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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #452: Quantity of rods by ghpicard on 2015-04-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Romy The Cat's new Listening Room in Audio Discussions  478 Replies 
I would suggest using 3 x 1" metal rods instead of 4. It is *way* easier to adjust to get the shelves horizontal, and as a plus you get an "artsy" look.I am using flat bottom steel rods supported on small granite slabs with bronze coins and a thin la...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #439: Awesome memories by ghpicard on 2015-04-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Romy The Cat's new Listening Room in Audio Discussions  478 Replies 
I have 3 kids, by now two of them are grown ups and the youngest is 10.I will always remember lifting the eldest in my arms for him to be able to see the 45 SET on top of the FlexyTable, and he asked me why those little bottles had fire inside. I wil...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #427: It's Jfretch's system. by ghpicard on 2014-09-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Romy The Cat's new Listening Room in Audio Discussions  478 Replies 
From what he writes in Audiogon, it's an old version of his system. Now he has another pair of Wilson Audio speakers (Puppy 8's). And he lives in TX...http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?vaslt&1028590273Regards   Gaston...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: They must be in dire need by ghpicard on 2013-06-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: I wonder if this crap is true? in Off Air Audio  2 Replies 
Either of money, of publicity or both. Or this is just a publicity ploy....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #45: Stereo is not even similar to dual mono dipoles by ghpicard on 2012-06-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A new 'chic' foolishness about mono systems in Audio For Dummies ™  48 Replies 
[quote user="Teflon"] With stereo you hear sound from more than one source (speaker) and the sound from each source is very nearly the same except for some variations in amplitude of certain frequencies and some phase differences which occur becau...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #325: Ceiling fan speed controls by ghpicard on 2011-06-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Romy The Cat's new Listening Room in Audio Discussions  478 Replies 
>About your ceiling fans. I will research this subject. I have a strong feeling that the noose I get from fans when I reduce the rotation speed is due to the >fact the I use the SS dimmers that basically clip the wave. Perhaps the fan motor...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #27: Macondo / Milq not a properly implemented stereo setup? by ghpicard on 2010-06-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A new 'chic' foolishness about mono systems in Audio For Dummies ™  48 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]  unicon wrote: ….we barely see any well planned stereo .Absolutely right.  Normally people hardly ever familiar with properly implemented stereo. I did properly implemented stereo a few months back in 2001-2002. I did n...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #42: Effect of Octal Gas Voltage Regulators (0D3) on Milq sound? by ghpicard on 2010-06-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Gas voltage reference 0A2 tubes. in Melquiades Amplifier  42 Replies 
Hi Romy,   I wonder whether you could advance on the octal voltage regulator testing on the Milq, and what your conclusions were. As I have already seen Milq on your new home still with the 0A2s I can assume you weren't much satisfied but as I am goi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #15: What about Pavel Urbanek and the Prague Fantasy Orchestra version? by ghpicard on 2010-06-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: My new favorite "New World" (Karel Ancerl/Czech Ph... in Musical Discussions  14 Replies 
Do you have impressions on this CD (I know it's probably on another league than the ones you mentioned above) or perhaps you can suggest your "Romy's choice for Dvorak's New World Symphony record"? I don't own a turntable and given the cost...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #84: NOS -> Acronym by ghpicard on 2009-06-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: High Quality Music Server / CD player in Didital Things  169 Replies 
[quote user="jessie.dazzle"] Why they are called NOS, I have no idea.jd*[/quote]It usually stands for Non OverSamplingGaston...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Quality controls, and not only for the finished goods by ghpicard on 2009-01-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: About the life-expectancy of the new production tubes. in Audio Discussions  9 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] For instance the 2A3 has no tungsten cathodes and therefore its cathode might be “poisoned” in time if it was not properly pre-burned and some other methods were not taken care.  Those methods are expensive but they ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #53: Computer CD readers were made to read data and not audio by ghpicard on 2008-12-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: High Quality Music Server / CD player in Didital Things  169 Replies 
Hi Romy,   IMO, the reason for you to get that feeling is that from the beginning they were made to read data and not audio, thus some jitter was (and is) not considered an issue, as soon as it can be corrected.The internal CD drive audio o...
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