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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: So what? by Romy the Cat on 2011-06-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Interview with Daniel Weiss in Didital Things  6 Replies 
I am not sure why you get suddenly so sentimental about it. What Daniel Weiss said is a common knowledge and I see absolutely no problems with it. Mr.onion, what made you so emotional about it?Rgs, Romy...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Weiss MAN301 Music Server by Romy the Cat on 2012-01-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Weiss MAN301 Music Server in Didital Things  3 Replies 
It looks like Denial Weiss has some kind of new Music Server with very sexy full-screen remote control. Does anybody know anything about it? http://cybwiz.blogspot.com/2012/01/weiss-man301-music-server.html The Cat...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #44: Joe Roberts and his Jonathan Weiss illness by Romy the Cat on 2011-06-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Munich High End 2011 in Horn-Loaded Speakers  45 Replies 
[quote user="jessie.dazzle"] Memo to Silbatone: Associating yourselves with a person who expresses himself in this way will undermine your hard work and any credibility your products might deserve.[/quote] I kind of thought this way initially but the...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Music player by Canuck on 2012-03-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Weiss MAN301 Music Server in Didital Things  3 Replies 
  I haven't tried the Weiss but tried a few others  and I can tell you sonically the Bryston BP-1 blows the doors off anything else by a country mile.Maybe there are others just as good but I haven't heard any.However it is not an all in one solution...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #58: Oswald Mills Audio & others by Stitch on 2013-03-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Schroder Tonearms in Analog Playback  61 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] The only valuable foe myself history lesson I took after Jonathan Weiss visit was Jonathan’s quote. It was where we were sitting in his listening rooms and I was making one of few very fruitless attempts to explain to h...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #57: AES3-2003 specs by manisandher on 2009-09-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Pacific Microsonics Model 2 in Didital Things  85 Replies 
Well, having accused Daniel of being less responsive than before, he replies to an email I sent him in lightning fast time!As well as assuring me that he is on the case, he also attached the AES3-2003 specs. It seems there are NO specs for the wordcl...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #107: Dual Wire by HDTT on 2009-04-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to record FM broadcasts. in Off Air Audio  125 Replies 
On my Weiss I can use dual wire mode if i record in 24/192 this is mandatory I don't know about the Lavry but have you guys ever tried dual wire ??...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #89: Weiss AFI1 joined the Interface Club by Romy the Cat on 2009-07-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: High Quality Music Server / CD player in Didital Things  169 Replies 
http://www.designwsound.com/dwsblog/?p=35 http://www.weiss.ch/afi1/afi1.htm The Cat...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: Weiss paper by Amir on 2009-11-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Digital Volume Control self-assessment in Audio For Dummies ™  12 Replies 
I think 99% of audio designers try to solve problems on paper (objective model).Mr.weiss try to loss less when design a volume control but non of them pay attention to musicality of sound.market do not like to say what new approach loose and they jus...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #46: Using MS Word and how planctons discourse shrewdly on matters of expos... by oxric on 2010-02-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Schroder Tonearms in Analog Playback  61 Replies 
  Romy wrote: Rakesh, before everything: you use MS Word to type messages and it has some...

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 #1: Satisfying result: the RMAF Show + Cogent by Romy the Cat on 2006-10-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Satisfying result: the RMAF Show + Cogent in Horn-Loaded Speakers  22 Replies 
It was The Rocky Mountain Audio Show a few days back and I LOVE it. The best things about the show that I wasn’t there, thanks, thanks, thanks, God!!! But it was not actually all. I had even more pleasure today when I went on-line to The AA Sewers ™...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #21: The digital anal-retentivism... by Romy the Cat on 2007-10-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: K-Stereo Ambience Recovery Processor in Didital Things  29 Replies 
[quote user="peter foster"] The TU-X1 sounds to me as though there is a dolby processing happening even when the dolby feature is off. [/quote]You might check if your country decoding switch is not in a wrong setting. It located at the very top of th...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #22: The implication of “exclusivity” from the shithole? by Romy the Cat on 2010-02-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Schroder Tonearms in Analog Playback  61 Replies 
Frank, I do not see a reason to argue arms. I am not on a market for arm and I am comfortable with the sound I am getting from two of my six arms. I have no motivations or needs to look for other arms. Thankfully I am not in business to sell audi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #19: About the RCA enthusiasts that I have witnessed. by Romy the Cat on 2009-08-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Experience Music Horn Installation @ VSAC in Horn-Loaded Speakers  25 Replies 
Which RCA driver you use? RCA had a few drivers the pre and after war. I am familiar with a few after war drivers that I tried in my 330Hz horn and I was not impressed. Reportedly the pre-war MI-1428B shall be the one to play with; I did not have thi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #29: Boundaries by berlinta on 2010-02-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Schroder Tonearms in Analog Playback  61 Replies 
