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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: Computer transport and DAC by Telstar on 2008-02-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The commercial music servers. in Didital Things  36 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] Yes, the enclosure something like this, thanks for tip, miab, but it opens a door for desire more. A good box with fanless operation, 1920 x 1200 pixels touch-screen, 6 hard-drives, remoter control, $650 price tag is...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: How to make a Cat scared. by Romy the Cat on 2008-08-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Recording/Playback software in Didital Things  13 Replies 
[quote user="DHT4ME"]Well we know that Steinberg  who created Wavelab is also behind ASIO. The Ottachan ASIO notes state that Wavelab was the sonic standard for compiling the plugin. It is possible to get very close to the Wavelab sonic standard...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: A perfect copy? by Romy the Cat on 2008-09-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: High Quality Music Server / CD player in Didital Things  169 Replies 
Interesting, jessie In  my past I was trying to make my PC-based music server to act as CD transpire but whatever I did a dedicated CD transport sounded substantially better, in fact non contestably better. I used various software to read CDs, ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #13: Very interesting... by Romy the Cat on 2019-04-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Valve Preamplifier for Macondo/DSET in Melquiades Amplifier  74 Replies 
[quote user="anthony"]My preferred source is a Phasure NOS1a G3 dac.  The thing has no discernible sound of it's own.  It outputs 1.25VRMS SE and I run it at -6dB because it needs a little attenuation to sound its best which means 0.625VRMS.  I d...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #840: Just trying to understand by Lx_ on 2011-04-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]You absolutely incorrectly, in my view, look at the data. The files of cause do not have the same start mark. Why shell they? I did not subtract one from another. You did in phase the files and did the subtraction but what ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1132: Truth is somewhere in the middle by Romy the Cat on 2013-04-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
I think the truth is somewhere in the middle. I do not believe that PP2000 shall be treated as appliances.  Purepower units are complex machinery and they have to be serviced only by Purepower technicians. I would never agree to have an external pers...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Not expensive to recover DATA, avoid Corporate Recovery Firms! by mjloudspeaker on 2009-10-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: DAW drives configuration and backup strategies. in Didital Things  3 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] Well, it happened with me, one of my HH of my DAW, or as they call it “music server”, went down. It does not recognize by BIOS anymore, suck, it would be costly to recover data from there. Partially the most important f...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #14: Conspiracy! by item on 2011-11-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Windows Based Transport: A quiet and capable Source? in Didital Things  47 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] That is why what I refer to “transport” I refer to the very primary duty – to read an optical disk and the ability to create more advanced sound out of it. As a persons who am familiar with the best optical disk rea...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #35: Definition by item on 2011-11-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Windows Based Transport: A quiet and capable Source? in Didital Things  47 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Oxric, I have no idea what your “literature” was all about. If the Item’s company does not name thier read-only DAWs as “transport” it would be no conversation at all. For sure the analog PS for PS that they do is very inte...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: My Cat hates tuna but she loves beef in gravy… by Romy the Cat on 2007-04-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Interested in reading more of your headphone experiences in Audio Discussions  11 Replies 
Hi, SearcherOfBetterSound, welcome… I like headphones a lot and being a software developer I been using them for years. I do not pursuit for “better” headphones then I have. In my past I did - was baying “better” headphones, was baying and building ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #29: Low power SET is not a problem. by JLH on 2009-08-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The absolutely “best” material for horns construction. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  41 Replies 
Low power set should not be a problem. The Unity was fine with SET amplifiers, so the Synergy should be no different, if not better. The Synergy horn is different than the original Unity horn. There are some very specific improvements in the Synergy ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Ripping... by scooter on 2009-03-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: To Rip or not to Rip. in Didital Things  2 Replies 
Regardless, I like technology and like the idea of having all music instantly accessible from around the house from one screen, especially via a remote screen like the iPhone/iTouch. From there it is easy to stream from one server different music si...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Here are some random causes of hate by Romy the Cat on 2012-04-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Why I hate computer playback. in Didital Things  17 Replies 
Computer playback has no autobiographical value. CD, LP, tape etc have autobiographical value and sometime huge value. A location on HD has none of it. Computer playback has no unified standard and no reference in virtual world. If a person uses some...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: The karaoke-level RIAA? by Romy the Cat on 2011-09-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Dubbing LP to digital. in Didital Things  3 Replies 
[quote user="outopos"]Hi Romy,I am new to your site. I have read some of your postings (including other sites) with much gusto.For the digital LP recording, I am (was) tempted to do the same, but given the fact that I have absolutely no personal ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #12: I think you are still not getting it. by Romy the Cat on 2011-11-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Windows Based Transport: A quiet and capable Source? in Didital Things  47 Replies 
Item, I agree that a digital transport only processes data (actually not processes but read would be more accurate definition but I do understand that reading implies a lot of processing) and delivers it to a converter but in real world in order ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #46: Two open questions. by Romy the Cat on 2010-06-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s Midbass Project – the grown up time. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  455 Replies 
