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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Is MET not "live" anymore? by Romy the Cat on 2008-02-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Next week in Metropolitan Opera.... in Off Air Audio  17 Replies 
The worsening quietly of Metropolitan broadcasts is not a secret to anyone but did anyone notice that those hoodlums this session become even more obnoxious. Now the MET FM broadcasts are not live anymore but they are A/Ded, then come to some kind of...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Recording FM by rwjp on 2008-09-19 
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 
Hi Romy,Thank's for the information.I will look into this in the very near future.Yes, i am finding as i get older(mature?) i am liking some/most classical much more.I was able to find some more on the tuners specs on this pagehttp://www.fmtunerinfo....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: Overlook while everything goes by Romy the Cat on 2010-11-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Lithuania enters the game: Reed 12" Tonearm in Analog Playback  11 Replies 
Stitch, you expressed a very valid point of view. We are at severe devaluation of reference points and nowadays any Moron with a rudimental knowledge of HTML and a few vocal cronies can become a “reputed manufacturer”. A few months ago a guy I know b...

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 #27: I Can't Resist Saying... by Paul S on 2009-10-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Denon 103: myths and the reality in Analog Playback  29 Replies 
Like I said before, my favorite analog threads are the Technics threads; but 103 threads run a close second.These folks are downright fervent!Mention the 103 in the same breath with a Technics TT and watch the counter roll blurred until it blows smok...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #23: Exclusivity? by berlinta on 2010-02-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Schroder Tonearms in Analog Playback  61 Replies 
Hello Romy,I thought we were just discussing technical issues around tonearm bearings with a focus on the peciuliarities of the bearing used in my arms. I have no intention to sell you anything. As stated in my first posting, I do not want to convert...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Some thoughts about the 'Constellation Noise'. by Romy the Cat on 2013-01-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Orion Phono Preamplifier in Analog Playback  15 Replies 
Sine I read about the new Orion phonostage I was thinking about the whole story behind it. The whole Constellation Audio as the company that started  2-3 years back strike me as  some kind of combined efforts of a group of dealer and distributors...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Audio Formats by Amir on 2023-06-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Tape Machines in Analog Playback  5 Replies 
Actually I have no interest to compare Tape vs CD vs Vinyl, I enjoy listening to music even when I listen to MP3 in my Car. what is interesting to me is Tape machines are beautiful equipments and I enjoy looking at tape machines in my room.Analog sou...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1078: Keep working on it, it is not PP problem. by Romy the Cat on 2013-01-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
[quote user="SOS "]I've tried even placing a cheater plug on the PP+ unit and still get the hum. Why can everything be plugged into another conditioner or everything into the wall and all is dead quite BUT plug either the phono stage and or the TT mo...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #41: So long, 2016 by Paul S on 2016-01-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Summary: my/your audio: year by year in Audio Discussions  45 Replies 
I spent most of the past year trying to get more/better Big Music from my system. I played with (speaker) drivers and crossovers, and I also spent some quality time on my LP playback, in order to make this happen. I have posted some results in the ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Any tool in hands of barbarian produces a barbarian result. by Romy the Cat on 2011-10-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Analog is Back 2011: Wave Kinetics NVS Turntable in Analog Playback  4 Replies 
Yep, another TT but what does it mean “Analog is Back” and “new hope for the discriminated analog Audiophile”? This language is a crap that industry and armature cheerleaders develop to pump themselves and others up. However, in my view this lang...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Mercury Living Presence Boxed Set [Collector's Edition] by Stitch on 2012-12-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Mercury Living Presence Boxed Set [Collector's Edition] in Musical Discussions  2 Replies 
For those who are interested in the Golden Era of Analog (the background, the Recording, general information ..), there is a Box available with 51 CD's for about $180,--. Heard it is limited.It is Digital, but collecting all those titles in vinyl is ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #18: The ferritenization of the venomous Lavry DAC by Romy the Cat on 2008-07-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Lavry Gold DA924 ++ in Didital Things  25 Replies 
After dealing with my tuner pick digital noise from my AD and DA, and particularly from Lavry DAC, I loaded Lavry with quite substantial amount of ferrite anti-RF filters: http://www.romythecat.com/Forums/ShowPost.aspx?postID=7851 It includes the a...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Digital philosophy by Amir on 2009-04-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Analog vs. Digital... without BS. in Didital Things  23 Replies 
in my idea philosophy of converting analog to digital is like philosophy of modern art like cubism. dividing structure to it's elements and working on elements then constructing new structure from new elements.I think digital for it's wrong approach ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: My View by Amir on 2016-06-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: My Audio Philosophy in Playback Listening  95 Replies 
[quote user="op.9"] Amir wrote:I listened one time (just one time) to master tape (revox reel).micro harmonic was so better than dCS Elgar (digital source) and it was better in micro dynamic. i did not tested good DSD in a good DAC vs good analog but...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #106: USB by Amir on 2016-08-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: High Quality Music Server / CD player in Didital Things  169 Replies 
