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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: As exotic as possible by el`Ol on 2008-07-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The GoodSoundClub’s ‘Ultimate Audio Dildo Award’ in Audio News  10 Replies 
Referencehttp://www.thorens.com/electronics/amplifiers/tem-3200.htmlformer referencehttp://www.kraudio.cz/amps.htmlformer co-referencehttp://www.cruz-digital.com/products.htmampliers from a German hifi mazine.All so extraordinary and anusual they cou...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: RX5000 by pokie on 2008-11-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Micro RX 5000 in Analog Playback  9 Replies 
Many thanks,   I don't really what version my platter is.  Could you tell me from this pic?I removed the Thorens mat so it now looks so disgusting....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #21: Idler rumble by N-set on 2010-11-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Idler Drive - Rumbling Into The Future? in Analog Playback  27 Replies 
Just a short comment on the motor rumble on my particular example of EMT930: using a 40yrs old idler I could clearly hear the joyful sound of the motor when playing a test empty track (through quite efficient Stax O2 headphones, max volume on their 7...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #206: Machining is no big deal anymore by rowuk on 2019-05-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Ultimate Turntable in Analog Playback  220 Replies 
Actually, if we use a stethoscope and our ears, we buy standard precision bearings, motors and control electronics. All quite affordable. There is no need to reinvent the wheel. If we look at an old Thorens TD160, how much more engineering does the a...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: The RMAF 2008 pictures + a few comments. by Romy the Cat on 2008-10-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: RMAF 2008 observations, opinions 1) ceramic drivers in Audio Discussions  32 Replies 
The Federated Mike posted a set of the phonographs took at RMAF 2008 in Denver http://www.audiofederation.com/hifiing/2008/RMAF2008/report/index.htm I kid of do not like the pictures he did this year in past the images were much better. This year t...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #34: A commercial amp with 6E5P by Romy the Cat on 2008-12-31 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The 6E5P tube data. in Melquiades Amplifier  44 Replies 
Frank Blöhbaum, from Sweden I believe, have designed for Thorens a preamp that I think the first outside of Russia commercial use my 6E5P tube. http://www.6moons.com/audioreviews/thorens4/tep3800.html I do not know if Frank reads this site but if ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #14: To EMT or not EMT - who cares? by Romy the Cat on 2010-07-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Idler Drive - Rumbling Into The Future? in Analog Playback  27 Replies 
It is interesting that any conversation about a specific technology in TT instantly get converted into conversation about brands.  We were talking about idler roles and then we get embraced into thinking of Garrard vs. EMT. Perhaps it needs to be...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: … a few analog groups by Romy the Cat on 2012-08-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Fidelity Research FR-7 in Analog Playback  42 Replies 
[quote user="Stitch"]In Germany are a few analog groups, some build their turntable with a piece of wood and a knife and think it is great, some prefer old Linn, Garrads, Thorens as the only, real solution to listen to and others refuse to listen to ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #28: Kerf - one cause of pops and clicks by oldclassics on 2010-01-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Sensible record cleaning: vinyl piranhas and record Vaseline in Analog Playback  56 Replies 
After expending the better part of the day sorting through the record bins at thrift stores I came home with some finds (for me). Milstein playing Mendelssohn’s e minor on Columbia’s first LP, ML4001, and the Golden Jubilee concert ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: FR-Carts by Stitch on 2012-08-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Fidelity Research FR-7 in Analog Playback  42 Replies 
The carts from Fidelity Research were made until 1989. From what I know, the FR-7 series are different among with Impedance, Output and what kind of diamond cut they have. They last forever based on their internal construction and can be retipped qui...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #126: A complicated subject by Romy the Cat on 2014-05-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Ultimate Turntable in Analog Playback  220 Replies 
I need to note that MicroTTs, American Sound and a few other TTs with very heavy palter are complicated subjects.  From one perspective a heavy platter is the key. I remember years back a few years Lechintsky published mathematical equivalents of TT ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #142: Platter evolution by rowuk on 2014-05-06 
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If we look generally at stability from bridges to optical measurement benches, mass has one function - tune resonance or place it outside of the desired passband. Other methods are chosen when we want to convert energy to heat.Do we know what a "ligh...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #169: The King Is Dead - Long Live The King by Stitch on 2014-05-11 
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"]David, that is funny that you are stressing my SX8000 or even mention it, if you ever invest the effort to read the site, or at least the thread then you would understand how out of context your manner. The AF1/Micro is kin...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Further thoughts II by Stitch on 2014-05-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: High End Munich 2014 impressions .... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  36 Replies 
The Rockports have a very light platter and a carbon Arm....the one I listened to was the latest, it had simply no Bass reproduction, nada, nothing and the Arm resonances are also inferior to any energy transfer from any cartridge. The lead wires are...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: Anti-skate and Micro in Japan by Gibraltar on 2010-08-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Micro Seiki MAX 282 Questions in Analog Playback  11 Replies 
