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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #24: Speakers for $10-30K by morricab on 2007-09-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Good commercial speakers in Audio Discussions  36 Replies 
Hi Samuel, I see that quite a few replies without much in the way of suggestions.  Romy will not give you what you want, ie. a shopping list of speakers to audition, but I will give you one or two recommendations that I think sound quite good in...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Cessaro speakers and some other tidbits by morricab on 2007-06-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: My feelings about new exciting audio products in Audio Discussions  25 Replies 
Hi Romy, I recently heard the smallest Cessaro and while I felt that the bass was not adequate for long term satisfaction it was also not a total disaster.  From the midbass on up; however, the speaker is simply superb and one of the very best h...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Simpson Microphones thread. by Andy Simpson on 2007-10-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Simpson Microphones thread. in Audio Discussions  45 Replies 
[quote user="morricab"]Hi Romy,I have found that the Apogee loudspeakers ribbon drivers can quite successfully reproduce correct tone.  The reason why is this:  They have very little coloration from the driver materials themselves (no nasty...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Re: Elusive “absolute tone”. by morricab on 2005-08-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The elusive “absolute tone”. in Playback Listening  24 Replies 
Hi Romy,I have found that the Apogee loudspeakers ribbon drivers can quite successfully reproduce correct tone.  The reason why is this:  They have very little coloration from the driver materials themselves (no nasty resonances as the reso...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: More about the “absolute tone”. by Romy the Cat on 2005-08-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The elusive “absolute tone”. in Playback Listening  24 Replies 
[quote user="morricab"] I have found that the Apogee loudspeakers ribbon drivers can quite successfully reproduce correct tone.  The reason why is this:  They have very little coloration from the driver materials themselves (no nasty resona...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #26: Re: a lightly a different subject: OTL by morricab on 2005-11-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Passive transformer based preamp in Audio Discussions  41 Replies 
I do have a speaker with a flat impedance.  It is an Apogee Caliper Signature with an impedance variation from 3 to about 4.5 ohms over the whole range.  Fortuneately it is not so dead as your example as it has about 86db sensitivity. ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #30: We`re wasting Romy`s space... by horny on 2008-11-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Horn loaded ribbons and other Vasyachkin’s tangents.... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  33 Replies 
I`ve had many small ribbons in my system over the years and I don`t like them. True, they are without competiton above a few Khz, but how to find a decent partnering midrange? They represent unnecessary fragmenting of the musical spectrum (a typical ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #13: Emmlabs etc by de charlus on 2013-07-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: DAC Recommendations in Didital Things  44 Replies 
Thanks guys. It's interesting to hear such perspectives, especially upon computer audio; to go by the "audiophile press", high-res computer files are the best thing since that proverbial sliced bread - just like DVDAudio, HDCD, SACD etc were - so muc...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #27: big ribbons, small ribbons, silk and air by Paul S on 2006-10-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Tweeter for Vitavox S2. High-sensitively ribbons? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  64 Replies 
I'm wondering if part of this "glycerin" sound of ribbons is just "ribbon sound", or purely frequency dependent, or if it has to do with the size of a given ribbon at a given frequency.  But why should ribbons not be subjected to the same demand...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: Did somebody mention my name?!?! by morricab on 2007-11-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The best speaker in the world, is yet again available in Audio News  9 Replies 
Hi Romy,I see now you are throwing around the term "absolute tone" in a relative manner again :) .  Why would you want to neutralize absolute tone and with a metal tweeter no less!! You are talking about a tweeter "absolute tone" offsetting a po...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #72: Spreadeagled by de charlus on 2013-08-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Wine, women, song.. and audio in Playback Listening  71 Replies 
Paul, yes, good vineyards frequently hold back substantial reserves even of their top wines, which then magically "appear" on the market when prices hit their apogee following the en primeur kerfuffle, or a certain critic saying a certain thing.I kno...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #59: Ribbon Man by Paul S on 2006-12-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Tweeter for Vitavox S2. High-sensitively ribbons? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  64 Replies 
It is interesting indeed how people allow their attention to go from fixation to fixation without ever changing/adapting methodology, believing none the less that each single idea in turn is The Answer.  I remember the first time I heard th...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #26: Re: ...SL600 by guy sergeant on 2006-07-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A quest for a better monitor. in Audio Discussions  97 Replies 
Hi Romy,My experiences with the SL6 and SL600 date back 15-20 years. My problems with the sound I could get from them related to their inability to recreate music with scale or drama. I found the subjective lack of high frequency output made every re...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #12: The road to exquisite playback is fraught with IEDs by rowuk on 2013-07-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: DAC Recommendations in Didital Things  44 Replies 
I think that picking a DAC is like picking speakers - regardless of the price, we don't know what we have until we get there. I do not think that it is possible to compare digital and analog playback forms. With a turntable we have as many choices (g...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Re: Tell me about more about Ortofon SPU Sound. by starboy on 2004-12-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Tell me about more about Ortofone SPU Sound. in Analog Playback  54 Replies 
