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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #70: Sucks! by Romy the Cat on 2010-03-29 
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It is always there is something that poisons everything. It is last night in my Boston apartment, a night before the final big move and I was in the middle if heavy packing. Suddenly as lighting stroke me: I was moving my moved audio equipment fr...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #22: The sentiments behind “End of Life" Phonostage by Romy the Cat on 2008-05-29 
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Here are some commentaries regarding my “End of Life" Phonostage. The name of this phonostage derives from many factors. I am forty, winch it more or less a half live and in the first half I was playing a lot with different audio toys. The last 10 y...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #24: Phonostage "Aulasaulalaraula". by Romy the Cat on 2004-12-08 
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[quote user="deemon"]Hello , Roma ! And what is the name ? I wanna make a label on my unit :-)[/quote]Dima, as the source for my linguistic inspiration I used a book that I know peaty much by hart - of the greatest book even written - the Thomas Man...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #27: Re: Phonostage "Aulasaulalaraula". by deemon on 2004-12-08 
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Ha-ha , Roma , it is very good ! ;-) I will make a good copper plate with this name and attach it to my phonostage ....... ;-) Dima...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Lamm LP2 phonostage: review of review. by Romy the Cat on 2005-03-05 
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I like to stress a point that the mammals that write thier doodles for audio publication are not juts ignorant fools but also the cheap, low class, falseificators. No wonder that the audio manufacturing companies do employ the so-called reviewers as ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: Phonostage: EAR-843PT-VV by Romy the Cat on 2006-02-13 
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There are many ways to deal with EAR-843PT. To my ears it works wonderfully, this in my case it coupled with Expressive Technologies ET2 transformer that probably takes in totally new league. I kind of so addicted to this transformer that I even run ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: Re: Phonostage: Modifications to your design by hagtech on 2006-02-14 
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Romy,Hi, new here.  Great and very interesting website.  I think a lot of people have misread you, they don't expend the time to actually think about some of the things you have said.  Anyhow, looking at the above schematic (is this sa...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: Re: Phonostage: Modifications to your design by guy sergeant on 2006-02-14 
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Hi Jim,Your comments about the operating point of the input stage and the resulting even order distortions may help explain why, whenever I have listened to the 834, it has sounded like a syrupy euphonic mess. I can get the same effect by singin...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: I need a “second-type” phonostage. by Romy the Cat on 2006-05-28 
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Ok, what would believe…. but I am in needs to get another phonostage. Te older I become the lazier I become and there is no way I would switch those cables form tonearms again. Also, each time I switch the cables the unused cables drops behind my rac...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: “Second-type” phonostage: DACT CT-100? by Romy the Cat on 2006-05-31 
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While Dima and I were thinking how to get out of our 7788-7721 80dB gain, a visitor in reply to my inquiry above about a “second-type” phonostage sent me a link that make me very much queries. He suggested looking at DACT CT-100 phono module. It is r...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: A little IC phonostage... for $7K. by Romy the Cat on 2006-05-31 
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Thanks, Gregm. My primary concern with all those IC-based phonostages is that they are thin like hell. The audio freaks like it, I do not. I never heard the DACT CT-100 and can not speculate. I have seen this one: http://www.goodsoundclub.com/PDF/D...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: Phonostage and illumination by hagtech on 2006-06-01 
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Interesting.  I remember getting low contrast levels when using the asa 32 film (I think it was pan-x), but huge grey scales.  Sometimes I shot in tri-x just to add drama.  In the end though, my best prints were from the pan-x using ne...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #12: Phonostage and Gog know what.... by Romy the Cat on 2006-06-01 
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[quote user="hagtech"] Interesting.  I remember getting low contrast levels when using the asa 32 film (I think it was pan-x), but huge grey scales.  Sometimes I shot in tri-x just to add drama.  In the end though, my best prints were ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #21: I need a new 7788-7721 (perhabs) phonostage… by Romy the Cat on 2006-12-12 
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I decided to make this post in this thread (you are at a second page of the thread) about the “second-type” phonostage. My needs for a Santa’s bring me a nice “second-type” phonostage really got stronger. If you remember my 7788-7721 tow stages,...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #32: The phonostage in Hunan style. by Romy the Cat on 2007-07-26 
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It'll is truly entertaining. I received today this Chinese phonostage, which turned out has a name, a box, a manual and believe you or not but the phonostage itself! It calls Yaion MS12B. Did I forget to tell that it cost $170? Actually I am very pl...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #33: The Sound of the Yaion MS12B phonostage. by Romy the Cat on 2007-07-29 
