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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 "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 #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 #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 #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: Behringer's approach... by scooter on 2016-04-07 
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="steverino"]I think this only works with grossly deficient recordings. I believe Levinson chose a historical recording as his example for the reviewer. But it allows the FM Acoustics listener to spend endless hours fiddling with the contr...

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 #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 #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 #9: Re: Melquíades: here they come… by beemer on 2005-02-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The “Melquíades” début. in Melquiades Amplifier  10 Replies 
Wow:Looks like a trip to Boston coming on for the big guy once the snow is gone.Very interesting doings there Romy!Your cat is looking well, and the amps are eye candy. I can only assume the sound equals the appearance.Time will tell, hopefully I'll ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Reel Machines :-O by beemer on 2005-01-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Reel Machines :-O in Audio Discussions  1 Replies 
Romy!More changes:B&W Matrix 800's gone.Aerial 20t's in.Wadia 270/27ix gone.Levinson 390s in.Classe Omega preamp in.Got the Otari MX5050BII reel deck up and running in the system.....also the TEAC X-1000R 4 track in the system.Life is good, ...

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 #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 #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 #1: Bye-bye Studer… by Romy the Cat on 2009-10-25 
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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 #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 #5: Slice and Dice by Paul S on 2010-05-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: "Seamless extended midrange" in Playback Listening  4 Replies 
Although Levinson appears to have missed the boat with respect to musical content, he did show what can be done with Sound, per se.  I still use his demos as a sort of mental yardstick with respect to the quality of the sound he did "reproduce".With ...

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 #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: The Mocando and non-extended midrange. by Romy the Cat on 2010-05-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: "Seamless extended midrange" in Playback Listening  4 Replies 
[quote user="msaudio"]…. but it will never sound good until you have everything in the line of playback as close to original as possible. [/quote] This is very faulty premise, I multiple times objected it. The people who play live music, record i...

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 #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 #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 #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 #153: Oh, David, come on, do not bullshit a bullshitter. by Romy the Cat on 2014-05-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Ultimate Turntable in Analog Playback  220 Replies 
Oh, David, come on! Can you for a second to stop to be a pretentious been counter and look at the picture from slightly more elevated perspective? I am glad that you do not worship the expensive parts, unique design, and precession of construction of...

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...
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