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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...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #41: Eventualy! by Romy the Cat on 2018-09-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The ULF cannel for my new listening room. in Audio Discussions  43 Replies 
OK, I have found the problem I had with my digital and analog crossovers, now everything is consistent. It turn out that my contractor why built for me the IB manifold confused the polarity of right and left channels. I was not able to use the pha...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #16: The year 2009. Audio Objectives by Romy the Cat on 2009-01-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Summary: my/your audio: year by year in Audio Discussions  45 Replies 
I do not see any major changes coming in 2009, nor do I feel a need for them. Recalling all my dids and my thoughts here a brief outline of Audio Projects that I will be involved in 2009 and of cause anything else might come alone in future… 1...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #36: The problems in the DAW's switching PS? by Romy the Cat on 2008-12-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: High Quality Music Server / CD player in Didital Things  169 Replies 
[quote user="alexd"]We are small company, dedicated to creation of highest quality audio products. Analog and Digital. We have auditioned many music servers on the market.However most of them do not sound as good as good quality 16Bits cd transport. ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #23: About the Soundmirror comments. by Romy the Cat on 2009-04-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The BSO and Digital Music. in Didital Things  44 Replies 
[quote user="Mark Donahue"]Mani, Yes, the files were created using the HDCD Model 1 AD converter and you will actually get improved audio if your DA converter properly decodes the HDCD (Even at 88.2 kHz /24 bit!) There is information about the filter...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #19: I wish I were be able to understand more by Romy the Cat on 2008-04-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Museatex Bidat pages. in Didital Things  57 Replies 
[quote user="Telstar"] What's really different, besides AC and capacitors is the DSP. Meitner IDAT algorithm makes a difference for sure. Also, I dont know if it uses any digital and analog filters, the lack of may improve sound transparency. [/quote...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #16: Tchaikovsky/Koussevitzky 4 is real high-end audio! by Romy the Cat on 2006-05-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Tchaikovsky Symphony #4 in Musical Discussions  16 Replies 
Actually I use Koussevitzky 1949 version of Tchaikovsky’s IV (first movement) to assess my mono analog. There is not doubts in my mind that any more or less serious records enthuses much have a dedicated mono cartridge, preferably permanently install...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: Integration in complex structure 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 
[quote user="drdna"] The first key would be that the digital reproduction be of a high enough sample rate to fall below the threshold of perception. The scond would be, in my mind, that the process of reproduction not create a new structure, but r...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Maybe I will not order the Pure Teflon capacitors after all. Or the up... by oxric on 2011-11-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Memory Player Box? in Didital Things  2 Replies 
I thought I would look at the Memory Player specs and was surprised to be greeted by what is in my books an obscene price list. But it may be quite cheap for others. These things are all relative of course.Best regardsRakeshThe Memory Player 64 T...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #39: Have you tried... by anthony on 2018-09-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The ULF cannel for my new listening room. in Audio Discussions  43 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]  The biggest mystery for me and it is what I am thinking about all time is what digital filter does to my sound that analog could not. Is it a precision of the Bessel curve? I hope it is not. I hope it is something tha...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #14: Why does your dogdammed cat walk so fast? by mjloudspeaker on 2009-09-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Where are our good Tuners? in Off Air Audio  43 Replies 
[quote user="mjloudspeaker"] Romy the Cat wrote:I have to admit that some of my opponents might consider my organizational views on high-end audio too socialistic and will recognize in my view some residues of me growing up in socialistic society. Le...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Michelle Fremer gets naked. by Romy the Cat on 2006-01-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Michael Fremer Continuums… in Audio News  54 Replies 
That becomes almost fan. As I was informed by Michael Fremer: “It [Continuum] is beautifully built, designed based on science and high technology and has proven to be ultra-reliable during the time I've had it here. In fact, I bought mine at conside...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #28: Video room by Bill on 2011-09-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Opera Room in Audio Discussions  77 Replies 
Sorry for this long rant but I feel a rebuttal is necessary.1. Back in the 90's you had 480 I video and 16/44 or dolby 2.1 analog audio. Then the sound was crap as was the video so you could get away with a crappy setup. Now we have 1080P video and 2...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #16: The dreams about a concept of ideal speaker. by Romy the Cat on 2007-10-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: K-Stereo Ambience Recovery Processor in Didital Things  29 Replies 
[quote user="Antonio J."] Anyway, going back to the subject of the thread, why would you implement the ambiance retrieval at speaker level and not at the "pre DAC" one? After all we'd like to have from CD's something closer to what TU-X1 does.[/quote...

