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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Michael Fremer shines, agane. by Romy the Cat on 2006-01-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Michael Fremer Continuums… in Audio News  54 Replies 
[quote user="Mr. "Framer""] I really enjoyed reading an ignorant rant by someone who has probably neither heard the Continuum turntable, nor who is willing to say anything substantive about its design, yet he's more than happy to mock me and the peop...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #83: HDD sound vs CDP sound & NOS DACs by jessie.dazzle on 2009-06-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: High Quality Music Server / CD player in Didital Things  169 Replies 
Manisandher wrote : "...I am convinced that the soundcard/interface is the main cause of the inferior performance of HDD vs. CD..." Telstar wrote : "... It is..." Romy wrote : "...I disagree....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: The cost of the right-sounding Bidat. by Romy the Cat on 2008-04-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Museatex Bidat pages. in Didital Things  57 Replies 
[quote user="Telstar"] Out of curiosity, how much does a Bidat costs nowadays and the Wright mods?[/quote] This is very interesting question and I had a conversation with John Wright about it a few days ago. He asked me the same question: what the B...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Magico new 5 ways idea. Review and Critiques by Romy the Cat on 2011-08-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Magico new 5 ways idea. Review and Critiques in Horn-Loaded Speakers  0 Replies 
I was pointed out to the fact the Magico has a new idea of their 5 way horn-loaded speaker. I did review the Magico former 4-way project, it was very bad: http://www.goodsoundclub.com/Forums/ShowPost.aspx?postID=2103 The new one l...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Re: Michael Fremer Responds to Romy the pussy by Mr. "Framer" on 2006-01-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Michael Fremer Continuums… in Audio News  54 Replies 
I really enjoyed reading an ignorant rant by someone who has probably neither heard the Continuum turntable, nor who is willing to say anything substantive about its design, yet he's more than happy to mock me and the people who designed and built th...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #113: Computer vs TL0 by ArmAlex on 2016-12-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: High Quality Music Server / CD player in Didital Things  169 Replies 
Amir wrote:I bet you hear good sound even better than over 50k$ transports. our last test was CEC TL0-X vs my Berkeley , they sounded very similar. This idea was not shared among everybody pr...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #31: The SG146 Measures by Romy the Cat on 2018-03-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Goto SG-370DX measurement in Audio For Dummies ™  30 Replies 
With that Moscow guy it is not the question of his reliability but his sanity. I hope you understand that response he gets is rather a measuring of his horn then measuring his driver. He unfortunately neither intellectually (audio-wise) not psychol...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #127: Agree and disagree by Romy the Cat on 2009-02-13 
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="jessie.dazzle"]Forgive me for being so forward, but I have been holding it in for some time, and am right now, at this very moment, ripe for saying that I see this MiniMe thing as being analogous to an affair with a capricious little mis...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Lack of Melquiades? by Romy the Cat on 2006-10-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: “Melquiades” amplifier: a year later. in Melquiades Amplifier  33 Replies 
Interesting….. It is interesting to think about the relational of Melquiades slow take-up. I think that major contributing factor is that guy who calls himself Romy the Cat. Really, I think it’s it. The people who are capable to build amplifiers more...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #119: Re "The media is the bitch." by wolfy on 2017-02-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: High Quality Music Server / CD player in Didital Things  169 Replies 
  Sorry, I misread, or rather read into, your comment.  Still, my experience is that the file sounds better, to me,   on the cd player than  on the pc w/ usb dac.  Not because of the cd is superior media, it is not.  I can't refute ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Meitner’s MA-1 DAC by Romy the Cat on 2012-03-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Meitner Audio - Ed Meitner's new company. in Didital Things  5 Replies 
It looks like Ed Meitner has a new DAC. I come to it at 6moon site. http://www.6moons.com/audioreviews/meitner/1.html I very much like the what Srajan Ebaen does for the last couple years. Srajan probably took what I explained at...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #51: Replies by Bill on 2021-08-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 2+3 surround sound?? in Playback Listening  82 Replies 
Will try to answer all questions here.Romy: I understand why you do not wish to use the term “surround sound”, but it is the accepted term for what we are discussing. You may add other terminology, but it only muddies the debate until others accept i...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: It was all in there, somewhere by anthony on 2019-04-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Valve Preamplifier for Macondo/DSET in Melquiades Amplifier  74 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]   Oh, good, why did not you tall it before. How the hell can you listen if it you DAC outputs 1V?! No wonder you have no volume. Also if you have no voluble you do not “get” one of the most advanced feature of multi-amp ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: An Acquired Taste by Romy the Cat on 2010-08-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: An Acquired Taste in Playback Listening  0 Replies 
Here is a good article, not that I agree with everything that the author say but the direction is very good.  http://guthrytrojan.blogspot.com/2006_03_01_archive.html An Acquired Taste by Guthry Trojan from March 28, 2006 It ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: CES: New horn guy in town. by Romy the Cat on 2005-01-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The CES 2005 in Audio Discussions  16 Replies 
Someone stopped me at the Alexis Park and told me: “Romy, there is a new Israeli guy in town with  his amassing horn. He has a room at the St. Tropes and you should go”. I was almost offended! There was a new horn guy and I never insulted him?!!...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #15: Bob katz by Amir on 2020-03-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Digital recorders: what the "big boys" use? in Didital Things  15 Replies 
