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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: American National Recording Registry by Romy the Cat on 2007-03-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: American National Recording Registry in Musical Discussions  1 Replies 
Recordings are listed by year of release: "The Lord's Prayer" and "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star." Emile Berliner. (ca. 1888) Emile Berliner, the inventor of the microphone and founder of the first disc record company, lived and worked in Washi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Has anyone made any progress on the HD radio front? by scooter on 2008-11-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: HD Radio? Good, bad or ugly? in Off Air Audio  7 Replies 
Has anyone made any progress on the HD radio front?...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: The HD Radio sucks. by Romy the Cat on 2008-12-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: HD Radio? Good, bad or ugly? in Off Air Audio  7 Replies 
I did some listening of the station that reportedly has very high quality of HD Radio and I did not like the result at all. I sound like a normal stream of MP3 file, not particularly high rate of MP3. My WGHB station do feed the HD1 and HD2 with very...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Hd radio/sony xdr f1-hd 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,i like fm.  and i like comparing different tunas.  in the past ten years, i have bought and sold at least a hundred different tunas.  i presently have more than thirty.  easily 90% of my music listening is fm, even in the ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: HD Radio is nothing more than FM dildo. by Romy the Cat 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 
Well, Doug My attraction to HD Radio statred from the moment when I learned that my WGBH does one less step of analog compression for DH1 compare to FM and do not use limiting-out  at HD2 for live-to-tape recordings. Very promising, isn’t it?&n...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #15: Live radio, we need more of it. by drdna on 2008-12-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: TU-X1 setup in Off Air Audio  16 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]here is the LIVE recording from today via TU-X1. Purely abstractly, what– what specific character of sound you would like to modify of improved?[/quote]Of course it is NOT being compared to playing directly through the TU-X...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Radio Netherlands’ Live! at the Concertgebouw. by Romy the Cat on 2008-12-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Radio Netherlands’ Live! at the Concertgebouw. in Off Air Audio  0 Replies 
I love their programming quite a lot an even the quality of sound despite that they use regular CDs is quite high. http://www.radionetherlands.nl/music/concertgebouw/ Their webcast does a phenomenal work listening if you have a good local FM statio...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #16: DAB+ vs. HD Radio by Romy the Cat on 2009-05-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: What to do in office? in Off Air Audio  33 Replies 
Thanks for information, Gordon  I am a skeptic about this DAB+. Whatever amount of kBits they select it will be still digitally compressed format. So, it will be one of the versions of our HD format. I presume it will be better then HD but I down tha...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #16: Radio is no longer a good sounding Source by Stitch on 2009-09-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Where are our good Tuners? in Off Air Audio  43 Replies 
I think, it is useful to go back a little bit in time, when talking about Tuners. In the 50‘ and 60‘s records (and the their Equipment) was VERY expensive, it was a Hobby for the upperclass. For general public the Tuner was the main unit to...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Another Boston Radio Station Sold...WCRB by scooter on 2009-09-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Another Boston Radio Station Sold...WCRB in Off Air Audio  2 Replies 
Public radio WGBH (89.7) reportedly bid $14m for WCRB (99.5), Boston's fledging privately held 100% classical radio station. Reportedly the idea is to make 89.7 a pure news format, whereas it previously was a hybrid including classical music. WCRB wi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #30: Anything We Can Do for Classical Music Radio in Boston? by Romy the Cat on 2009-12-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The new FM Classical scene in Boston in Off Air Audio  47 Replies 
Boston Musical Intelligencer will be presenting a panel discussion at Old South Church, Copley Square, Tuesday, January 5, 6:00 to 7:30 pm. The panel intends to address the overwhelming response of dismay at the diminution of classical music prog...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Flac 16bit/48Khz streaming internet radio broadcast by miab on 2009-11-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Flac 16bit/48Khz streaming internet radio broadcast in Didital Things  2 Replies 
I came across this classical streaming station while searching out the net for new music enlightenment. I believe it is in an experimental stage and the only one of it's kind. It makes available 16 bit 48khz signal streamed. It does need a high bandw...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: The FM Radio. What a Hell?! by Romy the Cat on 2005-09-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The FM Radio. What a Hell?! in Off Air Audio  7 Replies 
I was “complaining” before that there is some kind of “very beautiful devil” lives in FM radio broadcasts. I can’t figure out why even when they broadcast the recordings from the CDs that I know very well then thier broadcasts impact t more musical t...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Radio Stations Harmonize On Classical Music by Romy the Cat on 2007-01-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Radio Stations Harmonize On Classical Music in Off Air Audio  0 Replies 
WGMS Ditches Its Old Format But Helps Orchestrate Its Revival On WETA By Paul FarhiWashington Post Staff WriterTuesday, January 23, 2007; C01 Washington radio station WGMS dropped the music of Mozart and Tchaikovsky yesterday after nearly six decad...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: The Australian FM radio. by Romy the Cat on 2009-05-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: What to do in office? in Off Air Audio  33 Replies 
