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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Barrels and General Audio Moronism ™ by Romy the Cat on 2007-01-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: About destiny of “High-End Sound”. in Playback Listening  6 Replies 
***  This ever-present surrogate high resolution become an identity of today audio, the unfortunate identify I have add…. Did you note that that all so-called high-end items while they try to send a message to users that they sounds “better” in ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #60: A good modeling software? by Romy the Cat on 2010-06-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s Midbass Project – the grown up time. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  455 Replies 
[quote user="jessie.dazzle"]From this and from the mention of 3/4" plywood, I deduce that the "curved" walls of these horns will likely be described by a series of facets (flat planes). It is said to be okay at these frequencies; this must assume a p...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: No tape anymore..... by Romy the Cat on 2011-06-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It is all about hard surface. in Playback Listening  12 Replies 
This thread is not about tape but rather about my feeling that High-Resolution is not “there” yet. It is unquestionable that tape is able to get great sonic result but how obtainable the tapes are? Moreover how obtainable the tapes of the recordings ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: I wish im wrong by joaco on 2011-06-14 
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"]I think 11 years after High-Resolution formats hit wide public it is possible to make some generalizations.  I can not comment on SACD. I do not use it and consider it being an fraudulent crap. I do not do DVD-A as I do not...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #59: Resolution of a pixelated flare by jessie.dazzle on 2010-06-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s Midbass Project – the grown up time. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  455 Replies 
Romy wrote:"...the common rule is to beef up the joints but I propose more elegant approach – to jam the horn by spreading the possible “micro mouths” vibrations. To do is very simple – slice the sections not perpendicular to the horn axis but at ang...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #55: Digital can’t attenuate, analog can’t delay. by Romy the Cat on 2012-01-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Crossover Design in Audio Discussions  69 Replies 
[quote user="Markus"] Do you have a link to an explanation of this statement? Given the proliferation of digital volume controls, I'd like to understand more.[/quote]The proliferation of digital volume controls is not an evidence of anything. Digital...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Response to Ric (Intentionally Moved Here) by Paul S on 2013-02-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A Simple Question (or 3) About Sampling Rates in Didital Things  2 Replies 
Ric, let's keep the digital cable thread about digital cable and "compare sampling/resolution options" here.As for my problems with digital sound, again, I have covered these at length in my "Digi Redux" thread, and in Romy's SACD thread.  Again, in ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #13: My nominee for the “single worst”…. one sock away. by Romy the Cat on 2009-11-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A single worst thing in today’s acoustic systems. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  28 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]tuga wrote:Our milage varies and in my case it's still quite short.In any case, I would place glare on top of my list of appalling qualities of modern high-end loudspeakers.This glare (unlike clarity) results from an ex...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #839: You do not see the difference? by Romy the Cat on 2011-04-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
Lx, I am surprised to see your response. You absolutely incorrectly, in my view, look at the data. The files of cause do not have the same start mark. Why shell they? I did not subtract one from another. You did in phase the files and did the subtrac...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #32: Loading details secondary vs. primary on XF-1 by Axel on 2009-07-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Expressive Technologies SU-1 in Analog Playback  33 Replies 
First of all, thanks for additional detail. As mentioned I can speak only for my Fidelity Research XF-1 (30dB). Loading it on secondary as you mentioned, it ALSO damps the trannie - result in my case: less resolution. Primary loading is MUCH more sen...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Sure, she is a fool but there is more to it. by Romy the Cat on 2009-03-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Today’s SACD - music for oscilloscopes. in Didital Things  8 Replies 
[quote user="scooter"]"They have even more warmth and ambiance than MP3" Even more!?!?!? On related note, I saw the BSO tonight (Sibelius, Rachmaninoff and Ives); the evening had its ups and downs although I enjoyed Steven Hough. While at the Symph...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #64: Those least three possibilities… by Romy the Cat on 2008-12-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps in Melquiades Amplifier  397 Replies 
[quote user="drdna"]In my mind, there are at least three possibilities, and they must be interpreted by experiment with caution: 1. irregular fluctuations in signal (I will call this "noise") result in irregularities in output signal we listen to a...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #14: 3 multibit DACs by tuga on 2008-04-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: DA architecture: True Multibit vs. anything else. in Didital Things  17 Replies 
Hi, Last week I briefly compared my 47 non-oversampling DAC ("low performance" TDA1543), an original Teac player also used as transport (AD1862N-J ?) and a modified Akai (PCM63P or PCM56P ?). This comparison wasn't done with my single driver speaker...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Fantastic playlist by jessie.dazzle on 2009-01-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: What to do in office? in Off Air Audio  33 Replies 
I discovered a station I really like, with a good percentage of "content-loaded" music, and in any case, a playlist FULL of surprises : http://www.realradios.com/north-america/united-states/virginia/whro/connoisseur-classics It is of course onl...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Of course it is methodologically wrong by eduardo on 2009-04-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Analog vs. Digital... without BS. in Didital Things  23 Replies 