https://www.tnt-audio.com/intervis/digidoe.html LC > Now suppose you want to copy a CD you own to play it into your car stereo system. CD copies done my means of a P...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: NESPA Optical Disc Finalizer by Romy the Cat on 2006-02-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: NESPA Optical Disc Finalizer in Didital Things  4 Replies 
The visitors of my site who have read my observations about the CES 2005 http://www.goodsoundclub.com/TreeItem.aspx?postID=1918 are familiar with my very positive impressions about NESPA Optical Disc Finalizer. http://www.goodsoundclub.com/TreeIte...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #21: Lamms, Tenors, Melq, others... and a big room. by Romy the Cat on 2006-06-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Milq: Starting the project in Melquiades Amplifier  23 Replies 
[quote user="AnonymousUser"] Sorry for the delay but my computer is down! I would like you to tell me squarely why your amp sounds to your ears better than the lamms tenors and the likes! what is if you prefer the impact of yur driver stage compared ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #17: Follow-up: New horn guy in town. by Romy the Cat on 2005-02-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The CES 2005 in Audio Discussions  16 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] Someone stopped me at the Alexis Park and told me: “Romy, there is a new Israeli guy in town with  his amassing horn. He has a room at the St. Tropes and you should go”. I was almost offended! There was a new horn g...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: A few comments in context of the Reinhard's notes by Romy the Cat on 2009-12-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The 5-ways from Germany. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  38 Replies 
I find that one of the most interning and stimulating ideas that you expressed was your experience with your bass horn [quote user="Reinhard"] Midbass horns: are there are two 20 cycle bass horns which normally have 6,50 m in length and 3,20 i...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: Low cost re-issues by tuga on 2009-08-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A CD off tune? The Big CD Conspiracy theory? in Didital Things  9 Replies 
After buying Channel Classics' re-issue of Rachmaninov S2 by Fischer and Budapest FO in their low cost Canal Grande series I contacted the company to enquire if there were any differences between this and the original CD. Here's ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #31: Not necessarily... by Romy the Cat on 2019-05-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Valve Preamplifier for Macondo/DSET in Melquiades Amplifier  74 Replies 
[quote user="anthony"]Well, probably not up in smoke, but it is just not functional any more.  I was away for a few days and came back to my room to find the Placette refusing to change volume or select a source input, so something is amiss.  Per...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: (Do i always need to add a subject or am I doing something incorrectly... by HifiOrDie on 2021-01-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 3 way Tractrix Horn Build Questions - and Introduction! in Horn-Loaded Speakers  20 Replies 
Well that really is damn frustrating and admittedly very aggravating.  After typing a rather lengthy and enthusiastic response, I somehow lost everything before posting and it couldn't be recovered.  So we'll attempt to try this again, though adm...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: A very pleasant surprise by Romy the Cat on 2009-12-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The 5-ways from Germany. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  38 Replies 
I think this post need to have an epigrapher: “We knew what we wanted to hear, and so we developped, and developped, and developped... In hundreds of small and bigger steps. Over thirty years. Till we were "there" where we always wanted ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: The New York Times on the subject by Romy the Cat on 2007-05-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Gould's Goldberg Variations re-played? in Musical Discussions  8 Replies 
Is It Live ... or Yamaha? Channeling Glenn Gould By EDWARD ROTHSTEINMarch 12, 2007 Was that relief I felt as the piano was playing? A feeling that some worry had been alleviated or a fear quieted? Why then was it also mixed with disappointment, as i...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: New HDTT New Releases - October 2007 by Romy the Cat on 2007-10-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: High Definition Tape Transfers in Musical Discussions  10 Replies 
New Releases All releases are on CD or 24/96 DVD  1) BEETHOVEN - CHRIST ON THE MOUNT OF OLIVESHERMAN SCHERCHEN CONDUCTING THE VIENNA STATE OPERA ORCH.JAN PEERCE · MARIA STADER · OTTO WIENERVIENNA ACADEMY CHORUS Transfered from ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: regarding speed and things - reading by Dominic on 2007-02-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Getting Started with Myaskovsky in Musical Discussions  35 Replies 
I've been attentive to all that ive found out about Furtwangler lately and the strength of his readings seems to be borne across by how fast things go. So the question was raised, reading the notes you transcribed above, whether the validity of a ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #31: Here is some tapped horns read by Tom Danley. by Romy the Cat on 2009-05-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The tapped horns: cons, pros and Sound in Horn-Loaded Speakers  57 Replies 
From: Tom DanleySent: Tuesday, May 05, 2009 5:56 PMTo: RomySubject: From Tom DanleyHi Romy http://www.goodsoundclub.com/Forums/ShowPost.aspx?postID=10359#10359 I hope you don’t mind the intrusion, it was suggested I could answer...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #142: So far so good... by Romy the Cat on 2019-01-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Planning my DSET in Melquiades Amplifier  186 Replies 
[quote user="anthony"]Thanks for your thoughts Romy.  Last night I roughly wired in some random crossovers….[/quote]I wrote a loooong replay to you after that post but my 2.5 yo son turned off my computer while I was posting it. Hate to rewrit...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Do not spoil horns with dirty hands.... by Romy the Cat on 2006-07-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Earl Geddes: Horny Book in Horn-Loaded Speakers  10 Replies 
... or wondering if it has any new insight into horn design.I did not read the book but I find funny that person who presumably do not “believe” in horn write a review about the presumably horn related book. It would be similar to ask a blind person ...
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