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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Re: "...behind good Sound from playback... by Axel on 2009-08-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Playback and Perception vs. Chicken and Egg in Playback Listening  1 Replies 
there is something else to work with and this something else always was there…"Could you be referring to what I. Kant made known as "a priori"? There are things in our consciousness that are apparent, present by "a priori" which in the case of pl...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: THE 3rd movement exists... by Axel on 2009-08-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The best Third Movement from “Der Titan” in Musical Discussions  9 Replies 
the way you want to hear it!Bruno Walter, was a close friend to Mahler and very much a Classic only preference conductor. He does "The Titan" without over-emphasising it's late romantic origin.It is available on Columbia "<-360 SOUND->" STE...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: Re: Additive capacitance: mixing oils and films? by Axel on 2009-08-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Additive capacitance: mixing oils and films? in Audio Discussions  10 Replies 
well, to add my bit of mustard to this here oldie thread.I HAVE mixed film and oils successfully in e.g. a tweeter x-over of a Burmester 961. The tweeter is an AMT (air-motion-transformer) and very revealing.The original C's are two sets of...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Most interesting... by Axel on 2009-08-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: William Kapell legacy and patting behavior. in Musical Discussions  4 Replies 
and THANK YOU FOR SHARING THIS. Axel ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #27: RE: Wilson 'sound effect' by Axel on 2009-08-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: About Wilson Audio Loudspeakers in Audio Discussions  53 Replies 
el`Ol,it is quite fascinating how well you depicted (listening to WP 8!) what I heard, listening to some 5.xI.E. "some characteristic shining or radiance probably induced by the breakup of carbon-doped paper cones in combination with the anorganic-pa...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Beethoven didn't know he was a Jew, well... by Axel on 2009-08-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Whatever they say about pressings… in Analog Playback  2 Replies 
most everyone else doesn't seem to know about having 'some' Jewish genes I would say, so why not Beethoven?(Some noted the Goeppels and even Hitler had Jewish genes, and so why not?)Going back into the periode when name changes required in the early ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: What about the loss angle: tan(delta) ? by Axel on 2009-08-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: About the pre-warming of playback in Melquiades Amplifier  13 Replies 
I think what actually happens it that the dielectric, when it gets most fully discharged, simply takes some time again to get 'FULLY' recharged. The perode inbetween will make the loss angle (or power factor) become a lot worse. This means the caps' ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Amp 're-warming' issues... by Axel on 2009-08-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: About the pre-warming of playback in Melquiades Amplifier  13 Replies 
Romy,do not spit in my eyes as I do have solid state PassLabs 350.5 but even with this 50W Class A amp (push pull) it is exactly the same problem if it is switched off completely even for a short while. I can take ~ 2 - 3 days to be back to norma...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Re: Asking right questions... by Axel on 2009-08-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Attempt of a playback systems debugging. in Audio Discussions  5 Replies 
YES! Now who wouldwant to argue, or even pretend to argue about that?!You will of course realise that a lot of audio interested people have had their 'learning path' as you have had your 'learning path'. This implies if playback improvements where re...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Only ONE issue to fix? by Axel on 2009-08-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Attempt of a playback systems debugging. in Audio Discussions  5 Replies 
Your response indicates some presumption to me, as much as mine indicated to you. In my experience it is practically NEVER only ONE issue involved -- B U T, one would in my experience try to isolate where the most immediate benefit might be f...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Debuging a completely unknown system... by Axel on 2009-08-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Attempt of a playback systems debugging. in Audio Discussions  5 Replies 
can this be anything else but futile?1) If analogue the first thing be the cart, if digital the payer?2) If analogue the phono cable being the MOST important one in the whole system, and could yield some noticeable improvement.3) Has the system got a...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Yet one more 'trigger' not mentioned... by Axel on 2009-08-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Audio and the “Alzheimer’s triggers” in Playback Listening  3 Replies 
is that of any physical, bodily touch-sensation(s). I think the 'of no consequence' explanation is very well put. If it happens, it is COMPLETLY beyond ANY intention, rational, or logical consequence of what is going on RATIONALLY.The additional trig...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: 'Lost memory' revival triggers by Axel on 2009-08-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Audio and the “Alzheimer’s triggers” in Playback Listening  3 Replies 
Romy,you might have read more than 3 words only of my Bartók posting, and what you are now posting is EXACTLY what I was on about when I said: "Bartók can stir emotional reactions, that can take one back to pictures and related feeling way back into ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #23: Wilson myths or thruths? by Axel on 2009-08-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: About Wilson Audio Loudspeakers in Audio Discussions  53 Replies 
maybe what is mentioned as being some myths is closer to what at least used to be pretty close to the actual truth?Wilson speakers are pricy, expensive, un-affordable, take your pick. So maybe some of the commentators about Wilsons never had one ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Generalizations and composeres by Axel on 2009-08-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Aimez-vous Bartók? in Musical Discussions  6 Replies 
My original post asked: "Do you love Bartók?" - maybe you'd missed that?It was eluding to the famous novel's title by F. Sagan. Bartók's concert was just one of his compositions I'd listened too when writing the OP.Your response indicated to me that ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: "Greatness" and modern composers... by Axel on 2009-08-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Aimez-vous Bartók? in Musical Discussions  6 Replies 
