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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #21: The lucky Audiophile by Stitch on 2009-10-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The mystery of Koetsu Onyx Cartridges. in Analog Playback  52 Replies 
[quote user="marknoir"]Agreed. I only wish I could hear the new Platinum for myself... :-)  Meanwhile I'll be looking for a used Shelter 901.[/quote]Do yourself a favor and look for components which aren't that colored.When you don't want, because yo...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: The Belkin Platinum Series S/PDIF cable. by Romy the Cat on 2007-09-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Any good sounding AES/EBU interfaces out there? in Didital Things  53 Replies 
In response of me mentioned the Synopsis cable above and over the years, since at “My Playback” page I mentioned the Synopsis I got a number of emails asking what the hell this mysterious cable is and why if it is so good it never made the inflames A...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #40: Do not touch this dial! by Romy the Cat on 2006-02-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A longer turntable belt. in Analog Playback  60 Replies 
[quote user="Antonio J."]Well, I don't know if there's something wrong with the platter and I'd like to know it. All I know is that lower bass has kind of "detachement" from the mid-upper bass, that I don't hear from the tuner nor the DAC. [/quote] ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Re: Only the cartridges that sound good… by Romy the Cat on 2005-12-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Say “no” to the light tonearms. in Audio For Dummies ™  10 Replies 
[quote user="hifitodd"]I'm trying to get my head around the tonearm/cartridge matching mechanics.First of all, are ALL cartridges much happier with a heavier tonearm?  Even cartridges with a high compliance?My understanding of a "correct" arm ef...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #577: Herding Cats vs. herding sheep. by Romy the Cat on 2010-10-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
[quote user="Wojtek"]Look what you have done to jack up pricess of vitavox (nobody was buying before your wistle) , Micro Seiki (gathering dust after Art Dudley wrote they bored the hell out of him) meittner dacs (suddenly the most musical in the...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #33: Ortofon MONO CG 25 Di by Romy the Cat on 2005-05-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Tell me about more about Ortofone SPU Sound. in Analog Playback  54 Replies 
Who know anything about this needle?I am playing now this CG-25 - my new Ortofon replacement. This new cartridge is turn out to be “MONO CG 25 Di”. It looks and feel completely different and this CG-25 is what I called the TRUE mono cartridge. I...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #48: Being deaf is an advantage when you want to become a reviewer by Stitch on 2009-08-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Shelter 90X: mystery or mastery in Analog Playback  54 Replies 
I agree, the Shelter transformer is nothing special, but when you really want to loose hairs, try the one from Koetsu. Well, living in a world of morons I spend - unfortunately - too much time with reading idiotic reviews from guys who g...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: The assortment of cartridges. by Romy the Cat on 2008-09-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Buying a last cartridge. in Analog Playback  80 Replies 
Starboy, you are lucky. You got with what you feel comfortable, BTW, does it do bass? I wonder how you approached the cartridge? Did you hear somewhere the cartridge or heard from about it from someone? The reason I asked is because I really do not k...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #16: My Synopsis made in Poland by Romy the Cat on 2007-12-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Any good sounding AES/EBU interfaces out there? in Didital Things  53 Replies 
I looked today at Site Statistic Page and paid attention that the site has 628 unique visitors from Poland that all came to this thread. It looks like someone “Peter Daniel” turned the Polls attention to Synopsis cable. http://www.audiostereo.pl/for...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: My analog setup update. by Romy the Cat on 2008-06-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: My Analog Playback: the fat lady has sung in Analog Playback  9 Replies 
With the recent changes on my configuration changes and employing the “End of the Live Phonostage”, in duty I re-thinked my analog playback. I got rid to arms and one deck, changed the mapping between the arms and phonostages and ended up with quite ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Sometimes surface noise is not just surface noise by Romy the Cat on 2008-10-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Sometimes surface noise is not just surface noise in Analog Playback  2 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] So, I would call Jubilee as a noise highlighting cartridge. (BTW, there is one subject regarding it that I need to look further ….) [/quote] This is VERY interesting phenomena that I am trying to decipher but so far unsuc...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: The Phono Interconnects. by Romy the Cat on 2008-06-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Chasing utopian better phono interconnect. in Analog Playback  6 Replies 