Romy,i Would state that any  digital vs analog discussion  must take place only in context of recording  of musical material, not within the world of music reproduction itself.  be it analog tape or computer media,raw recordings (let´s call it...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #18: Again, do not get the things wrong. by Romy the Cat on 2009-11-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A single worst thing in today’s acoustic systems. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  28 Replies 
I think my complaining against HF might be understood as my position in opposition to HF in generals. There is nothing could be further from truth. I am a strong supporter of excessive bandwidth of electronics and acoustic systems. I do not min i...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Well, we kind of 'have' a file Virginity Assessment Test by Romy the Cat on 2009-10-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A need for Resolution /Sampling Assessment Test in Didital Things  1 Replies 
Not completely objective but still “some kind of test” for the bit’s resolution. For those of us who use Pacific Microsonics processors it is easy to see of the file was original. When pacific does A/D it injects the HDCD code. It does it in any ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: The capacitor as not only a capacitor by Romy the Cat on 2007-08-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: What is the buzz: the V-Caps? in Audio Discussions  19 Replies 
[quote user="drdna"]…… people forget that a circuit is a physical collection of dynamically interacting electromagnetic fields…… [/quote] Isn’t it might a separate VERY large subject? [quote user="drdna"] The low level resolution is exquisite but t...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Are You On the Road to Audio Hell? by Romy the Cat on 2005-01-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Are You On the Road to Audio Hell? in Playback Listening  2 Replies 
Here is an article by Leonard Norwitz that I think some of you might find motivating. I do not know Mr. Norwitz but it sounds like dinked too mach Qvortrup’s coca-cola. Anyhow, although I do not agree with some (sometimes many) of the Mr. Norwitz’s c...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Myth of CD clocking = True/False by Romy the Cat on 2006-02-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Myth of CD clocking = True/False in Didital Things  15 Replies 
I wonder how myth in all those digital gismos and how little what we considering in digital is obvious and self-explanatory in reality has not relation to Sound. Also, how much those people with who just learned how to solder and let their blind (and...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #15: A long story about Phasure and the Placette by anthony on 2019-04-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Valve Preamplifier for Macondo/DSET in Melquiades Amplifier  74 Replies 
Romy, I will attempt to fill you in on some backstory. My Placette was purchased from a guy in France.  My dac is made in the Netherlands.  To an Australian that is just like next door.  I have a good and strong rel...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #23: BMS and Bert by CO on 2008-10-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Compression Drivers -in general in Horn-Loaded Speakers  25 Replies 
I have tried a BMS driver a while ago and it was really bad.About a year ago i heard Berts setup at his house and it did not impress me... It was also with the coaxial BMS.Not much depth or resolution. Did have alot of power though but was difficult ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Lavry again by coops on 2007-12-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: DA architecture: True Multibit vs. anything else. in Didital Things  17 Replies 
Romy Hi you also say that objectively the lavry is better, but subjectivel.... what do you mean? Has the Lavry greater resolution is it more dynamic is the timbre/tone more beautiful/real? Thanks keith. ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Allnic 1500 LCR phono by coops on 2007-10-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The LCR RIAA correctors in Analog Playback  57 Replies 
Cello HI  I have only heard the Cole for a short time, so it wouldn't be fair to compare, also I really can't say to what extent the LCR circuit contributes to the sound of the 1500, the Allnic is very dynamic, has high resolution and makes inst...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Stahl-Tek Dac by Romy the Cat on 2008-05-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Lavry vs Stahl -Tek in Didital Things  22 Replies 
[quote user="coops"]Romy if you have the oppurtunity , try to hear the new dac by Mike Stahl, the Stahl-Tek 'Vekian' in my system it has greater resolution, weight and presence than the Lavry and MSB platinum which were my favourite dacs until now, r...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: 7788 tube mic pre design by rafaroxlm on 2006-02-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 7788 tube mic pre design in Analog Playback  38 Replies 
As you may know the 7788 is a high transconductance pentode which should in theory be able to give higher audio resolution than say 12AX7, 6072 tubes in tube mic pre designs.  On search here the 7788 was mentioned as being used as the ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: The automatically upsampleing DAC and “greater resolution” by Romy the Cat on 2008-05-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Lavry vs Stahl -Tek in Didital Things  22 Replies 
The Stahl-Tek DAChttp://www.stahltek.com/vekian_da.htmKeith, what is interesting is that you claim “greater resolution” and “presence” - would you please explain what does it mean?The Cat...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Lavry/MSB by coops on 2007-12-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: DA architecture: True Multibit vs. anything else. in Didital Things  17 Replies 
Romy Hi sorry to have wandered off topic, I  am listening at the moment to an MSB Platinum Dac III, hoiping to get the lavry back for comparison, I believe the MSB is multi bit based on a ladder resistor , with 4 24 bit DAc modules,tremendous re...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #15: Stahl-Tek by coops on 2008-05-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Lavry vs Stahl -Tek in Didital Things  22 Replies 
Romy rain all this weekend so have been listening to the Stahl-Tek and the MSB platinum III with 'signature' upgrades , MSB seems to float the sound ona cloud of coton candy, almost to the detriment of resolution , perhaps there is  little softe...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: My Audio Philosophy by Amir on 2016-05-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: My Audio Philosophy in Playback Listening  95 Replies 
I know there is no reason to describe my view about high end audio but i do not know why i am interested to do that in this forum.I think we could categorize audio systems in 3 level.Level 1 is a system that make you sad in long listening session bec...
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