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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: Yes, zebra is better then hors :-) by Romy the Cat on 2006-04-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: My Analog Playback: the fat lady has sung in Analog Playback  9 Replies 
[quote user="hagtech"]That's a fine looking analog rig you got there.  Glad to see you switched to tape instead of other belts.  My friends at Galibier and Redpoint are really into it.  They say the taller the tape, the better.  I...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #63: Bye-Bye Placette…. by Romy the Cat on 2009-10-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Pacific Microsonics Model 2 in Didital Things  85 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] Yes, I have thought about it. My Placette has no tape loop but I think it needs to be added. It is shame that I did not think about it before – it would save me some cable not to mention an ability to run A/D from anyt...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: As good as any other obsession… by Romy the Cat on 2007-11-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Reel-to-Reel Tape vs. Raw Better Digital in Didital Things  13 Replies 
Well, I did not mean to express any specific attitude to Bottlehead people - the only experience I had to them was a few years ago visiting their meeting right here in Boston (I did not know what Bottlehead wa all about at that time). The meeting was...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Rach 3 and Vocalise on tape... by Romy the Cat on 2006-03-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: An evening to remember - Russian National Orchestra performs... in Musical Discussions  7 Replies 
I never was a big fun of Pletnev. Even his Rachmaninoff’s Third Concerto (he plays piano), which many promoted as an “ultimate Rach 3” I found was unspeakably bad. Still, the “live” is live at it defiantly ads a lot of kink. In regards of the recor...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: High Definition Tape Transfers by Romy the Cat on 2006-07-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: High Definition Tape Transfers in Musical Discussions  10 Replies 
Robert Witrak, the owner of High Definition Tape Transfers (HDTT) http://www.highdeftapetransfers.com/ does CD transfers form older analog tapes. The transfers generally better then commercially available CD, and despite of the restricted and in a ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Universal tape duplication EQ devise? by Romy the Cat on 2006-09-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Transfer: The reel-to-reel operas wanted. in Didital Things  8 Replies 
I have already got a tape recorder and now here is what I am thinking. Since there are quite a few tapes with Dolby A, Dolby B, Dolby c, Dolby S, Dolby SR, DBX and since some of the tapes were not properly EQ I would need an abili...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Re: prerecorded tape noise reduction by beemer on 2006-09-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Transfer: The reel-to-reel operas wanted. in Didital Things  8 Replies 
Romy:Very few prerecorded tapes had any noise reduction. Not a big problem. If the playback machine is good and in proper tune, you'll hear very little tape hiss.Key to reel tapes is enjoying them for what they are. Best,Paul :-)...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: More High Definition Tape Transfers.... by Romy the Cat on 2006-11-17 
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DVORAK NEW WORLD SYMPHONY Antal Dorati The New Philharmonia Orchestra transferred from a London Phase Four 4-track tape, Dorati gives a dynamic performance, also the recording has a much more natural sound then majority of the Phase Four releases whi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: The Tape time… by Romy the Cat on 2007-11-11 
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Since the last week, when I put the left 6-way Super Milq in duty I am hardly wiling start working on the right channel. I left it as is for a while, screw it.. I am too lazy and not in a mood to do it for now… I found recently a space to put my tape...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Reel-to-Reel Tape vs. Raw Better Digital by Romy the Cat on 2007-11-16 
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I was pointed out to an endeavor of Type Project where the guy who trade Bottlehead kits is trying to promote contemporary 15ips master dubs and staff eBay machine with Bottlehead-level of electronics. http://www.tapeproject.com It is no...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: I do have interest in tape but… by Romy the Cat on 2007-11-18 
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The issues with tape speed are complicated. I have no recordable NAB equalized headblock for my Stellavox SU8 and I can only play NAB tapes: 2 and 4 track.  My recording headblock is IEC equalized 2 track only.  As I said I n...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Rhapsody for Tape Recorder and Orchestra by Romy the Cat on 2008-01-04 
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It use to be a time when audio professionals did not just BS themselves and the gullible consumers of their services but actually were trying to do some objectionable things. Here is an interesting article from 1957.  Although I do not find the ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: New from High Definition Tape Transfers by Romy the Cat on 2008-01-30 
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Mahler Symphony No.2Hermann Scherchen ConductingVienna State Opera OrchestraVienna State Academy Chamber Choir Mahler Symphony No. 5Boston Symphony Orchestra Erich Leinsdorf ConductingMore at  www.highdeftapetransfers.net The Cat...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: K2HD -yet, another CD format with ‘master tape’ paranoia. by Romy the Cat on 2008-07-09 
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This time JVC cape up witch K2 HD format.  You might read about it at: http://www.dagogo.com/Music/FIM-K2HD-Sampler.html …though the article says absolute nothing what “K2 HD” is all about. From what I understand is it some kind of mastering t...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #25: Tape versus LP by Paul S on 2008-09-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Buying a last cartridge. in Analog Playback  80 Replies 
