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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: Vitus by Amir on 2010-07-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Swell New RIAA-Only Phonostage, Only $60k!!! in Analog Playback  7 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]I do not know what Vitus phonostages are but a few years ago I made a rule – any product that that Mr. Framer took under his wing is garbage that need to be discarded. It they were a serious company and they had serious pro...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: It is not the ear, it is what the ear feeds........ by rowuk on 2014-06-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Musicians' ear in Playback Listening  10 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]I always was under observation that musicians use different techniques - they do not listen played back music but they rather register the pointers to keys and intervals and then they reconstruct in their consciousness the ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #61: The Injection Channel's Rule? by Romy the Cat on 2007-06-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to USE “Resonating Oops” in loudspeakers in Horn-Loaded Speakers  184 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]This position is near flawless what the Red run at minus 9dB. [/quote]However, it does not compiles with the rules I am feel are in act and that I’m slowly accepting: the Injection Channels’ tweeter should NOT radiate any...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #122: Being clean, making clean, or keeping clean ? by el`Ol on 2008-04-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The most promising “best” commercial speaker in Horn-Loaded Speakers  192 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]I have to admit that I am not a huge fun of TAD drivers. They have a good bacterially clean sound but truly nothing really special. Rgs, Romy the Cat[/quote]If everything in a recording / playback chain was clean in the sen...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #125: What produces the fumes? by el`Ol on 2008-04-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The most promising “best” commercial speaker in Horn-Loaded Speakers  192 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]It does act “clean” but it a bug or a fly to enter that “clean” environment then it dies as there is nothing in there to support life. The problem also is that some bugs do not fly well in the fumes of penicillin… Rgs, Romy...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #27: …you’ll be laying to your children about you heard Natalia Gutman live... by Romy the Cat on 2009-04-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Getting Started with Myaskovsky in Musical Discussions  35 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]  Amphissa wrote:Mats, I agree with you. The recording of the cello concerto by Natalia Gutman with Svetlanov conducting is the best overall performance of this beautiful concerto. It is unfortunate that she never toured i...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: An update of the provisos post. by Romy the Cat on 2008-06-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Rohde & Schwarz EU-6201 Tuner in Off Air Audio  34 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] 5) Rohde & Schwarz need to run for a few hours to become like a measurement machine. When it “cold” it “flies” here and there. Sansui is good after a few minutes. 6) Sansui scale is more predictable and more intuitive ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #28: Hurricane Irene ibn Oz in Boston by Romy the Cat on 2011-08-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Antenna solutions for FM in Off Air Audio  27 Replies 
It looks like Irene will hit us on Sunday, it look like it loosing strength but they still promise up to 90 miles per hour gusts. If it so then I will spend Sunday handcuffed to my new antenna and if it will be flying away then only with me. I can cl...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #164: It sucks! Literally sucks. by Romy the Cat on 2009-05-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s MiniMe or about Pilot Acoustic Systems in Audio Discussions  213 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] .... I was/am afraid this effect too. I discovered it a few years back when suddenly my bass picked some odd harmonics. After a few days I realized that the harmonics came from an acoustic guitar that was sitting in my lis...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #220: I am calm and happy by Romy the Cat on 2008-12-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
Yes, the HF do slowly return with PurePower 2000 where they shell be. It very slowly the PP2000 look like dials itself back to “neutrality”. I begin very leisurely to roll back my tweeter and the plate current on my MF channels. The Cat ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Km and hz :) by Dominik on 2010-11-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Polish Autotech steps up to Universe in Horn-Loaded Speakers  7 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Are you sure that it was 200hz not 200km? The horn look to large to be 200Hz horn? Also, the tweeter look like has 3” typical tweeter has and the rest is just the La-horn negative opening. The caT[/quote]Iam sure that it is...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #705: So what counts as "identical" then? by manisandher on 2011-01-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]The change of the voltage from battery and from AC always was there, I have seen it on all PurePower Units but I did not even report it as I find it absolutely irrelevant.[/quote]Romy, you've said in the past:[quote user="R...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #743: The hardiness correction. by Romy the Cat on 2011-01-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] … The sound still a bit harder then I would like it to have…  I do not find any sensible explanations.[/quote] I was breaking my head trying to figure out why the large caps shunted battery in PP2000 suddenly gave me chang...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #912: Don't worry ;) by Biggy on 2011-12-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]I have absolute no knowledge if PP3000 or any other audio devise might or not might not be ”perfect for your system”. If you need a sales person why would butter you with subliminal messages and promise assured place in hav...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #970: To be continued by Lx_ on 2011-12-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]PP has the ultimate tool that allows detecting a LOT about its operation. Do you observe the same behavior as you describe when you pull out the power cord and let the unit to run from internal battery?[/quote]I made experi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #47: The midbass Pipeline Conversion horn??? by Romy the Cat on 2009-08-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Midbass Horns and Real Estate. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  247 Replies 
