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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: The true audio is lonely discipline by nature… by Romy the Cat on 2008-08-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Absolute Sound of Audio Idiocy. in Playback Listening  13 Replies 
… and this certainly violates the idea of populization of audio by consumer publication. The absoluteness of audio orienteers dose not live in the audio loneliness but rather into a strict individualism of audio. However this individualism is applica...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #13: Bruckner as audio anti-idiocy tool. by Romy the Cat on 2012-04-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to play Bruckner Sound in Audio. in Playback Listening  16 Replies 
There was a guy as one musical forum. His name is William Sommerwerck and for all intended purpose he is an idiot. He was posting more or less lucid comments about music but he also fancied himself as some kind of expert on audio.  He insisted th...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Audio as “a valuable solution providing method”…. by Romy the Cat on 2012-05-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to make a music person to “get” Audio? in Playback Listening  5 Replies 
Jorge, I am not out of my mind to let her know about audio gear. My interest not to educate her about audio methods but rather to educate her about the opportunities and benefits that “properly structured audio” might offer. The “properly structured ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Audio vs. Musical pitch by Romy the Cat on 2013-04-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Audio vs. Musical pitch in Playback Listening  17 Replies 
There are many conversations out there about the fact that many music people do not “get” audio.  In most cases this is correct. They are many conversations, we had some of them at this site and the reasons of the phenomena that were brought are ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Audio vs. sound vs. scale by noviygera on 2013-05-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Audio vs. Musical pitch in Playback Listening  17 Replies 
I've been thinking about this matter for a while but could not find a better excuse to formulate my theory then in this topic. My simple theory is that if we reduce our concept of "music" the more fundamental concept of "sound" as point of reference ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #17: Audio Sommelier by Paul S on 2013-07-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How would you handle it? in Playback Listening  24 Replies 
Just to show we were paying attention and NOT digressing OT:Perhaps, then, Romy should take on the role of Amy's audio sommelier?  Sure, Amy knows music; but Romy knows music via hi-fi. He can cater to her tastes in a way that surprises and delights ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: What would be left in audio if…. by Romy the Cat on 2011-08-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: What would be left in audio if…. in Playback Listening  0 Replies 
I wonder what will be left in audio for many audio people if 3 conditions exist in audio: 1)      The subject of “one piece of equipment vs. another piece of equipment” is prohibitive. 2)      You are blind from birth, never were able to see or read....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: What is High-End Audio? by Romy the Cat on 2011-12-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: What is High-End Audio? in Playback Listening  7 Replies 
I come across to an interesting thread at I think British site: http://www.wiredstate.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=2047The thread discusses the definition of “HIGH-END Audio”. I am not sure that I agree with all of it.  For sure the trims and de...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Basic guide to advanced audio by Jorge on 2011-07-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Basic guide to advanced audio in Playback Listening  62 Replies 
Romy,  I have been trying to explain to myself what happened and how I got to it and trying to recreate this wonderful boiling point. I tried to make a write up of all the steps needed in order to make it happen,  but it is ever so elusive. I ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: Physics and Audio Adventure Tourists by Paul S on 2010-07-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Some Observations about Science and Bass in Playback Listening  12 Replies 
It is almost ironic, in the context of your original post, that you've refered me to "Physics" as a sort of generic introduction or prerequisite to practical musical ULF.  But I do appreciate your applied thoughts on the evils of feedback loops, and ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Audio Cost by Amir on 2010-12-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Audio Cost in Playback Listening  3 Replies 
we communicate with all things in the world and audio is one of them.i think audio is a game that is interesting for audiophiles and and it's meaning differ for audiophiles.some just enjoy paying money on components in stereophile top list, some thin...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: What to read in audio? by Romy the Cat on 2011-05-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: What to read in audio? in Playback Listening  1 Replies 
It is interesting, I kind of feel that I do not mind to get some subscription of some kind audio publication, would it be mail deliverer of internet delivered. I do not subscribe anything for a number of years sometime I do buy a magazine juts fo...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Audio equipment vs. live orchestra by Romy the Cat on 2011-06-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Audio equipment vs. live orchestra in Playback Listening  0 Replies 
[quote user="zako"]l find that the posessions of grand audio equipment never came close to the presentation of a live full orchestra concert[/quote] I am sure you have seen zillion of the similar comments and many discussions on the subject at...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: Abu Ghraib of Audio 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 
Yes, and particularly what enjoy with Patricia Barber (which is perfectly fine artist, BTW) that then when I go to the homes of an ordinary American audiophile then they have $90.000 worth of recommends Stereophile components and no more then entire ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: This is all very emblematic for audio herd. by Romy the Cat on 2012-12-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Holly Proscenium idiocy! in Analog Playback  23 Replies 