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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage by Romy the Cat on 2007-11-13 
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Recently, I made a movement toward to a project that I have been contemplating for 5 years – I would like convert my Expressive Technologys SU2 and 2x834PT tandem into a final packaging solution. For the last 5 years I have learned following: 1...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #37: Rowen Absolute as a “second-type” phonostage? by Romy the Cat on 2008-03-27 
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Since my  First, “End of Life" Phonostage will be done soon ( my mechanism has been doing the box for 3 month) http://www.goodsoundclub.com/Forums/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=5856 I think again what will be the Second Phonostage to care my other arms...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #15: The “End of Life" Phonostage and the Modification Guide by Romy the Cat on 2008-05-22 
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"]That is a good question and I asked myself it numerous times. My current standing is the benefits are purely intellectual as I am not able to observe the applied benefits. [/quote] Recently I got eventually the box (th...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #22: The sentiments behind “End of Life" Phonostage by Romy the Cat on 2008-05-29 
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Here are some commentaries regarding my “End of Life" Phonostage. The name of this phonostage derives from many factors. I am forty, winch it more or less a half live and in the first half I was playing a lot with different audio toys. The last 10 y...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #27: MFA Systems Phonostage by Reggie on 2008-05-31 
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Hello Romy This is my first post. Did you take courses in electronics and mechanical engineering or have you learned yourself outside of a structured environment? I am very interested to become proficient in working on/modifying my own electronics. ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #33: “End of Life" Phonostage: what is next? by Romy the Cat on 2008-06-01 
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OK, here are some follow up thoughts after the completion of the project. I am sure I will burn it for a month or so. I think everything will be fine, I do not expect any issuers technical or sonic. The way how the entrance to the corrector done it i...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #58: What VTA has to do with phonostage? by Romy the Cat on 2008-06-21 
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Paul, I am not sure what VTA and anything else has to do with phonostage. The VTA is not a characteristic of Sound but a property of a given cartridge. Sine I it set and the VTF is not changed I do not change VTA. I do not use VTA to change sound, I ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #59: Phonostage vs. VTA by Paul S on 2008-06-21 
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No, VTA is not in and of itself a characteristic of Sound; but in my own system the stylus' vertical tracking/rake angle is not something that results in the same sound no matter where I put it.  In fact, even small chan...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #61: The “End of Life" Phonostage Status…. by Romy the Cat on 2008-09-14 
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With my resent battle with Shelter and the off the FM session analog renaissance I am playing a lot of records and there is one observation I would like to make. I feed all my 3 “better” tonearms into the “End of Life" Phonostage and I can’t not to m...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: AMR PH-77: just another phonostage or more? by Romy the Cat on 2009-07-05 
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The news just come inhttp://www.amr-audio.co.uk/html/pr_ph77.htmlThorsten use to tell me that his ambitions phonostage project will be coming through in fall of 2008. Well, it is late but it is there: the AMR announced their new PH-77 Phono Equal...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: My views about PH-77 phonostage by Romy the Cat on 2009-07-19 
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I am not a big fun of Dvorak 9th under Ancerl. I’m not big fun nether the orchestra’s balance nor the recording quality.  Anyhow… I do not think that that you need to worry PH-77’s accuracy of curves or the comfort to switch them. It looks lik...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #16: Alnic H-1500 Phonostage by Romy the Cat on 2009-10-15 
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Recently I was visiting a guy who has Alnic H-1500 LCR Phono stage. I actually had a chance to open it up and to inspect it. http://www.allnicaudio.com/eng/products/view.htm?brandcode=0010040000000002&page=1 I would say that I...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #19: Not so minimum stages phonostage by Romy the Cat on 2009-10-16 
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Thanks, Keith and Montepilot. I did have my 7788-7721 phonostage with LCR filter and I always liked it, pay attention - it was 68dB gains with just two stages and with NO step-up transformer.  Allnic  Phono is 3 stages with step-up transformer...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #29: The twogoodears’ new LCR-437A phonostage. by Romy the Cat on 2009-11-08 
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Perrew, I would take RL filtration ageist C filtration any time and under any circumstance. If you look at the circuit of 600R LCR classic Tango filter  http://www.vinylsavor.de/lcreq.gif …then you will see that the serial capacitance al...
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