-respected movie sound producer", to whom I am connected through dear friends.  Like most "sound professionals", he is fairly dismissive of the way "we" hi-fi nerds go ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Melquiadising other amp? by Welborne on 2017-04-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Melquiadising other amp? in Melquiades Amplifier  3 Replies 
Hello Roman,Hola from Hong Kong! How are you? Haven't been here for long time. I have a question at the back of my mine for long time, and it may have been covered elsewhete in your blog before. I am asking it here but do point me to the thread if it...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Do I Even Understand the Post? by Paul S on 2014-12-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Melq 6e5p driver stage for ss? in Melquiades Amplifier  29 Replies 
Shannon, from your questions I "understand" that you want to drive lifeless speakers with a hybrid amp that features a 6E5P first stage. Is that what you want to do? What do and don't you like about your present set-up? What do you hope to change an...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Re: Hørning prøblems. by Thorsten on 2005-05-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Hørning prøblems. in Audio Discussions  5 Replies 
Roman,[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Last year the speaker was presented by “Horning Hybrid Perikles” importer who told me that they demonstrated: “3-ways loaded into the same horn loudspeaker”. I asked him to explain what dose it mean “3-ways loaded int...
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