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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Thanks, but... by Antonio J. on 2018-04-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Online Music Store in Europe in Musical Discussions  3 Replies 
I'd still like to find that store, it was kind of cozy and entertaining to browse. I don't know how I lost the link and why I stopped checking it. My bad. Maybe it doesn't exist already.I got a fake copy XRCD of a jazz album at Amazon. I try being ca...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Online Music Store in Europe by Antonio J. on 2018-04-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Online Music Store in Europe in Musical Discussions  3 Replies 
I've been checking the links page in this site, also performed several searches on Google, but I can't find a shop where we purchased some rare and hard to find CDs, many of them by the Melodiya, Hungaroton, Lys, Boheme, Great Hall and Olympia labels...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #20: So wonderful by Antonio J. on 2018-04-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Bruckner Ninth and the War. in Musical Discussions  20 Replies 
I haven't checked the site for a long while, and I find this. Congratulations, Romy. I'm very glad for you :)...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #14: You got it wrong by Antonio J. on 2013-01-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Bruckner and women in Musical Discussions  46 Replies 
I didn't imply she's sharing the same love for music and its reproduction, just that she's willing to share Romy's life which comes with those features in the package....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #12: Best wishes by Antonio J. on 2013-01-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Bruckner and women in Musical Discussions  46 Replies 
Truly wishing the couple all the best. It's amazing you found a lady wishing to share your love for music and your demanding audio requirements. She must be rather unique and be loving you deeply....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: First true troll in years by Antonio J. on 2011-08-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Nothing Is Perfect in Audio Discussions  6 Replies 
I'm surprised to read such a trolling post in this forum. Romy must be ageing to allow these things. H-T maybe you're not clever enough to realize that your own post includes opposite meanings. Something ideally perfect by definition cannot be improv...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #16: Reviving an old thread by Antonio J. on 2009-05-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A stunning Beethoven’s “Emperor” Concerto. in Musical Discussions  15 Replies 
I want to share with you that the CD that Romy found with the Michelangeli's performance of the Emperor with the Paris Orchestra and Celibidache is available at Music and Arts (scroll down to find the 2 Michelangeli CDs they have) with reference:CD-4...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: Just headphone listening so far by Antonio J. on 2009-05-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The LavryBlack DA11 Stereo DA Converter in Didital Things  10 Replies 
I'm still in a burn-in phase. I'm having little time these days for some serious listening with loudspeakers, and the unit must have about 30 hours playing time. I have the DA-11 hooked to a headphone amplifier and I'm using different cans. As a tran...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: DA-11 landed by Antonio J. on 2009-04-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The LavryBlack DA11 Stereo DA Converter in Didital Things  10 Replies 
I got it yesterday from the Spanish distributor. First thing was bringing it here to the computer to try the USB feature. The PC recognized it immediately as USB audio device. Without reading the instructions manual, something I usually do - not read...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Very interesting by Antonio J. on 2009-04-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: PS Audio's digital approach. in Didital Things  6 Replies 
I didn't know it has a SD slot behind. I wonder if it could read music files from the memory card, it'd be great to save you the hassle of burning a DVD-R of music you don't know if you'll be listening in the future. For that very same reason, maybe ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #21: I play them on Foobar by Antonio J. on 2009-04-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The BSO and Digital Music. in Didital Things  44 Replies 
So I just need to click "open files" I add all the ones into a given work and the program plays them in a row. Probably sound quality is not near of what you get from your software, but considering how handicapped is the system I use, I really don't ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #14: Got the Mahler's 6th by Antonio J. on 2009-04-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The BSO and Digital Music. in Didital Things  44 Replies 
in aiff format and listening to it in my very modest secondary rig. It's a PC with a two modules soundcard 24/96 capable, using Windows XP. For playback I'm using Foobar (I lost a copy of other more adequate software that I was sent on a computer cra...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Funnily enough by Antonio J. on 2009-04-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The LavryBlack DA11 Stereo DA Converter in Didital Things  10 Replies 
I was considering this unit to set up a modest high resolution files playback system in my main rig. I'd play the downloaded files on a portable computer to feed via USB this toy. A friend of mine is purchasing one of these from the Spanish distribut...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #97: Delightful by Antonio J. on 2009-04-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to record FM broadcasts. in Off Air Audio  125 Replies 
Very nice performance indeed. I wish I had that much noise you're "suffering" hahaha. Here that noise level is only present on very good days. Usually it's quite higher.How do you feel about AS Mutter? IMO she's getting more meaningful as she ages....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Information is in Spanish by Antonio J. on 2009-03-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Remote System Management in Off Air Audio  13 Replies 
So I've taken a look at it. You can mount 2 different motors, one to control azimut and other for height. Every single motor costs 595 euros, and having both combined goes to 920 euros. Looks like the control system (PC compatible by RS232 link) is i...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #313: Maybe it cannot do magic by Antonio J. on 2009-02-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