[quote user="rowuk"]Amir,you have now posted twice that "proper" USB is better than SPDIF. The problem is that it isn't, unless someone makes up rules to define their own sense of better. The problem here is that they have not defined anything that i...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Interesting headphone blender by scooter on 2011-08-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Available Blenders and Splitters? in Audio Discussions  3 Replies 
Hi Paul,SPL out of Germany seems to have some interesting blending functions on their headphone amplifier. Not sure if they have other products that better suit your needs and didn't look to see if they are doing the processing in the digital or anal...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Comfy crossing [Re: Prototyping crossovers.] by Ronnie on 2006-08-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Monitors: Wishful thinking in Audio Discussions  8 Replies 
Very interesting read. I like comfy!Now for ultimate comfiness: would you recommend an actual unit for prototyping?...A digital crossover that works OK, with >=2 analog unbalanced inputs and outputs, 2*3 channels output, possible 6db slopes a...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #28: RE:foolishness of anlouge people by ArmAlex on 2011-05-31 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Foolishness of Analog People in Analog Playback  56 Replies 
Sorry maybe it's not related very much to topic, but I couldn't resist not to send this $650,000 TT link:http://www.avdesignhaus.de/Analog-Laufwerk-Studie-Node_15714.html...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #27: Source to preamp by Bill on 2023-09-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Romy the Cat's Audio recommendation: the biggest bang fo... in Audio For Dummies ™  46 Replies 
if there is only one output on the source, it should feed the main speaker preamp or Dac. The preamp or dac digital or analog output would the feed the pre-pro or receiver with auro 3d capability which would then feed the ambiance channels.If the sou...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #27: Minimum requirement by Amir on 2023-11-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Marantz MA-9S2 Monoblock Amplifiers in Audio Discussions  36 Replies 
Paul I think the minimum requirement for good sound is not complex nor expensive.when minimum requirement is considered then I do not care about debates like paper vs metal, set vs pushpull , solidstate vs tubes , digital vs analog or horn vs dynamic...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #12: ASP by steverino on 2014-05-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Revisiting DSP in Didital Things  12 Replies 
FM is Analog Signal Processing vs DSP. The compression aspect is only really intrusive on orchestral works. Pop and jazz are already compressed and chamber music presents a more limited dynamic range if not limited contrast. But on the evidence most ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: High-End Industry and cartridges. by Romy the Cat on 2005-05-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Shelter 90X: mystery or mastery in Analog Playback  54 Replies 
[quote user="starboy"]I decided recently to add the Shelter 901 to my collection of 'Groove Riderz' and wondered what was the justification of the price hike for the 90X. Read the same review as yourself and thought that I learn't nothing other than ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #21: The wrapping up to the Micro Seiki SX-8000 vs. SZ-1 debate by Romy the Cat on 2009-07-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Foolishness of Analog People in Analog Playback  56 Replies 
I usually do not do the Audiogon posting. There are too many idiots in there and they are under too much protection of the douchebags that run that site. Not to mention that I well remember WHY I was “banned” from Audiogon to begin with: ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #76: 901 still by RonyWeissman on 2012-01-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Buying a last cartridge. in Analog Playback  80 Replies 
Hi Romy,  I haven't been listening to much analog past few years, so,thout I would adjust my 901 and get back to basics. I really like this cartridge and forgot how great the bass can be. It is lovely on pianoforte, simple schubert songs...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #39: Cryptic Manual by manisandher on 2009-07-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Pacific Microsonics Model 2 in Didital Things  85 Replies 
The Model Two's manual states:Note: It is recommended that the Monitor Output Level be set close to +18 dBu to providethe best combination of digital resolution and analog output stage performance.Surely, it's just too much of a coincidence that a re...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: As good as any other obsession… by Romy the Cat on 2007-11-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Reel-to-Reel Tape vs. Raw Better Digital in Didital Things  13 Replies 
Well, I did not mean to express any specific attitude to Bottlehead people - the only experience I had to them was a few years ago visiting their meeting right here in Boston (I did not know what Bottlehead wa all about at that time). The meeting was...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: MTT’s Mahler at 180 ghram or 180 degree? by Romy the Cat on 2011-10-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: MTT’s Mahler at 180 ghram or 180 degree? in Analog Playback  1 Replies 
I do not read printed audio publications. The last one I held in hands it was a year ago or more. Today I stop by in my local Burlington Barnes and Noble and since I was there already I took 3 Stereophile and 2 issues of TAS from newsstand, bough...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #30: The new Accuphase T1100 by Romy the Cat on 2010-10-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Where are our good Tuners? in Off Air Audio  43 Replies 
A reader of my site sent me interesting information. It looks like Accuphase came up with a new model: T1100. http://www.accuphase.com/cat/t-1100_e.pdf In this new model more functionality went to DSP, but the most important the ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #12: I beg differ... by Romy the Cat on 2018-11-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Paul McGowan. tubes in preamp in Audio News  12 Replies 
[quote user="gordan"]Najda volume control is analogue in each channel. The rest I don't know, especially I don't know how DSP is implemented and if individual time delays are possible. But if you are able to physically time align your setup, I thi...
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