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 #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 #1: Analog is Back 2011: Wave Kinetics NVS Turntable by Stitch 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 
There is new hope for the discriminated analog Audiophile: The Importer wrote in a Forum about that Table that " it measures at a level no other turntable we did comparisons with can come close to... "And some readers rate it as a great unit even wh...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #149: Holly idiocy! by Romy the Cat on 2011-11-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage in Analog Playback  310 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Hm, I took the anti-RIAA signal converted and run CD player into the phonostage. The RIAA curve was fine and the effect of the HF volume and frequency-depended quantization did not expose itself. So, it looks like the p...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #13: FM tuners or tuners of the world beat of music and other things, Romy? by mjloudspeaker on 2009-09-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Where are our good Tuners? in Off Air Audio  43 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]I have to admit that some of my opponents might consider my organizational views on high-end audio too socialistic and will recognize in my view some residues of me growing up in socialistic society. Leaving aside the preju...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: Hd flagellation, and the tu-x1 by doug s. on 2008-12-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: HD Radio? Good, bad or ugly? in Off Air Audio  7 Replies 
hi romy,yes, digital compression sucks and is the main reason hd radio sounds so sterile.  the dildo analogy is quite appropriate, imo.  but, if there's a station you enjoy that doesn't come in well, the xdr f1-hd does sound quite nice - if...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #14: What I am saying.... by Romy the Cat on 2013-08-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Yamamura's 6 ways in Horn-Loaded Speakers  16 Replies 
[quote user="cv"] I bet Yamamura is using non-causal filtering... this is all running off a  music server, so could process everything offline. [/quote] Chris, there is no such a thing as “non-causal filtering”. Filtering is filtering, would it d...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #153: Oh, David, come on, do not bullshit a bullshitter. by Romy the Cat on 2014-05-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Ultimate Turntable in Analog Playback  220 Replies 
Oh, David, come on! Can you for a second to stop to be a pretentious been counter and look at the picture from slightly more elevated perspective? I am glad that you do not worship the expensive parts, unique design, and precession of construction of...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: Digital can’t filter, analog can’t delay. by Romy the Cat on 2006-07-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Horns and digital crossovers. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  16 Replies 
[quote user="slowmotion"]Good news if the analogue stages of the DCX2496 is so bad. So the improvement of a modified unit should be worth the ekstra work, and remove some of the x-overs negative influence on the sound. Which is always good to know be...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #12: DSP and time aligning by Romy the Cat on 2020-01-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: HELP on a Custom 3 Way Horn with Beyma TPL150 in Horn-Loaded Speakers  11 Replies 
[quote user="rowuk"]The more "DSP corrections" that we add, the worse things get. In addition, DSP time alignment can only be useful for one seating position and distance from the speaker.[/quote] [quote user="A.Wahlsten"]…MiniDSP….should be cons...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #58: OK, here's the deal by Kerry Brown on 2012-01-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Crossover Design in Audio Discussions  69 Replies 
ACTIVE CROSSOVERS  1) Loudspeaker drive units of different sensitivities may be used in one system without the need for lossy resistive networks ( and L-Pads ) or transformers ( DEQX lets me use 98 ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: A/V System by George on 2010-09-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Opera Room in Audio Discussions  77 Replies 
If you want to keep it really simple just buy an Oppo BDP-83SE ($800) and use its two-channel audio analog outs to an amp with volume controls. All the setup features you need are in the Oppo including the downmix to 2.0.A new projector will run you ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #46: Any thoughts yet about the APS versus analog? by Paul S on 2007-06-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
I did read your earlier post regarding the P300's use and unsuitability for analog in your system.I am starting to listen only in the early morning, and I can hear The Change as the day gets going and I presume people start switching on their ai...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #115: Realtime Options? by Paul S on 2009-02-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s MiniMe or about Pilot Acoustic Systems in Audio Discussions  213 Replies 
DSP?!?  But aren't there plenty of realtime options, from Marchand, etc?  Hell, people are generally so excited about digital that they are pretty much giving away the analog boards.No doubt you've considered that the 2105s simply might not...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #15: Tchaikowsky bass calibration joke by Ronnie on 2006-05-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Tchaikovsky Symphony #4 in Musical Discussions  16 Replies 
It seems that all my analog-missing-LF-paranoia can be blamed entirely on that original DG pressing.How could I know that I was using a superbly miserable pressing as my bass calibrator? It really made me give up on my turntables for a while there.&n...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #65: Why do you answer a question with a question? by rowuk on 2019-03-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: New superlative horn build - ESD acoustic in Horn-Loaded Speakers  92 Replies 
Djjjj,instead of reading the Macondo axioms, you ignore me and ask if I have listened to the ESD system. What difference does it make if you do not know what I am talking about? Yes, there are serious flaws in the ESD system. If this is the best that...
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