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Yesterday I woke up and suddenly I feet liking to convert my second Super Milq in 6-chennals Super Milq. I kind of did not want to touch it for almost 2 month and yesterday it “got” me. So, I started: took all the unnecessary 3-chennals Super Milq gu...
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As I said I do not truly have any audio Christmas List. If I move I will build my midbass horn but with all honesty if I move and will not go for midbass horn then it will be little difference. With my current understanding of sounds I am very co...
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[quote user="cv"]Here's a crazy thought... have you every tried driving the S2 directly from the Placette?! I know the 6E5p does some unique things but I wonder if it might be educational.The placette has a 7 ohm Zout right? Don't forget that that do...
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[quote user="decoud"]The idea is that just as you might have a seat in your garden that captures a particularly attractive perspective on it, so you have a point where such a view can be combined with audio playback. That gardens are rarely silent a...
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I had a little flash a few days ago thinking about potential.I've been following more high tech gadgets lately, things like the iPhone. And pondering ideal audio setups from the erspective of design and ergonomics. This had me thinking about solidsta...
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Post #106:
USB
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Amir
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2016-08-03
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[quote user="rowuk"]Amir,you have now posted twice that "proper" USB is better than SPDIF. The problem is that it isn't, unless someone makes up rules to define their own sense of better. The problem here is that they have not defined anything that i...
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Rony,
Actually I did try to drive Melquiades from different source. My old tube buffer, my phonostage and any other not DC-coupled source were not able to drive it. The 6-ch Melquiades is pain in as to drive. It has around 5K input impedance ...
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I once saw a phono stage that used sand diodes, and I have seen an interesting "tank circuit" amp that uses tube diodes +/- like a "buffer". Of recent "popular" amp designs, I have seen a lot of triode PP, but I think this is the first SE pentode I h...
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The crossover is built and will be testing it for the rest
few days. I am sure it will do some “comforting” for my SS amp. The question I
have no answer for myself if I need to use an input active stage. My preamp,
having 8R output impedance can p...
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One of the ways to drag the REL tuner in the realm of civilized sound is to get rid of any crap that it has after its detector. One of the first things is to replace the 60 years old Germanium diodes with contemporary ultra fast and ultra low capacit...
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"]
JP, that are funny settings. You source the clock from AES line but do lock it. I do not know at what rate you record but you’re A/D looks like output 88K, you card read 44K and it is not locked – a complete mess. Call ...
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[quote user="Paul S"]How funny would it be if it turned out to be any good, or even not bad?[/quote]Of course I will give some listening to this thing. They claim 65dB gain on 12AX7 and 12AU7 and 84dB noise. I do not know how true it will be...
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Romy wrote:
"...I know there are a lot of people who feel the CRW and DVD drivers in regular PS [CD and DVD drives in regular PCs] are just fine or even better then best dedicated audio CD transports..."
I am one such person; well n...
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hi romy,yes, digital compression sucks and is the main reason hd radio sounds so sterile. the dildo analogy is quite appropriate, imo. but, if there's a station you enjoy that doesn't come in well, the xdr f1-hd does sound quite nice - if...
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I read one more page from the Tenor description, before the author begun to talk about sound. A correction need to be made, from the first pages I understood that the amp use 6N6P driver but on the next pages it was not the case. Perhaps I confused s...
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This subject is interesting but unfortunately there are more options then time in life to experiment with all of them. The idea to use fatter cable is right atop of surface. It is not about current caring but the lower impedance of the cable. Remembe...
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Of course we do ourselves a favor when we set higher standards for ourselves instead of demanding it of others, ie, not being late as opposed to being late and blaming others for your misery, but I think I have some small justification to whine. Sur...
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[quote user="Brian Clark"]Have you experimented with transformer attenuators Romy?[/quote]Nope, I did not. I have two purely theoretical problems with transformer-attenuators.
First I did not see any transformers that can handle LF all the way down ...
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I find an interesting local Boston company where I might test the Motor-Generator option. They manufacture exactly what I might need: Motor-Generator sets for ultimate isolation. They offer single-phase brushless synchronous Motor-Generator pair ...
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Hm you are true in the “terra incognita” territory as far as I concern. The preamps are mystery to me. All my attempts to make any decently sounding preamp or even buffer failed. To me Placette was truly God sent and if I g...
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Post #116:
BBB
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by
Amir
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2017-01-25
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[quote user="nycparamedic"]After living with my current custom Linux music server does not leave me wanting anything much when it comes to playing music:A PC Engines ALIX single board computer in a small aluminum enclosure and running Voyage Linux. T...
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Kris,
I personally do not like the whole ides and I have addressed it in here:
http://www.romythecat.com/Forums/ShowPost.aspx?postID=6086
I am not nether equipment or electronics engineer but from what I see they also are very c...
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[quote user="cv"]I wonder if it is the reactive components (blocking caps etc) that are to blame here, seeing as much of the problem is in the lower bass.[/quote]Chris, what you said made me to think.
Look, the output of Bidat and a SS buffer that b...
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This guy is certainly trying...... What I have heard shows at least speakers that are very listenable
[quote user="Paul S"]Does anyone really have the resources, and the patience, and the evolved audio/musical discrimination to devel...
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I have no “apparent aversion” to anything at this point and I would accept absolutely anything that would deliver a result, no mater how crazy it would be. I do not talk even about the X-factors or about anything “kinky” but only about a plane transp...
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"] ....to plug the cables? :-)[/quote]
Well, you could do just that - just plug and unplug. Couldn't be purer than that ;o)
[quote][quote user="Brian Clark"]A buffer …. loses information in the process[/quote] Th...
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Wojtek, a preamp should care absolute transparency not because I said it or have warren somewhere within my site but because it just makes sense, doesn’t it? I undusted what you ask but I also undusted why you asked it. The key is that you do not und...
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Romy,
No, the DAC was not set at maximum level (for best sound) while Cyrille listening to the system. It was set at normal volume for the whole system. When Cyrille dropped by, I was showing him the Field Coil open baffle speaker system which con...
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[quote user="slowmotion"]Your ears ( or some other hearing/sensing mechanism in your body ) "feels" large objects around you, and I think they will definitely "hear" relatively large upperbass horns mounted in the ceiling, even if no music is playing...
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I have 4 arms on my TT: reference stereo, romantic stereo, mono and the “shitty” arm. The “shitty” arm is Grado Reference platinum needle with SME M2-12 arm. It is not shitty arm but it has shitty purpose in my setup. When I buy records I pay the...
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