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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #141: Taking ultrasound as an example by peter foster on 2008-08-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
Dear Romy, taking ultrasound equipment as an example, there would appear to be much in common in the operation of ultrasound equipment as with a sound system.  There is analog signal send/receive, conversion of analog signal received to digital ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #43: How accurate is the ADC/DAC? by manisandher on 2009-07-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Pacific Microsonics Model 2 in Didital Things  85 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]I find it very covenant to run analog source and then be able to switch the source signal passing across Pacific A/D-D/A where both D/A and DAW run from the same Pacific’s A/D clock. In fact it is so convenient that I asked...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #108: I really hate those experiences … by Romy the Cat on 2021-11-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Remedies the Beauty in Playback Listening  293 Replies 
[quote user="rowuk"]Jarek,I am a professional musician, and am very much in "tune" with creative processes. [/quote] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oq1JShEmLsk [quote user="rowuk"...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Where are our good phonostages? by Romy the Cat on 2004-05-31 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Where are our good phonostages? in Analog Playback  61 Replies 
Here we go: another yell of a disturbed feline.... How come that after years and years of analog glory, decadence and renaissance the audio industry still has no seriously performing  RIAA phonocorrectors. I would not even go to MC correctors or...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #57: The Ten-Percent Solution (Elementary, Mr. Watson) by Paul S on 2007-07-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
Romy, the suspense is killing me.  Since it works so great at 10% I hope you will at least try this thing with your analog gear, too.  Sure, something that actually works for amps would be almost unbelievable in and of itself...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: The hardest was Digital playback by RonyWeissman on 2007-02-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Verify that you sources do not underperform. in Audio For Dummies ™  2 Replies 
That is very interesting post Romy.  I noticed that I have changed a lot of CD-Players and Dacs over the years until I found the sound I wanted, but only had to change my Tuner once, and my analog playback has been the same for years and years n...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Filet Mignon Hamburger with cheap ketchup and limp lettuce by rowuk on 2012-11-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: DIY LCR phono in Analog Playback  3 Replies 
Witti,the sound of YouTube is all that I hear. Digitized analog playback is a sort of backup, but any real advantages of analog playback are lost when you digitize so there is no LCR sound left.How did you digitize the playback?...

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 #134: Audiophile Linux. by xandcg on 2017-03-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: High Quality Music Server / CD player in Didital Things  169 Replies 
You can try: https://www.ap-linux.com/ instead. I think there is not anything special on Voyager, it is just tweaked to use very little space what is not a problem on that board. You can easily find a CompactFlash card with 64GB, what is a lot more m...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Might be interesting indeed. by Romy the Cat on 2011-07-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The mono cartridges paradox. in Analog Playback  11 Replies 
[quote user="N-set"]Has anybody tried this:http://www.analog-collector.com/bonus/cellules/default.htmVery costly and a copy but..maybe...?[/quote]I never heard it or about it and it might be interesting. Well, as interesting as any other basement-bui...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #40: Yes and no. Still, it does not answer the question and PS. by Romy the Cat on 2008-12-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: High Quality Music Server / CD player in Didital Things  169 Replies 
[quote user="alexd"]To answer your question about DAW output vs tuner. Well Tuner is not highest quality source to start with. I do not think you will hear much difference between DAW analog output and tuner analog output.[/quote] It is unquestionab...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #941: A second PurePower for PC? by Romy the Cat on 2011-12-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
If you follow this thread and my successes and tribulation with PurePower regenerators than you remember that I had problem with sound running two PP2000 for right and left channels.  So, I had everything, including my DAW plugged into on PP2000,...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #152: More moronic blah blah? by rowuk on 2017-04-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: High Quality Music Server / CD player in Didital Things  169 Replies 
It seems that brainlessness knows no limits. Both Mr. Hansen and Mr. Rankin speak nonsense. Wasting time on text like this is like reading the brochures from extreme audio equipment. All the things that "audiophiles" expect someone to say, get sa...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #151: Is there any good digital designer? by Amir on 2017-04-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: High Quality Music Server / CD player in Didital Things  169 Replies 
it seems digital design is harder than analog design.good Q&A Charles Hansen, Gordon Rankin:http://www.audiostream.com/content/draft#Jwd0w77ZLMYORVJa.97http://www.audiostream.com/content/theres-no-such-thing-digital-conversation-charles-hansen-go...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Horns and digital crossovers. by Romy the Cat on 2005-03-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Horns and digital crossovers. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  16 Replies 
This subject of digital crossovers became quite popular during last few years and many audio-people give up and go for a simplicity and painlessness of digital crossovering. There is an army of people out there who would swear by a complete transpare...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Comtemporary preamps 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 
