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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Pono & Meridian - another hi-resolution effort by scooter on 2013-09-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Pono & Meridian - another hi-resolution effort in Audio Discussions  1 Replies 
Neil Young and Meridian are launching yet another digital "high resolution" business:http://evolver.fm/2013/08/13/neil-youngs-pono-ecosystem-will-put-a-freemium-on-sound-quality/So one could choose either.(1) a (maybe) higher resolution file using th...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: A need for Resolution /Sampling Assessment Test by Romy the Cat on 2009-10-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A need for Resolution /Sampling Assessment Test in Didital Things  1 Replies 
In the time of silver photography, when we shoot on E6 film, we use grayscales on the first image to let the print shops to correct chromic aberration of film, development or lighting. Looking at the amount of BS the today is going on with high-r...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #17: Cat food and vertical resolution by serenechaos on 2008-10-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Compression Drivers -in general in Horn-Loaded Speakers  25 Replies 
I kept thinking about cats and cat food (also known as birds) listening habits this afternoon.  That's why parrots bob up and down, as well as (less often) twist back and forth on one leg sometimes-- to triangulate and pinpoint a location in all...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: On clarity (and resolution) by tuga on 2008-05-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Lavry vs Stahl -Tek in Didital Things  22 Replies 
"We Orientals tend to seek our satisfactions in whatever surroundings we happen to find ourselves, to content ourselves with things as they are; and so darkness causes us no discontent, we resign ourselves to it as inevitable. If light is scarce then...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Imaging and resolution by el`Ol on 2008-02-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The nature of "soundstage" in audio. in Playback Listening  22 Replies 
In my audiophile past with poor resolution speakers (Spendor BC1) I used to listen to puristic recordings like Telarc with compressor to get the late reflections on audible levels. I felt that distorted imaging is better than no imaging. I loved east...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #59: Resolution of a pixelated flare by jessie.dazzle on 2010-06-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s Midbass Project – the grown up time. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  455 Replies 
Romy wrote:"...the common rule is to beef up the joints but I propose more elegant approach – to jam the horn by spreading the possible “micro mouths” vibrations. To do is very simple – slice the sections not perpendicular to the horn axis but at ang...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Conflicts resolution. :-) by Romy the Cat on 2018-08-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Paul McGowan. tubes in preamp in Audio News  12 Replies 
Well, the conflict you pointed might sound reasonable but not completely. The First quote is taken from a thread “Disregard Digital with Vacuum Tube output”. In there I advocated do not look into D/A converters with tube output stages. In was in 2...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: High Resolution and 16 bit by tuga on 2009-08-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A CD off tune? The Big CD Conspiracy theory? in Didital Things  9 Replies 
[quote user="Axel"]is what I assume that your CD's source is all about. So it could be in deed a problem having used the 'original' master tape (analogue) which might have had a slight problem, stretched, or issues with the equipment speed (slight sp...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #34: “too bright” or “resolution” or “details” with SUT primary loading by Axel on 2009-07-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Expressive Technologies SU-1 in Analog Playback  33 Replies 
yes I understand your take with regard to those phrase, now what a about "too dull" or "not resolved" or "lack of detail"?Those would then be equally 'incorrect' for initial sound determination. If I use a different cart to my current V15 xMR, sa...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #16: Vertical resolution by mats on 2008-10-21 
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Very interesting about the lateral vs. vertical resolution. According to "Raptor Force", a 2007 Nature documentary, the owl can locate a vole under the snow based on its offset ear geometry. "Like us, the owl can find the left-right position of a no...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #266: The unexpected resolution of AC vs. DC quandary. by Romy the Cat on 2009-05-06 
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"] Well, I have to admit that I did not listen the whole sound of AC vs. DC filaments yet.  I will bring home today my DC lab supply that I use for my electromagnet coil and will give the try. I still at this point am not...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: The High Resolution PCM files business, where? by Romy the Cat on 2009-09-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The High Resolution PCM files business, where? in Didital Things  31 Replies 
I do not regularly buy High Resolution files and most of my High Resolution files are my own FM recordings or something that was given to me by other people. I bought no more two dozens of Hi-Res files in past and it was about it. I do not active...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: No detached spring scale for high resolution measurement by Romy the Cat on 2009-12-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Schroder Tonearms in Analog Playback  61 Replies 
[quote user="perrew"]Romy, agree it sounds and looks strange. But the arm works with two magnets, one sitting under the arm/string and the other below it on the base, these two should be parrallel when the VTF is measured and this occurs when the arm...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: The automatically upsampleing DAC and “greater resolution” by Romy the Cat on 2008-05-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Lavry vs Stahl -Tek in Didital Things  22 Replies 
The Stahl-Tek DAChttp://www.stahltek.com/vekian_da.htmKeith, what is interesting is that you claim “greater resolution” and “presence” - would you please explain what does it mean?The Cat...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: The low-level resolution from SET by Romy the Cat on 2008-03-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: “Harmonic Speed”- friend of foe? in Playback Listening  6 Replies 
[quote user="Paul S"]Ironically, the "best" musical bass I have gotten is from the ML2s 16 Ohm taps, which seems to fly in the face of both the concept and the obvious problems that the Z/load creates.  What I am saying is that despite the "kitt...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #20: Resolution, transparency, definition, clarity... whatever? by twogoodears on 2009-11-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A single worst thing in today’s acoustic systems. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  28 Replies 