Hi Romy,[quote user="Romy the Cat"] I would discard the test disk truck– I never use it. Take a silent space between the cuts (test disk!) and make a needle at your operational VTF to be in stationary ay a bit more than a half record.In fact it is ar...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: The Micro Seiki arms. by Romy the Cat on 2010-08-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Micro Seiki MAX 282 Questions in Analog Playback  11 Replies 
[quote user="Gibraltar"] Not sure what you're suggesting here. Are you saying that I should be able to hear some channel imbalance from the surface noise if the anti-skate is not working? I did try removing the arm tube then turning the anti-skate di...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #170: Owning a expensive Turntable by Romy the Cat on 2014-05-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Ultimate Turntable in Analog Playback  220 Replies 
[quote user="Stitch"] None of these owners bought it because they can hear a difference, they are absolutely not interested in that and they have absolutely no idea about it!! They bought it as a toy and to get a position in an audiophile community a...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #35: Some corrections in Srajan blabbing about 6E5P. by Romy the Cat on 2009-01-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The 6E5P tube data. in Melquiades Amplifier  44 Replies 
In my post above I have mention that Srajan is in a way a brainless parrot that repeats the heard and has no ability of desire to understand what was the noise about. His comments that 6E5P and E810F are “close electrical” is a good indication how it...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: The Decca London Reference? by Romy the Cat on 2008-09-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Buying a last cartridge. in Analog Playback  80 Replies 
[quote user="drdna"]Romy, I think you are asking if I have the Edgar subwoofers also.  Yes, I do, like giant woodgrain refrigerator in the living room.  So I do get some bass response. [/quote] Yes, I was asking about the Edgar refrigerato...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #18: There is no such a thing as Walker sound. by Romy the Cat on 2012-12-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Holly Proscenium idiocy! in Analog Playback  23 Replies 
[quote user="RonyWeissman"]I heard this TT, it was magnificent, almost no coloration to speak of, dead dead quiet. Of course it wasn't plugged in and there was no tonearm or cartridge yet but man I loved the sound! Really whatnthe hell is everyon...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: High End Munich 2014 impressions .... by Stitch on 2014-05-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: High End Munich 2014 impressions .... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  36 Replies 
Well, as usual, we can read all over what one likes or dislikes....each his own of course. But, we can not read why someone did like or did not like something.Same for me of course, but it would be helpful to offer a kind of "priority" (or whatever o...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #877: Some thoughts on pure~powering my gear... by spytsi on 2011-06-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
Finally, I'd appreciate your opinion on the scheduled implementation of regenerated electric power on my system.I am planning to hook up my entire gear on a single PP1050hv (230V) unit:2-channel: PrimaLuna ProLogue Classic integrated tube amp (Clas...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: The Foolishness of Analog People by Romy the Cat on 2006-01-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Foolishness of Analog People in Analog Playback  56 Replies 
Epigraph "…just buy a used Micro Seiki and don’t worry about turntables anymore; built like a tank and sounds better than TTs costing over 30K USD.” Mr. Ikeda, of Ikeda / Fidelity Research The Main bitching It amasses me how the preoccupation...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #21: Yes...add it to the list! by enjoy_the_music on 2008-02-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Ultimate Turntable in Analog Playback  220 Replies 
Yes we're creating the ultimate turntable so why not.''So can you imagine adding to a tonearm a function to catching the proximity from the center and dynamically reset the anti-scatting? How about automated tonearm’s vertical excursion to compens...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #186: The Kiss of Death List by Stitch on 2019-04-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Ultimate Turntable in Analog Playback  220 Replies 
Well, the Ultimate Turntable. I had the chance to listen to some personally. Most have one in common:Overrated and hyped from deaf "reviewers"And .... price tag has no direct comparison to sonic excellence ... or a lot of technical features which are...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #33: Arrival ... by montesquieu on 2019-10-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: My Audio Philosophy in Playback Listening  95 Replies 
Very interesting Amir. I am also waiting on a Model 5, to arrive in the UK. It was ordered some months ago but I ordered a balanced version (this one will be all-balanced - two balanced inputs and balanced output) and that's tak...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #17: Sound at the Show by Serge on 2011-05-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Munich High End 2011 in Horn-Loaded Speakers  45 Replies 
Needless to say the sonic impressions I am getting at the shows may be deceptive and always are very preliminary: that's the nature of an event like that. Who knows what's happening in the mains while I am listening, may b...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #22: Proscenium III is "state of the art" .... by Stitch on 2013-07-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Holly Proscenium idiocy! in Analog Playback  23 Replies 
.... the usual marketing blubber. The more expensive a High end Product is, the more superlatives you need to make it superior to anything else. You want the big bucks? You need a big mouth first.but we all know how this business runs. What amazes me...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Tape Machines (New Production) by Amir on 2023-06-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Tape Machines in Analog Playback  5 Replies 
These are New Tape Machine Manufactures: https://www.ballfinger.de https://www.thorens.com/ New Reference https://www.horch...
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