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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Ferrite, ferrite , ferrite , ferrite ... by Romy the Cat on 2008-07-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Tuners and digital noise from DAW, A/D and D/A in Off Air Audio  10 Replies 
[quote user="Antonio J."]So I thought my tuner weren't properly adjusted. It has not been serviced nor recently aligned, I have no proficient technicians around who I depend to let them put their hands into the tuner. The damn thing always ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: … a few analog groups by Romy the Cat on 2012-08-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Fidelity Research FR-7 in Analog Playback  42 Replies 
[quote user="Stitch"]In Germany are a few analog groups, some build their turntable with a piece of wood and a knife and think it is great, some prefer old Linn, Garrads, Thorens as the only, real solution to listen to and others refuse to listen to ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #251: The Path of Least Resistance by Paul S on 2013-03-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage in Analog Playback  311 Replies 
N-set, I've never tried to make a "silver path".  I have thought about Ag arm wire but I have not tried it.  My cartridge coil and tonearm both use "high-purity" Cu wire, and the Cu arm wire feeds directly to the Ag wound SUT, which I use not because...

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 #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 #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 #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 #4: Ultimate Pre-Amp for Dummies by Lbjefferies7 on 2009-05-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A quests for an ultimate preamp. in Audio Discussions  8 Replies 
Let it be known that I am nearly clueless when it comes to electronics.  Building speakers, racks, pianos, or just about anything mechanical is no problem for me to build myself and, unlike Romy, it is usually pleasant for me for various reasons....

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 #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 #16: Alix2d2 boards by Amir on 2017-02-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Why I hate computer playback. in Didital Things  17 Replies 
[quote user="manisandher"] Amir wrote:do you use microrendu?Hi Amir, yes I use a microRendu in my office system - it replaced the NAA I spoke about in the old post that you quoted. I think I'm one of the very few owners who hasn't been drawn in by th...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: Search of the best DAC by Stitch on 2013-07-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: DAC Recommendations in Didital Things  44 Replies 
... is quite a long journey. In the last 15 years we got every month a new, sonic revolution in sonic digital Playback. We got up sampling, HDCD ... SACD, separate units, digital cables, separate master clocks, output stage with tubes and so on and o...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #45: Being my first customer? by Romy the Cat on 2011-08-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Altec Model 19 in Boston. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  61 Replies 
[quote user="tokyo john"] I just stumbled on this thread, and am thinking about being your first customer.I am planning to move to New York from Tokyo end of this year - not just escape the nuclear radiation but to let my kids experience a different ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #13: Rakeshorns - The LVFrame, some pictures by oxric on 2011-10-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Rakeshorns in Horn-Loaded Speakers  33 Replies 
Lignum Vitae timber beam from old pierCut by sawmill first then by Russ to requirements. Not easy as sawmill blades turn to wimps at the mere mention of Lignum Vitae or GuaiacumChannels cut in back of frame masts where supporting rig scre...

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...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: I like Jim Smith Book by Amir on 2009-09-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: “Get Better Sound” by Jim Smith in Audio News  12 Replies 
[quote user="BWO"]I'v read the book (missing a few of the last pages). The boook definetly have som useful information. Especially about setup, placing speakers at different positions and some decent and brief info on acoustic treatment. Unfortunatel...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: Do I smell the rotten stench of the esoteric schizophrenia? by Romy the Cat on 2009-07-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: What I am doing? in Playback Listening  15 Replies 
As I said I do not use phrases “soul” of “soul-less”. Perhaps I have enough grip of it in audio and do not need to trade “soul” in place of plate currents or polarity of cables.  Sure, we all chaise the self-selected ghosts regardless what we do. It ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Opera last night by RonyWeissman on 2012-02-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: My playback’s sound vs. Live sound. in Playback Listening  7 Replies 
Puccini il trittico live in lyon 1st balcony center vs. Shelter 901 through three-way horn-loaded speakers in myExperience room!Looking back through romy's earlier posts in effort to reconcile live experience last night with what I have at home!I wan...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #350: This n that by N-set on 2025-03-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Remedies the Beauty in Playback Listening  349 Replies 
[quote user="Edgar="]Friend after friend leaves astonished saying how "dialled" the sound is and the system was literally slapped together via the path of least resistance just for proof of concept. Development ended there other than adding 2 more br...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #31: The price of excellence by Paul S on 2007-05-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: I need a “second-type” phonostage. in Analog Playback  38 Replies 
I am with you on this one.  I am also very suspicious of gigantic, 4-chassis phono stages if only because I just wonder why the need for all those damn noisy parts, along with concommitment connections?So it really pisses me off to admit that th...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: The Turntables and their Prices by Romy the Cat on 2010-01-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Audio Note new turntable and inflation in Analog Playback  14 Replies 
[quote user="tokyo john"]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 doe...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #14: OK, what is it and how to live with it? by Romy the Cat on 2005-03-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Tell me about more about Ortofone SPU Sound. in Analog Playback  54 Replies 
I can’t figure out what it is since it is a first Ortofon that I opened. Can you tell me what it is? Anyhow, I am little disappointed as I anticipated that it should be a purely mono cartridges. I wounded what I have to do with it if I have only 2 ca...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: There is no more “space” problems. by Romy the Cat on 2007-10-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The best practices for DAW Data Storage. in Didital Things  9 Replies 
Yep, I was trying to evaluate the opportunities – it is not that I what to have a lot of space but I would like to add the space in random order. The external network drives wanted me to buy the identical drives in today prices, too expansive of I go...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Behringer's approach... by scooter on 2016-04-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: FM Acoustics: The most important component of a quality Audi... in Playback Listening  4 Replies 
[quote user="steverino"]I think this only works with grossly deficient recordings. I believe Levinson chose a historical recording as his example for the reviewer. But it allows the FM Acoustics listener to spend endless hours fiddling with the contr...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: That's much more ferrite than I've used by Antonio J. on 2008-07-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Tuners and digital noise from DAW, A/D and D/A in Off Air Audio  10 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Hm, this is interesting. I my case nether neither CEC nor Bidat affect other of the tuners. Lavrys do but not Bidat. Try to put ferrite on ALL Sansui inputs: antenna, power cord, output cables. I have 3 bids on each leg of ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: "...there is so much good quality broadcast material ...' by Romy the Cat on 2008-09-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Is anybody live in Australia with a tuner and an interest? in Off Air Audio  19 Replies 
[quote user="peter foster"]Dear Romy, it is possible.  I would need to obtain some cables to make the connection between my Sansui TU-X1 and Lavry Blue ADC.  Also, I do not have access yet to broadband so till then recordings could be to CD...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: Cable itimacy by N-set on 2013-01-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Lamm’s new phonostage. in Analog Playback  11 Replies 
I must say I've never came in to intimate contact with cables and avoid it untill I can, so yes all my arguments are theoretical.By amplifying I ment of course voltage, not power and ass-u-med that the external noise as well as the cable distortion a...
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