Great referring to musical instruments pitch, Roman... the Real Thing.  I find the Wikipedia suggestion about "resolution", music-wise to be quite inspiring -i.e. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resolution_(music)Sentences like this: "A dissonance h...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #20: Resolution, transparency, definition, clarity... whatever? by twogoodears on 2009-11-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A single worst thing in today’s acoustic systems. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  28 Replies 
Great referring to musical instruments pitch, Roman... the Real Thing.  I find the Wikipedia suggestion about "resolution", music-wise to be quite inspiring -i.e. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resolution_(music)Sentences like this: "A dissonance h...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: The "uncharacteristic" subject for Audio by Romy the Cat on 2007-01-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: About destiny of “High-End Sound”. in Playback Listening  6 Replies 
Generally it is very uncharacteristic subject in audio: the destiny of audio reproduction. Destiny might be only with something that has its own lifespan. Audio reproduction is in a way an imitation and therefore should hot have own destiny because i...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #21: More hf by unicon on 2009-11-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A single worst thing in today’s acoustic systems. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  28 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]our perception has kind of reversed logarithmic scale for tone resolution, so what.those definitions not bind to our perception[/quote]The definitions about theorical sound never bind or help our ears to hear soundWe humans...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #13: 176/24 Track by DOT*SYSTEM on 2010-02-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Analog Transfer: the first draft. in Didital Things  19 Replies 
OK Romy, I get it. You may believe that the act of the DVD-A creation software will alter the music bits as seen by the transport/DAC. I believe the software is only encapsulating the data into the DVD-A binary image. My current PC music streamer, a ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #13: Some aspects are forming by noviygera on 2011-08-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Midbass impedance bumps -- why and what to do? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  18 Replies 
Hello Romy, thanks for your guide.I've been thinking and I feel that some basic upper bass channel ideas are forming; they a result of, as you say ,"organic" derivation from the rest of my acoustic system. I am pretty excited about this idea i have. ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: A need for Resolution /Sampling Assessment Test by Romy the Cat on 2009-10-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A need for Resolution /Sampling Assessment Test in Didital Things  1 Replies 
In the time of silver photography, when we shoot on E6 film, we use grayscales on the first image to let the print shops to correct chromic aberration of film, development or lighting. Looking at the amount of BS the today is going on with high-r...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #15: Study Cats - you will learn everything about loudspeakers. by Romy the Cat on 2008-10-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Compression Drivers -in general in Horn-Loaded Speakers  25 Replies 
[quote user="serenechaos"] How were the Macondo's Axioms arrived at? By listening?  [/quote]I would encourage you to read carefully the following page:http://www.romythecat.com/MacondoAcousticSystem.aspx[quote user="serenechaos"] I am wondering ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #33: The strange phrases.... by Romy the Cat on 2009-07-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Expressive Technologies SU-1 in Analog Playback  33 Replies 
[quote user="Axel"]In my case I got more resolution with primary loading, BUT it gets very quickly too bright with even small changes, sounding all wrong. The 18k on *secondary* sounded fine, but was missing some more detail that I know from connecti...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Pono & Meridian - another hi-resolution effort by scooter on 2013-09-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Pono & Meridian - another hi-resolution effort in Audio Discussions  1 Replies 
Neil Young and Meridian are launching yet another digital "high resolution" business:http://evolver.fm/2013/08/13/neil-youngs-pono-ecosystem-will-put-a-freemium-on-sound-quality/So one could choose either.(1) a (maybe) higher resolution file using th...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #15: Light on High Res-HF by unicon on 2009-11-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A single worst thing in today’s acoustic systems. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  28 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] Still, the original question remind open – why in live sound 7kHz is enough but during a reproduction 40kHz is not enough.Romy The Cat [/quote]Thanks alot romy. thats the phrase i really needed to hearI have the same pro...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: 7788 - love the tube! by Romy the Cat on 2006-02-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 7788 tube mic pre design in Analog Playback  38 Replies 
[quote user="rafaroxlm"]As you may know the 7788 is a high transconductance pentode which should in theory be able to give higher audio resolution than say 12AX7, 6072 tubes in tube mic pre designs.  On search here the 7788 was mention...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: Video data 2d vs 3d by steverino on 2013-01-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Oppo DVD player as a transport. in Didital Things  10 Replies 
My observation about video data was in the context of 2D images. DVD or film has a succession of individually static frames or pixel rasters; it does not  attempt to provide continuous 3D images. Those are vastly more difficult to produce and involve...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #111: The Intensification of Reality: good/bad vs.right/wrong. by Romy the Cat on 2008-01-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 6 Channel Version of Super Melquiades in Melquiades Amplifier  131 Replies 
Good concern, I had and have it as well. I do not have an answer at this point. It should be stressed that my description of artifact was just my specific description of THE artifact, the MF texture  music had also a “face lift” -  I just d...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: Teresa Goodwin and her girly things. by Romy the Cat on 2011-06-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Today’s SACD - music for oscilloscopes. in Didital Things  8 Replies 
Among many idiotic audio publications the Positive-Feedback strikes me as less idiotic – once in 2-3 issues they do have a good article. I still find it idiotic, as any product -centric audio publication might be but the people who run the game i...
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