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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: 6c33 testing by hagtech on 2007-01-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Get, or made up a tube tester, it’s necessary in Audio For Dummies ™  44 Replies 
[quote user="romy"]send you two 6C33C – a new one and the burned out[/quote]Please do.  I have interest in the result myself and don't mind spending the time.  I can post photos for each tube.[quote]a trace for the very given tube is “nice ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #14: A transparent delay for Macondo? by cv on 2008-06-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 45Hz Bass Horn in Horn-Loaded Speakers  23 Replies 
Romy,I'm not sure how "transparent" you find the Lavry etc AD/DAs, but since you have them, it might not be difficult to throw in an adjustable digital delay; eg these chips from TI http://focus.ti.com/paramsearch/docs/parametricsearch.tsp?family=ana...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Downgrading the Digital Multiplexing… by Romy the Cat on 2008-05-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The FM Stereo and Multiplex MPX decoders in Off Air Audio  12 Replies 
After exploring the options for Multiplexing decoding on digital domain I decided to downgrade this perspective for now. Here are some cone and prose of Digital Multiplexing as I can see them Pros: Ability to have better noise performance. This i...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: In analog domain by Amir on 2009-09-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Preamplifiers: keys to mystery. (Lamm L1, L2) in Audio Discussions  2 Replies 
Is it possible to change phase response in analog domain very easily?I think it's not easy and if it's possible it need complex circuit...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #33: High Quality Music Server / CD player by alexd 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 
Hi all.We are small company, dedicated to creation of highest quality audio products. Analog and Digital. We have auditioned many music servers on the market.However most of them do not sound as good as good quality 16Bits cd transport. The approach ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #17: Waviness by Paul S on 2012-06-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Turntable speed analysis. in Analog Playback  17 Replies 
N-set, for one thing, a certain amount of "flutter" is a normal part of analog recording processes, if indeed the test tracks are "analog" from end to end.   I have no clear notion of what any (subsequent?) digital processing itself "looks like", but...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #13: Digitalized Vinyl by joaco on 2011-06-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It is all about hard surface. in Playback Listening  12 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]The main worsening of Sound by digital technology does not come from limitation of formats but from a corruption of recording culture. In past the tape or a disk was tangible analog evidence all manipulation that took place...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: The big digital time… by Romy the Cat on 2007-10-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Recording options: Pacific Microsonics vs. Lavry Gold. in Didital Things  24 Replies 
I spend a couple days playing with my digital, listening, measuring, trying to realize how to use it, trying to take advantage (if it exists) of my new Pacific processor. It is a true remarkable machine but the Pacific processor also highlighted to m...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Good examples prove there are ways to get good results by Paul S on 2007-11-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Reel-to-Reel Tape vs. Raw Better Digital in Didital Things  13 Replies 
from both digital and analog tape formats, but as time goes by it may be easier to get good digital source material.So far the best recorded sound I have heard was (years ago) via Mark Levinson's (justly celebrated, IMO) Studer/Revox rigs; however,&n...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: About digital files and definition of “masters”. by Romy the Cat on 2008-04-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: About digital files and definition of “masters”. in Didital Things  4 Replies 
A few days ago I was expressing my dissatisfaction with the BS-mania that industry spread about the digital masters. http://www.GoodSoundClub.com/TreeItem.aspx?PostID=7147 [quote user="Romy the Cat"] I generally feel that the fairy-tale about the ...

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 #16: Some improved results by peter foster on 2008-11-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Is anybody live in Australia with a tuner and an interest? in Off Air Audio  19 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Hm, interesting. The problem might be in ADC, I/O cared, Recorder or DAC. When you do the experiment do you record the file? If so then you might plug ADC directly into DAC. Might your problem be with cloaking? I do know wh...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Impossible. by Romy the Cat on 2012-03-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Sound of line level filters in Audio Discussions  4 Replies 
Nope, sorry, it does not make any sense for me. The use of Rowland amp I guess is fine if it being use for testing of the filters. Still if you use high-pass for your midrange horn then what resistor does in your RC filter? A first order filter, rega...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1091: My unit gone and by SOS on 2013-02-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
I fully disclosed to the new owner what issues I had only with analog, which he also uses. Well he received it late last week and he also has the buzzing sound with analog! The is confident he can solve the issue and I wish him all the luck but now t...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Ultimate Turntable? by Bruno Rivademar on 2020-07-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Ultimate Turntable? in Analog Playback  0 Replies 
Hi Romy and everyone!. it´s me again! Here with another contribution.Are you familiar with a guy called Jean Nantais? He rebuilds Idler Lenco Turntables and bolt them to high mass plinths. (basically completely removing all issues regarding idler whe...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #39: The problems in the DAW's switching PS? by alexd 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 
You are right, the DAC18 is 16 bits device, we could not find many sources of 24 Bits material being output in digital form via SPDIF or USB.Due to the Digital Copyright Law, no devices can output (in digital form) anything higher than 16 Bits / 48 K...

