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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: The "best" amps from Krell and Mark Levinson? by Romy the Cat on 2007-07-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: FM Acoustics in Audio Discussions  4 Replies 
[quote user="dazzdax"]Hi Roman, FM Acoustics amplifiers from Switserland have been regarded by many audiophiles (mostly the ones with lots of money) as the best sounding (solid state) amps regardless of price. They even bettered the best amps from Kr...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1034: Mark Levinson syndrome by Wojtek on 2012-03-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1916 Replies 
I bet Taiwanese got tired of getting paid cents on dollar (and usually late) for product they developed and manufactured. The real guilty character in this all affair is Romy the Cat and his rumblings . Without it Pure Power would be selling as it wa...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: The Ostap Bender of Audio. by Romy the Cat on 2011-05-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Daniel Hertz M1 ultra mega mega party speaker in Audio News  3 Replies 
I did not know that Lynn Olson and Earl Geddes involved in Levinson’s operation.  With all disagreement with those individuals I thought that they are smarter than to deal with Mark Levinson. I hope they did not give him any money and did not accept ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Perhaps I wasn't laying it on thick enough... by KLegind on 2011-05-15 
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"]I did not know that Lynn Olson and Earl Geddes involved in Levinson’s operation.  With all disagreement with those individuals I thought that they are smarter than to deal with Mark Levinson. I hope they did not give him an...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: The "best" amps from Krell and Mark Levinson? by Romy the Cat on 2007-07-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: FM Acoustics in Audio Discussions  4 Replies 
[quote user="dazzdax"]Hi Roman, FM Acoustics amplifiers from Switserland have been regarded by many audiophiles (mostly the ones with lots of money) as the best sounding (solid state) amps regardless of price. They even bettered the best amps from Kr...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #105: Cold and sterile by el`Ol on 2008-03-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The most promising “best” commercial speaker in Horn-Loaded Speakers  231 Replies 
To explain what I mean when I say "cold and sterile" it may help you when I tell you what other systems I perceived that way (assumed you have listened to them): One was the KEF system in the ground floor with Mark Levinson electronics (that was not ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: FM Acoustics by dazzdax on 2007-07-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: FM Acoustics in Audio Discussions  4 Replies 
Hi Roman, FM Acoustics amplifiers from Switserland have been regarded by many audiophiles (mostly the ones with lots of money) as the best sounding (solid state) amps regardless of price. They even bettered the best amps from Krell, Mark Levinson, et...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: What it has to do with DIYAudio? by Romy the Cat on 2011-05-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Daniel Hertz M1 ultra mega mega party speaker in Audio News  3 Replies 
[quote user="KLegind"]The DIYaudio, Lynn Olson and Geddes remark was a joke - but not as far off the mark as one might think. [/quote] Actually I very much disagree. Olson/Geddes and Levinson are so much in different scale that their names together (...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #20: Pigmented coloration? by drdna on 2008-11-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps in Melquiades Amplifier  397 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]So, what I am talking about is ability for an amp to have some kind of inner-algorithm that dynamically and actively “color” or better to say “dye” signals, still maintaining general color-neutral tendencies.  Since I ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: FM Acoustics from Switserland by dazzdax on 2007-07-26 
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Hi Roman, yes it is true that it is a bit foolish to refer to Krell and Mark Levinson, but I had to refer to some familiar brands that are in high regard among many of us. Many audiophiles from the Far-East (Hong Kong, Taiwan, mainland China, Si...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: The Daniel Hertz M1 ultra mega mega party speaker by KLegind on 2011-05-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Daniel Hertz M1 ultra mega mega party speaker in Audio News  3 Replies 
By virtue of the internet facilitated 'brain merging' technique; the world has now witnessed a speaker born of the joined brain wave efforts of 97,3% of the registered users of DIYaudio.com. Behold! : http://www.danielhertz.com/products/m1http://www....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #52: Never found ideal amplifier by Amir on 2018-06-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: About Wilson Audio Loudspeakers in Audio Discussions  53 Replies 
i have heard wilson speakers with these amplifiers:Vitus audio 50w , Asr emitter 140w, conrad johnson 130w  ,all  audio research setup with AR 600w, krell reference evo one 400w , krell fpb 400w, einshtein 50w, pathos 50w, mark levinson 200w, krell 2...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Bye-bye Studer… by Romy the Cat on 2009-10-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Bye-bye Studer… in Audio Discussions  0 Replies 
Source: http://twogoodears.blogspot.com/2009/10/harmans-managed-studer-or-end-of-swiss.html The American Gray Cardinal Monster – Harman International, LTD that fucked up any single company that they owned, took over Swiss Studer. htt...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #25: Current phono stage by drdna on 2008-12-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: About EAR 834P Modifications in Analog Playback  45 Replies 
This is always good advice, to get to know the character of the phono stage. Because my favorite cartridges are not low voltage (I use Decca London Jubilee and Reference) I have never had a need for the ET SU-1 step up unit. In fact, I had this in my...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Rules of good Sound by drdna on 2009-05-31 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Audiophile Re-issues: What's Lost and What's Gained? in Analog Playback  11 Replies 
