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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #17: Delusions by steverino on 2013-08-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to train respect audio listening? in Playback Listening  18 Replies 
 Romy said "The female reasoning! God! Sometimes I am so envy to gay people…"And you seriously think you would escape it There!??This is no different than any male oriented hobby except possibly for home repair. You could have model trains,...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #28: Room Loading vs... by Paul S on 2014-02-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The “Dead Points of Live Sound” in Playback Listening  28 Replies 
Yes, it is time again for me, too, as soon as my amps get back from United Radio. Among many choices to make, which music to target? OT, Robin, I think every trumpet player I've ever known has had a hernia. Hope all goes well for you, but WTF? ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: The front-end entrance optimization. by Romy the Cat on 2009-12-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Antenna Cable Connection in Off Air Audio  3 Replies 
[quote user="RonyWeissman"]Strange but I have found that my reception is significantly better if I don't use any connector between my antenna cable(radio shack RG whatever going up to rooftoop antenna) and my tuner but instead just strip off a bit of...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #38: All Sound Recorder XP by Antonio J. on 2005-11-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to record FM broadcasts. in Off Air Audio  125 Replies 
It's a very easy to use, little space and processor consuming, free tool that I'm regularly using to record onto my hardisk the radio program my brother in law broadcasts thru internet. It can be configured to record from the S/PDIF or any other digi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #50: The AM correction by Romy the Cat on 2005-11-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to record FM broadcasts. in Off Air Audio  125 Replies 
[quote user="cv"]Must confess, I've never really bothered to see what's on AM. I will investigate further with a cheap radio and discount any sound quality issues assuming that the mighty sansui will resolve them...[/quote]Chris, I would like to...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: REL connector by Joe Roberts on 2009-01-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: REL Precedent Tuner - Antenna Connection in Off Air Audio  9 Replies 
Yes, that WAS a common connector but this won't help you now. Radio Shack sold those as recently as ten years ago.Since the female side of the connectors has spring terminals there is some variability permitted in the diameter of the male contacts. I...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #14: DAB+ by gormee on 2009-05-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: What to do in office? in Off Air Audio  33 Replies 
Understood. Thank you as always for the technical info. I mentioned the DAB+ becasue the ABC are spending all their time and money implementing digital. 1st July is the start. You might glean some info on perceived quality of this format if re...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: 1st Guitar Thread by Paul S on 2008-09-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 1st Guitar Thread in Musical Discussions  14 Replies 
I don't think I've mentioned it yet, but I have since my childhood enjoyed both classical and Flamenco guitar, and I have more guitar LPs than I do violin, almost as many as piano.Of course not all guitar playing is equal, and I rarely...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Sibelius 5th by yoshi on 2009-01-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: "Appeal to the Great Spirit" in Musical Discussions  8 Replies 
I have only 3 recordings at the moment. Sanderling/Berliner SO (1976) Colin Davis/LSO (2003 live)Saraste/Finnish Radio SO (1995)Sanderling sings well with a broad brush strokes.  Davis with dramatic contrast and detailed articuration.  Sa...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: The Bavarian Brucknerians by JJ Triode on 2020-08-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Stay home with Bruckner in Musical Discussions  9 Replies 
So I bought the Bruckner symphony collection by the Bavarian Radio (Bayerische Rundfunk) Orchestra. It was the least expensive set offered by HDTracks and I thought it would be interesting to hear how different conductors approach Bruckner. It has Ma...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #38: It's like in this joke by Wojtek on 2013-04-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Classical Music Café syndrome... in Audio Discussions  43 Replies 
A guy enters highway upstream and listening to a traffic radio warning that one car is going upstream yells angrily ..."one ??? you fuc..ng  morons ?? .. there are hundreds !!". Over the years I was not able to dig up a single bad review of a Schroed...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #32: Really bad by steverino on 2014-05-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The High Resolution PCM files business, where? in Didital Things  31 Replies 
Yeah, that is low life for sure but that kind of takedown is becoming more common. People are copying the politicos  (of all types and persuasions). If they can't give a memorized answer or it jars one of their buzz phrases they feel free to slime yo...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: Bad Programming Sounds Bad to Me by Paul S on 2014-04-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Another (outdoorsy) sweat spot? in Audio Discussions  17 Replies 
As with the "audiophile" recordings, it is often difficult for me to separate the sound, per se, from "the way it sounds to me", in terms of content. Also, IMO, even the best "sound" cannot rescue a poor score/performance/recording/mix/processing/co...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1717: Pure Power Noise and the Decca Antenna by drdna on 2020-11-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
In regard to the noise issue I had with my Pure Power unit in the past, I never noticed it with my tuner or other components, but I mostly listen to the phonograph. In particular the Decca cartridges are incredible as antennas and seem to pick up all...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: Misunderstandings by Ronnie on 2006-03-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Tchaikovsky Symphony #4 in Musical Discussions  16 Replies 
Haha. Replace every "Tchaikovsky" with "Nietzsche", and it's pretty much my view.Well. Pain is pain, and anger is anger. It's boring to me when artists and philosophers are judged as creating out of misery, rather than pointing to something great and...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Yes, I was there too. by clarkjohnsen on 2006-04-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: What a week in Boston! in Musical Discussions  7 Replies 
