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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Lavry and dCS by George on 2006-02-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Myth of CD clocking = True/False in Didital Things  15 Replies 
I remembered reading this buried deep on the Lavry forum:http://www.lavryengineering.com/forum_images/clocks1.pdfI also remember reading either on the dCS site or in the Stereophile review that the Verona clock was a later addition to the s...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: Digital Clock accuracy and sound quality by custodian on 2015-04-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Myth of CD clocking = True/False in Didital Things  15 Replies 
New member, first post, so go easy on me!Ive been playing around with clocks in digital audio for a while. Current system uses a DCS Scarlatti stack with the Scarlatti clock. Synching to the Scarlatti clock rather than using the Scarlatti DAC as mast...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: The digital attitude of mine. by Romy the Cat on 2008-03-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: About the DAW playback software. in Didital Things  10 Replies 
[quote user="el`Ol"]Sorry for being so nasty, Romy,but I meant connecting the CEC TLO with the Lavry 924 via the dCS 974.[/quote] I do not see you being nasty, where did you get this from? May I ask you- what you proposed to drive CEC TLO into dCS ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: DACS by coops on 2008-03-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: About the DAW playback software. in Didital Things  10 Replies 
I borrowed a dcs 'Scarlatti' for the weekend and compared it to a Lavry 924 and the MSB Platinum, the DCS had the highest resolution of all three, not by a huge amount mind , particularly nice treble I thought, this was just solely with CD....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Lavry and dCS by George on 2006-02-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Myth of CD clocking = True/False in Didital Things  15 Replies 
I remembered reading this buried deep on the Lavry forum:http://www.lavryengineering.com/forum_images/clocks1.pdfI also remember reading either on the dCS site or in the Stereophile review that the Verona clock was a later addition to the s...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #19: Emmlabs etc by de charlus on 2013-07-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: DAC Recommendations in Didital Things  44 Replies 
Due to this thread, I called the friend upon whose boat I heard the Vox Olympian in order to find out precisely which DCS DAC he was using with his TLOX to get the sound that I found so remarkable. It turns out that whilst the DCS unit was indeed pre...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #185: Some idea of what will happen by Saturntube on 2010-02-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Midbass Horns and Real Estate. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  247 Replies 
Similar experience but I get to keep my "old" room. I have just changed my 5 way horn loaded down to 140 hz speakers to a friends room twice as big as mine, with an open back area into the house as your new room has and one side and the front have hu...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #21: It shall be easy. by Romy the Cat on 2013-07-08 
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[quote user="de charlus"]Due to this thread, I called the friend upon whose boat I heard the Vox Olympian in order to find out precisely which DCS DAC he was using with his TLOX to get the sound that I found so remarkable. It turns out that whilst th...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: TLO-> by el`Ol on 2008-03-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: About the DAW playback software. in Didital Things  10 Replies 
Sorry for being so nasty, Romy,but I meant connecting the CEC TLO with the Lavry 924 via the dCS 974....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #34: DAC comparison by de charlus on 2013-07-11 
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Such measurements give us ample information regarding the technical parameters of these machines, and if one is seeking to determine preeminence thus, then what you propose is not without merit. However, near-perfection in terms of measurable paramet...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: Search of the best DAC by Stitch on 2013-07-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: DAC Recommendations in Didital Things  44 Replies 
... is quite a long journey. In the last 15 years we got every month a new, sonic revolution in sonic digital Playback. We got up sampling, HDCD ... SACD, separate units, digital cables, separate master clocks, output stage with tubes and so on and o...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Stahl -tek rules by coops on 2008-05-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Lavry vs Stahl -Tek in Didital Things  22 Replies 
Romy Hi, I just mean that instruments sound more real, through the Stahl-tek whether is is the decay of a high hat or the weight of a piano, 'presence' is the same I guess when the instrment just sounds more real, re the selling part I have been look...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: ADC or "burner"? by Antonio J. on 2005-01-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Digital recorders: what the "big boys" use? in Didital Things  15 Replies 
I know that many of them use ADC based on Mac computers to use with Protools, while other rely on DAT's (Tascam is very well considered) built-in ADCs. Perhaps some use external ADCs from Meitner or dCS. Once you have a "decent" PCM file to tran...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Ways to get rid of the Spectral by el`Ol on 2008-03-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: About the DAW playback software. in Didital Things  10 Replies 
Pacific Microsonics are filter kings, but if the Lavry is the best hardware, wouldn´t it be nice to let it play the CDs, too? Ever tried a dCS converter?...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #188: I still will be trying to get the same nearfield setting... by Romy the Cat on 2010-02-05 
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[quote user="Saturntube"]Similar experience but I get to keep my "old" room. I have just changed my 5 way horn loaded down to 140 hz speakers to a friends room twice as big as mine, with an open back area into the house as your new room has and o...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Digital and it's volume both are shit by Amir on 2009-11-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Digital Volume Control self-assessment in Audio For Dummies ™  12 Replies 