[quote user="Paul S"]If "all "points in space and time are connected", then would a temporal "gap" and/or its effects be unpredictable, or would there not as likely be a random(izing) effect?[/quote]Sorry for the generalization and skipping steps. Of...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: The real Audiophile by Stitch on 2011-05-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: My site and Your expectation from my playback. in Playback Listening  8 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] When people visit me I ritually ask them to offer critiques to Sound they hear in my room...[/quote]What do you expect? Most  audiophiles have absolutely no idea from reproduction of the real thing. More or less they bl...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #17: I think audio is not about taste by Amir on 2024-08-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Accuracy vs. Musicality (and YMMV) in Playback Listening  51 Replies 
[quote user="Paul S"]Amir, I hope you will continue to flesh out your idea that hi-fi is not personal, especially as this relates to "accuracy vs. musicality". At this point it seems to fly in the face of my own experience, also widely accepted ideas...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb by Romy the Cat on 2010-10-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Putin or Medvedev? in Audio Discussions  7 Replies 
[quote user="guy sergeant"] I'd agree with that. I wouldn't mind seeing the British PM being seen to support the manufacturers here (such as Avid & Naim!) in such a public way. However, such conspicuous consumption wouldn't be well received here ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Mercy by Stitch on 2010-12-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Who has best sound in High-End Audio? in Playback Listening  7 Replies 
I thought about this for many years... but, to make the story short:I agree with that idea for Loudspeaker manufactures, this makes a bit sense, but even here you will have experiences, which will make you die 10 years earlier.Avant-Garde for example...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #33: Adjustable color: TIMBRE LOCK? by tuga on 2008-12-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps in Melquiades Amplifier  397 Replies 
[quote user="drdna"][quote user="Romy the Cat"]So, what I am talking about is ability for an amp to have some kind of inner-algorithm that dynamically and actively “color” or better to say “dye” signals, still maintaining general color-neutral tenden...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Conclusions ("the best") outside specified context by Gregm on 2007-07-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: FM Acoustics in Audio Discussions  4 Replies 
Chris, I'm not Romy but I've listened to some of their products -- about which I'll talk later. First:[quote user="dazzdax"]Hi Roman, FM Acoustics amplifiers from Switserland have been regarded by many audiophiles (mostly the ones with lots of money)...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: More digital bitching.... by Romy the Cat on 2005-01-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Digital recorders: what the "big boys" use? in Didital Things  15 Replies 
Well, I did hear some very positive result when people did not make CDs form glass copies (as the “big people” do) but actually burned them in the “regular” CD writers. How they did it I have no idea.  Also, I have no idea what hardware/software...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: About the faithfulness, digital, and anything else. by Romy the Cat on 2008-05-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Credibility of digital information in Didital Things  5 Replies 
Oliver, I do not think you understand "faithfulness" in the same way as I do. Ironically out differences of views are not linguistics but rather in the realms of objectives and intentions. You are right and there are a number of companies who hide t...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: The old EQ curveball by steverino on 2016-04-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: FM Acoustics: The most important component of a quality Audi... in Playback Listening  4 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]FM Acoustics’s  Manuel Humber speaks about his Harmonic Linearizer device. It is very possible that this FM Acoustics preamp is a fine unit and that it does better than other EQ solutions but why the EQ solution shale be...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: The powerful SS V-FET shootout? by Romy the Cat on 2009-11-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Yamaha B-2 V-FET amplifier. in Audio Discussions  19 Replies 
Last few days listening MiniMe with B-2 my patients was running out. With all more or less OK sound my B-2 had wondering eye about imaging. The amp has a minor fluctuation of gain between the channels and this fluctuation can be addressed by …kic...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: The commercial music servers. by Romy the Cat on 2008-01-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The commercial music servers. in Didital Things  36 Replies 
It is shame that in 21 century we have such mediocre, not to say moronic, park of music servers. Whoever does music servers t know stat a file server with uncompress 24-bit files is a phenomenal source of music. So, why we have not a lot of well-per...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: “Zarathustra” amplifier: loosing of virginity. by Romy the Cat on 2005-05-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: “Zarathustra” amplifier: loosing of virginity. in Audio Discussions  7 Replies 
The thread is derivation form the previous thread about the Dima's amplifier.I was trying to gradually approach better and better loudspeakers with the Zarathustra amplifier but today I decided to hit with the Zarathustra the pinnacle of low sen...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: SS Power Amps - the FoxNews of Audio. by Romy the Cat on 2005-10-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: SS Power Amps - the FoxNews of Audio. in Audio Discussions  25 Replies 
Recently, I would say the last 2-3 years, I detected a very foolish tendency that audio people are brewing within themselves. A typical today’s audiofool holds within itself a hope about existing of a “secret”, no discovered yet, SS high power amplif...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Bravo, Stereophile: Advent loudspeakers by Romy the Cat on 2006-04-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Bravo, Stereophile: Advent loudspeakers in Audio Discussions  0 Replies 
No mater how ridicules the title of this article sounds on my site but I was quite glad to see the in the May’s issues of Stereophile the Robert J. Reina review of Advent loudspeakers. I do not think that Advent’s review is a sign of some kind of sin...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Show Report PiS Fest by Romy the Cat on 2005-05-04 
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Show Report PiS Festcomposed by Johan Dreyer This show was held at the Rama Sebo convention centre in Freetown on April 30 and May 1.Unfortunately my kids played with my camera and destroyed the photos.Highlights were:JBL announced that they were s...
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