|
|
| Romy the Cat's
personal site dedicated to advanced audio and evolved music reproduction
techniques
|
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
Creative people often have inner demons and strange beliefs. I am one of the few exceptions to that according to myself. I will be careful never to praise another Baron Tim product to avoid confusing him that I am engaging in intellectual theft. Yes ...
|
|
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...
|
|
[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&...
|
|
Audio people frequently go astray in their thinking and actions and this creates a good breeding ground for all possible audio sale opportunists. I would like to explore one moment that has not a lot of public attention and to look at the moment slig...
|
|
There is a new company out there that make some electronics. I do not know them, never heard anything that they do and do not know anyone who use their products. They have a phonostage that might be interesting.
http://www.constellationa...
|
|
[quote user="AlexBerger"]Hello Romy,
I just have build the postage used your "End of Live" scheme and Altec step-up transformers.
http://picasaweb.google.com/alex.berger73/Phonostage#
I have original EAR. After of 100 hours of wor...
|
|
Who has had success with active amplification of very low level signals (like LO MC output), apart from Boulder 2008 and super-expensive lab-type equipment?It seems like the safest path (that's still reasonably affordable) for LO MC lift-off is a (pa...
|
|
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...
|
|
[quote user="Paul Costa"]I have a PDF file of the manual if it interests you to read it, I can email it to you. The unit weighs 80lbs, uses 6 6sn7's. What I found a little odd was the spec for the phono is it says : MM Phono Stage Gain: 64 dB at 1 kH...
|
|
hopefully building an air-cap phonostage doesn't get prohibited.., i 've built one too, this time with a different tube and values but the same principle (in Miller-capacity)With kind regards, rogier...
|
|
Ha-ha , Roma , it is very good ! ;-) I will make a good copper plate with this name and attach it to my phonostage ....... ;-) Dima...
|
|
It'll is truly entertaining. I received today this Chinese phonostage, which turned out has a name, a box, a manual and believe you or not but the phonostage itself! It calls Yaion MS12B. Did I forget to tell that it cost $170?
Actually I am very pl...
|
|
I do not have a lot of equipment that uses vacuum tubes I have a phonostage and power amp that are tube based. The phonostage used 12AX7 that in there from 1999 and I think they will survive me. The power amp use gas tube 0A2, the output triodes 6C33...
|
|
Paul, I am not sure what VTA and anything else has to do with phonostage. The VTA is not a characteristic of Sound but a property of a given cartridge. Sine I it set and the VTF is not changed I do not change VTA. I do not use VTA to change sound, I ...
|
|
Another thought (sorry...): Did you say a while back that you ground your TT to the pre's neutral/signal ground!?! If yes, maybe try docking that MOTOR somewhere else, preferably upstream. Otherwise, why not ground the effing washing machine (...
|
|
Hi, Reggie here.Sorry Rakesh, but I have to say; what a smug tosser's answer. What the heck does God and Starving children have to do with his phonostage? Is he supposed to feel guilty for being upset about it being gone and why would you laugh about...
|
|
Since Sound in new home is mostly set I kind lost interest to do anything “project-wise”. I play my music and I gradually tune ingredients to get the sonic mixture that I accustom to. Last two week I was slowly playing with my analog setup. Since...
|
|
[quote user="RonyWeissman"]Romy, would you say that placette is especially sensitive to electricity to function at it's best(sensitive in relation to other equipment I mean)? My unit is 110v and I am in 220v world, so I am using a step-down trans...
|
|
It is nice to see you around, Jim.
A few comments. C1 in my phonostage is .28uF. The higher values were a proposal of Anagnostopoulos. I understand what he is coming form and yes my output stage of power amps will be able to handle the ULF stress. I...
|
|
Van den Hul released a new “interesting” phonostage: the Grail.
http://www.vandenhul.com/p_GA41.aspx
The apprentice of filtering caps certainly makes is very appearing but at this point it is not know the validity of the Van den H...
|
|
This weekend I made an interesting experiment. I had a visitor yesterday. The gay is not what I call overly critical and overly demanding listener but he is not a typical Audio Moron and has from my point of view a proper and sane react...
|
|
It is kind of nice to see that someone have embraced the
idea of “End of Life Phonostage”. A gentlemen from I presume Asia have assembled
the 834PT-AIR and it look like he likes it.http://mellowgroovy.blogspot.com/2015/06/monday-modify-end-of-l...
|
|
[quote user="genesis168"]I am a owner of an ET SU-1 and would like to know what phono stage would go best with it. Would a Lamm LP2 be a good match?Will be using a Dynavector XV1s with it. Thanks in advance[/quote]It is truly an interesting question....
|
|
I actually woke up today at 6AM, check all settings on my arms (after a few month of not working), demagnetized the needles and was spinning records all mooring. One of the benefits that I got with new phonostage is that the grounding patters for all...
|
|
[quote user="N-set"]Oh, Romy, I meant the air caps in the corrector loop of course!!!Adjusting PS caps I leave to AA morons and alike.Believe me or not I did go very serious about the proper choke input operation.What I meant is that I have to ge...
|
|
Looking at my current 834PT phonocorrector I decide do not convert it into the “End of Life" Phonostage as it is good as it and I would like do not ruin it – I will always take advantages of a good MM phonostage. I took the Expressive Technologies ET...
|
|
Today I was reading Jim Hagerman's interview about his Trumpet phonostage and learn that he uses LCLCRCRC filters for B+ in his design. I certainly do not question Jim’s decision; in fact I never heard this phonostage, but I would like to comment, co...
|
|
[quote user="guy sergeant"]The highly recommended one over here is the Graham Slee Jazz Club. http://www.gspaudio.co.uk/preamps/jazzclub.htm[/quote]Hm, this Graham is certainly sounds attractive but there is something in there that very-very mu...
|
|
As much I did not answer back then as much I do not have it
now. The gas tube I never changed. Well, as I moved out of city in 2010 I did changed
them but not because I need but because I was “reviewing” the system sort of
speaking. The 12AX7 in p...
|
|
[quote user="twogoodears"] Yes Roman... I feel pretty like I entered a sort of "cul de sac", tube-wise... I contacted, few months ago, Western Electric USA and they told me that, at USD 750 ea. they have "plenty" of N.O.S. WE 437A... I've been ab...
|
|
|
|
|
All context of this site except the Forum's posts
Copyright © Roman Bessnow 2004-2024
All messages within the Site’s Forum Copyright © by
authors of the posts
|
|
Last 24-hours posts: |
0 |
|
 |
|
|
Total human visitors: |
42,790,119 |
|
|
|
|
|
|