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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1766: GND scheme by N-set on 2021-01-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1916 Replies 
Paul, what I mean by 'Drain GND' is your idea of a GND cable connected at one end only. I have no access to mother earth and cannot install a dedicated rod. To avoid confusion, below is my actual power line and GND scheme. As for...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: I have 3 Britten VCs ... by JANDL100 on 2008-12-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Benjamin Britten’s Violin Concerto in Musical Discussions  3 Replies 
I must admit that in general Britten is one of my least favourite Brit composers - I really just do not usually get on with his musical language.But the violin concerto is a very honourable exception - I guess because it has so many similarities with...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: The WHRB’s Rimsky-Korsakov’s Orgy by Romy the Cat on 2008-05-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The WHRB’s Rimsky-Korsakov’s Orgy in Musical Discussions  0 Replies 
My WHRB’s starts the spring Orgy period, the podcast available on-line. http://www.whrb.org/ On May 5th 6MP, WHRB starts to broadcast 3–days long Rimsky-Korsakov’s Orgy with the following program:1865 (rev. 1884): Symphony No. 1 in e, Op. 1; ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #68: Bruckner No.2 by Horst Stein by Romy the Cat on 2011-01-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Performance of a week. in Musical Discussions  87 Replies 
Eventually I have found the Bruckner Second symphony that is played how I feel it need to be played.  The recording is from 1973: Horst Stein lead the mighty Wiener Philharmoniker. I got my CD on Decca Eloquence. This is unspeakably wonderful and I h...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #13: Ikonoklasts by drdna on 2008-09-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Buying a last cartridge. in Analog Playback  80 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Otherwise I would buy Warren’s Ikonoklast speaker with Lowther DX-4 driver and will be discovering how to “proporly” appreciate the Decca cartridge[/quote]Ouch!Did you have to mention the Ikonoklast speakers?  Of cours...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: The ideal cartridge by drdna on 2009-05-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Softer Side of a Hard-Tracing Cartridge in Analog Playback  12 Replies 
So, having thought about it, there are enough concerns about the Windfeld, I do not care to have yet another $3000 experiment.  The moving coil-cantilever system is to me fundamentally flawed.  The primary differences we hear seem to very frequently ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: The PH-77’s curves selector is done properly. by Romy the Cat on 2009-07-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: AMR PH-77: just another phonostage or more? in Analog Playback  11 Replies 
[quote user="Paul S"]I thought of the AMR equalization curve options as I listened to a London FFRR LP (Kubelik/VPO/New World) today using my new technique to optimize stylus tracking.The FFRRs are well known to have some extra LF, all right, but wit...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #24: How I'd wish to write in my language... by twogoodears on 2008-08-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: ... again on GOTO Unit drivers... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  108 Replies 
... to better express myself, with every needed nuance... Roman: I never wrote I'm able to time-align my speakers, I only told you I quite recently began "moving" drivers and horns as I never did in the past few years, NOT simply looking for a practi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #105: If we are Rating, what are we rating? by rowuk on 2016-08-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: High Quality Music Server / CD player in Didital Things  169 Replies 
Amir,you have now posted twice that "proper" USB is better than SPDIF. The problem is that it isn't, unless someone makes up rules to define their own sense of better. The problem here is that they have not defined anything that is better. Both metho...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #25: Current phono stage by drdna on 2008-12-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: About EAR 834P Modifications in Analog Playback  45 Replies 
This is always good advice, to get to know the character of the phono stage. Because my favorite cartridges are not low voltage (I use Decca London Jubilee and Reference) I have never had a need for the ET SU-1 step up unit. In fact, I had this in my...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #44: Share the fantasy by tokyo john on 2012-11-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Foolishness of Analog People in Analog Playback  56 Replies 
As I grow old and nurse a fragile back, I too have a fantasy of a good sounding, lightweight TT (and amp, speakers for the matter).Every lightweight TT on the market makes me interested for this reason (Rega Planar 9, Well Tempered, Roksan, Amazon,...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Further guidelines for Audio Neutrality... by Romy the Cat on 2007-04-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: About the Audio Neutrality. in Playback Listening  12 Replies 
[quote user="drdna"] Yes, we are saying the same thing.  The problem as I have found it is that transparency is easily recognized and so there is a tendency for audiophiles to focus on this when they try to improve their systems, and this can ma...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Listening in SF by drdna on 2010-02-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: SF audio gurus? in Audio News  5 Replies 
I live in San Francisco, of course. I have a horn system as everyone knows and a smaller standard electrodynamic system, which is no longer made. As everything is heavily customized. I do not think it will suit your purposes. However, what is absolut...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #20: The Cecilia Bartoli's things… by Romy the Cat on 2007-07-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Best recording I heard in 2004. in Musical Discussions  20 Replies 
[quote user="amperidian"]Speaking of impressive technical skill ... I just listened to Cecilia Bartoli's Vivaldi Album released under decca label.  Although very proficient in the technical area, to me it sounds very much like she is missing the...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: Transducers: The First and Last Word (aaarrrggg...) by Paul S on 2008-09-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Buying a last cartridge. in Analog Playback  80 Replies 
