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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage by Romy the Cat on 2007-11-13 
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Recently, I made a movement toward to a project that I have been contemplating for 5 years – I would like convert my Expressive Technologys SU2 and 2x834PT tandem into a final packaging solution. For the last 5 years I have learned following: 1...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #61: The “End of Life" Phonostage Status…. by Romy the Cat on 2008-09-14 
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With my resent battle with Shelter and the off the FM session analog renaissance I am playing a lot of records and there is one observation I would like to make. I feed all my 3 “better” tonearms into the “End of Life" Phonostage and I can’t not to m...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #19: The coupling cap in my 'End of the life' phono? by Romy the Cat on 2008-05-27 
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Referring to the threads a few month back: http://www.romythecat.com/Forums/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=4937 I wonder if I need to play with the coupling cap between the first and second stage. Now I have my beloved ElectrocuCube 950. In my former version...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: The End of Life Phonostage’s power supply by Romy the Cat on 2007-11-25 
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Yesterday my machinist informed me that the End of Life Phonostage’s chassis will be reedy next week. So, I desisted update the power supplies of the thing replacing the FRED diodes with those no reverse/forward recovery Silicon Carbide Schottky diod...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #15: The “End of Life" Phonostage and the Modification Guide by Romy the Cat on 2008-05-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: About EAR 834P Modifications in Analog Playback  45 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]That is a good question and I asked myself it numerous times. My current standing is the benefits are purely intellectual as I am not able to observe the applied benefits. [/quote] Recently I got eventually the box (th...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #69: "End of Life Phonostage" in Thai by Romy the Cat on 2010-01-16 
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Here is a Thai guy looks like built my “End of Life Phonostage” http://www.kaponk.com/node/715 I do not see nether input choke or air capacitors in correction chain. The most important I have no idea what step-up transformer he us...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #22: The sentiments behind “End of Life" Phonostage by Romy the Cat on 2008-05-29 
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Here are some commentaries regarding my “End of Life" Phonostage. The name of this phonostage derives from many factors. I am forty, winch it more or less a half live and in the first half I was playing a lot with different audio toys. The last 10 y...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #77: The "End of Life Phonostage” is back. by Romy the Cat on 2010-04-07 
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Ok, I did find the phonostage. It was sitting in one of the drawers. I do see a rational for me to put in there- to make sure that it would not be shacked during remodeling but, kill me, I do not remember I put it in there. Anyhow, it is back and it ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #274: End of Life Phonostage… is breeding. by Romy the Cat on 2015-06-15 
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It is kind of nice to see that someone have embraced the idea of “End of Life Phonostage”. A gentlemen from I presume Asia have assembled the 834PT-AIR and it look like he likes it.http://mellowgroovy.blogspot.com/2015/06/monday-modify-end-of-l...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: End of life speaker by de charlus on 2013-06-22 
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Thank you for giving this matter your attention. Jorge, I was intending that the AK151 be employed within a horn. Further, once I had settled upon the driver compliment, it was my intention to retain the services of Jeffrey Jackson, since I am not su...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #465: End of life headphone system by steverino on 2015-09-02 
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Well, I need to admit that with arriving Thomas and to a degree with adopting Amy my relationship with my listening room have changed. It is not the relationship change but the volume that listening room occupies in my d...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #86: About the "end of life" lower-bass channels… by Romy the Cat on 2010-05-05 
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[quote user="jessie.dazzle"] What am I saying? You might consider building a pair of "end of life" lower-bass channels now…[/quote] I would like to accent this point again. The "end of life" lower-bass channel in my view is not some kind of very well...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #33: “End of Life" Phonostage: what is next? by Romy the Cat on 2008-06-01 
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OK, here are some follow up thoughts after the completion of the project. I am sure I will burn it for a month or so. I think everything will be fine, I do not expect any issuers technical or sonic. The way how the entrance to the corrector done it i...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: End of Life by guy sergeant on 2007-11-13 
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The 'Death' phono stage.  I like it, it may have legs!...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #86: About the "end of life" lower-bass channels… by Romy the Cat on 2010-05-05 
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[quote user="jessie.dazzle"] What am I saying? You might consider building a pair of "end of life" lower-bass channels now…[/quote] I would like to accent this point again. The "end of life" lower-bass channel in my view is not some kind of very well...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #67: I just love sound of this phonocorrector. by Romy the Cat on 2008-10-26 
