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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #185: Best Use of Assets by Paul S on 2022-02-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Remedies the Beauty in Playback Listening  297 Replies 
Bill, if one assumes headroom for satisfactory peaks, and given the rest of your set-up, it "sounds like" you are effectively using your Dannoys to butter up the overall sound, like a sort of improved injection channel. As for all the sand, perhaps l...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #134: Bloviation about turntables by drdna on 2014-05-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Ultimate Turntable in Analog Playback  220 Replies 
[quote user="steverino"]You would need to keep the other components the same to test them all but that would inevitably favor some TT designs over the others...[/quote]Spot on. Loads of hype, a bit shy on the experimental proof. It starts out with a ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Very good. by Romy the Cat on 2021-07-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 2+3 surround sound?? in Playback Listening  82 Replies 
Thanks, Pall, this is very interesting and it was exactly what I was looking for. well, not exactly, I'm looking forward to pass right and left channel still not obtrusive to any processing but I would like to have analog mix of right and left cha...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #59: Big size tweeters and tweeters with no MF chennals by Romy the Cat on 2008-02-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: RAAL “Water Drop” tweeter for Macondo. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  77 Replies 
[quote user="el`Ol"] I know the PAC tweeter of the WLM has the best transients and transparency of all tweeters I know and so is the best tweeter above 5kHz I know, although I hated the implementation (crossed far too low, harsh-sounding upper midran...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #110: What I am trying to accomplish. by Romy the Cat on 2011-05-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s lowest channel. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  150 Replies 
For a casual observer it might appear that I am constantly fought with my ULF, finding and loosing better and worse configurations.  It might be so but I have a very strong sense of objective of what I would like to accomplish. I want to reinstat...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #57: The audio Herbs? by Romy the Cat on 2013-06-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Living Voice Loudspeaker in Horn-Loaded Speakers  80 Replies 
de Charlus, this “are not afraid of cabinet resonance per se” is complicated subject. I have raised the topic in the “How to USE “Resonating Oops” in loudspeakers” thread: http://www.goodsoundclub.com/LatestPosts.aspx?ThreadID=3833 ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: Mind Injection, audio and ...HF? by Romy the Cat on 2011-07-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Basic guide to advanced audio in Playback Listening  62 Replies 
[quote user="haralanov"] It is certainly very very important, but how many systems you have listened where you can not be able to recognize the HFs as disconnected part of the sound? I just wanted to ask if you have ever heard a system, where the...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #25: It all depends from many factors…. by Romy the Cat on 2007-09-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Attention Sound Engineers (compression and loudness) in Playback Listening  47 Replies 
[quote user="jessie.dazzle"] I have from time to time listened more with a very crude sort of injection channel plugged into the system. With this device, it is obvious that compressed recordings are more tollerable...My waf also noted the effect. ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #65: I feel the same way by anthony on 2018-02-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Deep End DIY - Australian take one Macondo. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  87 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]It is very nice, Anthony. From aesthetic prospective I would like to have it to be 2 sections less as I feel that the bass sections overcomes horns visually but it is never too many bass sections. You might want to start...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #88: The second 6-Ch Super Milq diaries: Channels response. by Romy the Cat on 2008-01-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 6 Channel Version of Super Melquiades in Melquiades Amplifier  131 Replies 
Ok, here is the final frequency response for each Super Milq channel. The souse was Denon CD player that rolls off a little atop. I did not measure the tweeter as I have no tweeters transformer plugged in yet. All secondary in amp are grounded. The m...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #78: Sun Audio SV-2A3 by Romy the Cat on 2008-12-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps in Melquiades Amplifier  397 Replies 
I kind of disagree with Adrian. The wire, the coupling caps, the cathode resistors and many other things are superbly important but it is after the strategic topology is settled. In my view caps, resistor, wire and other things are responsible for th...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #327: More HF from a transformer and DHT? by Romy the Cat on 2009-06-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps in Melquiades Amplifier  397 Replies 
I found an interesting flow in the sound of my current OPTS and while it will be certified I am experimenting with park of amorphous core transformers that left over from my former projects. I am trying to remap my Tribute but it is just 40mA. It...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Responses to Romy Paul & Ronnie by jessie.dazzle on 2007-08-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Jessie Dazzle Project in Horn-Loaded Speakers  172 Replies 
Thanks Romy, Paul, and Ronnie for the comments and encouragement : Here are some responses : 1) Rubber gaskets : Maybe it is not so important to have an “air-tight” seal (???). The rubber gaskets are there to seal the cover to the rear chamber...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: So, it only gets better... by Paul S on 2007-08-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Jessie Dazzle Project in Horn-Loaded Speakers  172 Replies 
I love not only the beautiful results you are getting, Jessie, but also appreciate that the methods you are adopting allow you to continue to refine your horns on the fly.  Particularly nice, to my way of thinking, is that you can tune your horn...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #100: I had a dream: The Black Box. by Romy the Cat 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 