Hello Romy,"Frank, I do not generally participate in the “technical discussions” about the tonearm design"I took the freedom and checked your participation in related threads and found your statement not to be true."Saying, all of it I hope that you...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #45: Model Two clock slightly off by manisandher on 2009-08-31 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Pacific Microsonics Model 2 in Didital Things  85 Replies 
Related to posts on other threads, I recall noting that the Model Two's clock frequency is slightly off 44.1 KHz.With the Model Two in Master mode, the Weiss AFI1 reads the clock frequency as something like 44.08 KHz (I'm not in the UK right now, but...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #48: Redundant dual-wire cable by manisandher on 2009-09-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Pacific Microsonics Model 2 in Didital Things  85 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]The problem is that I detect that if I record in 44/24 or 88/24 in single-wire mode but the second wire is connected from Lynx to Pacific (and the line is muted by Lynx mixer) then I do have worsening of sound quality. The ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #58: A man on clock with a clock by Romy the Cat on 2009-09-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Pacific Microsonics Model 2 in Didital Things  85 Replies 
[quote user="manisandher"] The last I heard from him, he was looking into how to get the clock frequency doubled, maybe by an external device (I think).[/quote] I do not like this idea. The frequency doublers are a very simple but it would need PS  a...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #55: The clock doubler. by Romy the Cat on 2009-09-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Pacific Microsonics Model 2 in Didital Things  85 Replies 
I do not know what to say. Daniel is very knowledgeable person and it is the dual-wire specification (as I was told today) then I would doubt that Mr. Weiss would not comply with it. It is possible that it does it, you might not know how to activate ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Classical Audiophile & Noise Reduction by HDTT on 2008-02-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: New sample 24/96 downloads from HDTT in Didital Things  20 Replies 
Probably more of my  customers are classical music lovers then  just "Audiophiles"  I'd be honest we are a dying breed if you look at the releases at the Audiophile record vendors it's mostly Pop music reissues from the 60's a nd 70's....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #14: Is USB the solution? by manisandher on 2008-09-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: High Quality Music Server / CD player in Didital Things  169 Replies 
Maybe.But the problem is that I love the sound of my (old) D70 dac! A bit dry, yes, but it sounds fundamentally 'correct'.When I find a USB dac with HDCD capability, true multibit converters (preferably BB 1704s) and an ability to...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #32: The need to vent. by guy sergeant on 2007-08-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Audio critique – open your mind! in Playback Listening  44 Replies 
Perhaps your man in Seattle is also aware of the worldwide audio moronity. Perhaps he realises that whichever of these two DAC's comes out worst in your little 'shoot out', its reputation and manufacturer may suffer as the morons whisper in an intern...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Discussing attenuation? With whom? by Romy the Cat on 2010-06-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Weiss Engineering DAC202 in Didital Things  5 Replies 
[quote user="coops"]I thought we were just discussing attenuation, regarding connectivity the Weiss sounds best via it's firewire input,just a bit sharper, I find everything is a little more clearly defined than AES /s/pdif.Keith.[/quote] Nope, we do...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #70: Inconsistencies in Model Two clock by manisandher on 2010-02-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Pacific Microsonics Model 2 in Didital Things  85 Replies 
The Weiss AFI1 interface is measuring the following clock rates (in KHz) from the Model Two:- 44.122- 88.244- 176.488AND- 48.000- 96.000- 192.000Does this imply that the 48x clock is more accurate than the 44.1x clock in the Model Two? I'm assumi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Choice of Fireware Interface? by tedczj on 2011-11-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Choice of Fireware Interface? in Didital Things  0 Replies 
Hi guys, I am considering of a Fireware Interface to match with my Prism sound da2. To make full use of the machine I will expect it to has the digital / rca output as well as the word input port. And the option I can find by the moment is the weiss ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Just So by Paul S on 2011-06-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Interview with Daniel Weiss in Didital Things  6 Replies 
Agree wholeheartedly.  Anyone who believes that "listening" (and/or [dis]approval) by others is some sort of [necessary] pre-qualification has either not been at this for long or he simply fails to grasp how to put together an "acceptable" system, in...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: DAC Recommendations by de charlus on 2013-07-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: DAC Recommendations in Didital Things  44 Replies 
I am putting together a system from the ground up, and while I am almost certain that I will be getting the CEC TLOX transport, I am at a loss as where to start in terms of auditioning DACS, it having been quite some time since last bought anything d...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #26: Antelope DACs by Romy the Cat on 2013-07-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: DAC Recommendations in Didital Things  44 Replies 
[quote user="de charlus"]Have you heard these, Romy, or are you also impressed with the price/technology ratio? [/quote] Nope, I never heard them. They started a few years back making high quality clocks and now they spread themselves to DACs. I have...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: A DAC as event or a State of Digital Union. by Romy the Cat on 2014-09-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Berkeley Audio Design's Alfa Reference DAC. in Didital Things  4 Replies 
Well, leaving aside my "grinding axes", namely my habitual love to remind people and myself that there are plenty Morons in audio I do think that Berkeley's parley to Reference DAC is interesting. It is interesting not by the DAC as a unit but rather...
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