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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #59: There is coloration and there is potency to make colors by Romy the Cat on 2008-11-09 
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[quote user="Lbjefferies7"] I would like to ask a question. Does the Jubilee add a specific color signature, or does it change appropriately with the music it plays? [/quote] To make it brief. I do not think that it is warranted to talk about “Jubile...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #57: The Mike Framer syndrome? by Romy the Cat on 2008-11-08 
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[quote user="Lbjefferies7"] Would it be possible for you to post some samples? With kindest regards, LBJ...With a little help from Giacomo Puccini [/quote] What so you mean” to post samples”?  Do you mean to post WAV files that might be ind...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Ortofon Windfeld cartridge? by drdna on 2009-05-25 
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Hi Paul,Yes, I agree with everything you have said.  I love the Well Tempered system because it is extremely simple and elegant, as you say, making it easy to work with.The older top of the line Decca London Jubilee has incredible presence but was no...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #30: Not a reviewer, only single SUT & multiple cart user by Axel on 2009-07-24 
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OK, this is useful also, in that you have not noted a "pattern" as you say. My point is closer to your suggestion, that I do change cart --- and sometimes buy new ones,  B U T I do not buy other SUT (at least I try to avoid it). I'm currently waiting...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #20: Decca be it by N-set on 2012-08-12 
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After dealing with a  few individuals trying to sell me a FR-7, I've decided to kiss goodbye to this idea and look into the direction which has actually been considered at this site: Decca Jubilee. From several sources the the signals are that this m...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #29: The Jubilee reviews? by Romy the Cat on 2008-09-12 
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[quote user="Paul S"]Art Dudley did a pretty fair review of the Jubilee for Stereophile a couple of years back. Of course, he is selling it, so one must +/- read between the lines. Still, he at least touches on/talks about the important stuff in term...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Decca london cartridge by drdna on 2008-09-06 
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Romy, I think you are asking if I have the Edgar subwoofers also.  Yes, I do, like giant woodgrain refrigerator in the living room.  So I do get some bass response.The Decca cartridges sound different from every other cartridge I have heard...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Last cartridge? by drdna on 2008-09-06 
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Romy,If you are looking for a cartridge, I would suggest:The London Decca Reference, great tracker, andThe London Decca Jubilee, closer to life, but not as good a tracker.For me, in my system, you remember I use the EdgarHorn Titans, etc., nothing co...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #42: The cartridge color palette by RonyWeissman on 2008-09-26 
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That was very interesting romy. The SPU sound for me was always "woody", which isn't far from brown I guess, and ¨noble¨strikes me as well in the description (it really hits its stride on chamber orchestra or vocal recital for me).  Shelter colo...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #22: Why the hell would you need SX8000? by Wojtek on 2010-11-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Idler Drive - Rumbling Into The Future? in Analog Playback  27 Replies 
It's probably as good or even worse than Acoustic Solid, Acoustic Signature , VPI , Teres , Galibier and army of heavy TT's you don't have to rob a bank and can buy third hand for fraction of original price. My undersanding is there weren't many heav...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #361: The “strange” YO186 by Romy the Cat on 2009-07-06 
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"]  Romy the Cat wrote:http://www.goodsoundclub.com/pdf/YO-186.pdf[/quote] I have to admit that I have written a few pieces of writing about my experiences with YO186 but I withhold to post it as I do not know if it might v...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: No Decca for kitty by drdna on 2008-09-06 
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Romy,Sorry for your disappointing experience.  I did e-mail Warren to say a friend had his Shelter cartridge die and to give him a good deal.  It may be true that the Decca is not optimal for your tone arm; I am not sure why this would be t...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #238: Fat LF by N-set on 2012-11-28 
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Yes, this is what I expected. That slightly fatty lower range is what I have and I do tend to like this type of response.[/quote]Thanks Romy.Yes, it seems intrinsic in the design.  The above curve is simulation, but I get i...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #28: Like it or not, by Paul S on 2008-09-12 
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Art Dudley did a pretty fair review of the Jubilee for Stereophile a couple of years back.  Of course, he is selling it, so one must +/- read between the lines.  Still, he at least touches on/talks about the important stuff in terms of...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #373: I had no idea how ‘different’ it is. by Romy the Cat on 2009-11-25 
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"]  Romy the Cat wrote: Romy the Cat wrote:http://www.goodsoundclub.com/pdf/YO-186.pdfI have to admit that I have written a few pieces of writing about my experiences with YO186 but I withhold to post it as I do not know if...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #45: Imaging by Paul S on 2008-09-29 