Firstly, no form of criticism was implied, why at all? Bartók just seems to give you some form of 'empty notion' perhaps, as does Brahms with me. I discussed this subject earlier today with my audio friend who would share your take on Bartók but does...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #56: Layered construction horn by Axel on 2009-08-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Midbass Horns and Real Estate. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  247 Replies 
Romy,there are box-speaker manufacturers that use exactly this approach, so nothing is so new about it. I think Karma and Evolution Acoustics speaker (also layered construction) come to mind, see below.As to CNC routering, it needs a CNC cutting ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Something about 'nothing'... by Axel on 2009-08-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Aimez-vous Bartók? in Musical Discussions  6 Replies 
a very good take on ones 'motivation' of musical likes and dislikes. In fairness I have listened to some rendition of Brahms’s 2nd piano concerto and it has something more for me, yet it might just simply be more 'accessible'? Maybe it has some sort ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #54: 40Hz - 200Hz and GLARE... by Axel on 2009-08-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Midbass Horns and Real Estate. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  247 Replies 
Hi Saturntube, 40 Hz - 200Hz = wooo, woo, wo, - hm... Forgive me as I'm not talking about horns right now, but some sort of 4th order *acoustic* roll-off at 200Hz may apply with a horn as it would, e.g. with a second order cross-over in a box-spe...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Aimez-vous Bartók? by Axel on 2009-08-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Aimez-vous Bartók? in Musical Discussions  6 Replies 
Well, of course it should say "Aimez-Vous Brahms?" (the novel by Françoise Sagan), or also known as: " Lieben Sie Brahms?"Actually my answer to this to be honest is: No, I don't. Brahms, other then his Violin Concerto has so far not managed to captur...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #15: Not for beginners... by Axel on 2009-08-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Battling stupid Horn Criticism as a concept in Horn-Loaded Speakers  32 Replies 
Hi jd*thank you for caring, and encouraging me to wade through all of this horn info. I'm 63 by now, not sure if I'll ever get out of there alive before I'm done though...Romy posted some picture about a commercial horn (Western Electric WE15) th...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: Any guidance..., by Axel on 2009-08-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Battling stupid Horn Criticism as a concept in Horn-Loaded Speakers  32 Replies 
where my post should be placed with some better subject correlation?I recall, at least at some stage you moved a post to where YOU thought it be in an more appropriate place.Axel...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: Re: If To Look Deeper... and “understanding” by Axel on 2009-08-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Battling stupid Horn Criticism as a concept in Horn-Loaded Speakers  32 Replies 
Romy,you did not disappoint my expectation in your reply. Who can argue with the take: "bugger off and do some home-work"? On the other hand, when looking through that "Knowledge tree TM" it's more of a "forest" as far as horns are concerned. So it's...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Re: Binaural -- or what ever the case was... by Axel on 2009-08-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The unintended consequences of binaural things in Hi-Fi. in Playback Listening  1 Replies 
Romy,reading your post a most recent listing consequence comes to mind, that I could also not quite place. I worked on a my cross-over, the RCL of my mid-range driver, and had a by-pass cap of 1uF connected over the 2nd base cap of 47uF on the one ch...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Great answer still pending... by Axel on 2009-08-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Battling stupid Horn Criticism as a concept in Horn-Loaded Speakers  32 Replies 
Paul,I'm with you waiting for a bit more enlightenment and less rhetoric on the subject. As you stated if e.g. a Bass reflex does certain things wrong there are some known 'recipes' / fixes to try, and some will work. We would want to utilize a u...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Horn sound, why the 'abnormal' notice by Axel on 2009-08-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Battling stupid Horn Criticism as a concept in Horn-Loaded Speakers  32 Replies 
Romy,let me step up to the plate and get shot in the foot or what ever. A lot of what you relate is of course right - BUT, 'where the is smoke - there is a fire" as the saying goes.So, there must be a reason for this 'abnormal' notice of honking horn...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: PS: No response required by Axel on 2009-07-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The 'Beethoven Test' of playback. in Playback Listening  9 Replies 
Romy, I have that Macondo post printed out and used for a basis of very in depth discussion with my audio companion in confirmation of understanding it. So it's not in any way a matter of disregard as you assume. It just makes your point in great...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: Details = more elabarate, spreadout, explanaition by Axel on 2009-07-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The 'Beethoven Test' of playback. in Playback Listening  9 Replies 
you be the judge of what people understand or not understand about the Macondo post, I wont insist either. In fact you often seem to not understand replys, such is the issue of communication at times.It's simply that -sometimes- a short on the point ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Oh yes I'm sure... by Axel on 2009-07-29 
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Re: "That all was expressed many times before..."In this case 1 & 1/2 sentence make the penny drop, where >2 paragraph of Macondo detail didn't...I'm also pleased to know there'd be yet other vehicles then Macondo, to achieve a respectable...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Sort of sad having learned something new... by Axel on 2009-07-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The 'Beethoven Test' of playback. in Playback Listening  9 Replies 
Got it! It's -simply- put but 'en-point', thank you. The catch is, that most ALL systems do not, can not, 'transcribe' this simple but POWERFUL quality, 'greatness'. Even some really BIG systems I've heard can sound 'bourgeois' only, and some even 'p...
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