Stitch, you see, the presence of that unintelligent audio glitter  that run across web sites and drool saliva about that or this product is very unfortunate thing that actually makes very hard for  sensible audio people to get any more or less releva...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #100: Cars vs. audio by ArmAlex on 2013-01-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Ultimate Turntable in Analog Playback  220 Replies 
Stitch wrote: Or let's go to the real world, there are endless high powered cars outside. 99,5% of their owners aren't able to handle them. Yes you are right, the problem is almost n...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #72: The low level of expectations is a bitch in audio. by Romy the Cat on 2010-04-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Buying a last cartridge. in Analog Playback  80 Replies 
Well, it might be not EXACTLY on the subject of “buying a last cartridge” but it surprisingly has a lot of connection with your post above. Sometime I need to post the emails that I am getting from my site – this is very educational to observe what k...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Endorsements in High-End Audio? Come on! by Romy the Cat on 2011-06-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Ortofon MC Anna cartridge “Inspired” by Netrebko in Analog Playback  6 Replies 
[quote user="zako"]It is not unusual for famous people to use there name for ENDORSEMENT,,SPORTS MEN HAVE MADE MILLIONS that way..  AMPEX used Frank Senatra..JBL used Benny Goodman...Its easy mony standing next to a product for photo Op and getting p...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #31: Audio Desk Systeme ultrasonic record cleaning machine by mem916 on 2011-12-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Sensible record cleaning: vinyl piranhas and record Vaseline in Analog Playback  56 Replies 
I just received mine on Friday.   I am amazed at how easy to use and this machine is and how convenient it is compared to my old VPI.  I always dreaded cleaning records with the VPI.  With the audio desk I put the record in, push a button, come back ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #33: Audio Desk System Vinyl Cleaner: Analogue rip-off of 2011? by oxric on 2011-12-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Sensible record cleaning: vinyl piranhas and record Vaseline in Analog Playback  56 Replies 
[quote user="mem916"]I think there must be something to the theory that there is debris down in the grooves that the VPI and other similar machines cannot get out, based on the difference I hear after cleaning with the new machine.  I admit that I ha...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: This is how audio gonorrhea spreads. by Romy the Cat on 2012-04-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: What 10k Buys You These Days in Analog Playback  2 Replies 
Fuck the Fremer and anathema to each single audio product he touches. Sometime those whore do play the primitive publicity games in order to send a message of “own integrity”.  That all BS and I do not even want to talk about it. Any single audio pro...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #53: The sub-subject. Terra Incognita of audio. by Romy the Cat on 2011-04-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The tapped horns: cons, pros and Sound in Horn-Loaded Speakers  57 Replies 
Josh, I think that you touched more complicated subject then you think. Let me to explain why I feel this way. The fact that I advocate a dogmatic, religiously-stubborn, almost paranoid time alignment of the channels is not a secret. I do feel very c...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #20: The Audio Tekne's 4-ways by Romy the Cat on 2011-05-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Munich High End 2011 in Horn-Loaded Speakers  45 Replies 
[quote user="Serge"] The sound I like most was the one at Audio Tekne's room. I never listened to them before. The speakers were very ugly. I'd say extremely ugly. And 4-way, drive units arranged as if by chance. The big ugly turntable cost 53000 eur...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #26: The Denon 103 as a tale about audio Mormonism. by Romy the Cat on 2009-10-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Denon 103: myths and the reality in Analog Playback  29 Replies 
Looking at my site’s stats I find is ridicules that the thread about Denon 103 is so frequently referenced from others sites and that near 50K people have read it. People like to argue out there if was right or wrong about my concussions regardin...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #13: Re: Talking about the Audio Esperanto… by Max Shatsky on 2005-01-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Speakers: a hi-fi disaster. in Audio Discussions  22 Replies 
Romy, I was picky about the word "generate", since it means that a playback creates some sort of semantics. I would say that a "serious playback" may open new possibilities for a listener to use a higher order semantics, but those semantics are...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #20: Astronomy and Audio… by Romy the Cat on 2005-01-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Speakers: a hi-fi disaster. in Audio Discussions  22 Replies 
Anthony, without making it too wordy (no strength to write for a long now):  there are some natural rules of sound creation, sound distribution, sound propagation, sound consumption and so on. They are not my of anybody’s else rules but the rul...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Re: Czech Republic's Audio by Alex Yakovlev on 2005-03-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Czech Republic's Audio in Audio Discussions  2 Replies 
Romy, Pro-Ject and Music Hall equipment is actually manufactured in former Chechoslovakia....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #24: The digital audio future... by nycparamedic on 2008-12-09 
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"]Even though I do understand that advantages to run dedicated operation system but it do not automatically implies that the result will be better.[/quote]No, not automatically. But I believe using a minimalist open source op...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: Berkeley Audio by coops on 2008-12-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Reference Recordings “digital master” and Berkeley's new DAC in Didital Things  13 Replies 
It is also ben reviewed by Robert Harley , I am supposing that you would also condsider him an 'idiot' ?...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #53: Computer CD readers were made to read data and not audio by ghpicard on 2008-12-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: High Quality Music Server / CD player in Didital Things  169 Replies 
Hi Romy,   IMO, the reason for you to get that feeling is that from the beginning they were made to read data and not audio, thus some jitter was (and is) not considered an issue, as soon as it can be corrected.The internal CD drive audio o...
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