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Markus, I am a big proponent (and frequent violator) of the "One Change at a Time" rule. In this case the "scientific" part of the idea is simply to track audible changes in a particular run of IC, since they/it are/is plainly di...
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Finally looking under the hood, for the first time, my immediate observations are similar to those expressed by Romy and others who've checked and reported earlier: Top-Flight construction; "more than adequate" (but not "premium") parts. My amp...
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Still being pissed that my second arm/cartridge does not sound as good as my first one I decides to get another phono DIN-RCA cable – I have my reasons to be suspicions now about my kinky Micro Fat cable. So, talking about different manufacturers som...
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| agree with your feline wariness with regard to torch bearing disciples of any given faith, be they believers in Altec, Audio Note or even Vitavox. In the case of Audio Note the fervour has often been exacerbated by the activities, pricing and ...
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Hi Antonio, I just realized I glanced over that thread assuming its relationship to the 6 levels of benefits. Its quite interesting, but I do not know where I fall in that spectrum (no, it can't be discrete stages as its far to "big" to really ...
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Hi Romy, Here is my dilemma. I like the SU1tremendously. Don't laugh....I had it hooked up to aRotel Michi RHQ-10 and the combo is sounds amazingwith my cartridges. I recently was feeling itchy and bought a Pass XONO.The Pass XONO cannot touch the so...
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It turned out that Rowen has the US rep - Steven Swabacker from Hi Sierra Hi-Fi. The Sierra Hi-Fi has web site:
http://hisierrahifi.com/index.html
The site has not a lot of information about the Rowen RIAA corrector b...
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I would not say the circuit (per se) was becoming more sensitive to tube choice (and neither would I claim it's not...); I would say that as I have developed the system I have been better and better able to hear what more and more piec...
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Hello Romy
This is my first post. Did you take courses in electronics and mechanical engineering or have you learned yourself outside of a structured environment? I am very interested to become proficient in working on/modifying my own electronics. ...
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"ASR do not use the regular ICs but the ICs that they removed form the demilitarized Russian nuclear missiles console and fallen Chinese satellites" :) ...which means that they use cheap, used ICs. So, the dealer has a better margin & can di...
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Roman,[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Tm I ma glad that your “Manhattan project” is over as I was a little scared….[/quote]
As you well know, it ain't over till the Fat Lady sings.The "Manhatten Project" will be back.[quote user="Romy the Cat"]This phono...
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Hi Romy,Interesting test you have conducted. Were the responses mostly unflat near the frequency extremes or was there variations even in the midrange? The reason I ask is because if you look at most of the published curve responses it is...
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Hi Guy, [quote user="guy sergeant"]My experience with the 834p stemmed from having one at home for about a year soon after it was launched. I did try different types of ECC83 in it which did change it's balance slightly but not enough to make me like...
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***Here we go! What an accomplishment! I wonder if the Lyra cartridges sound so gray and so boring because of this “accomplishment” or there is any other reasons.***I knew that the reference to his high gain Connoisseur phono stages is coming.Self-pr...
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I guess Thorsten is laughing since he should be the main receiver of TdP email. Popularity of a product is a double bladed sword. I do hope that sales of EAR 834 phono stage increased notably after Romy decided to make that circuit into his "end of ...
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I agree with your observations, and my own misgivings swirl around exactly the points you raise. In addition, I have tried battery phono stage and all it had to offer was quieter "background", everything else was worse, despite the wild and exo...
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Well, this sounds pretty much like consumer society as a whole, where the consumer is fed only what he pays for many times over, and marketers chase their own tails looking for the next hot item, or at least the next popular catch phrase with wh...
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...and it is a neat 1.5VRMS with zero attenuation. So with my -6dB it puts out 0.75VRMS, so not quite as bad as I thought. I will have to do some listening to try and determine whether -6dB is needed or if I can get away with less attenuation (zero...
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I don't know this Steve Klein. I don't know what bullshit he uses to sell Audio Note's products in the US. If that is what you are attempting to satirise then fine.I am quite familiar with Audio Note Japan's (Kondo) products. I don't use any at the m...
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I went to THE Show again this year, along with a couple of audio friends. This year I was better prepared, with preconceived notions about what I wanted to see/hear, and where to find that gear. I did not try to “cover” the show, at all. I just wa...
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Hello, this is my first post here - this is a wonderful web site, critical and fair - a lot of knowledge here and i consider you real connoiseurs - that's why i'm hoping to resolve my problem here.
I have a Micro Seiki SX-111FVL - the big L one, a...
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The new sites announce that Parasound introduced John Curl designed Halo JC 3 Phono Preamplifier. It is passive EQ, three-position input impedance switch, DC coupled amp stages with FET followers. It reportedly has average noise ratio and unknown gai...
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[quote user="N-set"]There is an EMT unit (I'm not in the EMT fanclub, just found it by chance) with a control (not remote however) of the EQ:http://www.emt-studiotechnik.de/JPA66%20E.htmCosts a fortune, what else one could expect from the house, and ...
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"]
manisandher wrote: I'm asking because I'd like to know how closely I'm hearing your vinyl rig. Do you have Macondo and Milqs? :-)[/quote]Not yet!But I'm wondering how close the sound I'm currently getting from your dig...
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I've spent two more nights examining and fighting my ham (I'm vegetarian and I want my phono to be so as well).1) I did Romy's excercise with shorting the stages via a 0.47u cap to GND. Shorting the plate of V2/grid of V3 resultedin the biggest reduc...
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[quote user="RonyWeissman"]Try as I might, I can't get my sme3012/shelter 901 combo to do tubas . My ortofon309/vintage mono cartridge does it magnificently the tuba down low makes me goosevumps all over just likenthe cello. I think my stepup for she...
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I find the discussions about "mad" electricity interesting because:We don't know what is causing the problemWe don't know what is fixing the problem but that PP seems to have something that gives at least a predictable result.I mean, we are not talki...
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[quote user="SOS "]First as stated before, when I 1st received the unit no hum issue it was after it was sent back twice that it came about. 2nd if I use my other conditioner, a Purist Audio Design all is dead quite. The humming out of the speakers s...
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[quote user="Paul S"] What are you using for pre-amp chores?
Have you tried phono sources yet?[/quote]
I do not use analog for now, since my preamp is being rebuilt, I hope I will have it back this week. Well, I was listening today the life MET’s b...
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[quote user="steverino"] Romy said "When I had my magnetic and EMI probes running with open PP2000 cover then the probes showed me that I was in the middle of Chernobyl Black Forest. I think the PP3000 even more poisoning..."Now I begin to understan...
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