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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #18: Is it all that Ortofon SPU can do? by Romy the Cat on 2005-04-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Tell me about more about Ortofone SPU Sound. in Analog Playback  54 Replies 
I have been running my new Ortofon SPU Mono cartridge and can’t figure out why SPU has such a strong positive reputation and why some SPU users when I ask them about Sound of those cartridge they roll up their eyes. Yes, it is all around fine cartrid...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #26: I bought the “second-type” phonostage. Well, sort of.... by Romy the Cat on 2007-05-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: I need a “second-type” phonostage. in Analog Playback  38 Replies 
OK, I did it. I bought the “second-type” phonostage. As many of you know I do not reconnect the cables and my first “reference” phonostages is custom made 2-845PT with Expressive SU2 transformer practically hard-bund with my reference arm and my re...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: I need a “second-type” phonostage. by Romy the Cat on 2006-05-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: I need a “second-type” phonostage. in Analog Playback  38 Replies 
Ok, what would believe…. but I am in needs to get another phonostage. Te older I become the lazier I become and there is no way I would switch those cables form tonearms again. Also, each time I switch the cables the unused cables drops behind my rac...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #22: I am frightened by tube tuners results. by Romy the Cat on 2009-08-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A tube tuner? REL Precedent 646C in Off Air Audio  24 Replies 
[quote user="doug s."] i have never heard the rel.  but, if you want to hear a tubed tuna at its best, pick up a sherwood s3000ll or later, get it serviced, and run it thru one of your mpx decoders.  or get one w/a built-in sherwood mpx.  this is...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1593: PurePower, PurePowerAPS.com and Richard Janzen is a complete fraud by OracleAV on 2018-07-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
Contacted PurePower early 2017 and got a money-back guarantee to audition their PurePower+ 3000 Hooked up my Audio Research mono amps and powered on.   With the first mono amp on, PurePower started to generate this loud buzz from...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: 250 watts Parallel S.E. advises by devo_yan on 2018-05-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 250 watts Parallel S.E. advises in Audio Discussions  13 Replies 
Hello every body, I live in France and I'm new on this forum.I'm thinking to build (some months) a mono big Single Ended amplifier (200-300 watts) made with triodes (IDHT or DHT doesn't matter for me) for outdoor professional audio.Have you got an on...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: The TU-X1's collapse? by Romy the Cat on 2008-11-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: TU-X1 setup in Off Air Audio  16 Replies 
Adrian, how do you find your TU-X1 after those two month? Did anything changed? Do you observer the same effect on all stations? How about switching it in mono? I have to say that I can’t be happier with TU-X1. Particularly recently  after I sp...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #70: The phenomenal Brahms 4! by Romy the Cat on 2011-02-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Performance of a week. in Musical Discussions  87 Replies 
In my search for my own sound of Schubert 9 (BTW I did found what I was looking for) I was listening the Mengleberg’s play from 30. The record I have in a part of a 4 records album dedicated to 80 anniversary of Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. I did n...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #38: Re: Better among worst? by morricab on 2005-11-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Passive transformer based preamp in Audio Discussions  41 Replies 
"You need to realise that the physically larger a Transformer becomes the narrower the available bandwidth for a given construction. Due to the need to handle a lot of "magnetic bias" SE Output transformers become very large, physicall...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Mahler VI - Barbirolli with Berlin by Romy the Cat on 2004-06-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Mahler VI - Barbirolli with Berlin in Musical Discussions  0 Replies 
My local “Borders” in Downtown Crossing always has some interesting music. I have no idea why but they have it all but if I stop by in their small classical section I always fish something “kinky”. Today I pulled of from there a few CDs and among th...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Oistrakh(s) on Monitor MC 2009 (1957) by Paul S on 2007-09-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Oistrakh(s) on Monitor MC 2009 (1957) in Musical Discussions  2 Replies 
David O. and his son, Igor, open with JS Bach's Concierto in D minor for 2 violins and orchestra, with violinist Rudolf Barshai doing a bang-up job conducting  "the orchestra".  Of course the Oistrakhs are wonderful, but the "orchestra...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #19: Cartridges are tough by Romy the Cat on 2009-09-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The mystery of Koetsu Onyx Cartridges. in Analog Playback  52 Replies 
marknoir, I have a lot of feedback in direct emails regarding to my “hate of Koetsu”. What I conceded that there is a different between Andrian’s version of “lash but slight noney-dripped” sound and my version of “dull sound”. They have the same name...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #15: Yep! It's a..... by Brian Clark 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 
SPU alright! White/Blue and Red/Green should carry identical signal so either pair will do. The advantage of the SPU Mono is, like with the DL-102, you need have no worries about damaging stereo pressings. Brian....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #21: Re: Perhabs it's the impedance matching by Romy the Cat on 2005-04-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Tell me about more about Ortofone SPU Sound. in Analog Playback  54 Replies 
I use my SPU Mono in 282 Micro’s arm with AU wand that was specifically made for the SPU cartridges. I run it 3g, not-oil-damped into SU2,so, the SPU sees ~60Ohn. I tend a slightly overload the typical MC cartridges and run them at 60R-75R of thier “...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: How to compare the result of the recordings? by Romy the Cat on 2010-11-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Bass impact on Turntable: how to estimate objectively in Analog Playback  4 Replies 
