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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #63: BAT Man by Paul S on 2011-04-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to get a LOT of SET power. in Audio Discussions  106 Replies 
N-set, I see you are determined to live and die with the charts.  So be it. Prost.I think, BTW, Romy knows more than he tells about the parallel 6C33Cs.  In any case, there are stable commercial examples to draw from, eg., the many examples from BAT....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #21: Or shall I say will you bat? by Romy the Cat on 2009-09-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: New sample 24/96 downloads from HDTT in Didital Things  20 Replies 
Baba, I was thinking about you tonight. I was thinking to converts some of my tapes to digital but I do not want to play with the quality aspects of the transfers.  So, I wander: what if I encourage you to do more interesting transfers then ha...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: The GoodSoundClub’s ‘Ultimate Audio Dildo Award’ by Romy the Cat on 2008-07-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The GoodSoundClub’s ‘Ultimate Audio Dildo Award’ in Audio News  10 Replies 
Many audio publications grand some kind of idiotic rewards: “Product of Year”, “Editor Choose Award”, the “Best Sound at Show, “The Golden Ears” and so on. Trying to stay in the moronic awards-granting crowd I decided to form my own award: I would ca...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #66: Wrong Again... by Paul S on 2011-04-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to get a LOT of SET power. in Audio Discussions  106 Replies 
Yes, of course you know about the BAT but, once again, I should fact check before posting, eg., "BAT SET"; or better yet, just put a sock in it.I think the candidates are up the thread.....instead of posting, maybe I'll dig out Beethoven's PS #15...B...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #65: Are commercial PSETs made? by Romy the Cat on 2011-04-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to get a LOT of SET power. in Audio Discussions  106 Replies 
[quote user="Paul S"] I think, BTW, Romy knows more than he tells about the parallel 6C33Cs.  In any case, there are stable commercial examples to draw from, eg., the many examples from BAT.  Don't forget, space around the tubes. [/quote] I do not th...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #63: BAT Man by Paul S on 2011-04-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to get a LOT of SET power. in Audio Discussions  106 Replies 
N-set, I see you are determined to live and die with the charts.  So be it. Prost.I think, BTW, Romy knows more than he tells about the parallel 6C33Cs.  In any case, there are stable commercial examples to draw from, eg., the many examples from BAT....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #115: Samplitude by HDTT on 2009-04-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to record FM broadcasts. in Off Air Audio  125 Replies 
Romy have you tried Samplitude extensively, I have both Wavelab and samp prefer samp.Also with version 10 with Hybrid engine believe or not it is noticeably cleaner than older version noticed itright off the bat. Wavelab is good but find it quirky an...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #33: The 6C33C’s avalanche heating as an urban legend by Romy the Cat on 2007-01-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Get, or made up a tube tester, it’s necessary in Audio For Dummies ™  44 Replies 
Well, it is not necessary a fully qualified urban legend as the problem does take please with fixed based 6C33C but..... only under certain conditions. I have written about it a lot on my site but will very briefly recall it again. Dima might be cor...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: Another Lamm LL1 review. by Romy the Cat on 2010-07-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Lamm introduced LL1 Signature Preamp… in Audio Discussions  19 Replies 
It is amassing how a guy can so much talk and to say nothing. According him Lamm invented PS and Class A operation… http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/preamplifiers/854-lamm-ll1-signature-stereo-tube-preamplifier.html?showall=1 The re...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: The Screen by George on 2010-09-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Opera Room in Audio Discussions  77 Replies 
Stewart screens are probably the most highly regarded screens. Their website has a lot of detail including measurements of the "cans" that hold motorized screens. The cans are not all that big so you may be happy with flush mounting to the ceiling. Y...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Some options for buying Bruckner by JJ Triode on 2020-07-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Stay home with Bruckner in Musical Discussions  9 Replies 
Poking around for options to acquire downloads of the Bruckner symphonies, including the performances briefly streamed free in April, I came across the following options on HDTracks.com. In no particular order we have, covering at least B4 through B9...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #316: Installed my PP 2000 today by beachbum on 2009-02-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
Well got my very hefty piece APS PP 2000 today. This item is well packaged and weighs in at over 70 lps. You could pull something if your not careful positioning 2000 in your rack. Glad i have my Audiav Crystal rack for this behometh. My loaned 1050 ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Dvorak/"Dumky" Trio/Beaux Arts; Good Stuff! by Paul S on 2010-08-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Dvorak/"Dumky" Trio/Beaux Arts; Good Stuff! in Musical Discussions  0 Replies 
Pearl (Stereo) LP, SHE553Here is a "bagatelle" from Dvorak; rather, a sack full.  The work is done up in 6 short-ish "movements" that are +/- rounds based on the Ukranian "dumka", a sort of semi-hysterical peasant dance that typically features the al...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1790: Hmmm by steverino on 2021-09-27 
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No not hum but hmmm. I don't hear anything like sparkle using the PP. It's deader allowing more ambient cues to come through consistently. Of course my hearing is no longer bat like, so maybe the youthful ears of Amir and NSet are able to hear what I...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #116: To Samplitude or not Samplitude. by Romy the Cat on 2009-04-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to record FM broadcasts. in Off Air Audio  125 Replies 
[quote user="HDTT"]Romy have you tried Samplitude extensively, I have both Wavelab and samp prefer samp.Also with version 10 with Hybrid engine believe or not it is noticeably cleaner than older version noticed itright off the bat. Wavelab is good bu...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Amp 're-warming' issues... by Axel on 2009-08-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: About the pre-warming of playback in Melquiades Amplifier  13 Replies 
Romy,do not spit in my eyes as I do have solid state PassLabs 350.5 but even with this 50W Class A amp (push pull) it is exactly the same problem if it is switched off completely even for a short while. I can take ~ 2 - 3 days to be back to norma...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Huh? by ShuffleSk8Ter on 2013-07-31 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Why Horn loaded systems?! in Playback Listening  30 Replies 
please don't misinterpret what i write when i say up i mean up thank you :)now ever place i been to listen to the horn systems claims  theirs is the best! etc.. best crossover driver etc..and evertime I leave very disappointing...one of the main seri...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #90: I do not know how it works generally but... by Romy the Cat on 2021-11-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Remedies the Beauty in Playback Listening  293 Replies 
in my case what I discovered is certainly very convincing. I tested today 3 times. The last time I has SS it was Lamm 1.1 and BAT 200, they did need 30 min to warm up but the sonic difference was not as huge as I observe with B2. Before 2 hours B2 in...