BTW,the contemporary preamps are rather music servers with analog emergency operation.http://www.audionec.com/...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #16: Digital crossovers by JoshK on 2011-02-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Horns and digital crossovers. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  16 Replies 
Hi Romy,I am curious as to why you object to the use of digital crossovers.   Is it solely due to the ADC for analog sources?  Assuming that digital is the sole source, would you still conceptually object and why?  I realize you probably have touched...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #92: A correction…. by Romy the Cat on 2010-05-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Romy The Cat's new Listening Room in Audio Discussions  478 Replies 
[quote user="Bill"]     If you are going to build such a huge cabinet or put a hole in the floor to use the basement as a chamber, why not just build horns in the basement with a straight 8-10 foot section in the basement with the back chamber re...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #59: It might makes no difference to YOU. by Romy the Cat on 2012-01-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Crossover Design in Audio Discussions  69 Replies 
[quote user="Kerry Brown"] A digital crossover with lower bit depth and sampling rate than the recordings it's processing won't deliver maximum sound quality; unfortunately my DEQX crossover is limited to 24/96 so it can't process hi-res digital ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #15: So called high-res files by steverino on 2013-01-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The High Resolution PCM files business, where? in Didital Things  31 Replies 
Romy's thread makes for sad reading. I assume from all that I have seen that most of the "high res" files were taken from 16 bit Cd files or processed at that rate at some point in the processing chain. There are probably a handful of conscientious e...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1055: Isn't this NUTS? by rowuk on 2012-07-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
I mean we can take real live analog music, convert it 100% to digital and get incredible playback if we pay attention to details but we can't take an ANALog 60/50Hz AC signal and clean it up enough for MEGA expensive equipment.Electricity IS a proble...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1073: PP 2000 + by SOS on 2013-01-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
Well my PP 2000 + has gone back twice and currently I have it but can not use it due to a grounding issue only with analog. The guys at PP are trying to figure this all out but no answers to date. It is dead quite with digital but I don't listen to d...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #20: It would be depending… by Romy the Cat on 2009-04-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Lavry Gold DA924 ++ in Didital Things  25 Replies 
[quote user="jp"]In my experimentations, the da924 doesnt contribute much noise in my setup.  Rather in my setup its the lavry ad122 thats the trouble maker. When all digital is turned off I have a very quiet background.  Here are my observations...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Digital vs Analog? by Amir on 2009-04-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Analog vs. Digital... without BS. in Didital Things  23 Replies 
I like to know is there any idea in romy mind about proper digital implementation ?do you think we can replace analog with proper implemented digital without lossing any important thing?but about my idea :I think digital at it's best can give us tran...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: Possible, but who knows... by Romy the Cat on 2004-08-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Ultimate Turntable in Analog Playback  220 Replies 
Nope, I never neard it. Well, I did, as well I heard some this small TTs but it was at the conditions where it was virtually imposable to say anything defiantly. The most weak element of most of the better analog installations are dead phonostages an...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: Post dac chip simplification by mark on 2008-03-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: DA architecture: True Multibit vs. anything else. in Didital Things  17 Replies 
i am well aware of the problems the 47 labs approach brings along with the good things it does.i have at times in my setups good results,in other setups disaster.47 and audionote use no digital/oversampling filter.this obviously can have negative con...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #30: O . . . K . . . by item on 2011-11-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Windows Based Transport: A quiet and capable Source? in Didital Things  47 Replies 
On a really fundamental level, this conversation isn't working. Good luck with the site, and happy listening (digital or analog).MW...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Pierre Clement by N-set on 2011-07-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The mono cartridges paradox. in Analog Playback  11 Replies 
Has anybody tried this:http://www.analog-collector.com/bonus/cellules/default.htmVery costly and a copy but..maybe...?...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: The biggest problem is that digital can’t edit. by Romy the Cat on 2011-06-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It is all about hard surface. in Playback Listening  12 Replies 
[quote user="steverino"]Romy,  I thought it was you or maybe I read it elsewhere. SACD was originally a multibit high sample rate format. I believe Sony went to one bit for "security" reasons to prevent copying. I think it's hard to rule out digital ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Master Tape by Amir on 2016-06-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: My Audio Philosophy in Playback Listening  95 Replies 
I listened one time (just one time) to master tape (revox reel).micro harmonic was so better than dCS Elgar (digital source) and it was better in micro dynamic. i did not tested good DSD in a good DAC vs good analog but in micro linearity analog and ...
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