From the above-linked 6moons’ site:  Publisher's comment:Layered Sound as demonstrated at Marja & Henk's during my short visit consisted of running their Avantgarde Duos and the Model Ones simultaneously, the former inside at dominant volume...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #57: Additional thoughts for Eugene by jessie.dazzle on 2007-06-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to USE “Resonating Oops” in loudspeakers in Horn-Loaded Speakers  184 Replies 
Once you establish that you are for sure on the right track with the whole idea of the Injection Channel, it would not be such a big deal to cut and extend the vertical mast of your Macodo frames, moving your Fundamentals Channel up... You could have...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #62: Tone & point of origin by jessie.dazzle on 2007-06-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to USE “Resonating Oops” in loudspeakers in Horn-Loaded Speakers  184 Replies 
Your latest post got me thinking in a sort of incomplete way about how you might locate the injection channel... If you consider tone as a harmonic of the original source, then (depending on the order of harmonic) it may in fact not be co...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Driver Alignment, and Where to Draw the Line by jessie.dazzle on 2007-05-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Driver Alignment, and Where to Draw the Line in Horn-Loaded Speakers  5 Replies 
Some thinking about Romy's Injection Channel (see the following thread) : GoodSoundClub - Romy the Cat's Audio Site - The "Macondo Ultimate" MK-XXVII, Revision 432 ... brings me to a question that I've had a for quite some time: When aligning a "norm...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #48: A very thoughtful exposition, Romy by Paul S on 2007-05-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to USE “Resonating Oops” in loudspeakers in Horn-Loaded Speakers  184 Replies 
Since I have struggled with my own +/- insurmountable problems with Lowthers, OB, BR, etc., ad nauseum, I can certainly relate generically to what you have just said about horn drivers in this injection thread.Yet this may be the only time I have hea...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #321: Eaten alive. by Romy the Cat on 2009-05-23 
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"]BTW, I have a local Bostonian guy have replied brought today a very interesting DHT amp. He has a number of DHTs and this one he reports is the special one, quite expensive as well. Although the electricity was not good tod...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #325: Listening the DH and the striped down version of Macondo. by Romy the Cat on 2009-06-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps in Melquiades Amplifier  397 Replies 
I very slowly started to convert another amp to DHT. For now I listen just left channel and in a striped down mode: no tweeter and no Injection, letting the MF to care the whole upper range. It is interesting to play different tubes in this mode. Fra...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Shaping Sound With DSP by Paul S on 2023-07-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Romy the Cat's Audio recommendation: the biggest bang fo... in Audio For Dummies ™  46 Replies 
Bill, it sounds like you have made a significant investment (time and resources) into (re)producing reverberation with your entire system, also setting time alignments of various drivers, across the board, and I assume you would not have gotten this ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #183: Ok, now let to rebuild Macondo. by Romy the Cat on 2010-08-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Romy The Cat's new Listening Room in Audio Discussions  478 Replies 
OK, I disconnected my MiniMe speakers and left only Macondo to care sound in the room. I was listing for the last week Macondo. There is no bass, just upperbass horn at the bottom and The Injection channel a full range. It is OK sound but truly nothi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #102: Learn to live with it by rowuk on 2021-10-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo's Axioms: Horn-loaded acoustic systems in Horn-Loaded Speakers  120 Replies 
As the recordings themselves are missing so much information, creating a plausible image (certainly not the original) is the actual “art” involved.I must admit that I do not generally have issues with singers mouths stretching between the speakers or...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Your playback is stressing drama by idiosyncratic use of texture and c... by skushino on 2011-05-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Playback as an expressive tool: what are your listening obje... in Playback Listening  5 Replies 
This is one of my favorite posts on your site.My daily playback system uses Tannoy 15" Gold drivers in large back-loaded Autograph cabinets.  It isn't used for critical listening, rather it's mostly on in the background playing my local NPR radio sta...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #39: Reading for awakened sleepers by haralanov on 2011-08-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Basic guide to advanced audio in Playback Listening  62 Replies 
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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #19: Try to hear Lamm L1/L2 for start. by Romy the Cat on 2013-04-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The open project: a lateral cross-injection. in Playback Listening  25 Replies 
[quote user="steverino"]I think my statement   " Because we can't map it precisely from the stage to the speakers..??"     was on the right track. Yes there is a distortion of spatial information from performance to speaker in the same manner that a ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #154: A “driver with stupid wings” by Romy the Cat on 2012-09-21 
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="decoud"]The frustrating thing is that those who know "how" to do things often have too strong an idea of "what" to do...perhaps you should offer an internship to someone young and idle keen to learn...?[/quote]Yes, the horn makers who ha...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #184: I will do it when I have time. by Romy the Cat on 2017-12-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to USE “Resonating Oops” in loudspeakers in Horn-Loaded Speakers  184 Replies 
I do not advocate injector on the ground. The way how I use my injector I high pass is aggressively, so the ground coupling is not a requirement. If somebody use injection at lower octaves then it might be a merit to do so but not in context of my...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #415: My “radar of sensations” about the “good honk”. by Romy the Cat on 2011-03-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s Midbass Project – the grown up time. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  455 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] It is in a way ridicules. For years people who build of use horn fight with honk in horn, particularly in midbass-upperbass-lowerMF horns. I built my midbass horns and it has no honk, I mean no honk ever of any kind. S...
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