This weekend I am starting to draw the sketch and the preliminary building plan for my midbass horns. I initially thought to recruit somebody who have done it to help me with plan but after consulting with a few people I feel confident that I hav...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #20: More on firewire audio (my opinion) by Telstar on 2008-02-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The commercial music servers. in Didital Things  36 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] You are not exactly correct about Lynx. First of all my card had no DACs aboard it is just a digital I/O, channels re-mapper and the card’s software. Before I got the card I interviewed quite many technical people about t...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: More digital bitching.... by Romy the Cat on 2005-01-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Digital recorders: what the "big boys" use? in Didital Things  15 Replies 
Well, I did hear some very positive result when people did not make CDs form glass copies (as the “big people” do) but actually burned them in the “regular” CD writers. How they did it I have no idea.  Also, I have no idea what hardware/software...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #43: Sorry, but wrong by Bill on 2021-08-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 2+3 surround sound?? in Playback Listening  82 Replies 
     I do not mean to be negative and criticize Romy, but he is wrong on surround sound. It is the implementation and not the concept which should cause vomiting, like with the vast majority of two track recording which are unlistenable. With the rig...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #108: CEC TL0X vs Berkeley Alpha USB by Amir on 2016-09-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: High Quality Music Server / CD player in Didital Things  169 Replies 
on Friday I will test CEC TL0X with MAcbook Pro/Berkeley USB to SPDIF Converter.The Berkeley Alpha USB use the Wavelength Streamlength asynchronous code. Mr.Gordon Rankin programmed these codes and sold the patent to some company like Ayre, Berkeley,...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #122: Nope, it was not me. by Romy the Cat on 2017-02-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: High Quality Music Server / CD player in Didital Things  169 Replies 
[quote user="xandcg"]²as Romy already said on this forum, he is a developer and certainly he know how to proper build a DAW.[/quote] Hm, I do not think I ever said it ether. As a software engineer I have for sure expertise but: I am absolutely ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #76: Computer transport by Telstar on 2009-06-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: High Quality Music Server / CD player in Didital Things  169 Replies 
[quote user="scooter"]* Regarding playback, I misspoke in my original post of an "Audiophile music server." Upon further reflection, this is an oxymoron, if not a moronic phrase. I think it is highly unlikely that a dedicated audiophile CD player w...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #22: Jerry’s Nanut – the first hour… and something about Contrived Reality by Romy the Cat on 2007-10-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A great conductor - but almost unknown - Anton Nanut in Musical Discussions  52 Replies 
Jerry, I got your Nanut CDs, thank you very much.  I did not send to you anything yet – I will. Too much going on my plate now… Not to mention that I recently change my recording software and I need to see how this time I will be converting my ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: The Remote System Management by Romy the Cat on 2008-08-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Remote System Management in Off Air Audio  13 Replies 
What I what to do it relatively simple. I was thinking to write up my own application that would handle the task but then I figured out that it is 21 century and it should be something like this out there ready to go for a 3 easy payments of $9.95. ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Better organization/design forDAW. by Romy the Cat on 2011-11-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Better organization/design forDAW. in Didital Things  12 Replies 
Last couple month when I rebooted my DAW it has difficult time to start up; it looks like motherboard is going and bias sometime during boot does not see hardware. Usually with 30 min and 10-60 automatic recursive attempts the machine boots and t...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: I am not a big fan of Apple mashines. by Romy the Cat on 2011-12-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Better organization/design forDAW. in Didital Things  12 Replies 
I have old PCI Lynx card. I think they do have a new version with PciE, it call Lynx AES16e: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/554850-REG/Lynx_Studio_Technology_AES16E_AES16e_PCI_Express.html It still despite the PciE will not...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Digital crossovers self-assessment by Romy the Cat on 2006-07-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Digital crossovers self-assessment in Audio For Dummies ™  0 Replies 
Digital Crossovers are wonderful. They are wonderful because they might help to very easy to learn if you are not a Moron ™. I have covered this subject in the threads: Dream Hi-Eff Speakers for an “inmate” and in Horns and digital crossovers.Still...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #212: More info by N-set on 2022-05-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Remedies the Beauty in Playback Listening  293 Replies 
[quote user="Paul S"]Jarek, you've probably already thought of this, but not to leave it unsaid: If there is any chance for cone displacement when you mess with the surround (and/or the spyder), I recommend you first work out some shims to put in...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: The Classical Music Café syndrome... by Romy the Cat on 2007-08-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Classical Music Café syndrome... in Audio Discussions  43 Replies 
When people ask me what I would like to do if I were not a software engineer I usually reply that I would like to work in Cat's shelter. I would like to be surrounded with hundreds Cat's who will even walk across me like I am a piece of furniture - w...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: The commercial music servers. by Romy the Cat on 2008-01-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The commercial music servers. in Didital Things  36 Replies 
It is shame that in 21 century we have such mediocre, not to say moronic, park of music servers. Whoever does music servers t know stat a file server with uncompress 24-bit files is a phenomenal source of music. So, why we have not a lot of well-per...
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