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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Welllllll.... by Romy the Cat on 2022-06-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A strange urge. in Playback Listening  2 Replies 
It is very interesting. A few days ago my local other friend intent to visit me and he asked me if I still do audio. That was a superb loaded question and I have been thinking about it for a while. From a prospective a regular Stereophile  readin...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: How much of our troubles have been cables all along? by Paul S on 2007-09-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Any good sounding AES/EBU interfaces out there? in Didital Things  53 Replies 
I have been adding and reconfiguring gear recently and I will be needing a 6' digital cable very soon, when I add batteriy power, so I just went ahead and bought one of the "Synopsis" remainders Romy mentioned.This $5 discontinued Belkin blue ca...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #13: Everything is illuminated. by Romy the Cat on 2007-10-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Recording options: Pacific Microsonics vs. Lavry Gold. in Didital Things  24 Replies 
[quote user="op.9"]Romy, is there a problem with the DAC1 file? After 16' there is an audible click then a lowering of level and a much more bleached out sound. [/quote]Nope, it was how it was broadcasted. I did nothing with that file. I know that de...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1087: Phono Hum Meets Stark Reality of "Choices" by Paul S on 2013-01-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1916 Replies 
SOS, as a starting point, it does not seem at all odd to me that adding an "other" piece of equipment to the electrical chain might require a reconfiguration of the system ground scheme.  Of course, the phono stage is the worst case for hum, PP o...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #85: What was I thinking? by manisandher on 2010-06-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Pacific Microsonics Model 2 in Didital Things  85 Replies 
Following on from my last two posts, I finally managed to try the Model Two in AD mode. With the Model Two set to 24/4fs and wordclock master, I cannot discern a difference between the source and the source passing through the Model Twos AD/DA. Furth...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #39: More interesting FM/digital findings…. by Romy the Cat on 2005-11-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to record FM broadcasts. in Off Air Audio  125 Replies 
This weekend I decide to take my FM where it should be. I ran ~125” and installed a dipole on the roof of my building and serviced my tuner. The result was as expected but there was something unexpected. Along with all normal benefits of better anten...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Rohde & Schwarz EU-6201 Tuner by Romy the Cat on 2008-05-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Rohde & Schwarz EU-6201 Tuner in Off Air Audio  34 Replies 
The Rohde & Schwarz EU-6201 tuner was made for German Ultrakurzwellen (ultra short waves or FM) Broadcast Network. The idea was to have a chain of wide-bandwidth composite signal receivers that feed re-transmitters. I made an attempt to accommoda...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1441: I do not belive by Romy the Cat on 2015-10-31 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1916 Replies 
[quote user="steverino"]Quite frankly, these products are of greater importance to people living in countries with irregular utility power. You don't have to be an audiophile to notice the benefits in that situation. For me they are more useful in...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #17: Do not need to be isolationist. by xandcg on 2016-02-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A listening room for a domesticated Cat? in Audio Discussions  283 Replies 
I fail to see why a dedicated audio room *should* be isolationist. If there are enough space (or good planning) the room can be made as a separated structure but at same time as a continuation of the whole house, allowing people to be there without d...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #914: Very unkind ... by Biggy on 2011-12-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1916 Replies 
You force me to say that you are really rude person , or at least you make an effort to be so . Do you really think I'm so stupid to want a line filter which costs $ 5000 only "to reduce high frequencies " ? The electrical line in my houseis terrible...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Your visit to San Francisco by briefremarks on 2019-01-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: San Francisco in February? in Audio Discussions  4 Replies 
Romy,I've been reading your site sporadically for some months: to educate myself and formulate some next steps.  Anyway, I saw your note on visiting San Francisco, and would be happy to host you for some music listening.  What I offer from a system s...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: RE: talking about the audio mystery… by Romy the Cat on 2006-08-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Stands for Super Melquiades. in Melquiades Amplifier  6 Replies 
I set up both Super Milqs on their new stands and they look very-very cute in comfy in their corners. They also srayhigher and I can reach the plate current regulators without bending my body. Since I become “circumferentially challenged” lately...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: The Melquiades' "Remote Biasing" by Romy the Cat on 2008-02-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Melquiades' "Remote Biasing" in Melquiades Amplifier  0 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] In here is not the value are important but the concept the you block DC not with capacitor but with an “active” resistor that backed up with positive voltage. BTW, eventually if you wish to go “kinky Milq” and have a v...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1068: Loch Ness Monster and PurePower. by Romy the Cat on 2012-09-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1916 Replies 
[quote user="manisandher"]Well let's just say that I find the retailer's version of events difficult to believe. It would be just amazing if something pierced the (quite hefty) packing material and the metal underside of the power supply casing... an...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Some evidence for the change in sound of a submerged conductor. by Edgar= on 2022-10-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Some evidence for the change in sound of a submerged conduct... in Audio Discussions  9 Replies 
