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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #20: Anti-audiogone Expressivenes... by Romy the Cat on 2006-04-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Expressive Technologies SU-1 in Analog Playback  33 Replies 
[quote user="Paul Costa"]Thanks for your reply.I am in the market for either a new pre-amp or phono and line stage.I know they need around 47k for optimal loading, but what else might I be concerned with.Did you have a look on Agon at the two there.&...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: The most appalling audio types: Vintage Sufferers by Romy the Cat on 2007-06-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The most appalling audio types. in Audio Discussions  10 Replies 
The people who suffer from the vintagtism in audio are special breed of Audio Morons™. Those people discovered a single focus of interests in some kind of vintage item and this focus became a point an unconditional dedication and fanatical devotion. ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #25: The ET2+EAR-834PT and the ultra-dynamic softness. by Romy the Cat on 2008-05-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage in Analog Playback  310 Replies 
[quote user="Paul S"]I have had +/- the same thoughts about gear for some time.... [/quote]Yes, many of us in one or another state of our audio progress come to the desire to retire from specific audio desires but in my desire to retire my references...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #56: What's the Best by Paul S on 2013-10-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Where are our good phonostages? in Analog Playback  61 Replies 
http://app.audiogon.com/listings/omnigon-full-function-tube-preamplifier-phonostage Looks like a serious effort that has been kicking around for a while.What tubes are used? Are they twin triode, like 12AX7 or - more likely - 6922?  Both t...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #51: The Mono cartridges ground loop syndrome by Romy the Cat on 2008-06-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Tell me about more about Ortofone SPU Sound. in Analog Playback  54 Replies 
[quote user="Brian Clark"]Per Winfeld confirmed to me that the coil former assembly is rotated 45% compared to the regular SPU such that only lateral motion is sensed. Unfortunately I did not think to ask him how the coil/coils was/were wound. Since ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #131: There is EQ control and there are multiple curves. by Romy the Cat on 2011-09-04 
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[quote user="N-set"]There is an EMT unit (I'm not in the EMT fanclub, just found it by chance) with a control (not remote however) of the EQ:http://www.emt-studiotechnik.de/JPA66%20E.htmCosts a fortune, what else one could expect from the house, and ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: John Curl’s new phonostage. by Romy the Cat on 2010-12-13 
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The new sites announce that Parasound introduced John Curl designed Halo JC 3 Phono Preamplifier. It is passive EQ, three-position input impedance switch, DC coupled amp stages with FET followers. It reportedly has average noise ratio and unknown gai...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #280: Mix up by Wojtek on 2015-06-17 
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I guess Thorsten is laughing since he should be the main receiver of TdP email. Popularity of a product is a double bladed sword.  I do hope that sales of EAR 834 phono stage increased notably after Romy decided to make that circuit into his "end of ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #27: MFA Systems Phonostage by Reggie on 2008-05-31 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage in Analog Playback  310 Replies 
Hello Romy This is my first post. Did you take courses in electronics and mechanical engineering or have you learned yourself outside of a structured environment? I am very interested to become proficient in working on/modifying my own electronics. ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #61: Used Tubes by audiosix on 2013-12-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Where are our good phonostages? in Analog Playback  61 Replies 
[quote user="Paul S"] http://app.audiogon.com/listings/omnigon-full-function-tube-preamplifier-phonostageLooks like a serious effort that has been kicking around for a while.What tubes are used? Are they twin triode, like 12AX7 or - more likely - 692...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: Transformers & Transformers.... by Thorsten on 2005-10-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Passive transformer based preamp in Audio Discussions  41 Replies 
Hi,[quote user="Romy the Cat"]T, thanks for educational reply. I understand what you are saying and where you are coming from but unit I try better transformer, presumably your S&B TX-102 I would not be able to correlate your observations with my...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: The “special goosevumps” by Romy the Cat on 2012-04-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Tubas and Mc-step in Analog Playback  5 Replies 
[quote user="RonyWeissman"]Try as I might, I can't get my sme3012/shelter 901 combo to do tubas . My ortofon309/vintage mono cartridge does it magnificently the tuba down low makes me goosevumps all over just likenthe cello. I think my stepup for she...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #35: I don't know why I never thought about it before… by Romy the Cat on 2007-07-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: I need a “second-type” phonostage. in Analog Playback  38 Replies 
The two stages 7788-7721 phonostge can go at near 70dB and it were what I was intended to put in that Chinese chassis. I would like 6-10db more. A transformer? A semiconductor gain stage? A third tube stage? I do not know… Actually reticently, two s...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #20: Re: Any IC-base RIAA corrector.... by Thorsten on 2006-06-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: I need a “second-type” phonostage. in Analog Playback  38 Replies 
Roman,[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Tm I ma glad that your “Manhattan project” is over as I was a little scared….[/quote] As you well know, it ain't over till the Fat Lady sings.The "Manhatten Project" will be back.[quote user="Romy the Cat"]This phono...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #13: Is the 103’s reality a sane substance? by Romy the Cat on 2004-12-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Denon 103: myths and the reality in Analog Playback  29 Replies 
