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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #84: I will experiment. by oxric on 2011-03-12 
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Romy,Of course you are right. I would not expect you to advise me on whom to marry. I will indeed experiment as I was always planning to. I will place my speakers and play them, listen to the room, get naked, dance a little dance and hope for inspira...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #82: Cost benefit analysis of midbass horns v/s compromised ULF by oxric on 2011-03-12 
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"]I do feel that a playback sound has to be built first...The way how I trained myself is to disconnect channels. While I was making Macondo, installing it, moving it and experimenting with it I was frequently disconnecting c...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #80: Erratum ( or errata if you insist) by oxric on 2011-03-12 
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[quote user="oxric"]  RF at Ona wrote:Now the same issues and analysis applies to your woofer towers and with the new placement of the towers some of these effects may have become exposed.If these effects are significant than your new wider spaced UL...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #78: Ideal ULF/Midbass integration by oxric on 2011-03-12 
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Hi Roberts, Romy and others,Before this thread vanishes in undeserved obscurity, I have a question or two for you. I understand that the issue is a complex one and should be addressed with more care and paying attention to detail than I am do...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #782: I thought this site was hoodlums free. by oxric on 2011-03-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] Rakesh, if you feel that theory suggests something then why don’t you discard anything that you hear from anybody and try the Equi=Tech. It is what I would do if I were you.  Equi=Tech extends 30 day trail and payes for sh...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #779: A Dim Sum even Einstein could not crack by oxric on 2011-03-08 
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Rakesh, Equi=Tech is a know player in the fields of audio electricity. Back in 2001-2002 I had 3 of the Equi=Tech transformers. I was not pleased with results. I do not like the balanced operation for power lines – in my vi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #776: Not so similar at all! by oxric on 2011-03-08 
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Hi Jaoco:It's actually rather reassuring that you have 230v in Chile so that if you report positively on an Equi-Tech unit, I will not have to worry that something could be lost in translation as one goes from a 110V unit to their 230v european count...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #774: Equi=Tech? Truly pure power? by oxric on 2011-03-08 
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  I have come across this company mentioned in a preview on '6moons,' and the information on the company's website suggests that this is in theory really a complete solution, and one that makes sense even to the non-engineer that I am to...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Are you still in Reutlingen, Germany? by oxric on 2011-03-06 
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[quote user="floobydust"] As for the Wizard's cap... I don't want one... I'm not making magic or doing anything paranormal. When I design a circuit, I void everything in my mind and start clean sheet... plate curve charts come first... selecting comp...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #57: Wrong? Actually, our actual positions differ very little, surprisingly... by oxric on 2011-03-03 
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Romy:Wrong? I am every now and then wrong, as most people are, and I am always grateful for any chance to gain a better understanding of anything that has my interest. But given how I now understand your position, I don't think there is a real di...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #54: Has Schrödinger's cat moved in unnoticed? by oxric on 2011-03-02 
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"]  My current bass is very “integrated” and very musical. It low, it is large, it is extended and it is in away grandeur and it has nothing close with faulty Hi-Fi impressiveness. It never take over sound and never indicat...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #308: "Touching the Void" (in the attic) by oxric on 2011-03-01 
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"]In the end my idea to have a good leaving room completely integrated with my playback installation but without having the room feels as it is some kind of dental office turned out to be implement perfectly. It is very relax...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Missed opportunities (or maybe not). by oxric on 2011-02-28 
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This gentleman's set-up makes me think very much of the one I have in mind for my new room in due course. Whilst as Romy points out, the room might well be on the small side, it has a very high ceiling (say 4.5 m) that in my mind always presents fabu...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #76: Should we emulate what we admire? by oxric on 2011-02-24 
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[quote user="Jorge"]I tend to think that we are not copying Romy, but more that he has generated a school of thought on audio and yes horns speakers also.I too have a system following some of the Macondo Axioms, but have used all diferent drivers.As ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #18: Tedium indeed by oxric on 2011-02-24 
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D,I am past caring. You lie so blatantly I have absolutely no respect for anything you have to say, much less the time to continue engaging in discussion on your 'for sale' thread. I never asked for lists of receipts, just reason for selling...Rakesh...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #16: "Comprehensive" as in complete? Really? by oxric on 2011-02-24 
