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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #33: Http://www.wolfvonlanga.com by rowuk on 2015-02-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The new G.I.P speakers. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  36 Replies 
This guy is certainly trying...... What I have heard shows at least speakers that are very listenable [quote user="Paul S"]Does anyone really have the resources, and the patience, and the evolved audio/musical discrimination to devel...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: DSP instead of physically aligned? by rowuk on 2015-02-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: New Horn Speaker Manufacturer to watch in Horn-Loaded Speakers  7 Replies 
Well, Romy has often said it, digital can delay but not filter and analog can filter but not delay (in respect to sound quality). I most certainly agree.So the speaker is not time aligned and they try to clean up the mess digitally. Perhaps with a mo...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: If you aren't even at first base, why talk about home runs? by rowuk on 2015-02-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: New Horn Speaker Manufacturer to watch in Horn-Loaded Speakers  7 Replies 
The Martion speakers ignore time alignment among other things.. How good can the bass be when the overtones are not even aligned?...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Equipment for the recording engineer by rowuk on 2015-01-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Sound of Ehernet cables? in Didital Things  5 Replies 
There is always the argument that if you can't hear it, it can simply mean that your hearing sucks....... When my second son was setting up his mobile recording studio we wanted an external RAID array for speed (mor...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: There are some special techniques in evolved art..... by rowuk on 2015-01-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: About Audio and Cooking desires. in Playback Listening  4 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] rowuk wrote:I think the difference in cooking is that good cooks all have equivalent equipment (knives, pots, spoons) and create the experience through their choice of software (the ingredients) and the unique processin...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Any artform could apply by rowuk on 2015-01-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: About Audio and Cooking desires. in Playback Listening  4 Replies 
This has to be the single post that has most moved me since coming to the goodsoundclub.I think the difference in cooking is that good cooks all have equivalent equipment (knives, pots, spoons) and create the experience through their choice of softwa...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: 1+1+1+1+1+1+1=0? by rowuk on 2015-01-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The ultimate worst best things in audio. in Audio Discussions  8 Replies 
Well, I may be one of the dummies here, but there are several things that could be viewed as "wrong" if sound was the primary goal:1) 95dB speakers and SET amps2) SET amps instead of DSET3) components assembled without a sonic goal - rather only comm...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Lab JC by rowuk on 2015-01-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Lab JC in Playback Listening  3 Replies 
Here is some refreshing "Audio Attitude" from someone who has been in the "doing" end of the business.http://www.labjc.com/?p=283Between the lines it also offers some insite into what Silbatone Korea has been doing....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: I have the CD AND LP here - The CD belongs to my third son who is a ba... by rowuk on 2015-01-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: MartinLogan Montis Speakers in Audio Discussions  11 Replies 
Hi Clark,There are two things that come to mind on this thread:1) the combination of Rock and Roll and Martin Logan2) the lack of reading anything at this site before postingIt as not although it is hard to figure out what GSC is all about. 10 minute...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Ummmmm. you may be in the wrong forum by rowuk on 2014-12-31 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: MartinLogan Montis Speakers in Audio Discussions  11 Replies 
How the hell can a miserable recording of a live Rolling Stones concert be any reference for advanced playback. I'll bet that everyone that attended the concert was amazed - and that had to be about the shittiest sound known to mankind produced b...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Current contact info by rowuk on 2014-12-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The "Nubianco" Horns in Horn-Loaded Speakers  2 Replies 
http://horn.hebfree.org Prices are still in French Francs. That shows how much serious traffic he gets.......... ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Why change anything? by rowuk 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 
The question is: why mess around with untried concepts before you try something that already has a track record. If the sound were not good would it be the driver, your output stage, the match of amp to speaker - or something else that you don't unde...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: QC Test by rowuk on 2014-12-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Links in the Knowledge Tree don't work in Site Support Forum  3 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Yep, I have got a few emails with the same notification. It has to be fixed now, though I did not test with different browsers.[/quote]Safari and Firefox for Mac both work fine now....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Links in the Knowledge Tree don't work by rowuk on 2014-12-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Links in the Knowledge Tree don't work in Site Support Forum  3 Replies 
I am a Mac user with Safari and Firefox- I can click in the knowledge tree on the links, but nothing goes anywhere. The table of contents are not even showing as a link. Looking at the source, I don't understand why this doesn't work: <tr> ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: Maybe transparent is not what we are after? by rowuk on 2014-12-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Shopping for DSD Converters? Here's One From the Lampizator.... in Audio News  18 Replies 