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I needed to make a very minor grounding correction in my “End of Life" Phonostage that make me to take it off the system and open it up. I realized that I never made a picture of it when it was done. As I said before - after 6 month of service I am h...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #22: The sentiments behind “End of Life" Phonostage by Romy the Cat on 2008-05-29 
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Here are some commentaries regarding my “End of Life" Phonostage. The name of this phonostage derives from many factors. I am forty, winch it more or less a half live and in the first half I was playing a lot with different audio toys. The last 10 y...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: I might unwillingly bring to my home… by Romy the Cat on 2007-11-13 
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It is exactly what the “End of Life” means – you know all necessary answers and have no needs to prove anything to anyone. I heard from you before that you do not like 834PT’s sound, I presume that it was ether bad 834PT, or extraordinary-horrible st...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #61: The “End of Life" Phonostage Status…. by Romy the Cat on 2008-09-14 
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With my resent battle with Shelter and the off the FM session analog renaissance I am playing a lot of records and there is one observation I would like to make. I feed all my 3 “better” tonearms into the “End of Life" Phonostage and I can’t not to m...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Advanced Acoustic System Aesthetics by Lbjefferies7 on 2009-04-21 
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This is an interesting subject.  My system certainly follows the 'form follows function' rule but I have wondered how the looks of a speaker (or entire system) effects the listener's perception.  Of course we have all experienced some male grunti...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #70: Sucks! by Romy the Cat on 2010-03-29 
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It is always there is something that poisons everything. It is last night in my Boston apartment, a night before the final big move and I was in the middle if heavy packing. Suddenly as lighting stroke me: I was moving my moved audio equipment fr...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #33: Building something like Macondo, check and balances. by Romy the Cat on 2013-06-26 
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First of all this is not a post about somebody replicated Macondo. I use the colloquialism: “Building Macondo” as a reference to building any “end of the life” acoustic system. Building the proverbial Macondo, going multi-ampling , arranging powe...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #44: The stunning sound of the phonocorrector. by Romy the Cat on 2008-06-04 
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[quote user="Brian Clark"] Whereas I do. deParavicini's worked on designs in Japan over several years and became familiar with the  research going on there in the Seventies which culminated in identifying the HD decay-spectrum as a key indicator...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: How to run MM-type cartridge into MC phonostage? by Romy the Cat on 2011-11-13 
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I run both of my Reference and Daily tonearms into my “End of Life Phonostage”. As I told I do not know any way to commutate signals at phono level signal and I just re-plug the phono cables at the phonostage’s input. I have no problem with that ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Fantastic work by N-set on 2012-10-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: From GoodSoundClub, with apologies. in Site Support Forum  10 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Once again my regrets for the shity administrative work on my end.[/quote]I think you've been doing a fantastic work, Romy! One accident in such a long period is not a big deal.No really worthy posts on my side in that peri...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #16: Is Audio Personal? by Romy the Cat on 2024-08-21 
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It is a very interesting question, and the answer would be the direction you look at the answer. Pretend you are building in your basement a train model. You have a large table, and you spent thousands of dollars and years of time to constrict you...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #81: Is it really restricted only for the stuff you build? by Wojtek on 2021-09-30 
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If the setup is semi acceptable, after ten years one should lose the evaluation part of listening experience and treat the system like a kitchen radio or car playback and simply enjoy the music. I think ten years is a minimum to achieve the position ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #23: How gas regulator tubes die? by Romy the Cat on 2007-07-18 
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Who know how they die, at least I was not able to figure it out. The literature suggest that when gas regulator at the end of their life they stop regulate or maintain regulation but increase noise. I was not able to detect it. I have many gas regu...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #15: Hands on by Jorge on 2013-06-23 
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Charlus,As you expressed here this would be an End of life speaker project, and I am sure you will not fancy any other speaker once you start with this,  even Vox Olympian etc.  Yes it will take a lot of money and a lot of time, but you will have fun...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Thought experiments and prediction of sonic objectivism by Thorsten on 2006-03-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: There is nothing subjective in music reproduction. in Playback Listening  9 Replies 
[ Romy: Moved as a reply to http://www.goodsoundclub.com/TreeItem.aspx?PostID=2218#2218 ]Hi Roman,[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Let pretend that a group of 1000 people have an imaginary ultimate 1000000-bands equalizer, the one that do nothing nega...
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