Thanks, Gordon How good the quality of their live FM broadcasts? Are you recording them if they are good? http://www.romythecat.com/Forums/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=8330 From what I hear over Internet I might that the quality of the...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #16: I love my old radio now. by Romy the Cat on 2011-03-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Forward in the past with old radios. in Off Air Audio  18 Replies 
Yes, you are right, I forgot that it is mono PP radio. I such case one ECL82 triode is driver stage and one is phase splitter. Here is a full cur cut of the radio. There is nothing special in it – a very typical circuit.  http://www.goodsoundclub.com...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Internet radio? by RonyWeissman on 2008-08-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: What to do in office? in Off Air Audio  33 Replies 
Hi Romy,  I am a little behind the times as regards internet radio, etc..  Can I run some sort of cable to listen to these stations on my audio installation, or is it just for listening on the computer sound ?Thanks,R Weissman...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: I got my table radio. by Romy the Cat on 2011-02-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Forward in the past with old radios. in Off Air Audio  18 Replies 
After much research I found the radio that I like. The decision was base mostly on the esthetic: size, color etc, sure I was conserving the circuit but only up to point.  The choose when for German Schaub & Lorenz Goldsuper W42. It is 1957 ra...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Satellite radio by RonyWeissman on 2012-03-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Satellite radio in Off Air Audio  4 Replies 
Are these restek.de satellite tuners any good?  I am wondering if I should update my fm tuner or if it is waste of money if we will be listening to satellite or internet based radio only in next few years. I like the idea of getting german live broad...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #26: European radio stations streaming live on the internet by Romy the Cat on 2013-10-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: What to do in office? in Off Air Audio  33 Replies 
http://www.listenlive.eu/index.html ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #46: Renaissance in radio? by drdna on 2014-11-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The new FM Classical scene in Boston in Off Air Audio  47 Replies 
Is it just an excuse to sell your old equipment? I think as the community of music and audio grows smaller, there is often a revival of high quality audio, so there is a great deal of variability. It may be next season that a new person with a passio...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Crane Radio CCE2 by Paul S on 2024-10-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Crane Radio CCE2 in Off Air Audio  17 Replies 
I got this heavy portable multi-band radio when I had a lot of down time and no energy, just wanted FM that was easy to turn  on and off, mostly to listen to in my bedroom, including at night while I lay in bed. In particular, we have a local no-ads ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Table radio example by N-set on 2012-01-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The invisible sound barrier in Playback Listening  6 Replies 
I used to listen to one of those German tube table radios. Graetz Sinfonia or whatever.IIRC it had a SEP stage with some EL84 and a plastic kind of mini-horn for HF and in general was running oldtubes, has never been cleaned etc. But nevertheless aft...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #53: Drivers, Dope and Radio Flyers by Paul S on 2008-10-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Lowther Driver in Audio Discussions  62 Replies 
Wojtek, I am indeed hemmed in by the fricking electricity these days, to the extent that it is about impossible to hold on to a baseline for reference.  And the Lowthers only make the problem more apparent.Yes, I still wonder about how I wo...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Tivoli Table Top Radio by drdna on 2007-02-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Hi-Fi Mini Systems in Audio Discussions  12 Replies 
Romy,A friend of mine has the Tivoli table top radio.  I was pleasantly surprised by the music it produced.  It was not bad at all.  I realize it is not a great radio, but it is decent for the price, and it is small.Adrian...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #43: 2017: Playing too much Bach over Bose table radio… by Romy the Cat on 2017-01-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Summary: my/your audio: year by year in Audio Discussions  49 Replies 
Yep, this year was kind of different. The twins hit me like much harder than the first child and to have “3 under 2” under the roof with two parents having full time jobs is not fan at all. The new listening room was the main new things but frankl...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: Dealing with HD Radio noise in the FM band by Romy the Cat on 2008-06-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The FM Stereo and Multiplex MPX decoders in Off Air Audio  12 Replies 
Take a look at Brian Beezly’s site with a wealth of useful information. http://www.ham-radio.com/k6sti/ In particular pay attention to his articles about the HD Radio noise in FM band. http://www.ham-radio.com/k6sti/hdrsn.htm Make sure that you ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: BBC broadcasting radio equipment by Romy the Cat on 2009-06-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: BBC broadcasting radio equipment in Off Air Audio  0 Replies 
"On these pages are pictures of old BBC radio equipment and memories from the people who built, maintained and used it. We don't aim at building a comprehensive history but to provide some 'snap-shots' of times and places. Many thanks to all contribu...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Sewer commercial FM stations, mindless radio listening by misnacat on 2009-10-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Apple helped kill FM...and might help rescue it... in Off Air Audio  2 Replies 
J. Here is a start, If you want live hosts and quality FM broadcast with a wide varity of program material try CBC Radio, available just about everywhere here in Canada including the North West Territorys.Most nations radio stations have large budget...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: Remembering Sound of that Old radio. by Romy the Cat on 2011-02-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Forward in the past with old radios. in Off Air Audio  18 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] Anyhow, I like your idea about the "memories" but not in the context how you used it. [/quote] I kind of semi-write about it in the thread about the “Remembering Sound”: http://www.goodsoundclub.com/Forums/...
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