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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: Recording FM settings by peter foster on 2008-09-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Is anybody live in Australia with a tuner and an interest? in Off Air Audio  19 Replies 
I have been wanting to set up my components for recording of broadcasts for a while now so this would be good incentive to shift my backside into gear.My Sansui TU-X1 has been restored and improvements made.  I am very happy with the results at ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: The history of stereophonic sound by Romy the Cat on 2006-03-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: TAS article: start of the Hi-End Industry in Audio Discussions  8 Replies 
The history of stereophonic sound 1881 - Clement Adler at the Paris Electrical Exhibition put "a series of 80 telephone transmitters across the stage at the Paris Opera and connected them by wires to telephone receivers in a suite of four rooms" in ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Placette balance ideas, thanks. by RonyWeissman on 2007-02-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The ultimate buffer – light in the end of a tunnel in Audio Discussions  36 Replies 
Attentuators plugged directly into the RCA jacks sounds like good solution for balance control, though I will check Placette first for cost of adding second remote controlled sensor, thanks romy....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #270: More on that by N-set on 2013-04-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage in Analog Playback  310 Replies 
[quote user="Paul S"]But why would you consider brass connectors because of 95% of boutique RCA if the idea is to wind up with the best signal path?[/quote]Of course not because of that! The ideal would be the connector I've shown but made with pure ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #25: Cords and cables and bidats by Vance on 2008-04-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Museatex Bidat pages. in Didital Things  57 Replies 
Yeah, the power cord was nothing special. The Shunyata cord PLUS the Hyrdra conditioner represent the single best upgrades to my system aside from John's mods. I was skeptical about power cords and conditioners, but I'm a bit of a fanatic a...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #218: Be my guest.... 25 days left. by Romy the Cat on 2013-07-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Midbass Horns and Real Estate. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  247 Replies 
[quote user="eduardo"] YL 75000 has heavy phase plug indeed ,  rca style (see sketch) while 1250 ( I never had one) gets a fixed metal dome equivalent  to spherical piece on 75000 and rca  plugs without conical shape pointing the exit of throat. Ir...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #33: ADC Bingo!!! by Romy the Cat on 2005-11-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to record FM broadcasts. in Off Air Audio  125 Replies 
I have found the problem and was able to resolve the noise quandary. The Lavry ADC has balance analog input and the Sansui has single-ended output. I use my PAD’s Dominus cable with an RCA to XLR adapter. The adaptor was made by BAT and I used it f...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Scalford in UK by Romy the Cat on 2013-03-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: For one day only in Horn-Loaded Speakers  12 Replies 
Interesting, thanks Guy for posting. Let analyze what was done in there. It looks like well-thought, time-aligned, looks like multi-amped configuration. BTW, how the filters were implemented and what (slope/order) filters were? To my knowle...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: The Columbia recordings, FM and something else.. by Romy the Cat on 2008-06-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Brahms Double Concerto in Musical Discussions  2 Replies 
Yes, I very frequently observe this effect. I hear sometimes on air something that make me to call to the station and ask with version it was played and then to my sadness I realized that they play the LP or CD that I have and that does not produce t...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #39: Science vs conjuring by Andy Simpson on 2008-09-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Simpson Microphones thread. in Audio Discussions  45 Replies 
[quote user="Paul S"]Well, you can count me among those who are perennially frustrated by all the unnessary stupidy that goes into most recordings, that's for sure, although I have several hundred records that I would like to keep for the p...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Hiroyasu Kondo: “My thoughts on Hi-Fi”. by Romy the Cat on 2009-09-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Hiroyasu Kondo: “My thoughts on Hi-Fi”. in Audio Discussions  0 Replies 
This material is courtesy to Mr. Shibazaki, the owner of Sibatech Shop in Tokyo, that sell internationally Japanise Hi-Fi equipment. http://www.sibatech.co.jp/ I hope that Sibatech people are more decent then our american distrib...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #32: Kitty is chasing the firebird. by Romy the Cat on 2011-10-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The mystery of Koetsu Onyx Cartridges. in Analog Playback  52 Replies 
Below is the very same fragment from the very same LP (also not original but re-issue).  The file is 88/24, FLAC compression.  http://www.mediafire.com/?bpgxdbru87fkx8x The sequence of signal is following: Ortofone Jubelee in SME 3012R ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #337: Favorite Flavor? by Paul S on 2009-06-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps in Melquiades Amplifier  397 Replies 
The only problems I've discovered with the old RCA blackplate 45s are limited frequency range and power, and lots of used tubes sold as NOS.  In fact, to be fair, I would have to narrow known problems down to power alone, since I can only guess what ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #51: Shorting, etc. by Paul S on 2007-03-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Initial thoughts about new/old Lamm ML2s in Audio Discussions  215 Replies 
Jessie, I just wanted to say that I make my own shorting jacks from the worst possible plastic Radio Shack RCA plugs and small, cheap (1/2 Watt) 100 Ohm resistors, which I solder across the +/- RCA plug connection points and then ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #152: The General Electric 12AX7 tubes by Romy the Cat on 2010-01-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Initial thoughts about new/old Lamm ML2s in Audio Discussions  215 Replies 
[quote user="miab"]I'm about to place an order for some 12AX7 tubes. The GA 12ax7 tube you mention doesn't seem to come up in my search. Is there other info regarding this tube?[/quote]I am not sure but it is possible that General Electric never ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: A Good Tchaikovsky PC 1? by Paul S on 2010-01-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A Good Tchaikovsky PC 1? in Musical Discussions  4 Replies 
