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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Expectations in the concert hall? by rowuk on 2019-09-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Expectations in the concert hall? in Musical Discussions  1 Replies 
A couple of days ago, I attended a concert with the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra conducted by Herbert Blomstedt. They played Death and Transfiguration by Richard Strauss and Beethoven Eroica Symphony. These young adults (17-...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1693: Common Mode is a static event by rowuk 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="JOHNR"]One of the things that I picked up in this thread is the fact that if you use 2 PSUs in series, the sound degrades.This is typical of one unit generating common mode noise and this adds to that produced by the second unit.Even if ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1692: Common Mode is a static event by rowuk 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="JOHNR"]One of the things that I picked up in this thread is the fact that if you use 2 PSUs in series, the sound degrades.This is typical of one unit generating common mode noise and this adds to that produced by the second unit.Even if ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1681: I think that it is simple by rowuk on 2019-08-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
To answer the philosophical questions first - at least from my view:All apply, are measurable, BUT we have no correlation of the measurement to the brain of the listener(s).We are all ultimately responsible for our own behavior, so I believe that the...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1679: Is it „better AC“ or consistent AC? by rowuk on 2019-08-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
Do we simply not want a non-changing target? As regeneration does not seem to be „the“ solution (especially if the AC cord behind the regenerator changes bass), what does better AC even mean?Perhaps the designers of great equipment need to rethink po...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1676: Voodoo and other things of interest by rowuk on 2019-08-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
Thank you Clark for your comment.Unfortunately, I think that you missed the point. It is possible that a power cord can change things. The description „better“ is a moving target however. Let us take for example a „full range“ driver in a backloaded ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1672: I still do not buy it by rowuk on 2019-08-22 
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Amir,in my world there is a process for selection and it is not AB or changing power cords. That does not mean that I deny that equipment (including cables) can change sound. It means that the normal audiophool description "it was immediately better"...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1666: Sorry Amir, I just do not buy it by rowuk 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 
[quote user="Amir"] 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 P...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: When I read from this site... by rowuk on 2019-08-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: What is it all about? Destination vs ceremony. in Audio For Dummies ™  7 Replies 
I visit here daily and the motivation is based on a couple of things:1) a view that life including audio is work in process and that we are never finished, rather have times of activity and other times of enjoyment2) a desire to be able to describe t...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Nice Try by rowuk on 2019-07-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Multicellular horns in Horn-Loaded Speakers  8 Replies 
I do not think that you really can trust an answer from someone willing to tell you what to do. Sure, the Klughorn is a great thing, but I have never heard it suitable integrated - which says NOTHING about the horn and driver but a lot about those us...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: There is already history here by rowuk on 2019-07-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Multicellular horns in Horn-Loaded Speakers  8 Replies 
Look up Romys CETLA91 or a new multicell for Macondo.There is a guy not far away from me Markus Klug, who builds these. I heard then at his house but there were "non speaker issues" that did not tell me what in the sound could be attributed to the ho...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #26: The phase trick is actually not that difficult by rowuk on 2019-07-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The open project: a lateral cross-injection. in Playback Listening  25 Replies 
Hafler, Carver, polk and most professional mastering has a technique that actually came from MS recording techniques. A MS microphone array has a "mono" microphone and a figure 8 bipole microphone above it. The stereo spread is controlled by altering...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Tod und Verklärung / Death and Transfiguration by rowuk on 2019-07-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The last message of audio? in Playback Listening  6 Replies 
The essence of audio is the transfiguration of the intent of the performers in the playback area. It is not hardware, software or even the recording itself. Naturally, this assumes that the artists were driven by noble intent....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: These are now sold as Kornhent products by rowuk on 2019-07-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Musique Concrete horns in Horn-Loaded Speakers  6 Replies 
Marc Henry is still behind it and has a much lower cost version than the Grande Castine.https://www.kornhent.bzhThe finished speaker according to the website now costs €9,800 pair. What an aggressive price! Unfortunately, I cannot say if it has the b...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #28: Serious Coax? Where? by rowuk on 2019-06-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The IDEAL horn system in Horn-Loaded Speakers  27 Replies 
[quote user="noviygera"] rowuk wrote:I see a problem with any „coaxial“ attempt in one horn. The length of the horn is correct for one band, but not both HF and MF. If the horn is optimized for MF, if is too long for HF and works like a transmission ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #24: How do you time align the tweeter? by rowuk on 2019-06-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The IDEAL horn system in Horn-Loaded Speakers  27 Replies 
