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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: I hear "room" sound and tonal changes by tuga on 2012-03-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The irony of playback photographs and videos. in Playback Listening  11 Replies 
Could it be that the sound is somehow equalised and compressed by Youtube?There's an obvious sound change at min. 3:30 but it should be more pronounced.I think it would make more sense if we were to upload a 16/44 of our system playing the same recor...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #42: The reverberation injection is NOT Surround Sound by Romy the Cat on 2021-08-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 2+3 surround sound?? in Playback Listening  82 Replies 
To move further I need to address a VERY important point. The reverberation injection is NOT Surround Sound, not multichannel and not any know to us typical encodings: Dolby, AC3... etc. To be honest when I hear the mentioning of Surround sound I ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #19: The CG 25 would certainly sound different... by Brian Clark on 2005-04-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Tell me about more about Ortofone SPU Sound. in Analog Playback  54 Replies 
...but whether it would be a better match to your speakers than the SPU who's to say. I am planning an SPU Mono vs CG 25 comparison in my system in the fairly new future. Unlike your speakers mine could do with a little help in that area. Maybe...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #33: The Sound of the Yaion MS12B phonostage. by Romy the Cat on 2007-07-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: I need a “second-type” phonostage. in Analog Playback  38 Replies 
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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Materials and sound by drdna on 2007-02-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Does horn surface porosity influence sound ? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  11 Replies 
Regards,This statement is so incendiary I just had to comment.Given what a horn is designed acoustically to do, it only makes sense that it absolutely must be affected by the material used, since all materials have different reflective, absorpti...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Does horn surface porosity influence sound ? Yes! by be on 2007-02-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Does horn surface porosity influence sound ? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  11 Replies 
It is wrong to conclude from: " By the way, the listening tests performed by Keith Holland confirmed that in blind listening tests of various commercial horns, the material, wood, metal, fibreglass, etc was not correlateable with perceived quality....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #20: The RAAL's tweeter and Sound (#2) by Romy the Cat on 2007-02-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: RAAL “Water Drop” tweeter for Macondo. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  77 Replies 
Another very interesting aspect of the Water Dropping of Macondo is a dramatization of silences and influence of LF decay. Macondo has no own noise and the Super Milqs are dead quiet. However, the perceptions of silence with the Water Drop tweeter an...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: Some kind of sound? by Romy the Cat on 2010-11-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Polish Autotech steps up to Universe in Horn-Loaded Speakers  7 Replies 
[quote user="jzagaja"]To make the story short Autotech is a family business located in Lublin, Poland. Younger brothers graduated in mechanical engineering are cars and racing lovers - with scores in Europe as professional drivers and mechanics. One...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #24: Idiosyncratic Sound by Paul S on 2011-07-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Ultimate MF compression driver? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  45 Replies 
Of course I am not really talking about Rullit but only holding up his implimentations against his stated aims.  This is certainly no special case, since most smart people learn the talk and the "look" long before they learn practicum, if they ever d...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #425: Default properly balanced sound. by Romy the Cat on 2012-03-11 
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="mats"]I really think the upper bass implementation must be flexible, depending on recording and composer.  Plus 3-5 dB for Mahler, more for Bruckner?  Actually it is probably not loudness so much as volume of foundation.[/quote]It was wh...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1665: Three thing that degrade the sound when Pure Power is used by Amir on 2019-08-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
I think if you use Pure Power 3000+ it is better to use shorter power cables (2m is very good) . the bass and attacks are better with shorter Power cables. you should not have any ground loop in your system if you use Pure Power 3000+. it is v...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1678: Better AC = Better Sound by Paul S on 2019-08-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
Back to this thread, there is no arguing that better AC makes better sound from a system that's capable to deliver it in any case. For me, this has not been a matter of long term listening for differences, rather it has in every case been the fairly ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1695: There is no direct relation between PP’s sound and electricity. by Romy the Cat on 2019-08-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
[quote user="Amir"]Pure Power Solution is over 90% effective [/quote] Hm, Amir, I am sure that I am completely comfortable with the statement that Pure Power Solution is over 90% effective. It is not that I am not agreeable jerk and need to be ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #106: When Marketing (and a Moron) Kills Sound by Paul S on 2023-08-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to get a LOT of SET power. in Audio Discussions  106 Replies 
I went back and read the introduction at NAT's website, and it makes me suspicious, right away. It makes me wonder if there is an engineer who also has a hard time reading about "his design", or if they all work together to sell expensive amplifiers....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Re: Only the cartridges that sound good… by Romy the Cat on 2005-12-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Say “no” to the light tonearms. in Audio For Dummies ™  10 Replies 
[quote user="hifitodd"]I'm trying to get my head around the tonearm/cartridge matching mechanics.First of all, are ALL cartridges much happier with a heavier tonearm?  Even cartridges with a high compliance?My understanding of a "correct" arm ef...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: More on “Melquíades” Sound. by Romy the Cat on 2005-03-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The “Melquiades” Sound - beginning of the story. in Melquiades Amplifier  28 Replies 