I remember the old Decca cartridges as quite maddening, a real love/hate connundrum.  Unrivaled, totally addictive  "immediacy", and dynamics that made anything else sound muffled and plain wrong, but also about as user-unfriendly and unrel...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #35: Continued by N-set on 2018-07-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Fidelity Research FR-7 in Analog Playback  42 Replies 
Today I continued exploration despite the azimuth problem which starts to look serious (either the arm or the cart has a problem and no az adjustment, researching this). Added some VTF to reach 2.70g to give it a bit better tracking conditions despit...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Autistic Audio by guy sergeant on 2006-11-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Lowther Driver in Audio Discussions  62 Replies 
I have a cousin who is autistic. He is happy most of the time but he isn't really able to communicate his feelings to anyone else.  He is also a very talented musician who plays the violin & piano very well. There are many interesting aspect...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #285: What sound? by N-set on 2022-11-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Remedies the Beauty in Playback Listening  349 Replies 
What sound? With Remedies or horns? Funnily enough, a few days ago I played via Dannoys my heaviest cannon - Decca London Reference +FR64S all silver wired, Charcroft Z-foils etc etc. Big symphonic music, not particularly my favorite but... it wa...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Onyx Relativity by drdna on 2008-06-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The mystery of Koetsu Onyx Cartridges. in Analog Playback  52 Replies 
I think that the perception of the Onyx depends on the rest of one's stereo system and the other components one compares it to.When I say the Koetsu is one of the top cartridges in the world, I would say this about most modern audiophile cartridges, ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #30: Correction of defects by drdna on 2008-09-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Buying a last cartridge. in Analog Playback  80 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]1) High electrostatic or whatever other reason make the cartridge very prone to collect dust. 2) Exceedingly hard-reading with slightly overly prominent leading-edges of the phases. This demands VERY high quality...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Weilerstein and Barenboim play Carter Cello Concerto by mats on 2012-12-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Overlooked Cello Repertoire. in Musical Discussions  4 Replies 
Today on WFMT's New Releases program, Lisa Flynn played a live recording of Elliott Carter's Cello Concerto.  Composed in 2001, this performance I believe is from the fall of 2012.  Daniel Barenboim conducts the Berlin Staatskapelle Orchestra, and th...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Mysterious patterns and later thoughts by Paul S on 2007-05-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The K&K SE hybrid phono stage: a report in Analog Playback  55 Replies 
Wojtek, I do use 8 Ohm drivers, and I am mildly curious about the "pattern" thing.  As I said in posted responses to Bud, I +/- accept the science but suspect the implementation in this case; however,  I would be happy to give a listen...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Mozart: "Cosi Fun Tutte" on CD by Romy the Cat on 2004-06-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Mozart: "Cosi Fun Tutte" in Musical Discussions  2 Replies 
Rony, I do not read the Grammaphone. I buy it once in two years, for fun, to confirm that I still should not read it… :-) Yes, switching the conversation to Bohm’s “Cosi Fan Tutte” available on CD….there are number of versions. First of all Bohm rec...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #19: gergiev by amperidian on 2007-07-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Best recording I heard in 2004. in Musical Discussions  20 Replies 
Very interesting point about Gergiev.  I do not dispute it.  I just know that at present time some of the work released by him is very pleasing to me. That does not limit me to only listening to what Gergiev is doing.  For example...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #45: A scientific approach to audio by drdna on 2008-07-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Michael Fremer Continuums… in Audio News  54 Replies 
 markus46 wrote:Assuming you're in the market for a new component, then perhaps the middle ground is to read the whitepapers, reviews, web sites with an open mind.  Then listen yourself (preferably in your own home with your own gear) and m...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #31: MONO TREE by zako on 2010-12-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A new 'chic' foolishness about mono systems in Audio For Dummies ™  48 Replies 
Stereo is only as good as the width of your head,,,Both visual and audio...Of course locolazion diminish,s as you sit back further,, Hall ambiences will eventually take over...If you are the conductor you get a different perspective,,,And PERSPEC...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #44: Reflecting on the evolution of one's own audio views by drdna on 2008-07-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Michael Fremer Continuums… in Audio News  54 Replies 
[quote user="markus46"]I don't believe that making fun at other people's expense adds value to a point of view.  Certainly not the foul language and vicious name-calling employed by Romy.[/quote]Well, I think it is just his style.  He calls...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #22: God, kill, kill, kill Amp … by Romy the Cat on 2007-04-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo Frame modification. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  46 Replies 
I hope these friends of mine who clamed that that stupid Amp  might play music will read this post.  After of a 3 weeks or living with Macondo I found myself having no radio. My portable playback, that does very well, is on my work. I do not list...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #25: K-Stereo Playlists - K+06.0 vs BYPASS by peter foster on 2007-11-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: K-Stereo Ambience Recovery Processor in Didital Things  29 Replies 
Dear Romy,  the playlists as requested.  Regards, Peter Foster.---Playlist 06; Song 01.Track 1; 17:27.Serge Koussevitzky, Boston Symphony Orchestra.Tchaikovsky, Symphony No 4 in F Minor, Opus 36.RCA Victor LM 1008; Recorded 1949.LP -> Tu...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: 2010 Classical Grammy Nominees by Romy the Cat on 2009-12-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 2010 Classical Grammy Nominees in Musical Discussions  1 Replies 
Category 95: Best Engineered Album, Classical (An Engineer's Award. (Artist names appear in parentheses.))Britten: Billy BuddNeil Hutchinson and Jonathan Stokes, engineers (Daniel Harding, Nathan Gunn...
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