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[quote user="decoud"] I sent you a link to the comprehensive technical description of the two components of each case. To read a link you have to click on it, if it does not work for you copy and paste into a browser. I am sorry, I had no idea you ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #74: "Water water everywhere and not a drop to drink" by oxric on 2011-02-24 
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Romy:Again thanks for the response. With regard to the most important question, my choice would be to use the standard AM Amorphous C-Core transformers in the short term but the Direct Tube Drive in the long term. As I mentioned elsewhere, I was in t...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #73: Raal's Lazy Ribbon: a worthy cousin of Water Drop? by oxric on 2011-02-24 
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Hello everyone:I exchanged a couple of emails with Romy, and since the topic may be of interest to everyone, I am posting the emails here. Just in case anyone wonders, of course I checked with Romy to see if he was alright with his reply to my em...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #14: You never gave me a list. No need to lie. by oxric on 2011-02-24 
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[quote user="decoud"]Mate, I gave you a list of exactly what is for sale. You persist with childishly obsessional and paranoid questioning, bizarrely on here rather than direct to me, as if anyone gives a fig why exactly I have a spare set of compone...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #12: "The lady doth protest too much, me thinks." by oxric on 2011-02-24 
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Hi D.,Call yourself whatever you like, but you started this thread not me. I am genuinely interested (or rather was)and was thinking of buying your items but am puzzled that you are not clear, in either your email to me or anywhere in this thread...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: Mystified. by oxric on 2011-02-24 
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[quote user="decoud"]No, I have not abandoned the project: these are simply surplus to requirements owing to the way in which I will procure the thing ultimately. [/quote]Hi D.,I imagine I am not the only one to be wondering about this so I will ask ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: Thanks for the info but surely you could be clearer. by oxric on 2011-02-24 
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Hi D,Thanks for the information and the email, but I would think you might be clearer as to exactly what's included in your offer for sale, and maybe list and add prices of what these have cost new. These are not commonly available parts with readily...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Parts complement by oxric on 2011-02-23 
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Hi D,Could you please send me a list of all parts included in your sale as I may be interested in most of it (but probably not the transformers)?You can reach me at rakeshpoorun(at)gmail.comCheersRakesh...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Unconsummated Melquiades? What a shame! by oxric on 2011-02-23 
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Hi Decoud:I cannot but help noticing that you are based in the UK (like myself presently), and since I am not the only one considering building the Melquiades at some point, it might be of interest to many readers, if you have the time and inclinatio...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #302: Pianochord will do! by oxric on 2011-02-21 
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 Hi Romy and JJTriode: I wish I could take credit for all of the very pertinent commentary by Rosalyn Tureck, extracted below but I will not. I do agree with the sentiment though and the reasoning behind her expressed...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #73: Polish horns, a quality product would you say? by oxric on 2011-02-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Who builds horns? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  84 Replies 
Hi Dominic:I hope you may be able to oblige with some additional comments on the specifications of the horns? What's the thickness and weight of the horns? What about the prices of the 420Hz and 600 Hz horns you mentioned above? Do you know what'...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #50: A new paradigm for ULF? by oxric on 2011-02-09 
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"] The most important in audio is a state of realization and obtaining this state is a matter of time I am afraid. Let pretend that tomorrow I will build/buy some kind of speaker that would do the perfect ULF channel ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #48: Imponderabilis Neurosis by oxric on 2011-02-09 
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Hi Romy:No need to reach for your medical glossary. The medical condition that I call 'Imponderabilis Neurosis,' is only the preserve of highly disturbed individuals such as myself (Hamlet seems to have exhibited symptons which are highly indicative ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #46: Are original Aura Sound 1808 sound ULF solution for sealed enclosure? by oxric on 2011-02-09 
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"] Aura made their 1808 driver in 80s and most of the 90s and it was wonderful. It had huge high-temperature neodymium magnet, unique magnet geometry with underhung 4" edgewound aluminum voice coil.  It was the only 18-inch...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #26: Happy New Year and a million thanks by oxric on 2010-12-31 
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Hi Romy:I would like to wish you and all those who contribute to this forum a very Happy New Year 2011. In addition, I would like, and I would be so reckless as to presume many of your readers/contributors feel the same way, to express a debt of grat...
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