[quote user="drdna"]  Antonio J. wrote:Considering that PP2000 isn't plugged into a dedicated line and that line can be shared by other electric devices plugged into the grid, I wonder if the hum noise is getting into the PP2000 not from the gr...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #311: PP2000 picking up noise from the grid? by Antonio J. on 2009-02-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
Considering that PP2000 isn't plugged into a dedicated line and that line can be shared by other electric devices plugged into the grid, I wonder if the hum noise is getting into the PP2000 not from the ground wire, but the neutral wire for some defe...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Here you are by Antonio J. on 2009-02-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Maria Callas’s Glory Days: Available in Europe in Musical Discussions  3 Replies 
Amazon UK shops Current price is 9.99 GBP. The store seems to have about 10 units left. Including shipping to Spain I've been billed GBP 11.78. Looks like a great deal indeed....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: They look nice but... by Antonio J. on 2009-01-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Eventually I’ve seen a loudspeaker the appearance I like. in Audio Discussions  4 Replies 
I wonder if you can do some "sound forecast" just by looking at them. The drivers seem to be of some sort of synthetic plastic material, which were true, I fear wouldn't sound much of my liking. They remind me of the Watt&Puppy, Joseph... and som...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #67: An inexpensive option by Antonio J. on 2008-11-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s MiniMe or about Pilot Acoustic Systems in Audio Discussions  213 Replies 
would be lining the port, probably its outer surface looking at the enclosure's "void", with Dynamat Xtreme. Depending on the enclosure resonances and own port's sound it could be useful placing some Dynaxorb sheet inside the enclosure at the opposit...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: This sound familiar to me ;-) by Antonio J. on 2008-10-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Universal VTA adjustment. in Analog Playback  2 Replies 
Hehehe I think that was our first interchange at AA. I used that system on my former TT a Project whose arm doesn't have a calibrated scale for VTA adjustment. It's very practical indeed....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: I'm afraid it's not a live performance by Antonio J. on 2008-10-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Bach, Brandenburg Concertos in Musical Discussions  6 Replies 
but for the sound it could well be: http://www.rozhlas.cz/d-dur/download_eng It's a performance by the Czec Radio on period instruments. It can be downloaded in Flac format and then converted to wav to burn a CD or whatever. I've just listened to it ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Cartridge coils capacitance? by Antonio J. 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 
I haven't tried your experiment myself, but for your description, I agree that one second is too much time to get the suspension back to its rest state. Maybe the coils develop some capacitive charge that needs some time to bleed.Rgrds....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #40: I hate failing miserably time after time by Antonio J. on 2008-09-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: My (Amplification + Acoustic System): what is next? in Audio Discussions  41 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Nope, it has nothing to do nether neither with electro-magnetic drivers nor with classic notion of traducing channels. Think about out the movie “Man in Black” and about the size of the Galaxy … The caT [/quote]:D LOLI'll h...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #37: That was a big hint by Antonio J. on 2008-09-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: My (Amplification + Acoustic System): what is next? in Audio Discussions  41 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Nope, it will be done at electro-magneto-acoustical domain. No helmet will be involved ether. The Cat [/quote]I suppose you'll use an electro-magnetic driver instead of a fixed magnetic field one, whose magnetic field would...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #31: I've learned always more from your purposes than from your implementat... by Antonio J. on 2008-09-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: My (Amplification + Acoustic System): what is next? in Audio Discussions  41 Replies 
that's why I find this 7th channel thing extremely interesting. This is becoming a fun guessing game. Maybe by telling us how are you considering to implement it we could guess what for is it going to be used.I don't find that difficult understanding...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #40: Try this by Antonio J. on 2008-09-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Shelter 90X: mystery or mastery in Analog Playback  54 Replies 
A friend once recommended me to use a wet cloth to slightly moist the tonearm's upper side to avoid electrostatic building up, before playing each record's side. It works wonderfully, especially here in my city which is very dry and electro...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Sure about kids by Antonio J. on 2008-08-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: My today’s views on LP culture and my audio habits. in Analog Playback  24 Replies 
but maybe their teachers still play "old" CDs and vinyls, hence the suggestion. When I was a teenager at High School they had a modest vinyl system, our music teacher played some vinyls for us, and later at the exam, we had to recognize the piec...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Donating them to a school or library by Antonio J. on 2008-08-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: My today’s views on LP culture and my audio habits. in Analog Playback  24 Replies 
That's what I'd do. Maybe a High School or Music School that already has a room for allowing the kids listening to recorded music. If they hadn't the means for LP playback, I'd get them some sturdy and decent sounding TT.Sometimes I feel th...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #23: So I wasn't that wrong by Antonio J. on 2008-08-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: My (Amplification + Acoustic System): what is next? in Audio Discussions  41 Replies 
If not working on the HF to get the ambiance, which probably would be the "moronic" way to accomplish it, then is it some lower bass? There's a hint on Romy's comment about his new tuner having better low bass response than any other source. Perhaps ...
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