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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Preamps that don't sound by el`Ol on 2011-09-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A new generation of full-function preamps. in Audio Discussions  4 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Let see what he have out there. I think the companies like Spectral, Boulder and Burmester are very much in position to make challenging contemporary preamps. In fact Burmester has been doing something like this for year bu...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #104: Das Statussymbol by N-set on 2013-01-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Ultimate Turntable in Analog Playback  220 Replies 
[quote user="Stitch"] and I asked the shop owner:Who buys that (I didn't ask for sound quality) and his answer was fast and honest: Those who buy that instead of the third car or another sailing boat.I think, nothing changed.[/quote]In the same 90's ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Noisy clocks and more brutal measures by el`Ol on 2008-05-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Credibility of digital information in Didital Things  5 Replies 
Romy,I have problems in believing that a noisy clock (the lower-priced CEC drives probably have in contrast to the other drives you mentioned) can do more than covering the faults of the actual implementation (mostly regular time deviations at other ...

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 #52: Never found ideal amplifier by Amir on 2018-06-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: About Wilson Audio Loudspeakers in Audio Discussions  53 Replies 
i have heard wilson speakers with these amplifiers:Vitus audio 50w , Asr emitter 140w, conrad johnson 130w  ,all  audio research setup with AR 600w, krell reference evo one 400w , krell fpb 400w, einshtein 50w, pathos 50w, mark levinson 200w, krell 2...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Vinyl playback? Nope ! by JANDL100 on 2007-12-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Tschaikowsky, [Violin] Concerto in D, Reiner/Chicago/Heifetz in Musical Discussions  8 Replies 
[quote user="Paul S"]I am not so much a Heifetz booster as I am am appreciative of the piece, here rendered quite well, and with veryy good stereo (LP) sound.  I don't knw anything about your vinyl playback, but this LP should not sound "emaciat...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #152: Bad surrounding conditions by el`Ol on 2009-06-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The most promising “best” commercial speaker in Horn-Loaded Speakers  231 Replies 
Hello Romy!Cessaro had severe resonance problems in their room, so I didn´t stay long here. What I noticed in the short time (maybe too short for a qualified judgement) was no stabiltiy broblems but less musical than the 300B last year. Hard to descr...

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 #3: The real Audiophile by Stitch on 2011-05-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: My site and Your expectation from my playback. in Playback Listening  8 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] When people visit me I ritually ask them to offer critiques to Sound they hear in my room...[/quote]What do you expect? Most  audiophiles have absolutely no idea from reproduction of the real thing. More or less they bl...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: About the faithfulness, digital, and anything else. by Romy the Cat on 2008-05-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Credibility of digital information in Didital Things  5 Replies 
Oliver, I do not think you understand "faithfulness" in the same way as I do. Ironically out differences of views are not linguistics but rather in the realms of objectives and intentions. You are right and there are a number of companies who hide t...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: Re: Additive capacitance: mixing oils and films? by Axel on 2009-08-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Additive capacitance: mixing oils and films? in Audio Discussions  10 Replies 
well, to add my bit of mustard to this here oldie thread.I HAVE mixed film and oils successfully in e.g. a tweeter x-over of a Burmester 961. The tweeter is an AMT (air-motion-transformer) and very revealing.The original C's are two sets of...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: The commercial music servers. by Romy the Cat on 2008-01-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The commercial music servers. in Didital Things  36 Replies 
It is shame that in 21 century we have such mediocre, not to say moronic, park of music servers. Whoever does music servers t know stat a file server with uncompress 24-bit files is a phenomenal source of music. So, why we have not a lot of well-per...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #12: Some shades of the Micro Seiki’s bonsai. by Romy the Cat on 2006-02-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Foolishness of Analog People in Analog Playback  56 Replies 
Recently, since I‘m doing some remodeling of my turntable, there was some noise on my site about Micro Seiki turntables. I really do not want to push my site toward to becoming one of the typical audio fetish sites but in context of this thread I wou...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: The powerful SS V-FET shootout? by Romy the Cat on 2009-11-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Yamaha B-2 V-FET amplifier. in Audio Discussions  19 Replies 
Last few days listening MiniMe with B-2 my patients was running out. With all more or less OK sound my B-2 had wondering eye about imaging. The amp has a minor fluctuation of gain between the channels and this fluctuation can be addressed by …kic...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Credibility of digital information by el`Ol on 2008-05-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Credibility of digital information in Didital Things  5 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]  tuga wrote: I am now more inclined to describe that sound as a portrait taken in broad daylight with some overpowering fill-in flash (I believe nowadays this technique is quite fashionable)... Bu...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: My old Fi-Hi gear associations... by Romy the Cat on 2004-07-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: My old Fi-Hi gear associations... in Audio Discussions  10 Replies 
  I was cleaning my old file server and found my old associations after auditioning some of High End gear...   Atma-Sphere  Lying in a bathroom with the bathtub filled with motor oil. Spectral  Begging for any liqu...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: CES: New horn guy in town. by Romy the Cat on 2005-01-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The CES 2005 in Audio Discussions  16 Replies 
Someone stopped me at the Alexis Park and told me: “Romy, there is a new Israeli guy in town with  his amassing horn. He has a room at the St. Tropes and you should go”. I was almost offended! There was a new horn guy and I never insulted him?!!...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #17: Follow-up: New horn guy in town. by Romy the Cat on 2005-02-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The CES 2005 in Audio Discussions  16 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] Someone stopped me at the Alexis Park and told me: “Romy, there is a new Israeli guy in town with  his amassing horn. He has a room at the St. Tropes and you should go”. I was almost offended! There was a new horn g...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #53: Paper Tiger by Paul S on 2018-06-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: About Wilson Audio Loudspeakers in Audio Discussions  53 Replies 
Wilson’s advance reviewers/sellers have said Wilson has gone back to paper (all ScanSpeak) drivers, with silk tweeters.  IMO, this should be good for tone and texture, but it will likely change amp interface.  If I were interested in the Wilso...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: The “Inverted High End Audio” ™ by Romy the Cat on 2006-10-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The “Inverted High End Audio” ™ in Playback Listening  30 Replies 
I always quite laugh when the Audio Morons ™, overwhelmed with zillion-dollars-worth audio installations and with primitive sound in their room, answer my questions: What you guys doing? Those people are under mistaking impression that they do High E...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #34: Let me know why Audiopax inject energy to the sound by Amir on 2019-10-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: My Audio Philosophy in Playback Listening  95 Replies 
first i should say i need more time to judge the Audiopax for some reasons but i try to share the first thing come to my mind after listening to Audiopax. I should say i use Pure Power 3000+ , I mean i judge Audiopax when it is c...
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