Site by Roman Bessnow
Romy The Cat's Home
Manifesto Copyright
Statistics Site Links
Site Map Surveys
Send Email to Romy the Cat
Site News: 26 Aug 2026

Romy the Cat has found another room. I’ve started a new fiction project under my name, Roman Bessnow. The new work is at MutationsBook.com
Romy The Cat's Playback
Audio Knowledge Tree ™
Romy's "Audio Rules"
Audiophile Satire
Melquiades SET Amplifier
Macondo Acoustic System
End of Life Phonostage
Audio Demoronizator AD-1
My Exotic Audio Leftovers
My Playback System
Random Site's Threads
» Attempt of a playback sy»
» Audiophiles are Happy or»
» The cPlay software.
» Floor reflections
» Mystery Horn ? ? ? anyon»
» My favorite video clips
» Introduction to “Melquia»
» 47 Lab Digital
» The path of simplificati»
» 2011 Brucknerathon
» If you’re multiamping th»
» Open letter to WGBH.
» The Art of Pablo Casals,»
» Avid Listener --- Stereo»
» Chostakovich: Concerto »
» Audio Note new turntable»
» MBS Platinum ADC
» The “theories” about the»
» The DSET perspective exa»
» Andrew's new 4-way horn »
» Prokofiev
» What Passes for "Sp»
» Another interesting corr»
» Any good sounding AES/EB»
» Denouncing of idea of Ba»
» (monitor vs hifi speaker»
» Parts As Facilitators or»
» The need for a balanced »
» Opera “Boris Godunov”
» RIP Henryk Mikolaj G»
» Eventually - a reasonabl»
» Nice collection of Artic»
» NAT Audio Magna -160 Wat»
» Swing hornspeaker of bd-»
» Are Any Powerful Amps Wo»
» Get, or made up a tube t»
» The not-so-big listening»
» Cerebral and psychologic»
Bookmarked are red
Random Site Links
Female Composers Site
Orchestra on Demand
Art Songs and Librettos
Wing Records
All Tube Testers
Scriabin's Sonatas
Loudspeaker Designer's G»
WGBH alumni
Dazy Web Labaratory
The Bruckner Discography
Radiotron Designers Hand»
Tubecad publication
More Links »»
Romy the Cat's personal site dedicated to advanced audio and evolved music reproduction techniques
Thread WITH the new posts.