Romy, what you describe is exactly what motivated my own decision.  This was the main thing that bugged me when listening between master tapes (and careful 1st dubs) and the LPs made from them, meaning the way the LP (and presumably the cartridg...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: The ‘magic tape measure’ option by Romy the Cat on 2008-10-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Focal-Jmlab – the Utopia of the Utopias in Audio News  11 Replies 
Robert, actually in case of Grand Utopia you was remarkably close mentining the ‘magic tape measure’ option. You see, they demoed Utopia in looks like a large room and they band the Utopia’s axis’s only for demonstration purposes. In this configurati...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: CD from analogue tape re-mastered... by Axel 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 
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 speed wobble) when th...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #62: The tape loop it is. by Romy the Cat on 2009-10-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Pacific Microsonics Model 2 in Didital Things  85 Replies 
[quote user="manisandher"] But can't you simply take the tape out from your Placette and plug it into the Pacific's analog inputs? I'm assuming that the Placette has, in addition to its variable output, a fixed output...[/quote]   Yes, I have thought...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #66: I could not believe how I lived without the tape loop. by Romy the Cat on 2009-11-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Pacific Microsonics Model 2 in Didital Things  85 Replies 
Using the AD/DA and employing those Dominus cables I could not believe lived without the tape loop.  Plugging Pacific into the loop I in fact save one spare cable and got assurance that I would never will move/plug/unplug my AD anymore. I feel like w...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Magnetic tape by guy sergeant on 2011-06-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It is all about hard surface. in Playback Listening  12 Replies 
Where does that leave the potential of magnetic tape for delivering good sound? There is physical contact but it is fairly constant in nature....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: There are no potentials in magnetic tape. by Romy the Cat on 2011-06-13 
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[quote user="guy sergeant"]Where does that leave the potential of magnetic tape for delivering good sound? There is physical contact but it is fairly constant in nature.[/quote] I do not consider magnetic tape as “available source” anymore. Tape can ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Tape Project by Jorge on 2011-06-13 
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I have tried a lot of tape recorders and different tapes of different quality, thanks to a few close friends. There is the Tape Project tapes which quality is always very good, and although the selection of music is very good they have a limited cata...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: No tape anymore..... by Romy the Cat on 2011-06-13 
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This thread is not about tape but rather about my feeling that High-Resolution is not “there” yet. It is unquestionable that tape is able to get great sonic result but how obtainable the tapes are? Moreover how obtainable the tapes of the recordings ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #45: WHRB concerts "on tape" by clarkjohnsen on 2014-11-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The new FM Classical scene in Boston in Off Air Audio  47 Replies 
These are delivered on CDs and therefore the source recordings must be blamed....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Master Tape by Amir on 2016-06-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: My Audio Philosophy in Playback Listening  95 Replies 
I listened one time (just one time) to master tape (revox reel).micro harmonic was so better than dCS Elgar (digital source) and it was better in micro dynamic. i did not tested good DSD in a good DAC vs good analog but in micro linearity analog and ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Tape Machines by Amir on 2023-06-14 
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We know the Tape Albums are less than 100 titles and we can not use this format for music listening but sometimes we prefer to have a Tape Machine in home.  Tape Machine Summury : what make Tape Machines worse :- replacing ori...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Tape Machines (New Production) by Amir on 2023-06-14 
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These are New Tape Machine Manufactures: https://www.ballfinger.de https://www.thorens.com/ New Reference https://www.horch...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: The BIGGEST SINGLE ADVANTAGE to tape by rowuk on 2023-06-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Tape Machines in Analog Playback  5 Replies 
...is the head gap in the recording head. This head gap works as a low pass filter because the size of the gap determines the highest frequency that can be recorded. This "brick wall filter" is and was a HUGE benefit to playback simply by getting rid...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Reel-to-Reel Tape vs. Raw Better Digital by Romy the Cat on 2007-11-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Reel-to-Reel Tape vs. Raw Better Digital in Didital Things  13 Replies 
I was pointed out to an endeavor of Type Project where the guy who trade Bottlehead kits is trying to promote contemporary 15ips master dubs and staff eBay machine with Bottlehead-level of electronics. http://www.tapeproject.com It is no...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Universal tape duplication EQ devise? by Romy the Cat on 2006-09-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Transfer: The reel-to-reel operas wanted. in Didital Things  8 Replies 
I have already got a tape recorder and now here is what I am thinking. Since there are quite a few tapes with Dolby A, Dolby B, Dolby c, Dolby S, Dolby SR, DBX and since some of the tapes were not properly EQ I would need an abili...
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