First, the Fifth: The first movement is indeed a stunner, nothing comes close. For the rest, I can line up competition. But no matter! The "live" aspect trumps all.The Met, indeed, had its moments but was not a keeper.The Traviata was terrific! Even ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: It is possible to eliminate some forms of gross side band distortions by Bud on 2005-07-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It is possible to eliminate some forms of gross side band di... in Audio Discussions  22 Replies 
I have been poking around your highly intellectual site for a day or two now. Quite excellent. I noticed you have direct drive towers for bass fundiment support. Would you want to clarify their activity and bring it to the level of the horns? I have ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #19: Success and Jussi pain [Re: With Pavarotti I always want to cover my e... by Ronnie on 2005-12-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Loudspeakers and headphones in Audio Discussions  25 Replies 
I have finished both big horns enough to listen in stereo, and the throats are now much smoother.I'm not using the MF horns, and have been listening all night. It has been a remarkable experience! (well, the inner-me objects and claims there's nothin...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #34: Not Forgetting the Speakers, and Listening... by Paul S on 2023-12-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Marantz MA-9S2 Monoblock Amplifiers in Audio Discussions  36 Replies 
Amir, I have shared that I quite liked the (original) Audiopax amps I have heard. Whatever they claim, they do sound right to me. Although I have never played much with a de Lima amp I have played quite a bit with most of my own phono stages, pre-amp...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Lovro von Matacic biography from various sources.... by Romy the Cat on 2007-07-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: If you are in Bruckner: Lovro von Matacic in Musical Discussions  18 Replies 
Lovro von Matacic was one of the great conductors who preserved the authentic late-Romantic tradition into the late-Romantic age. He was a member of the Vienna Boys' Choir, then studied at the Vienna Hochschule für Musik. There he studied piano, org...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: How good it was on Radios and how bad it is on CD! by Romy the Cat on 2008-11-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Recommend me works to get into Myaskovsky and Glazunov in Musical Discussions  8 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] I was experimenting today with HD Radio and was listening WCRB. They played Rachmaninoff’s Piano concerto #3 that was very very good, surprisingly good and I was not able to recognize what it was. I looked at their playlis...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #51: Shorting, etc. by Paul S on 2007-03-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Initial thoughts about new/old Lamm ML2s in Audio Discussions  215 Replies 
Jessie, I just wanted to say that I make my own shorting jacks from the worst possible plastic Radio Shack RCA plugs and small, cheap (1/2 Watt) 100 Ohm resistors, which I solder across the +/- RCA plug connection points and then ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #15: Absolutely typical and according to all accepted models, he is correct... by Bud on 2005-07-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It is possible to eliminate some forms of gross side band di... in Audio For Dummies ™  22 Replies 
Scott,This process has little if any effect upon harmonic distortion. Using a Liberty Audio test suite, it is possible to find some very minor trade off from odd order to even order distortion. But, if it is indeed occurring, it is so small as to b...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #13: Bentley... Quite. by Paul S on 2014-03-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Small spaces in Audio Discussions  13 Replies 
Yes, the car audio guys have addressed the space issues, for better or for worse, and this is why I keep revisiting that and the power "issue". Neither the Diatone nor the LE8 drivers are all that efficient, really, and both want large-ish (by moder...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: A fresh take on 9th by the OSM by Dominic on 2013-02-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A fresh take on 9th by the OSM in Musical Discussions  1 Replies 
The 4th movement of Beethoven's was playing on the radio the other day and my ears perked up. I almost didn't recognize it at all. I was quite surprised to find out that it was performed by my humble local Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal and the ch...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: A Good Tchaikovsky PC 1? by Paul S on 2010-01-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A Good Tchaikovsky PC 1? in Musical Discussions  4 Replies 
Anyone know of a satisfying recorded version of this concerto?  I offer as one to avoid at all costs Van Cliburn with a "Symphony Orchestra" under the direction of Kiril Kondrashin, RCA LM-2252.  Which "Symphony Orchestra"?  RCA does not care to say,...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #959: Thinking about 120V and 240V difference. by Romy the Cat on 2011-12-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]The point that you have EU (240V version) is well taken.... [/quote]LX, I wonder if in context of dimmer and PurePower regenerators the voltage of a given country make any difference. PurePower is essentially a power amplif...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: WGBH Opera Bash 2009 by Romy the Cat on 2009-08-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: WGBH Opera Bash 2009 in Musical Discussions  0 Replies 
WGBH presents its 10th annual Opera Bash, a celebration of opera on television and radio.  Tuesday-Friday, Sept. 1-4, on radio Each day at 2pm on WGBH 89.7 – Opera from the Boston Early Music Festival The crown jewe...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: The KR Audio ways. by Romy the Cat on 2007-11-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: NAT Audio Magna -160 Watts of Single-Ended Class A in Audio Discussions  5 Replies 
[quote user="morricab"]Hi Romy, KR audio is making high power SET and parallel SET amps using tubes designed by them specifically for low frequency amplification (read as in not radio frequencies).  They are getting the power with lower voltages...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #22: God, kill, kill, kill Denon UD-M31… by Romy the Cat on 2007-04-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo Frame modification. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  46 Replies 
I hope these friends of mine who clamed that that stupid Denon M31 might play music will read this post.  After of a 3 weeks or living with Macondo I found myself having no radio. My portable playback, that does very well, is on my work. I do no...
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