Well, maybe a little cussing first to set the tone. The older SPU's are now well sought after, many will end up in collections at now over inflated prices probably in the Far-East where they are worshipped. I've heard a few older SPU's and even those...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #28: Re: Kill me, kill me, kill me!!!! by Romy the Cat on 2005-11-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Passive transformer based preamp in Audio Discussions  41 Replies 
[quote user="morricab"]I do have a speaker with a flat impedance.  It is an Apogee Caliper Signature with an impedance variation from 3 to about 4.5 ohms over the whole range.  Fortuneately it is not so dead as your example as it has about ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #27: When wrong amp fights against nature… by Romy the Cat on 2006-07-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A quest for a better monitor. in Audio Discussions  97 Replies 
[quote user="guy sergeant"]Hi Romy,My experiences with the SL6 and SL600 date back 15-20 years. My problems with the sound I could get from them related to their inability to recreate music with scale or drama. I found the subjective lack of high fre...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: More on the CDR misery. by Romy the Cat on 2005-01-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Digital recorders: what the "big boys" use? in Didital Things  15 Replies 
Max, actually I have opposite experience and I detected that a quality of burned CD dose not depend from CD transport it was played on. I mean certainly it is different from transport to transport but the burned CD has own let call it “misery delta” ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Re: Michael Framer's amplifier? by morricab on 2006-05-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Two-stages, hybrid, small, powerful class “A”? in Audio Discussions  23 Replies 
Hi Romy, I did the review on the AcousticPlan amp, called the "Santor".  It is indeed a two-stage amp using 4 6922 tubes in parallel to drive a high Bias Mosfet output stage (it is class A to approximately 15 watts and runs very hot).  It ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Any good sounding AES/EBU interfaces out there? by Romy the Cat on 2007-09-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Any good sounding AES/EBU interfaces out there? in Didital Things  53 Replies 
I reticently picked a new DAC and ADC processors. Not that I needed but they were the brand that I for years was trying to test but never had a chance, now I do. The processors use AES/EBU connectors. So, not I need to find reasonably sounding AES/EB...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Re: You're probably looking in the right direction by jtavan on 2005-11-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to record FM broadcasts. in Off Air Audio  125 Replies 
It looks like you're looking at the right brands for ADC. It seems likely to me that getting proper A/D conversion is as hard as or harder than getting proper D/A conversion. I'm currently shopping for a good A/D converter for a number of purposes...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Transcendence et al by de charlus on 2013-07-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Live vs. Recorded transcendent moments. in Playback Listening  3 Replies 
I was thinking about this when posting on the "deathbed audio wisdom" thread, where I said that to accept that there is a distinction between live performances and recordings, make peace with the notion, and derive the greatest pleasure from both bei...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Real world 24 bit recording by tuga on 2009-03-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How many Bits needed for FM, the Accuphase T1000 dilemma. in Off Air Audio  6 Replies 
Hello Romy, While discussing SACD’s and DVD-A’s aledged superiority in a webforum a recording engineer posted his description of real world 24 bit recording. I don’t really feel like translating the whole thing but I’ll try to sumarize it in numb...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: I read the Mike Fremer review... by Romy the Cat on 2006-01-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Michael Fremer Continuums… in Audio News  54 Replies 
Interestingly that I eventually decided to read the Mike Fremer review about the Continuum turntable. I was trying quite hard but I was not able to read it. The content was none-readable and revolting as in a beginning of each sentence the Framer jus...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #31: Re: ribbons/electrostats.... by Romy the Cat on 2005-11-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Passive transformer based preamp in Audio Discussions  41 Replies 
[quote user="morricab"]Well Romy, IMO they are not just tonally different they are more tonally correct, ie. they simply have less coloration than other technologies.  Just listen to a recording sometime made with a ribbon microphone and you wil...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: Re: some thoughts on the avalable good DACs... by Romy the Cat on 2005-11-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to record FM broadcasts. in Off Air Audio  125 Replies 
[quote user="jtavan"]It looks like you're looking at the right brands for ADC. It seems likely to me that getting proper A/D conversion is as hard as or harder than getting proper D/A conversion. I'm currently shopping for a good A/D converter for a ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Summary by Rewind on 2013-07-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A Frankenstein Macondo - Injection channel - trying it as op... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  14 Replies 
Thanks for the detailed answers. I will explain my setup.You are right about the dipole bass correction instead of the injection channel. Since I am waiting for both a subwoofer and the Fane Studio 8M and their horn, I am using the 12" as a b...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #30: Re: Kill me, kill me, kill me!!!! by morricab on 2005-11-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Passive transformer based preamp in Audio Discussions  41 Replies 
Well Romy, IMO they are not just tonally different they are more tonally correct, ie. they simply have less coloration than other technologies.  Just listen to a recording sometime made with a ribbon microphone and you will understand what I ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1653: Please share Harmonic Spectrum of your AC 50hz by Amir on 2018-11-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
I use my Apogee Duet usb audio interface as cheap oscilloscope. trueRTA software has both spectrum analyser and oscilloscope mode.  The accuracy of spectrum analyser is good for looking at 50hz sine wave. the maximum input sampling f...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: Re: Computer digital storage by jtavan on 2005-11-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to record FM broadcasts. in Off Air Audio  125 Replies 
Romy, I've been storing all my digital music on a computer located fairly far from the audio system for quite some time now. You've brought up a few issues that are worth discussing. 1) Storing the digital stream - I assume you mean either (...
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