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 #1: A new generation of full-function preamps. by Romy the Cat on 2011-08-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A new generation of full-function preamps. in Audio Discussions  4 Replies 
In the past there was such a concept of full-function preamplifiers that included MM and MC inputs. With time such devises die out and nowadays it is VERY difficult to find a full-function preamplifier generally and a good sounding full-function ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Re: Melquiades: too early for a verdict? by morricab on 2005-08-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Melquiades: too early for a verdict? in Melquiades Amplifier  6 Replies 
Hi Romy,Interesting scale you've come up with there.  I would like you to take a look at a preamplifier from Korea called Silvaweld.  I have found that with this preamp (model SWC 1000) in my system I can differentiate easily the ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: I do not like this basic concept of PP amp. by Romy the Cat on 2009-04-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: More 6E5P-6C33C amps. in Melquiades Amplifier  22 Replies 
[quote user="Paul S"]Seems like a good basic concept for a laconic PP amp, though...[/quote] The fix bias of  driver and out stages are fine. Why he need to have 1:8 input transformer. The driver stage does 32 time gain, the output stage does ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #17: Compared to what we have already done by Paul S on 2008-04-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The loudspeakers for a powerful SET in Audio Discussions  48 Replies 
Greg, I have written about my "DEBZ" speakers several times at this site, including Post ID 3269, early in my original Lamm ML2 thread.  I mention these speakers now to compare what we are aiming at here to what I have already done, wh...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: Graves digging? by Romy the Cat on 2013-07-31 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Why Horn loaded systems?! in Playback Listening  30 Replies 
[quote user="ShuffleSk8Ter"]  one of the main serious issues  horn speakers ANY TYPE ....horn loaded will have right off the bat its own distortion! why?... because the horn is an amplifying device and in my way of hearing is very audible distortion!...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #25: Current phono stage by drdna on 2008-12-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: About EAR 834P Modifications in Analog Playback  45 Replies 
This is always good advice, to get to know the character of the phono stage. Because my favorite cartridges are not low voltage (I use Decca London Jubilee and Reference) I have never had a need for the ET SU-1 step up unit. In fact, I had this in my...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: The value of parts lists. by Romy the Cat on 2011-04-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Melquiades (D-Set) parts list in Melquiades Amplifier  4 Replies 
I do not exactly comfortable with oxric’s preoccupation with “parts”. Yes, there are some amps that invest a lot of attention into parts quality – the silver winding in Kondo, oil caps in BAT, of silver foil caps in AN might be the examples. Melquiad...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #58: Lamm ML3 and the clipping characteristic. by Romy the Cat on 2008-09-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Lamm Industries: a special interview with a special company in Audio News  97 Replies 
One more thing that I would like to point out in context of the recent Marc Mickelson’s review. Marc wrote: “The Atma-Sphere amps are certainly more powerful than the ML3 Signatures, but not noticeably so unless you clip the Lamm amps. “ Here is wh...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #68: The super idiot! by Romy the Cat on 2010-09-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Lamm Industries: a special interview with a special company in Audio News  97 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] [/quote]Somebody Breuninger bought Lamm ML3 and L1 to drive his Coincident  and share his finding on TAS blog. Regardless how mature his comment are but there was something unavoidable – the wipe-ass professional with na...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #67: Dot, dot, dot... maybe's more honest... by twogoodears on 2009-08-31 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: ... again on GOTO Unit drivers... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  108 Replies 
I agree the "period" closing needs more words, Roman.The P.A. horns/drivers were mounted in stadiums, convention centers, maxonic halls, cinemas, theaters, everywhere was needed a broad music or speech dispersion, trouble free operation and high S.P....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Intriguing, plain BS or somewhere in between? by Gregm on 2008-06-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Tenor amplifier and the writing waves. in Audio Discussions  6 Replies 
[quote]“The Tenors bring a remarkable top-to-bottom continuity, which I've often called the Kharma effect (the speaker, not the moral law of cause and effect)...[/quote] This is intriguing. All of the Kharmas I've listened to have displayed contin...
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