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That thing should have decent imaging, with better spread and depth, etc.  Have you messed with anti-skate yet?The MC 3000II takes LOTS of anti-skate, and if I recall the Jubilee took more than some other cartridges I have used.Anyway, it's...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: K-horns by Wojtek on 2018-10-31 
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If you're willing to travel to Notown I can lend you a pair of K-Horn bass bins loaded with Altec 803a.They are not Jubilee  and you would probably want to augment it with some sub-bass but maybe not since I only experienced them in a frame house wit...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #160: It screwed me again. by Romy the Cat on 2008-11-10 
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"] Well, I figured out – if digital is dead then I need to put the heavy artillery in the fight I begin to spin records. With my TT setup I have an interesting tool - I run my input-choke powered “End of the Life” Phonostage ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Tools to make a neutral system by drdna on 2007-04-05 
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Neutrality is fidelity to musically recognized by awareness.  Neutrality it is not what is auditable but rather what is delivered. Neutrality does not operate by the language of the communication channel; in fact it is...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #364: Ho to use the YO186 by Romy the Cat on 2009-09-05 
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"]I have to admit that I have written a few pieces of writing about my experiences with YO186 but I withhold to post it as I do not know if it might valuable for anybody. It looks like no one use YO186 on West. There are ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: The ideal cartridge by drdna on 2009-05-29 
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So, having thought about it, there are enough concerns about the Windfeld, I do not care to have yet another $3000 experiment.  The moving coil-cantilever system is to me fundamentally flawed.  The primary differences we hear seem to very frequently ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #575: Than don't by Wojtek on 2010-10-05 
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Look what you have done to jack up pricess of vitavox (nobody was buying before your wistle) , Micro Seiki (gathering dust after Art Dudley wrote they bored the hell out of him) meittner dacs (suddenly the most musical in the market ;) Lamms (which a...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #75: Great time with old Shelter 901 by Romy the Cat on 2011-09-25 
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Yesterday a local audio guy to me with this idiotic cartridge experiments and I was forced to dis-calibrate my second arm. So, this morning I felt to go for Mravinsky Bruckner 8 that I have only on record and I was thinking what needle to put in my s...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #43: The cartridges. by Romy the Cat on 2008-09-26 
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Well, I did not listen my new Jubilee any more, perhaps this weekend I will back to vital. However, based upon my last night’s very short experience here is my association about the sound of the cartridges. It is a fragment of the famous Albert Memor...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #25: Tape versus LP by Paul S on 2008-09-12 
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Romy, what you describe is exactly what motivated my own decision.  This was the main thing that bugged me when listening between master tapes (and careful 1st dubs) and the LPs made from them, meaning the way the LP (and presumably the cartridg...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #228: EAR polite recess by N-set on 2012-09-04 
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As for the EAR834 Air itself, while calibrating I've noticed I always get a a delicate MF recess, no matter what I do:(neverming the HF roll-off--it's my cheap card, I'll scan it with SG505-HP400FL when I mount them)Can it be that this slight recess ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Reasons for Poor LPs? by Paul S on 2023-12-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: ... and some Bruckner buzz in Musical Discussions  4 Replies 
Romy, thanks for another nudge toward Bruckner. I was not at all aware of Schuricht before your post, and I do like what I heard of his 8th and 9th via headphones, off the computer, although I realize this is a just thumbnail version. You have said s...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: In my view it’s cartridge dependant. by Romy the Cat on 2012-02-12 
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[quote user="RonyWeissman"]When youmdiscuss silicon dumping with your 3012 do you mean the silicon you put on headshell orDo you mean you use a silicon bath to damp the arm resonance, or both? I can't find the thread and I have decided to spend some ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Enthusiasm curbed by caution by noviygera on 2018-10-31 
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To me, getting good sound from 50-250hz with one channel is almost a victory. That is exactly what I am unable to get in my system. So even though the aim is wider bandwidth, if the Jubilee is good for 50-250hz, within the context of high eff horn sy...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: The new Decca by drdna on 2009-05-26 
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Hi Paul,Well, that sounds very intriguing.  Of course, the low end Decca cartridges like the Gold are exactly as you describe: infernal, insufferable, tempermental, occasionally wonderful.  The new Decca Reference is quite different, i would say as i...
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