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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Unexplained haunting experiences in audio by Romy the Cat on 2014-05-28 
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The Merriam-Webster defines haunting as lingering in the consciousness and in some cases having a disquieting effect.  So, I wonder is anybody experienced any unexplained haunting experiences in audio? I do not mean the "transcendent" events that you...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Audio Shopping vs. Piano Shopping. by Romy the Cat on 2012-08-09 
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It is so funny how the things are turning up. Amy brought her grandma’s piano that was not user for good 40 years. After we set it up and tune we concluded that the piano is not good. We concluded that we do discard the sentimental value and will not...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #12: Gdansk audio club? by N-set on 2013-01-27 
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Goetz, seriously, I thought that a chance of meetig somebody from Gdansk here is zero(or actually I did not think of that at all). Since we are both in Gdansk, or at least sometimes you are, you are very welcome to visit me--I leave in the very cente...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Messing With the Audio Third Rail by Paul S on 2013-03-31 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The open project: a lateral cross-injection. in Playback Listening  25 Replies 
The fact is, typical "stereo" L and R separation is mostly an engineering hodge-podge to begin with, and any further messing with it will be very much settled by ear, whether at line or at speaker level.  Yet James Bongiorno set out to "solve" the pr...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #15: The art of audio thinking. by Romy the Cat on 2013-04-06 
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[quote user="steverino"]My point is not that separation per se must always be maintained but that the character of the music determines the degree of optimum separation or co-location. For example the first violins are grouped together for a reason s...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: No audio by Amir on 2013-07-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Where high-end audio starts? in Playback Listening  6 Replies 
i think high end start when i sense all sounds are equal in quality.many years of listening to audio i think my high end starts when in my mind there is no differense between sounds of differnet audio systems....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Contemporary audio-map is mostly gray in color by haralanov on 2010-12-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The industry-embraced audio and classical music. in Playback Listening  5 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]In fact in today world there is a very interesting phenomena - very low-end audio,  literally mass-produced table radio that on can buy for $50 sound hugely more musical for classical repertoire then the mega-dollars playba...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Who has best sound in High-End Audio? by Romy the Cat on 2010-12-25 
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In the thread: “The industry-embraced audio and classical music” Stitch made a post that implied that the industry-sponsored indifferent sound is more attracted to the people who has a lot of money. I do not know how accurate that observation but...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #29: Audio inventon Mr. Akimov - LOL!!! by Kunashirsky on 2011-06-30 
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[quote user="N-set"]This is unfortunately +/- what I'd expect from torsion field followers.Akimov and Shipov are two Russian "academics" behind the very concept.[/quote]Excuse me, can I dumb. I ask: What does Mr. Akimov IMET to audio? Or Mr. Thorns? ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: Mind Injection, audio and ...HF? by Romy the Cat on 2011-07-26 
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[quote user="haralanov"] It is certainly very very important, but how many systems you have listened where you can not be able to recognize the HFs as disconnected part of the sound? I just wanted to ask if you have ever heard a system, where the...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #61: Audio/Visuals/Angels/Pin Heads by Paul S on 2011-08-07 
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Maybe it's also the very "visual" mind and related vocabulary trying to express audio ideas? While there are any number of verbal strategies for describing sound, most hinge on "visuals".Another visual is the new-ish process whereby items (generally ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #15: Audio Note Ginga Turntable by Stitch on 2019-04-21 
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whoa, that Thread is from 2010...a lot of things changed ...A Trump for free or spending 90k for that tableI would choose the table(They use a Kondo labeled SME V Arm)Some Pics from that unit...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #202: Curing the audio itch.... by Romy the Cat on 2019-05-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Ultimate Turntable in Analog Playback  220 Replies 
[quote user="Stitch"]Is there a definition of "sound like shit"?[/quote] Stitch, this is VERY good question. I think the answer in the eye of beholder. I know two guys who own or use to own TechDas 1. One did not like it and he before it use to ha...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Re: It is more like an audio realism. by Thorsten on 2005-03-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Suggested target curves and setup techniques for Pro Audio D... in Didital Things  9 Replies 
Hi,[quote user="Romy the Cat"] I mean that EQ is a fine “tactical solution” but it a very bad strategic direction. [/quote] I guess the question of the strategic value is dependent on the strategy.[quote user="Romy the Cat"] Look, there ar...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #27: The Asynchronously gifted Wavelength Audio DAC's by nycparamedic on 2008-12-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: High Quality Music Server / CD player in Didital Things  169 Replies 
