Romy The Cat's Home
Manifesto Copyright
Statistics Site Links
Site Map Surveys
Send Email to Romy the Cat
What is High-End Audio all about
Audio Knowledge Tree ™
Romy's "Audio Rules"
Audiophile Satire
Melquiades SET Amplifier
Macondo Acoustic System
End of Life Phonostage
Audio Demoronizator AD-1
My Exotic Audio Leftovers
My Playback System
» Critique audio performan»
» An Interview With Dr. Br»
» Another interesting corr»
» Best recording I heard i»
» High End speakers Evolut»
» Don’t "use" VTA
» The Opera Room
» The RCA’s 6C33C sockets?
» Lampizator horn
» The bogusness of the coa»
» Suggestion on my introdu»
» How to evaluate playback»
» Silicone gel damping?
» Interested in reading mo»
» Thinking about Bruckner »
» Fidelity Research FR-7
» Seven phases in the life»
» A new amplifier from Aud»
» Micro Seiki SZ-1T
» The state of High-Effici»
» A lucidly implemented di»
» DRU Tube for Melq’s HF c»
» Every crowd has a silver»
» Seven hours of live musi»
» $350.000 of audio-script»
» Friedrich Kuhlau and his»
» The open project: a late»
» TAS article: start of th»
» I think my Dynavector 10»
» Replacing 802 G and 811 »
» A proper implementation »
» Music & Arts' Stokow»
» Idler Drive - Rumbling I»
» A new generation of full»
» Analogue to digital conv»
» Some Audiogon realty
» What Is The Minimum for »
» Eighteen Sound ND1460A c»
Bookmarked are red
Valves Collection
Japanese's HiFiDo
The Tape Project
Museatex
Eugene Ormandy Pages
ClassicalNet
Silent Running Audio
Find-a-Concert
NPR's SymphonyCast
John Lenard Burnett's si»
Heart's Ease
Dazy Web Labaratory
More Links »»
Romy the Cat's personal site dedicated to advanced audio and evolved music reproduction techniques

Posts Authors:  Listed only members with posts
 Posts Period :    to      Format: Year/Month/Date
Search Phrase:   
Search in Forum: 
Print Results per page:  Separate words by empty space
 