me and armen were testing dcs scarlatti digital volume control with vitus amplifier and kharma midi speaker.it's effect on sound is removing life from sound, less emotion, flatter sound, less bloom, less color.digital volume kill micro information of...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: The ridicules naming of audio products. by Romy the Cat on 2007-12-31 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The ridicules naming of audio products. in Audio Discussions  2 Replies 
There is a tendency in Hi-Fi to name audio products and audio companies after some big manes in music. Audio Artistry's Beethoven, Linkwitz’s Beethoven-Grand, Vienna Acoustics’ Mozart, Audio Analogue’s Paganini, dCS’ Verdi and dCS’ Elgar, Vienna Aco...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: About SACD.... by Antonio J. on 2005-01-06 
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I suppose you've listened to EMM Labs, dCS and all that "top" SACD converters. I wonder if the problem is not as much in the transports or DSD/A converters as in the way they produce the recordings and make the SACD discs. It would be interesting kno...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #19: Milan Top Audio by Telstar on 2008-09-17 
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[quote user="coops"]Romy Hi, I just mean that instruments sound more real, through the Stahl-tek whether is is the decay of a high hat or the weight of a piano, 'presence' is the same I guess when the instrment just sounds more real, re the selling p...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Master Tape by Amir on 2016-06-02 
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I listened one time (just one time) to master tape (revox reel).micro harmonic was so better than dCS Elgar (digital source) and it was better in micro dynamic. i did not tested good DSD in a good DAC vs good analog but in micro linearity analog and ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Much ado about upsampling ... by Romy the Cat on 2008-05-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Credibility of digital information in Didital Things  5 Replies 
[quote user="el`Ol"] ….I can´t say much about the dCS upsampler, because I only heard it in combination with a Lamm/Wilson combination that in my ears showed some surrealistic saccharine sweetness I found quite annoying. You mentioned some time that ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #49: Thanks by de charlus on 2013-07-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Canadian Speaker Proposal in Horn-Loaded Speakers  56 Replies 
Thanks Romy,I particularly appreciate the advice on the Goto issue, although a sojourn in Japan would be delightful too, come to think of it; in my experience there's no better place for culinary and audio tourism combined. "Local" support in the cas...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #17: The guy who did the BSO files... by Romy the Cat on 2009-04-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The BSO and Digital Music. in Didital Things  44 Replies 
[quote user="clarkjohnsen"]As one who frequently listens to both weekend broadcasts, I'd like to know which one is uploaded. Do they tell us? Or could it be... a compendium?[/quote]Ein Deutsches Requiem  was recorded on September 26 & 27, 2008 Th...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Noisy clocks and more brutal measures by el`Ol on 2008-05-29 
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Romy,I have problems in believing that a noisy clock (the lower-priced CEC drives probably have in contrast to the other drives you mentioned) can do more than covering the faults of the actual implementation (mostly regular time deviations at other ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: AMR DP-777 Bit Perfect I by Amir on 2018-11-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Paul McGowan. tubes in preamp in Audio News  12 Replies 
I have listened to AMR DP-777 DAC (SE versio and upgraded nos tubes) many times.in my idea the best sound of AMR dac come from "Bit-Perfect I" filter if you listen to good records. if i put bad records then there is no difference between filters and ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: Very interesting topic by Amir on 2019-02-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Josh: My visit to Romy the Cat's Macondo in Audio For Dummies ™  28 Replies 
I think this topic is very very interesting to me and it is a opportunity those 90% audiophiles (like josh) think more about their objectives .I have pointed it many times in my weblog that romy recommendations (both methods and components) can not h...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1415: Converters within amps etc by JOHNR on 2015-10-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
To answer the question WRT reliability. I have built wholly switched mode amps with 2A3, 300B and now a 45. I also have a DAC 44...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #15: TL0 3.0 Like Less Sharp DACs by Amir on 2019-07-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A littlie D-War: Bidat vs. Lavry Gold in Didital Things  14 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]buy naltrexone online cheap buy naltrexone from trusted pharmacywhere can i buy duloxetine buy duloxetine 60 mg goI know quite a few installations when CEC-TL0 entered a well performing setup and literally destroyed it. T...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: Christmas gift from... Lavry? by Romy the Cat on 2005-12-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A littlie D-War: Bidat vs. Lavry Gold in Didital Things  14 Replies 
Hm, some very mysterious things are going on today similar to the observance of the Bethlehem star… :-) I was commenting before that Lavry 924 is very slightly brighter then I feel a neutral peace of equipment should be. Once again it is not HF disg...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #23: About the Soundmirror comments. by Romy the Cat on 2009-04-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The BSO and Digital Music. in Didital Things  44 Replies 
[quote user="Mark Donahue"]Mani, Yes, the files were created using the HDCD Model 1 AD converter and you will actually get improved audio if your DA converter properly decodes the HDCD (Even at 88.2 kHz /24 bit!) There is information about the filter...
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