Jessie,I just managed to snag a used Wavelength Brick version 1 for a very good price. The Brick and Cosecant v2 use the same DAC section, unless you purchase a newer Cosecant v3 that is offered with an upgrade to a multi-bit 24/96 DAC chip. I listen...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Audio recording and reproduction by drdna on 2009-01-31 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: About the Playbacks’ Thinkability. in Playback Listening  5 Replies 
[quote user="Stitch"]Whenever I had contact with "Audiophiles" and I asked about the impressions about a component, I get 99% always the same answer: "....too analytical for me....whoa strong bass...I like it faster...I prefer more highs...I prefer m...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: “Critical Audio Tune” bay-leave in the soup... by Axel on 2009-09-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: About the Critical Audio Tune ™ in Playback Listening  5 Replies 
yes, very well put. I have enough 'intuition' to have understood, unless you wish this to be THE one and only... As to the 'linearity first', I was talking about the first generally accepted step in cross-over tuning and measuring. I know this if far...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Unleashed audio hell ... by unicon on 2010-12-12 
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Despite the fact that how I ever cared about anything mozfart when I have blind listening; I think we should bear in mind that till today we have had limited knowledge in anything playback acoustic(to be really accurate).99,999 % of people involv...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Audio gain by Amir on 2010-12-13 
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[quote user="unicon"] Despite the fact that how I ever cared about anything mozfart when I have blind listening; I think we should bear in mind that till today we have had limited knowledge in anything playback acoustic(to be really accurate).99,9...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Subjective evaluation of various Audio CODECS and Bit Rates by rowuk on 2014-08-02 
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http://soundexpert.org/encoders Digital is here to stay whether we like it or not. ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Pure Audio Blu-ray. by Romy the Cat on 2014-08-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Pure Audio Blu-ray. in Didital Things  2 Replies 
Hm.... I generally late to technology innovations in audio and I am OK with it. As many of you know many of "innovations" in audio are very much shooting to a wrong target and in most of the instances with a wrong dun and wrong ammunition.  The new o...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Berkeley Audio Design's Alfa Reference DAC. by Romy the Cat on 2014-09-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Berkeley Audio Design's Alfa Reference DAC. in Didital Things  4 Replies 
I am not well familiar with what Berkeley. Their voyage to the beginnings unit that the company started was irrelevant to me and then thinner USB version did not attract my attention. It is not that I feel that they were bad units. I never had th...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: The 'Network Audio Adapter' approach by manisandher on 2012-04-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Why I hate computer playback. in Didital Things  17 Replies 
Here's a computer playback approach that I though people might be interested in. In many ways, it's pretty much the leading edge of computer playback as far as I know.The idea here is to isolate the DAC as much as possible from the PC. All the audio ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Updated view: The Optimal Sample Rate for Quality Audio by Romy the Cat on 2013-05-03 
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http://www.lavryengineering.com/pdfs/lavry-white-paper-the_optimal_sample_rate_for_quality_audio.pdf ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: CEC TL0 3.0 vs Audio Note CDT Six by Amir on 2019-07-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: CEC TL0 3.0 trasport in Didital Things  2 Replies 
I hope i could have a comparison between New Audio Note UK CDT-Six Transport and the CEC TL0 3.0. Audio Note CDT-6 is not in iran and it is very expensive around 153k$ . I hope i could have CDT-6 to compare with CEC TL0 3.0 . ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #167: Computer audio does not sound good by Amir on 2022-05-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: High Quality Music Server / CD player in Didital Things  169 Replies 
it seems the computer audio problem is not bit errors and even correct bit-perfect digital data (from computer) does not give us good sound. the wadax new server (computer) does not use digital processing and it onl...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #26: Re: My PC Audio: the first summary. by Bud on 2005-11-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to record FM broadcasts. in Off Air Audio  125 Replies 
I am certain you are welcome to what ever help any or all of us have or can provide... In that vein..... the only CD's that I have found to be worthy of using, to copy audio to, are made, or resold, by TDK as the Music CD-R (not CD-RW). The impo...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #65: Another mystery of PC Audio. by Romy the Cat on 2005-11-20 
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How came that I can’t write a file longer then 2G? As I remember form past, the FAT partition had limitation of 2G but my drives are NTFS formatted and it should not be an issues. Perhaps a WAV file has by nature 2G limits, doesn’t it? If this is the...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: The high-end audio, as it should be. by Romy the Cat on 2008-03-15 
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I would like in this article to propose my view how I see the high-end audio should be. It is not a secret, and it has been expressed in many of my comments within my site and everywhere else, that I am dissatisfied not only the state of high-end...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Audio Note new turntable and inflation by tokyo john on 2010-01-03 
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Audio Note has released a turntable called the Ginga which costs 60 thousand US dollars in Japan. (if you google Audio Note Ginga images you will find it very easily).My first reaction was pure cynicism, as Audio Note does traditionally price its pro...
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