     Pages: 2, Posts: 35    Pages: 1 2 


Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #104: Pass labs? by RonyWeissman on 2009-02-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s MiniMe or about Pilot Acoustic Systems in Audio Discussions  213 Replies 
Hi Romy,I have no experience with Pass labs, but have been looking at his old Aleph 3 for some time with interest. Do you know this amp?  I believe it is 50W class A and around 800$ typically on audiogon? If you want to spend a lot more my Tom E...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #24: Pass labs by Amir on 2009-08-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: SS Power Amps - the FoxNews of Audio. in Audio Discussions  25 Replies 
In my idea pass labs high power amplifiers are in under average even in comparison by market average standard.it's sound xa1000 was not good and i think when a company accessed a good market for his products then start to making crap products.in my i...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #24: Pass labs by Amir on 2009-08-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: SS Power Amps - the FoxNews of Audio. in Audio Discussions  25 Replies 
In my idea pass labs high power amplifiers are in under average even in comparison by market average standard.it's sound xa1000 was not good and i think when a company accessed a good market for his products then start to making crap products.in my i...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Eventually I’ve seen a loudspeaker the appearance I like. by Romy the Cat on 2009-01-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Eventually I’ve seen a loudspeaker the appearance I like. in Audio Discussions  4 Replies 
Surprise, surprise it is from Pass Labs and the model name RS1.  I have no other comments besides the visual appearance of the RS1 loudspeaker and I find the RS1 being remarkably elegant, functional and beautiful. I was thinking something simila...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Coincidentally by coops on 2009-12-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: SS Amplification for Compressions drivers? Sound? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  19 Replies 
Mainly because of my young daughter I have been listening to mostly solid state amps, I have enjoyed 'Digital DoMain's' B1-a VFET, and am now listening to a German 'Audioprojeckte' CA10, 10 watt class A design, ( I will post a link later as their sit...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #104: Pass labs? by RonyWeissman on 2009-02-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s MiniMe or about Pilot Acoustic Systems in Audio Discussions  213 Replies 
Hi Romy,I have no experience with Pass labs, but have been looking at his old Aleph 3 for some time with interest. Do you know this amp?  I believe it is 50W class A and around 800$ typically on audiogon? If you want to spend a lot more my Tom E...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Nostradamus the Cat by Romy the Cat on 2009-01-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Eventually I’ve seen a loudspeaker the appearance I like. in Audio Discussions  4 Replies 
Antonio, I have no business (or frankly speaking interest) in production Sound of new Pass Labs loudspeaker. Not to mention that any more or less credible prediction I am able to make only with horn-loaded setups, otherwise my knowledge of the condi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: Re: IC-based "second" phonostages? Better look into ss inste... by Gregm on 2006-06-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: I need a “second-type” phonostage. in Analog Playback  38 Replies 
"ASR do not use the regular ICs but the ICs that they removed form the demilitarized Russian nuclear missiles console and fallen Chinese satellites" :) ...which means that they use cheap, used ICs. So, the dealer has a better margin & can di...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #16: german currents by hagtech on 2006-06-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: I need a “second-type” phonostage. in Analog Playback  38 Replies 
"self-matching input impedance "Aren't they trying to say the input is grounded?  It sounds like they're using the current signal from cart, not voltage.  Like the 47 Labs stuff.  This concept has merit, but I never tried it.  To ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: Phono settings by steverino on 2014-07-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Soundsmith’s analog ideas. in Analog Playback  11 Replies 
The Sussurro has an unusually wide loading range listed by Soundsmith, ranging from 470 ohms to 5k ohms. It is possible that more recent models have a somewhat tighter range between 470 and 2k ohms but I am not positive. The capacitance of Soundsmith...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #21: Low Power Class A Solidstate Design by Amir on 2009-08-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: SS Power Amps - the FoxNews of Audio. in Audio Discussions  25 Replies 
I think low power ss design is the only way we can make ss to sound good. in my idea all high power ss design i heard had no emotion in their sound in comparison by good SET designs like AN UK Ankoru.the first SS design that make me happy in comparis...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Pacific Microsonics Model 2 by manisandher on 2009-05-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Pacific Microsonics Model 2 in Didital Things  85 Replies 
Hi,I've just taken receipt of a Model 2 to use as a DAC in my study (using the ADC occasionally for recording live from a mic). I would like to feed the balanced XLR outputs of the Model 2 into the single-ended RCA inputs of my Berning Siegfried amp,...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Making it sing... by skushino on 2005-07-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Making it sing... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  8 Replies 
All-I'm optimizing new speakers, but the deep subject matter is a little new to me.  Will this work?Using a pair of Welborne Labs DRD300B SET amps (tapped 8ohms) with a 3-way passive crossover to integrate these drivers.  Here is ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Future proofing by noviygera on 2018-11-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The need for a balanced buffer stage in Analog Playback  10 Replies 
Paul,My current active crossover is a DSP unit which likely has low enough input impedance and single ended inputs. I added BAL inputs by using input transformers. By no means do I want to use this combination as a representation of my crossover! I i...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: A few more hybrid suggestions by Chirag on 2006-05-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Two-stages, hybrid, small, powerful class “A”? in Audio Discussions  23 Replies 
Hey Cat,Well..my first question would be regarding the application.  The big Melq tube is already doing the bass towers...is it not enough current?  And wouldn't a proper class A 100w amp with its low low efficiency require something like 1...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Why no diamond tweeter? by morricab on 2007-11-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The best speaker in the world, is yet again available in Audio News  9 Replies 
It is a good question that I also asked when I saw this speaker.  Afterall, everything being equal using the same materials for the drivers is more optimal from a coloration standpoint.  My guess is cost.  They already had splurged for...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: The semi-lost civilization of Nazi’s Sound. by Romy the Cat on 2007-10-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A contemporary AD1 Triode by Emission Labs in Audio Discussions  6 Replies 
Yep, you re right, the Yamamoto A-06S is SET, I did not read it carefully and I was under presumption that A-06S is PP monoblock. Good for Yamamoto! The only amps I heard with AD1 were PP. Somewhere in the very end 90s I shortly was exposed to i...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: Phonostages, photography and JLTi by Romy the Cat on 2006-06-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: I need a “second-type” phonostage. in Analog Playback  38 Replies 
[quote user="Gregm"]"ASR do not use the regular ICs but the ICs that they removed form the demilitarized Russian nuclear missiles console and fallen Chinese satellites" ...which means that they use cheap, used ICs. So, the dealer has a better m...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Please, not again!!! by Romy the Cat on 2009-12-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: SS Amplification for Compressions drivers? Sound? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  19 Replies 
[quote user="coops"]Mainly because of my young daughter I have been listening to mostly solid state amps, I have enjoyed 'Digital DoMain's' B1-a VFET, and am now listening to a German 'Audioprojeckte' CA10, 10 watt class A design, ( I will post a...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Hørning prøblems. by Romy the Cat on 2005-04-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Hørning prøblems. in Audio Discussions  5 Replies 
I stopped by yestoday ay NY show for a couple hours. Somewhere in there SRA’s Kevin Tellekamp fished me and told me that he wants to show me something very interesting. He brought me into a room where Hørning loudspeakers were demonstrating. (http://...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: One way to learn is to try... by Romy the Cat on 2006-05-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Two-stages, hybrid, small, powerful class “A”? in Audio Discussions  23 Replies 
[quote user="Chirag"] Well..my first question would be regarding the application.  The big Melq tube is already doing the bass towers...is it not enough current?  [/quote] Chirag, I’m not planning to use this power amp in my system.  ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #41: LimitedGold and DryDMT by Chirag on 2007-03-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A quest for a better monitor. in Audio Discussions  97 Replies 
Hi Cat, [quote user="Romy the Cat"]I used my typical “flash” techniques and discovered some leeks in that 50 years old enclosure. Sure it the leaks were there then it would be no “acoustic suspensions” and the driver would run further. So, fixed the...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #13: John Hasquin’s commentary on the subject. by Romy the Cat on 2011-06-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Impulse response, short notes and midbass horns. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  14 Replies 
From: John Hasquin Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2011 To: Bessnow, RomanSubject: Re: Meow "I think your decay is prolonged because the larger room is providing acoustical pressure feedback into your 45Hz lower bass horn. This feedback is modulatin...