Since the 2007-2008 alchemic music season and consequentially live FM season was over (the event I marked with my “End of the live Phonostage”) I have been spinning a lot of vinyl lately. So, I spent some time with different phono cables with my diff...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: 176/24 track by DOT*SYSTEM on 2010-02-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Analog Transfer: the first draft. in Didital Things  19 Replies 
Romy I downloaded your file and burned a DVD-A which includes 176/24 Reference Recordings HrX demo files they once made available.   I listened to these on my OPPO SE which has an info display that verifies the recording sample rate, and also...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: The most appalling audio types: Audio Groupies 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 
I use the word “groupies” loosely and under “audio groupies” I recognize a quite large pack of the abhorred by me audio individuals. The Audio Groupies are the people who made own awareness subordinated to some kind of audio initiative, concept, bran...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Nothing budget about budget… by Romy the Cat on 2005-11-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Lower cost horn loaded alternative setup? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  18 Replies 
[quote user="CO"] Ive been building and improving my own speakers the last few years and at this point i'm thinking a fully horn loaded setup ( 3 way + sub ) is the best route to take to get a speaker capable of  faithfully reproducing the elect...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Sensible record cleaning: vinyl piranhas and record Vaseline by Romy the Cat on 2009-11-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Sensible record cleaning: vinyl piranhas and record Vaseline in Analog Playback  56 Replies 
I do not claim any special vinyl cleaning inelegance. In fact I did quite stupid things in my past playing with a few cleaning and playing “improvement” solutions.  Well, I went over it and have learned that I would like to practice only somethin...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: My Analog Playback: the fat lady has sung by Romy the Cat on 2006-04-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: My Analog Playback: the fat lady has sung in Analog Playback  9 Replies 
Sometimes ago I received an email from a NY guy that I know: “I borrowed a friend's Sansui TU-X1 and just like I heard them at your place it sounds fantastic! What is it about this tuner?  There is such an ease to the presentation and no distra...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Reading an official audio publication - TAS by Romy the Cat on 2010-09-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Reading an official audio publication - TAS in Audio Discussions  6 Replies 
What did you know; I was in Barnes & Noble and bought a first for quite long time September TAS magazine.  I do not subscribe audio publications but seldom buy them. Since I did not do it for as long time I though it will be entertaining.  It...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: Macondo and not only Macondo positioning by Romy the Cat on 2006-08-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo Alternation. Extending the LF line-array in Horn-Loaded Speakers  8 Replies 
[quote user="Ronnie"]I'm curious about how you set up your horns in the room.From photos it looks as if they are fairly close together, compared to the wide setting you suggested I try, while our room dimensions are fairly similar?When I started push...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #29: Roundup: RAAL, “Water Drop”, Ribbons, Vitavox, generalizations. by Romy the Cat on 2007-02-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: RAAL “Water Drop” tweeter for Macondo. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  77 Replies 
I would like to pass some summarizing observations and some generalizations regarding the entire “Water Drop” project. THE IDEA The idea of trying to find a tweeter to compliment Macondo was a good idea. Many of you know that I was proudly declari...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Getting Started with Myaskovsky by Romy the Cat on 2006-09-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Getting Started with Myaskovsky in Musical Discussions  35 Replies 
A few weeks ago Amphissa sent me a collection of recordings of Myaskovsky. I knew Myaskovsky, head his Sixth Symphon, “something else” and his cello concerto but to have a pile of selected CDs by a great aficionado of the Myaskovsky's music really he...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #103: Big horn materials by Saturntube on 2009-09-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Midbass Horns and Real Estate. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  247 Replies 
There are some wire frame panels with styrofoam in the center than could be used,  this panels are cut to size to make any shape you want, and then they are covered with cement,  they are...
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