Anyone know of a satisfying recorded version of this concerto?  I offer as one to avoid at all costs Van Cliburn with a "Symphony Orchestra" under the direction of Kiril Kondrashin, RCA LM-2252.  Which "Symphony Orchestra"?  RCA does not care to say,...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: We who are about to die... (a cable thread) by Paul S on 2008-06-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: We who are about to die... (a cable thread) in Audio Discussions  54 Replies 
Most will recognize the Roman gladiator's salute.  Caveat...Based on what I've seen at AA, this is as likely a place as any (and more likely than most) to go down in flames.My own motive for starting this up is recent experiments with super-pure...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: What is the alternative? by montepilot on 2009-06-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Audiophile Re-issues: What's Lost and What's Gained? in Analog Playback  11 Replies 
While there is much complaint about contemporary reissues  of classical music on vinyl, what is the alternative if you don't currently own original pressings?  While visiting a friend here in Boston he went through 3 different DG pressings of Listz P...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #82: The hum is drooped significantly! by AlexBerger on 2010-04-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage in Analog Playback  310 Replies 
Romy,I try to remove the step-up transformers & short the input grid, the hum has gone.Than, I did next changes:1. Twisted wire from input RCA to step-up transformers. Connect transformers input & output ground directly (not thought ground ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: That’s all that matters by Romy the Cat on 2012-03-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The RCA’s 6C33C sockets? in Melquiades Amplifier  9 Replies 
Paul, I can’t say anything about it and I invest zero trust to what the seller say. The fact that he insists that “customers have never returned any or complained of their quality” does makes me horny however. The socket at your picture does have nam...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: The sound of cults by Romy the Cat on 2007-09-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Cogent+Electronluv+Acapella=Wretched What? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  5 Replies 
[quote user="Paul S"]Romy, I have for some time called this phenomenon the "necessary roughness", and one of the things I liked (loved, actually) about Cogent's main field coil was that it did this very well indeed over about 2 octaves; in fact, it w...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: Forget about RCA, look at what von Langa is. by Romy the Cat on 2010-08-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The African compression electromagnet drivers? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  42 Replies 
[quote user="audiofilofine"]for me is not new driver , is only a mechanic  puzzle without research .is beautiful  work if make for personal game but is fake if make for business.[/quote] Audiofilofine, possible, if you have any more information or fa...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Pacific’s inputs/ outputs…. by Romy the Cat on 2009-05-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Pacific Microsonics Model 2 in Didital Things  85 Replies 
Mani, congratulations with Pacific. You will not have problems to drive with balanced Pacific your single-ended amp. Juts buy a good quality XLR to RCA adapter or order XLR to RCA cable and you will be set. You do not even need to care about t...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: How to debug the damn arm performance. by Romy the Cat on 2011-02-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Second stereo arm problem in Analog Playback  3 Replies 
If a car engine does not stat then among zillion reasons why it does not start there are only two main reasons - there is nothing to burn or there is nothing to light up. The very same I think is about my Second Tonearm. Since all cartridges on this ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: It shall not be problem at 5Khz. by Romy the Cat on 2011-07-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Ultimate MF compression driver? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  45 Replies 
[quote user="Jorge"] This is something I have been at for the last few years, I have tried a few drivers, at the moment some of my favorite are the vintage RCA MI 1443,  yes filed coil and some funny cone diaphragm,  they are used from 500 hz to 5 kh...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #96: Mono plate 2A3 tubes by drdna on 2009-01-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps in Melquiades Amplifier  397 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Are any of those new tubes besides the Chinese tubes are single plated?[/quote]I believe they are all single plated. [quote user="Romy the Cat"]I have bought some very nice 2A3 and 6A3 double plated from 1942 and 1944 an...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: The start of the Hi-End Industry by Romy the Cat on 2006-03-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: TAS article: start of the Hi-End Industry in Audio Discussions  8 Replies 
I did not read it, I rarely read those types of articles but what you describe is very common and very indicative for those people. They fly like butterflies from a manufacture to a manufacture, from dealer to dealer and from marketing campaign to ma...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: A sober view on Cogent True-to-Life Sound. by Romy the Cat on 2006-11-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Satisfying result: the RMAF Show + Cogent in Horn-Loaded Speakers  22 Replies 
Well, when we are talking about Cogent we need clearly differentiate two things: the Cogent’s drivers and the Cogent’s installation. The problem is that since Cogent’s drivers are something so called “compression drivers” then their performance might...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Re: 0A2 tubes. by Antonio J. on 2005-08-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Gas voltage reference 0A2 tubes. in Melquiades Amplifier  42 Replies 
My preamp also uses those 0A2 and I have a bunch of "made in USA" ones that look right the same than those "National", using the same orange color for the brand letters, but they're supposed to be RCA. They all failed in a quite short time in deliver...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #77: Re: I keep working with it. by jweiss on 2006-01-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vitavox’s S2 Survival Guide. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  123 Replies 
Hi Romy, When we spoke at CES, you mentioned that your experience with field coil drivers only extended to cone types. So I assume that you have never heard any field coil compression drivers. That would include the WE 555, 594, RCA 1428, Lansing, e...
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