Very good idea, I like it. I had the similar idea but liseniing you I think I come up with better then I had before idea how to compare the results. This is not so simple question. I am sure one can just listening the samples but I think this is what...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #55: Color Range and One Trick Ponies by Paul S on 2011-08-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Basic guide to advanced audio in Playback Listening  62 Replies 
"Given" correct pitch, timbre, weight and scale, the crux seems to be balancing available color saturation, color range, articulation and "force".  Getting this "right" is what I have referred to as the "matrix", and when the "critical mass" is a...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #135: The baby is sick by Romy the Cat on 2011-11-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage in Analog Playback  310 Replies 
I play a lot of LP recently and last night I noted that sound was quite bad. It was like a bad electricity day only atop of it sound has some kind of odd digitalization atop of everything. Of course I was blaming the PurePower 3000 but then I realize...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Further thoughts by guy sergeant on 2014-05-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: High End Munich 2014 impressions .... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  36 Replies 
The demonstration of the WE equipment was impressive as was looking closely at how these horns were constructed.  The arrangement (originally it would have been mono) was to provide the audience seated both in the stalls or circle with an evenly bala...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #13: Horns edge biting: OK, it is working. by Romy the Cat on 2008-06-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: EnABL: Just a note to awaken all of you peaceful sleepers in Horn-Loaded Speakers  14 Replies 
Approximately a month ago I patterned the horn on the other channels and I have to admit the “tweak” is working. It feels as it acts as a sonic defogger minimizing some stray HF dispersions from MF channel. Generally the effect is positive but not hu...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: JBL Project Array by Romy the Cat on 2012-06-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: JBL Project Array in Horn-Loaded Speakers  9 Replies 
This weekend I visited a friend of my in NY who played to me his playback. I need to say that I did not care too much about his playback and visited him as I like him not his audio adventure but the Sound of his playback did surprised me. It was not ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Re: Uncoherent thoughts about IDEAL horn systems... by MochaMike on 2005-12-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The IDEAL horn system in Horn-Loaded Speakers  27 Replies 
You have identified the tricky parts -the transistion between the front and back horn as well as the throat  of the front tractrix horn.  A one to one throat with the front horn works best with my coaxials and a short 1.25" straight 'ring' ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #169: Well TH... by Saturntube on 2010-01-31 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Midbass Horns and Real Estate. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  247 Replies 
Paul, I am no expert on tapped horns but I think the main (40 year old) principle is that you join the back wave of the driver with the front wave, now in order to have the 2 wave fronts meet, the back wave should travel a certain distance depending ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #14: Re: the bigiining of the high-end market by clarkjohnsen on 2006-10-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The “Inverted High End Audio” ™ in Playback Listening  30 Replies 
Yoshi wrote: I did some reserch sometime ago on how the current high-end market started.  In the 60's, stereo gears were sold at electrical stores along with other electrical items.  Some people had seen a possibility of specialty streo mar...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #76: Convince me. by Romy the Cat on 2012-03-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A different breed of 6C33C amplifier. in Melquiades Amplifier  84 Replies 
[quote user="KOTriode"]Ok, I just read your "Melquides Remote biasing". This technic can not be duplicate in my amp due to DC coupling, the C3G (I dont use 6E5P) driver stage basically adjust the 6C33C current in the output stage. Just for curiosity,...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #79: Update , bais and high pass by DA on 2014-02-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Bias help in Melquiades Amplifier  96 Replies 
A little update on the Milq amp.After sorting  some of the problems with the amps transformers (see posts above ) .I now have two mono blocks operational that have about 700 hours ,I'm so glad hour meters were installed .Filament voltage is spot on 6...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: I might unwillingly bring to my home… by Romy the Cat on 2007-11-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage in Analog Playback  310 Replies 
It is exactly what the “End of Life” means – you know all necessary answers and have no needs to prove anything to anyone. I heard from you before that you do not like 834PT’s sound, I presume that it was ether bad 834PT, or extraordinary-horrible st...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Easier on the drivers by zztop7 on 2013-03-31 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The open project: a lateral cross-injection. in Playback Listening  25 Replies 
Paul S wrote:"typical "stereo" L and R separation is mostly an engineering hodge-podge".    I do not disagree with that statement.  I do feel the major advantage of stereo is not "stereo", but the separation of parts of the information in the signal ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: HMMMMM by rowuk on 2020-07-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Dpols? in Playback Listening  11 Replies 
I must be missing something - or not be ready for this yet. Here are my understanding problems:1) he starts with the "left" speaker and searches for the best bass. I would think that one should search individually with the left and right and pick the...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #16: Is the path perhaps the goal? by rowuk on 2021-07-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 2+3 surround sound?? in Playback Listening  82 Replies 
I too believe that "reproduction" has nothing to do with my audio experience as there is nothing to reproduce. There is so much missing in any recorded signal that the "original" geometry can not even be close to restored. At best, we could create a ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: A single ultimate arm... by Romy the Cat on 2004-08-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Ultimate Turntable in Analog Playback  220 Replies 
[quote user="guy sergeant"]The Ultimate turntable only needs to provide for one arm. The ultimate arm. Why compromise its performance with various inferior arm designs.[/quote] Well, certainly a single ultimate arm would be a good thing but I still w...
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