I think that any line level tube stage can be every much of an expressive tool as any other device in the chain. I am also not sure that the biggest difference between digital and analog is the sampling process.How "transparent" is a cutting lathe or...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Lampizator - Mr. Lukasz Fikus from Poland has a granular approach to h... by rowuk on 2014-12-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Shopping for DSD Converters? Here's One From the Lampizator.... in Audio News  18 Replies 
http://www.lampizator.eu/NEWDAC/Lampizator/Welcome_to_LampizatOr.html He has 7 different "generations" or "levels" of his DAC depending on what one can afford to pay. If you go through the various models, his di...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #17: SS->Ceramic - the only marriage made in heaven? by rowuk on 2014-12-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: SET amplifiers in Audio Discussions  30 Replies 
I have experimented with SS/SET and now DSEP for ceramic magnet horn drivers. I will agree that ceramic drivers with SETs that I have heard being suboptimal, but after a year of DSEP, at least for my use case, I am quite content. I cannot explain it ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #13: Contact by rowuk on 2014-12-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: SET amplifiers in Audio Discussions  30 Replies 
[quote user="noviygera"]This is the amp I chose and just started building! Would it be possible to contact you directly, rowuk? I want to consult about the build and your experience, without flooding this post with specific questions. Or you can cont...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: This is one of my amps by rowuk on 2014-12-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: SET amplifiers in Audio Discussions  30 Replies 
I have been using this amp for almost a year. In the context of my system, it works very well.[quote user="noviygera"]anyone familiar with the sound of this amplifier RH-307a?http://rh-amps.blogspot.com/2013/09/rh-307a-v2-super.html[/quote]...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Ready, SET, go by rowuk on 2014-12-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: SET amplifiers in Audio Discussions  30 Replies 
Gera,I think that it is impossible to "generalize" what a specific amplifier topology is. There are too many variables to really pin it down.When we have any amplifier without feedback, it is VERY sensitive to the speakers connected. This means a goo...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Amp has more real estate than the speakers by rowuk on 2014-12-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Etheraudio's some BS…. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  4 Replies 
It of course is hard to say anything about the midrange without hearing the speaker. LF and HF are surely standard yellow cone.It is cold in Germany this time of year. A GM100 amp would be an inefficient but beautiful heater in the 20 square meter ro...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Jaap van Zweden kicks ass! by rowuk on 2014-12-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Jaap van Zweden kicks ass! in Musical Discussions  0 Replies 
http://www.dallasnews.com/entertainment/arts/headlines/20141129-dallas-symphony-orchestra-conductor-jaap-van-zweden-plays-tough.ece ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: The 24 bits of Christmas by rowuk on 2014-11-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The 24 bits of Christmas in Off Air Audio  0 Replies 
Linn is giving away a track a day - in their best quality (whatever that means). Here is the link:http://www.linn.co.uk/christmas ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: We always need the context of the original thread that it came from...... by rowuk on 2014-11-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Does high-sensitivity speaker need a high-sensitivity tweete... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  4 Replies 
Yes, it was a very "bad" generalization. In the context of GoodSoundClub, I will say that amplification removes the absolute necessity for matching of efficiency within a couple of dB. Whether or not the tweeter needs 115dB output depends on what ran...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Content loaded videos need preparation by rowuk on 2014-11-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Those Video broadcasts from High-End shows. in Audio News  4 Replies 
The desktop revolution has put tools in the hands of those with no creative purpose. Managers without a creative bone in their body put powerpoint presentations together -and then just read them word for word. Excel is often used instead of a a prope...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: The gift of life! by rowuk on 2014-11-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Who inherit Mocondo or another Mini-Me. in Site Support Forum  42 Replies 
L'Chaim to the Mini-you! Taking 3 years where others only need 9 months is being thorough for sure!...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Thomas the amp builder by rowuk on 2014-11-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Fantasies about 10Y in Melquiades Amplifier  4 Replies 
Thomas is a German with a blog in english. I am sure that you know who he is:http://vinylsavor.blogspot.deHe is a guy with a soldering iron and an affinity for unusual tubes. I am not sure if uniqueness is more important than sonics. Looking at the s...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Tuva Semminsen sings Vivaldi by rowuk on 2014-11-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Tuva Semminsen sings Vivaldi in Musical Discussions  0 Replies 
If you are not acquainted with this fine Mezzo, you need to change that ASAP!Wonderful Vivaldi readings!http://www.tuva.dkhttp://www.amazon.com/Vivaldi-Sacred-Music-8-King/dp/B00006B1L7/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&qid=1344542592&sr=8-9&keywords=tu...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Legacies needed? by rowuk on 2014-11-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: About Harry Pearson legacy. in Audio News  9 Replies 
Granted, there are those that were involved at some point in time with HP and most of us read his stuff for what ever reason but why do we need a legacy? What did he leave behind of...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: There are other alternatives for techies by rowuk on 2014-11-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Micro SX8000I: noisy pump? in Analog Playback  8 Replies 
If you need a state of the art pump, you can even use a CPAP pump. They are so quiet that your wife can sleep when it is running and the pressure is VERY precisely adjustable. They are available used on ebay for little money.I also would not worry ab...
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