[quote user="noviygera"]Number one, that I'd like to run by you guys due to it's simpler nature and closer to reality execution is the idea I have been thinking about. No first hand experience with any of this.Say we use something like altec 1505b mu...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #21: Well, the thread title is ideal HORN system... by rowuk on 2019-06-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The IDEAL horn system in Horn-Loaded Speakers  27 Replies 
I most certainly agree that the entire listening experience has far more factors than just hard and software. If we are talking about „ideal horns“, then this implies some „gear focus“. Of course the hardware is subservient to the attitude, but then ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #17: Still applicable today! by rowuk on 2019-06-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The IDEAL horn system in Horn-Loaded Speakers  27 Replies 
The ideal horn system would have to be well integrated into the room, acoustically as well as optically/cosmetically. As far as a commercial venture goes, I believe that Marc Henrys "La Grand Castine" was already (except for the ULF dipole panel) ver...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Danleys ear is just fine by rowuk on 2019-06-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Danley's optimised paraline in Horn-Loaded Speakers  3 Replies 
I would not doubt Tom Danleys capabilities to hear. There just is no long time money in hi fi (especially if you have ears)and he gets an amazing job done in the PA world....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: I think that you are confused by rowuk on 2019-06-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How is Leak tl 25 different from Leak tl50? in Analog Playback  1 Replies 
Maybe there is no difference when you take a Leak... An amplifier can only be viewed in the context of the complete system. Watts say nothing about sound and capacity is relative.In any case, if you are looking for your own system, the amplifier mode...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #206: Machining is no big deal anymore by rowuk on 2019-05-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Ultimate Turntable in Analog Playback  220 Replies 
Actually, if we use a stethoscope and our ears, we buy standard precision bearings, motors and control electronics. All quite affordable. There is no need to reinvent the wheel. If we look at an old Thorens TD160, how much more engineering does the a...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Actually insulting. by rowuk on 2019-05-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Short midbass horns in Horn-Loaded Speakers  9 Replies 
There is nothing waveguidy about this product. It is just a bunch of dead highest power drivers in a too small box with a high power DSP Amp to compensate.If you want inspiration from PA, look up Tom Danleys company. At least he has working ears and ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #204: Compare to automobile industry by rowuk on 2019-05-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Ultimate Turntable in Analog Playback  220 Replies 
We generally accept that Mercedes Benz builds good cars. Several years ago, they invented the A class series and the German press was all excited - until a scandinavian review performed an “elk test”, a fast series of turns and braking to keep from h...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: It is all in the definition by rowuk on 2019-05-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Short midbass horns in Horn-Loaded Speakers  9 Replies 
The short horns like with the Altec are horns, but being too short and generally with a truncated mouth, they do not eq very much in the “midbass”, rather an octave or two higher. In that case, you might as well use direct radiators. The reason for a...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Intonation is intermodulation for musicians by rowuk on 2019-05-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: THE book on intonation in Musical Discussions  5 Replies 
[quote user="noviygera"]Rowuk,Thanks for the link, I have zero music theory and this will be most useful for me to study. On a side note, are you the guy who has RH-307 amplifier? If so, may I ask you (maybe off site) for your experience with this am...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Here is the book. by rowuk on 2019-05-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: THE book on intonation in Musical Discussions  5 Replies 
This book explains the "sensation" of intonation and what wind players do to create mood. Naturally, intermodulation is crap in audio, but the pleasure of a well managed brass section is glorious...The file is too big for this site, so I will keep it...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: I am in Norway this week with no access by rowuk on 2019-05-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: THE book on intonation in Musical Discussions  5 Replies 
I will make a new link next week....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: It depends... by rowuk on 2019-05-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Who has best sound in High-End Audio? in Playback Listening  7 Replies 
If we want to show martians what commercial audio is about, then we visit a studio like Abbey Road and let them experience a commercial productionIf we want to show martians playback ritual, then we go to LinnIf we want the martians to experience ble...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #23: Experimental is not bleeding edge. by rowuk on 2019-04-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Valve Preamplifier for Macondo/DSET in Melquiades Amplifier  74 Replies 
Alrhough the phasure stuff does sound very good, I do not consider it to be “the bleeding edge”. I consider a preamp allergy to be very typical of those “making a point” for instance! Declaring that only 0.6V sounds good on the DAC demonstrates yet m...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #14: Phasure is a very experimental company by rowuk on 2019-04-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Valve Preamplifier for Macondo/DSET in Melquiades Amplifier  74 Replies 
There seems to be a standard 2.7V option for you:http://www.phasure.com/index.php?PHPSESSID=rdq01o6tv8ed20nii15hjqnjb0&topic=1560.0"Output level for Single Ended Mode (RCA) is 1.5VRMS (-3dBFS relative to normal Full Scale). Output level for Diffe...
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