Thinking further about my "Hanging" inverted Midbass J-horn presented above I asked myself: where is to cut this 12’-13’ horn hypothetic horn. Initially I thought to do it in order to keep the parts smaller to be able to fit them through the doors an...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #89: Could you Clarify by Merlin on 2007-08-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The most promising “best” commercial speaker in Horn-Loaded Speakers  192 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] Yes, I have seen that Living Voice uses it. Frankly I was not impressed HOW it was used. I did not mention it at the British site, to bogus contingent of “critics” was there, but I think if that driver is good then there ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #65: Correction: Townshend Ribbon and sensitivity. by Romy the Cat on 2007-12-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Tweeter for Vitavox S2. High-sensitively ribbons? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  64 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] Here is another very interning solution to compliment S2 driver with top end. Townshend Audio have their Ribbon Tweeter with reported 110dB sensitivity and price of $1500. http://www.townshendaudio.net/index.php?option=com...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: What does exist? About the blindness of Audio by Romy the Cat on 2008-02-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The nature of "soundstage" in audio. in Playback Listening  22 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] To assess how far audio imaging from sound of a ”live” musical presentation we need to subtract visual experiences from perception, including the long-lasting visual experiences.[/quote] OK, Soundstage is a BS category and...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #18: Effects can be mutually exclusive by drdna on 2008-11-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Sound and How We Hear It in Playback Listening  19 Replies 
Again, I want to emphasize that I very much agree with the idea that there are levels of perception. Your explanation is nevertheless a good one and is consistent with my ideas as well. I simply feel that once can AFFECT levels of perception indepen...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Like life by Amir on 2010-05-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: There is no need to say anything if there is nothing to say. in Playback Listening  6 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]There is no needs to build a playback of you have nothing to express by the sound of this playback, at least if you have nothing to say to yourself…Rgs, Romy the Cat[/quote]OK, but many (that 99.5%) do not like think like t...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Room acoustics by Amir on 2010-04-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Lecture on history of architectural acoustics in Playback Listening  5 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Well, Nicanor, I very much disagree that room acoustic being basically invisible to us. People who deal with sound more or less intelligent always not only pay attention to room acoustic but recognize sound ONLY in context ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #43: Looking deeper by haralanov on 2011-08-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Basic guide to advanced audio in Playback Listening  62 Replies 
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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #22: MASTER mode by manisandher on 2009-06-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Pacific Microsonics Model 2 in Didital Things  85 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Perhaps I need to re-listen my files with Lynx slaved from Pacific in Master mode as you do... Anyhow, following you advise I will excrement more with slaving Lynx from Pacific during D/A.[/quote]Yes, please try this - I wo...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: We need to get it before Japan sinks. by Romy the Cat on 2007-07-31 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Bruckner, me and the Seventh in Musical Discussions  81 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]I keep bugging Yoshi, he is in Japan now, to bring me a set of 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 by Takashi Asahina with Tokyo SO from 90s it should be very interesting… The damn Japanese have quite a price tag on the Asahina’s Buckner…&...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #50: Valve amp virgin by manisandher on 2008-09-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A quest for a better monitor. in Audio Discussions  97 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]They need a LOT of very good power, preferably in class A to sound the best and then will not last long with a lot of power.The caT [/quote]Hi,I'd like to try driving my SL600 speakers with a valve amp. Does anyone have any...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: Cat's Electric Shock by Hansi on 2008-06-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Cats and hifi in Audio Discussions  14 Replies 
Well our cat puddled on a distribution board and caused the residual current fuse to trip in the middle of the night, so there could be some danger occasionally !...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: High End ... by Stitch on 2011-12-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: What is High-End Audio? in Playback Listening  7 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"].. what is your residual definition of HIGH-END Audio? The Cat[/quote]  Perfect reproduction of the sound of real music performed in a real space....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Compromise Bayreuth by Goetz on 2013-02-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Wagner and loudness. in Playback Listening  5 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Wagner subject is very interesting. I never was inBayreuth. Amy kind nagging me that we need to go to inBayreuth but if we got o that part of the world then there is so much wonderful places in there that I would love to vi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: Sound was changing ... by unicon on 2009-10-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Tightening to loosening Screws ? no fake... in Playback Listening  13 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Unicon,  I do think that you deal not with phase but with damping and resonances…. The Cat[/quote]Romyto be saying it carefully the main sound change i encountered is the RESONANCE which surely deals with TIME . and talking...
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