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 #44: About analog broadcasts by Antonio J. on 2005-11-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to record FM broadcasts. in Off Air Audio  125 Replies 
I was told that they were thinking to stop analog FM stations and have them broadcasting in digital DAB, but I found the official webpage of the government about it. It's sure that they will stop (in Spain, don't know other countries) aerial analog T...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #12: The road to exquisite playback is fraught with IEDs by rowuk on 2013-07-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: DAC Recommendations in Didital Things  44 Replies 
I think that picking a DAC is like picking speakers - regardless of the price, we don't know what we have until we get there. I do not think that it is possible to compare digital and analog playback forms. With a turntable we have as many choices (g...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #39: The idea of analog randomanization. by Romy the Cat on 2008-12-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps in Melquiades Amplifier  397 Replies 
[quote user="drdna"] The VERY INTERESTING idea is that the introduction of noise as a dithering element for the analog signal (for our brain to decode) can be helpful in increasing the retrieval of information vital to conveying the Sound. [/quote] T...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #13: Tchaikovsky bass calibration by Ronnie on 2006-03-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Tchaikovsky Symphony #4 in Musical Discussions  16 Replies 
"A few days ago Clark Johnson visited me and I played to him the Third movement of Mravinsky 1961 performance of Tchaikovsky IV. I love what Mravinsky did with this movement and I pretty much calibrate the bass balance of my playback using this Mravi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: My Analog Playback: the fat lady has sung by Romy the Cat on 2006-04-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: My Analog Playback: the fat lady has sung in Analog Playback  9 Replies 
Sometimes ago I received an email from a NY guy that I know: “I borrowed a friend's Sansui TU-X1 and just like I heard them at your place it sounds fantastic! What is it about this tuner?  There is such an ease to the presentation and no distra...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #15: Why not to add your own bass amp? by Romy the Cat on 2015-03-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A new kid in the block: Sadurni Acoustics in Horn-Loaded Speakers  21 Replies 
[quote user="Jorge"]We only use the Beringher for bass under 100 hz, driven by the main amp. We tried a lot of different solutions, including analog active xovers, the DCX is clearly better than the Analog Xovers we tried. There are very few com...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: More about the cross-source validations. by Romy the Cat 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 
Well, the added benefits of cross-source validation is that some of the sources are stable but others are less stable and might vary in its basic quality with time. For instance digital is very stable and since you once set it up properly then it rem...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Hiroyasu Kondo: “My thoughts on Hi-Fi”. by Romy the Cat on 2009-09-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Hiroyasu Kondo: “My thoughts on Hi-Fi”. in Audio Discussions  0 Replies 
This material is courtesy to Mr. Shibazaki, the owner of Sibatech Shop in Tokyo, that sell internationally Japanise Hi-Fi equipment. http://www.sibatech.co.jp/ I hope that Sibatech people are more decent then our american distrib...

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 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Ultimate Turntable in Analog Playback  220 Replies 
[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 #1: The ways to delay horns channels. by Romy the Cat on 2007-10-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The ways to delay horns channels. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  0 Replies 
I half of my site dedicated to bitching about the problems with time alignment what it is imposable to do by pure real-estate efforts and a lack of clarity how it could be resolved properly. Sine this subject is the prominent for any horn user I deci...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Philosophical confusion by eduardo on 2009-04-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Analog vs. Digital... without BS. in Didital Things  23 Replies 
philosophical confusion Undoubtly,analog and digital are mere "medium" in the world of "contents and intentions" music is made of. Talking philosophically, If we dare to discuss or give credit in any way to such a dilemma,we stay in fact out of t...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #13: It is NOT FM is Analog Signal Processing vs DSP by Romy the Cat on 2014-05-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Revisiting DSP in Didital Things  12 Replies 
[quote user="steverino"]FM is Analog Signal Processing vs DSP. The compression aspect is only really intrusive on orchestral works. Pop and jazz are already compressed and chamber music presents a more limited dynamic range if not limited contrast. B...
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