T, ‘m glad to see you around. Your position is quite educational although not an unproblematic. I do not agree with some of the points you brought up (I mean that 103-is very low compliance cartridge - 5x10-6 cm/dyne (except D and M), disagree with ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: If you didn’t use it for a long time then I would “blow” it. by Romy the Cat on 2007-01-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Do not touch that used tonearm! in Audio For Dummies ™  7 Replies 
It might not be necessarily the new wire. With analog there are other billion reasons why it might not sound as it should. Still, I personally can’t stay listening “new” wire with MC cartridges.  If you recently futzed with the arm wire then you...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #37: Rowen Absolute as a “second-type” phonostage? by Romy the Cat on 2008-03-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: I need a “second-type” phonostage. in Analog Playback  38 Replies 
Since my  First, “End of Life" Phonostage will be done soon ( my mechanism has been doing the box for 3 month) http://www.goodsoundclub.com/Forums/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=5856 I think again what will be the Second Phonostage to care my other arms...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #28: Good for them. by Romy the Cat on 2008-05-31 
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[quote user="Reggie"] Did you take courses in electronics and mechanical engineering or have you learned yourself outside of a structured environment? I am very interested to become proficient in working on/modifying my own electronics. I would enjoy...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: A lucidly implemented digital? by Romy the Cat on 2008-11-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A lucidly implemented digital? in Didital Things  0 Replies 
Looking what we do with our players, transports, A/D processors,  D/D processors , D/A processors, externals clocks, cables,  mass storages I find that it is all so bogus and so irrational. To my surprise I do not see anybody does what I wo...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: “Second-type” phonostage: DACT CT-100? by Romy the Cat on 2006-05-31 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: I need a “second-type” phonostage. in Analog Playback  38 Replies 
While Dima and I were thinking how to get out of our 7788-7721 80dB gain, a visitor in reply to my inquiry above about a “second-type” phonostage sent me a link that make me very much queries. He suggested looking at DACT CT-100 phono module. It is r...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Lamm LP2 phonostage: review of review. by Romy the Cat on 2005-03-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Lamm LP2 phonostage: review of review. in Analog Playback  2 Replies 
I like to stress a point that the mammals that write thier doodles for audio publication are not juts ignorant fools but also the cheap, low class, falseificators. No wonder that the audio manufacturing companies do employ the so-called reviewers as ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #38: SSG by deemon on 2008-06-04 
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Brian , I never tried SSG cap in phonostage . SSG has a good reputation ..... but I'd prefer teflon for coupling . Mica caps , even good ones like SSG , seems too "bright" for me , but teflon sound pretty neutral ....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #77: The "End of Life Phonostage” is back. by Romy the Cat on 2010-04-07 
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Ok, I did find the phonostage. It was sitting in one of the drawers. I do see a rational for me to put in there- to make sure that it would not be shacked during remodeling but, kill me, I do not remember I put it in there. Anyhow, it is back and it ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #56: The BS about the “matched pairs” of NOS. by Romy the Cat on 2009-11-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The LCR RIAA correctors in Analog Playback  57 Replies 
I do not know here to start. I absolutely assertively insist that under normal circumstances it is absolutely imposable to buy matched pairs of NOS tubes, particularly the high Mu tubes. When sellers advertised the “matched pairs” I just discard the ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: Why? by N-set on 2013-03-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: What Is The Minimum for an "Acceptable" Phono Stag... in Analog Playback  12 Replies 
Paul, perhaps I did not understand your posts correctly, but observing your battery obsession throught the time I cannot get one thing: why the freak you are hooked up to the idea of a small, neat battery powered phonostage so much that you start to ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #51: What we use vs. what we CONCEPTUALLY prefer. by Romy the Cat on 2009-11-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The LCR RIAA correctors in Analog Playback  57 Replies 
[quote user="perrew"]Romy, I might be confused with the passive and active, but from my understanding you prefer your active 834PT to the passive RC network and passive LCR networks. You also prefer the passive LCR to the passive RC. So 834PT&...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Another stupid Lamm LP2 review. by Romy the Cat on 2010-09-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Lamm LP2 phonostage: review of review. in Analog Playback  2 Replies 
David Robinson Positive-Feedback published his another pearl - a review about Lamm LP2 Phonostage. The review is 14 pages, only one of the9 – page 9, is trying to say something about the Phonostage but said literary nothing. The whole review is a...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #12: The Alnick RCL phonostage's guts. by Romy the Cat on 2007-10-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The LCR RIAA correctors in Analog Playback  57 Replies 
Keith, I do not know why you go crazzy over it. All that is necessary is juts to mention that you are distributing given audio equipment and it would be it…. Anyhow, the Alnick RCL phonostage, the H-1500 II SE one, do you know anything about it? It...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #16: About voltage starvation of EAR-834P input stage. by Romy the Cat on 2008-06-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: About EAR 834P Modifications in Analog Playback  45 Replies 
[quote user="hagtech"]First, it seems like the tubes are starved.  They are running very low current.  The 12AX7 is also at low voltage.  I'm guessing they are running at about 0.3mA at 65V plate.  This operating point is way down...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #286: Bypass Schottky by Snubber by AlexBerger on 2020-01-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage in Analog Playback  310 Replies 
Hi,I have the phonostage with the similar schematics that Romy has.The power supply use SiC Schottky diodes in bridge and 15H choke load exactly like on the scheme in this thread.Is it possible to bypass each Schottky diode by 10-100 pF capacitor?Doe...
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