Another interesting observation.... A remarkable things about the Melquiades’ sound is that the Melquiades' notes have much more "spaceal load" then anything else out there, and I do not talk about harmonics but actually "Space". Also the Melqui...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #18: Distortions sound good by hagtech on 2006-03-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: To drive the 6C33C... in Melquiades Amplifier  65 Replies 
I think there is a definate trend here regarding distortions that cannot be ignored.  Guy, you pointed out some excessive 2nd order harmonics with the Melq bias point.  Hey, maybe so.  I haven't really looked into this tube - but I jus...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Re: “Easy come, easy go” sound... by AnonymousUser on 2006-03-31 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Fun with transformers? in Melquiades Amplifier  7 Replies 
Dear Romy,Assuming that your questions are "honest" ones ( I have no reason to believe they are traps, like it happened to me before with a certain Mr. Thor), I will give you "honest" answers, hoping that our dialogue will be of some interest to the ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #46: mumetal OPT sound by cv on 2007-05-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The one-stage Melquiades. in Melquiades Amplifier  74 Replies 
Sowter doesn't offer amorphous, though I believe Brian was looking into it a while ago.As for the sound of the mumetal core...well, let me preface this by saying that I have not directly compared amorphous to mumetal, but it sounded - how to put this...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #109: The Macondo-Melquiades New Sound. by Romy the Cat on 2008-01-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 6 Channel Version of Super Melquiades in Melquiades Amplifier  131 Replies 
I pack up the new amp today and plug it in with my right Macondo channel. The electricity was not bad I was VERY surprised with the fact that the new amp sounded MUCH more advanced then I anticipated from a chance of MF channels power supplies. The l...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Re: The Krell’s cursed Sound: 25 yeas and counting…. by dazzdax on 2005-10-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Krell’s cursed Sound: 25 yeas and counting…. in Audio News  3 Replies 
Yeah, and I once thought Krell was the way to go, a boy's (or a man's) dream when I saw pictures of the KSA 100 poweramp for the first time. I must admit that in 1991 I heard a demo with Krell KAS poweramps, Wilson WATT/Puppy's + Pow Wow subwoofer an...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Bent over sound by serenechaos on 2008-10-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Focal-Jmlab – the Utopia of the Utopias in Audio News  11 Replies 
hmmmm... Well, if you say so, I'll go as far as to say maybe. you can get OK sound @ some distance.  I sure didn't notice any distance to get even OK sound from.  I didn't spend much time in the room, I just wanted to check out th...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #12: Music theatre sound by el`Ol on 2012-05-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: High End 2012 in Germany in Audio News  36 Replies 
Cessaro once again didn't manage to find electronics that compensate the cold TAD sound, so the Silbaton WE demonstration one or two rooms away was quite a contrast. Without being addicted to that kind of sound and without having too much listening e...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #91: Pushy Sound and Pushy People by Paul S on 2013-10-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Lamm Industries: a special interview with a special company in Audio News  97 Replies 
Yes, the GM70 is very much unknown to most of us, especially in its "pushed"/HV version, and it is not likely to be properly explored by the average DIYer, either.  Lamm did choose to use some of the driving ideas from his proven SET amp, but it ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: In interesting new company in Munich: Jo Sound. by Romy the Cat on 2018-05-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: In interesting new company in Munich: Jo Sound. in Audio News  1 Replies 
Looking at what was presented in Munich High End 2018 I found one company that picked my interest. It is Jo Sound. I think they are in UK.     There are two comments the I would like to make. The demonstrated B3 loudspeaker that I find is spe...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #26: Surround Sound by Paul S on 2011-09-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Opera Room in Audio Discussions  77 Replies 
Clark, I have wondered if you ever "hear" the old records you are surrounded with, because the atmosphere is so "historically charged" that it simply imbues the space?  Even in rote terms, those 78s have to make for good "surround".Hard to imagine fr...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Scanspeak, sand and sound. by oxric on 2011-09-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Constructing LF modules to the limits in Audio Discussions  54 Replies 
[quote user="haralanov"]  Romy the Cat wrote:If you feel that 25W/8565-00 is a good driver then try many of 25W/8565-00. You might try it using both channels on one side and playing mono recordings…That was the first thing I made when I finished th...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #27: About Sound in Video Room by Romy the Cat on 2011-09-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Opera Room in Audio Discussions  77 Replies 
I would like to pass some observations on my about sound quality in my video room.  The sound in my video room is what I would call very very good, I am not kidding – really good.  It is delivered by Altec 21S speaker driven by Yamaha B2 amp and ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Different Goals, Different Sound by Paul S on 2012-07-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Reinforced live sound in audio listening room in Audio Discussions  4 Replies 
OK, given my usual inattention, it took me a couple of readings to understand that you refer to the inherent differences between the rote sound from sound reinforcement tools and that from home hi-fi.  Of course I have gone on ad nauseum about these ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: Format and Portability vs Sound/Quality by Paul S on 2014-04-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: (Hopefully short) headphone journey in Audio Discussions  11 Replies 
It seems like most of the effort these days goes into trying to make these things able to play and convert anything to everything, and scant consideration is given to the resultant sound. Does anyone else remember the little Sony "Pro" Walkman tape r...
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