Legends: "Week" - last week posts, "Bold" - entered last 48 hours.
Accuracy vs. Musicality (and YMMV) 805 
Look at this photograph... 804 
Musical Intelligence 804 
There is definitely truth to that 804 
This is a purely artifactually constructed problem 804 
HiFi it is then 803 
Real vs Emotional 803 
Think about ut. 803 
Thus Spake Zarathustra 803 
I like this subject 802 
Musicality 802 
Magico Gryphon modern systems 801 
Cost vs Complexity vs SOTA vs Personal 801 
Is Audio Personal? 801 
Please Continue! 801 
Is Audio Personal? 800 
I think audio is not about taste 800 
Cessaro vs Living Voice or Real vs Musical 800 
"Taste" vs "Awareness" 800 
It can ONLY be personal 800 
That is a great subject 800 
Maybe 800 
A dead-end objective. 800 
It is not an objective 800 
Some examples 799 
Shaping Sound 799 
My Audio Rule: go for perfect Dynamics 798 
Favorite sound 798 
It's a Long Way to Tipperary 798 
It is a very complex subject 797 
Sure, It is very complex 796 
I think you are very confused. 796 
DPOLS and Tone 796 
Perfect Electricity 796 
Tone vs transparency 796 
Good Electricity vs. Topology 796 
Proper setup meaning 796 
Transparancy vs. Density 796 
Density is an elusive thing 793 
Bingo! 793 
Bad LP or simply another phono correction curve? 792 
Sound Engineers as UberConductors, 792 
I think that the history of microphone placement i... 790 
The Performance vs. Playback 790 
The Play of Differences 777 
There is an important state of "good enough&q... 772 
Again With Time... 772 
Where is happyness? 770 
If Not For Music, Then Why Audio? 770 
There IS high end without music! 769 
Isn't it all about a regular creativity? 769 
The Thread That Joins Us 769 
Live vs. (Re)produced 671 
"Just Stereo"? 579 
DPOLS 578 
Doing What We Can Do 578 
Audio Rules 577 
Living With "Recorded Ambience" 332 
First hand experience 330 
LF Texture vs. Power vs. Timing 330 
What We Aim to Reproduce 294 
What is even possible? 294 
Measuring philosophical temperature.... 293 
Sculptor, Hammer, Chisel 293 
You look in the wrong direction.... 293 
Camus 293 
Granite is not always granite 293 
The 582 293 
Maybe being a musician is a disadvantage? 292 
Actually.... 292 
Words 291 
Not necessarily 290 
Bach is very much music... 290 
...or a duck.... 290 
Quantum Sakuma 290 
Exploring Content vs. Deconstructing Music? 290 
The psyche evolution... 290 
The First Man vs. Elevator Music 287 
It is like going to forest to collect mushrooms or... 287 
Word Soup and Truffles 286 
More about cable elevators.. 286 
.... and I have answers... 286 
Operating flawlessly 285 
Sharing the Wealth 285 
Post hoc non est propter hoc 285 
Curiosity killed the cat, electricity brought him ... 283 
Curiosity killed the cat, electricity brought him ... 283 
It's not a collapse, it's the opposite 282 
Recognitions 282 
My mileage does vary 281 
I'm not completely with you, Jarek... .but not... 281 
Being diabolical... 281 
Wehret den Anfängen (Ovids Principiis obsta) ... 281 
Again With Perspective 281 
The quote of the year! 281 
One normal day in the life of a working artist 280 
Monkeys, Typewriters and Hi-Fi 277 
How useful is any post? 274 
Nailing Our Own Coffens 274 
Genauigkeit ist keine Live Musik 274 
Delivery Systems as Content (as Content) 274 
There is no conflict there. 273 
Here we go again... 272 
To be continued.... 272 
The danger of a white sheet of paper 270 
You showed me yours, I would like to show mine.... 269 
Well that certainly gets a thoughtful response! 269 
Plato's Cave (and YMMV...) 269 
To be continued2... 269 
And this is why I am here 268 
Jung 266 
Too late ! :-) 265 
Mazel Tov! 265 
Thanks 257 
If you want to think about it more... 257 
AI vs. Hi-Fi 230 
I am convinced that we need to take AI VERY seriou... 229 
Relevant and irrelevant to Wi-Fi 229 
Music by Proxy 229 
Goethe’s path: events waiting to be witnessed 229 
Ars Gratia Artis 229 
Proof of Concept 198 
Can Music Survive Hi-Fi? 176 
Huge topic 176 
It is not a conspiracy. It is a stupidity 176 
Pragmatism 176 
Appreciation 176 
Oy. Vey! 176 
Can Hi-Fi Survive Music? 168 
The rest is noise 167 
Sounds Like No (ie, Music Killed Hi-Fi) 167 
My Wall. 166 
The Rest of the Story 166 
This is the whole irony 166 
It depends... 166 
All context of this site except the Forum's posts Copyright © Roman Bessnow 2004-2026
All messages within the Site’s Forum Copyright © by authors of the posts
Last 24-hours posts:  0  
Total human visitors:  65,484,067  
Search the Site
   
      Search Site Forum
     Search Site via Google
 
Login into Site
Login:
Pass:
    Create a New Account
    Forgot your Account
Classical events in Boston
AUG 1 BU Tanglewood Instit»
AUG 1 Danish String Quarte»
AUG 1 Light & Shade in Var»
AUG 1 Mozart: The Marriage»
AUG 1 Esa-Pekka Salonen, c»
AUG 2 ZÉMIRE ET AZOR in Ch»
AUG 2 BU Tanglewood Instit»
AUG 2 Andris Nelsons, cond»
NPR Classical Programs
lang lang: tiny desk (home)»
marin alsop on her swing or»
mahan esfahani: tiny desk c»
cellist lynn harrell has di»
npr music's top 14 albums o»
anthony davis wins pulitzer»
augustin hadelich: tiny des»
c.p.e. bach: mercurial dive»
Classical Music News
classical music news - leo»
classical music news - aug»
is bach better on harp?»
julian bream, maestro of g»
a woman takes the podium a»
he wasn’t toscanini, but h»
9 things to do this weeken»
classical music news. diab»
another trump blunder»
from concerts to cartoons:»
classical music livestream»
how to diversify orchestra»
ethel smyth, a composer lo»
classical music attracts o»
‘the lost pianos of siberi»
5 minutes that will make y»
it’s (almost) business as »
the lost pianos of siberia»
leon fleisher, 92, dies; s»
leon fleisher, 92, dies; s»
More Music News »»
Composer's Anniversaries
Cavos, Catterino (30 Octob»
Volkmann, Robert (6 April »
Merkel, Gustav Adolf (12 N»
Hill, Alfred (16 November »
Kálmán, Emmerich»
Warlock, Peter (30 October»
Flothuis, Marius (30 Octob»
Yaras, Ramunas (30 October»
My Audio Leftovers
Electro-Voice T350 twee»
Micro Seiki RX-5000
Vitavox S2/S3 diaphragms
Purist Audio Design Pro»
Hillock TV-2 tube tester
Kenwood L-02T FM Tuner
Koetsu Onyx Platinum Ca»
ESS AMT-1A Heil Air Mot»
Conscience of audio rev»
Micro-Seiki air-suspend»
CEC TL-0 MK2 transport
More Leftovers »»