Howdy,Here are two links to videos demonstrating experiments in the speed of electricity.The first shows how a portion of flow is instantaneous and the rest at the speed of light. Measured with a really quick scope and a 1000m loop of wire.https://ww...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: An idea of a new product. by Romy the Cat on 2013-07-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Is it the time to change those tubes? in Melquiades Amplifier  11 Replies 
The more I think about the more I feel that my old idea to install a timer inside the amp that would measure the time the amps is running was not so bad. I never in fact implemented it but it would be convenient to have it. What I am thinking is that...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #384: The Agony of ignoring..... by Bud on 2009-07-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1916 Replies 
So, what you would have to do is buy a bunch of #9 AWG solid copper wire from China, so it is only 99% pure,acid etch the surface, paint it with tar and wind it up in a snake sex twist. Or pay them to do it for you.The idea is sound, the application ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: An elevated subject by Paul S on 2008-06-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: We who are about to die... (a cable thread) in Audio Discussions  59 Replies 
Well, the electricity suddenly switched gears today, and it entered into an entirely unknown level of cleanliness; and what do you know?  The "cables" pretty much became a non-factor.  I suppose this means that noise is A Very Big Issue mos...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Making sense of no sense by Paul S on 2007-03-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Another light for the LS tunnel: transformer-attenuators? in Audio Discussions  26 Replies 
Like I said, musical bass via the TAP does not thin out at all before my BR bins roll it off; but that's as much as I can say at this point.  And (against conventional logic) the TAP certainly does much better bass than any active LS I...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #996: More about PP radiation. by Romy the Cat on 2011-12-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1916 Replies 
[quote user="steverino"] Romy said "When I had my magnetic and EMI probes running with open PP2000 cover then the probes showed me that I was in the middle of Chernobyl Black Forest. I think the PP3000  even more poisoning..." Now I begin to u...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #81: This amp is OK only if you know the resulting Sound. by Romy the Cat on 2011-05-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to get a LOT of SET power. in Audio Discussions  106 Replies 
N-set, it is nice to see that you are keep punching the idea, somebody shall, I guess.. About the filters. For the low-pass and in this application I do not use inductors and much prefer RC filter. In LC filters the band-pass flows over coil. If we a...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #47: Firebird sample at 24/88.2 by mem916 on 2011-10-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The mystery of Koetsu Onyx Cartridges. in Analog Playback  52 Replies 
OK, I finally have my sample re-recorded in a format matching your file.  Details are the same as before.  (I set the Tascam inputs to "bypass" and used the Callisto to attenuate the signal.  Levels are the same.)  The only change is as I was...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: The tales of two phonostages: Allnic and 834PT. by Romy the Cat on 2011-12-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The tales of two phonostages: Allnic and 834PT. in Analog Playback  0 Replies 
I have for a month or so the Allnic H-1500 II SE Plus phono stage sitting in my home. It is two chassis phonostages with tube rectification, tube regulation, LCR 600R filters, own Allnic step up transformer for MC needles, 5842/417A in gain stage...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: In reality it is Dark Night by Stitch on 2012-04-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Tree motors from one side? Buttery operated? in Analog Playback  4 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] Give me a break! Sorry, but I do not believe in all of it. The Cat[/quote]It is simply a unit for customers who have more money than brain.The Raven AC was on the Frontpage from TAS and Stereophile (I think), and for some...

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 #41: The last Bidat Upgrade - above 140Hz by Romy the Cat on 2010-08-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Museatex Bidat pages. in Didital Things  57 Replies 
While I was moving in to my new home John Wight undertook my Bidat for his new update.  Up to now I did not have playback properly performing but the last 2-3 weeks I feel that my playback is back. Again, whatever I lien now has only upperbass horn a...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: Get rid of the V-Link by Romy the Cat on 2011-06-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Asyncronus USB in Didital Things  12 Replies 
[quote user="David"]I think for a start there are so many different ways of getting a sound that is acceptable to the listener it pays not to be too dogmatic.I am in the early days of developing my system with speakers from 4 different manufacturers ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #158: PC Audio by Amir on 2018-04-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: High Quality Music Server / CD player in Didital Things  169 Replies 
I spend my time/effort/money to get a good sound from computer or MacBook.my trial and error proved me that I could not attack CEC TL0-X by Computer Audio.I also lost my money 4500$ in ordering external PSU to Paul Hynes. Paul is not trusted and do n...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Suboptimal. . . by scooter on 2010-01-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Internet and electricity in Didital Things  1 Replies 
Hi Rony, Not a dumb question; wifi and CPL internet connections are suboptimal when near audio systems. By coincidence, last night I bumped into the following post which walks through one person's view on "electric gremlins" he found at 470hz (etal....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #54: Of course everything affects the sound by haralanov on 2013-07-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Canadian Speaker Proposal in Horn-Loaded Speakers  56 Replies 
Romy, as you can see, I have never wrote that these parasitic sounds depend ONLY on the quality of the drivers. It is quite obvious they depend on many many many other things (practically everything) as for example bad microphones, bad microphone cab...
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