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 #9: Why no diamond tweeter - any technology in hands of barbarian…. by Romy the Cat on 2007-11-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The best speaker in the world, is yet again available in Audio News  9 Replies 
[quote user="morricab"] It is a good question that I also asked when I saw this speaker.  Afterall, everything being equal using the same materials for the drivers is more optimal from a coloration standpoint.  My guess is cost.  They ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: Edgarhorns & DEQX by Kerry Brown on 2005-12-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Crossover Design in Audio Discussions  69 Replies 
Greetings, I may be able to answer some questions regarding crossovers, multi-amping, etc. - without getting bogged down, hopefully, in metaphysical issues. First off, I live in San Francisco, if he's inclined 'drdna' and other locals are wel...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #110: Audio CD -> Rip PCM (AIFF) -> Roon Player -> Apple Core ->... by Amir on 2016-09-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: High Quality Music Server / CD player in Didital Things  169 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]I might be not “getting” what you are doing but it looks to me that it is not near close to “CEC TL0X vs Berkeley Alpha”. The Berkeley Alpha is just an interface to get stream of DAW but CEC TL0X is digital transport.  We...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: My old Fi-Hi gear associations... by Romy the Cat on 2004-07-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: My old Fi-Hi gear associations... in Audio Discussions  10 Replies 
  I was cleaning my old file server and found my old associations after auditioning some of High End gear...   Atma-Sphere  Lying in a bathroom with the bathtub filled with motor oil. Spectral  Begging for any liqu...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #15: Digital: small steps and further update… by Romy the Cat on 2005-11-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to record FM broadcasts. in Off Air Audio  125 Replies 
Jeremy, another few lead that I think might conceder. Manly Labs has their 20-bit digital to analogue converter that uses the Pacific Microsonics processor inside. I was told that is available as the “street price” for ~$6K-$7K and it might be a “f...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #51: Brewing, thinking and heating by Romy the Cat on 2008-12-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps in Melquiades Amplifier  397 Replies 
[quote user="nl"] Gordon Rankin of Wavelength Audio did a series of one-stage DHTs with a step-up transformer input about ten years ago. I think they were called the Mercury series. By all accounts, they sounded good, but of course had limited gain, ...
All context of this site except the Forum's posts Copyright © Roman Bessnow 2004-2024
All messages within the Site’s Forum Copyright © by authors of the posts
Last 24-hours posts:  2  
Total human visitors:  43,285,191  
   
      Search Site Forum
     Search Site via Google
 
Login:
Pass:
    Create a New Account
    Forgot your Account
APR 5 Song of Songs / Song»
APR 5 How it Ends in Bosto»
APR 6 How it Ends in Bosto»
APR 6 The Passionate Viola»
APR 13 Juilliard String Qua»
APR 13 Transfigurations in »
APR 13 Winning Combinations»
APR 13 The New World in Var»
lang lang: tiny desk (home)»
marin alsop on her swing or»
mahan esfahani: tiny desk c»
cellist lynn harrell has di»
npr music's top 14 albums o»
anthony davis wins pulitzer»
augustin hadelich: tiny des»
c.p.e. bach: mercurial dive»
classical music news - leo»
classical music news - aug»
is bach better on harp?»
julian bream, maestro of g»
a woman takes the podium a»
he wasn’t toscanini, but h»
9 things to do this weeken»
classical music news. diab»
another trump blunder»
from concerts to cartoons:»
classical music livestream»
how to diversify orchestra»
ethel smyth, a composer lo»
classical music attracts o»
‘the lost pianos of siberi»
5 minutes that will make y»
it’s (almost) business as »
More Music News »»
Pasquini, Bernardo (7 Dece»
Purcell, Henry (7 March 16»
Tárrega, Francisco (2»
Godowsky, Leopold (13 Febr»
Karg-Elert, Sigfrid (21 No»
Martin, Frank (15 Septembe»
Rathaus, Karol (16 Septemb»
Paciorkiewicz, Tadeusz (17»
Simpson, Robert (2 March 1»
Williamson, Malcolm (21 No»
Gudmundsen-Holmgreen, Pell»
Lamm L2 Reference pream»
Korvet “Egg” Tonearm
Vitavox 330Hz Horn for »
Conscience of audio rev»
Pacific Microsonics Mod»
Vitavox AK-15/40 15" ba»
Rohde & Schwarz EU-6201»
Mid-range tantrix round»
Musatex-TP Bidat 20-Bi»
Altec 515B bass drivers
ESS AMT-1A Heil Air Mot»
More Leftovers »»