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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #17: Well, I din't like it by DSH on 2008-06-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Japanese Super High Material CD in Didital Things  16 Replies 
I listened to the disc and it sounded harsh and mechanically. I beleive this is not due to the technology being used but this is a mastering problem like the most of japanese CDs, no matter how-much-bit-mastering technique applied....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Audiophilitis by KLegind on 2009-06-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Impressions from High End 2009 GERMANY in Audio Discussions  6 Replies 
Stitch: That was all too close to the truth. Why do these people spend thousands of $$$ on huge turntables and dedicated CD transports while at the same time trying to force meaningful sound out of a single Fostex or Lowther or other ricepaper driver...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1527: Audio power regenerator company looking for engineer in Japan by scooter on 2016-04-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
I saw Kojo Technology is looking for an engineer relating to audio power regeneration:http://kojo-seiko.co.jp/recruit.htmlRun the posting through google translate if you are interest in job and don't understand Japanese. I own some Kojo stuff but don...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #60: Old Goto's drivers vs. newer, current production by twogoodears on 2009-08-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: ... again on GOTO Unit drivers... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  108 Replies 
Hi Roman!So, an SG-37FRP finally dropped on yr. laps;-) - glad it happened: not because you're now part of an Olympus-like lobby, but because you'll be able to judge with yr. own ears, much, MUCH better than theorically speculating on this or that......

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #46: A tweeter in that Brazilian Horn by Romy the Cat on 2007-03-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Ridiculous Japa-Brazilian horn. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  54 Replies 
I asked my Japanese speaking friend to translate for me the information about the tweeter in that Brazilian installation. It is JBL UT-045Be, I never have seen/heard it, and so I presume many others… 25mm beryllium spherical diaphragm, 52mm circ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Horizontal time align by Dominik on 2011-02-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Audio Tekne driver alignment technique in Horn-Loaded Speakers  3 Replies 
[quote user="tuga"]Yes, I noticed midway through the movie that they were not time aligning the drivers but it was to late to rename the topic (should have watched it all the way through before posting).I wonder if the large majority of these japanes...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #29: Platter Mass, How much is enough? by guy sergeant on 2008-02-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Ultimate Turntable in Analog Playback  220 Replies 
There was a Japanese company called Melco who did some experimentation with platter mass back in the 70's.  I seem to recall that they felt 30Kg was where it stopped making a difference.  The greek ACA president with his flywheel assis...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Posting lesson by tuga on 2011-02-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Audio Tekne driver alignment technique in Horn-Loaded Speakers  3 Replies 
Yes, I noticed midway through the movie that they were not time aligning the drivers but it was to late to rename the topic (should have watched it all the way through before posting).I wonder if the large majority of these japanese multi-driver horn...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #14: Different ways of listening by drdna on 2009-01-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Absolute Sound of Audio Idiocy. in Playback Listening  13 Replies 
[quote user="tokyo john"]It is funny but for many years I had been intrigued by the different approach to audio by Japanese vs "the West". "The west" here refers to Absolute Sound type (not everyone in the West is this of course) criteria of live pe...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Confirming hum by keithiopian on 2020-06-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 834p modding..."humming" along a bit too much... in Analog Playback  4 Replies 
tried with everything back reassembled (enclosed w/ copper shielding and such)...still a hum. Both MC and MM, slightly less on both when put in a lifted-ground japanese plug. Possibly relevant, there also seems to be a secondary noise, more of an osc...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #28: Serious Stuff by Paul S on 2015-09-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Fidelity Research FR-7 in Analog Playback  42 Replies 
N-set. I am sorry to hear that you have in any way been itouched by the greedy, filthy, heartless assholes who keep coming up with justifications for wars. May thay live forever where everyone is exactly like they are. As for the SUT, this seems l...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #78: 901mkII? by N-set on 2012-01-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Buying a last cartridge. in Analog Playback  80 Replies 
I'm wondering if the current 901mkII holds the candle? (...which would be against the industry practice, but...)It can be gotten for $1500 in some japanese online shops, but there does not seem to be much feedback around.Cheers,N-set...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #95: I was told Air Force One is designed by original MicroSeiki designer a... by Serge on 2012-05-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Ultimate Turntable in Analog Playback  220 Replies 
Well, an informed source (a Japanese journalist) told me that the TT is designed by orignail MicroSeiki owner. My guess is that Stella Inc, which is a distribution company, financed production.A little video is here http://hifiblog.livejournal.com/39...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #24: $80 at Japanese HMV by yoshi on 2008-04-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Getting Started with Myaskovsky in Musical Discussions  35 Replies 
It's also coming out from Warner/France.  About $80 at Japanese HMV.  The release date in Japan is 04/30/2008.http://www.hmv.co.jp/news/article/804090072Yoshi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #337: The ultimate music room and the sound of silence. by oxric on 2012-05-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Romy The Cat's new Listening Room in Audio Discussions  478 Replies 
[quote user="RonyWeissman"]This is one of my favorite topics.  [/quote]I completly share this sentiment.There is clearly nothing nearly as important as the listening room itself and having the possibility of building a listening room from scratch is ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #13: May already have started in Japan by yoshi on 2008-03-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The jump-start of loudspeaker economy in Audio News  17 Replies 
Romy's prediction of field-coil speakers as the next move for the industry may already have started in small segment in Japanese market.  There's Feastrex and Shindo, then G.I.P Laboratry who specializes in W.E. clones and seems to be gaining a ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #30: My Version by Paul S on 2024-02-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Loudspeaker (Troels Gravesen project); Finally! in Audio Discussions  36 Replies 
Jarek, my CDs (2 in the box) did not come from Japan, and no Japanese characters on the box, just the RCA "wax seal" in the upper left front corner and the bottom right rear corner of the case, also the BMG logo on the back. The sound is "different" ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #46: 6c33c socket cooling by decoud on 2012-12-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Full range Melquiades implementation in Melquiades Amplifier  81 Replies 
it is worth reiterating in this thread -- and perhaps Romy should update his advice in the relevant section -- that exotic japanese teflon sockets such as the one made by yamamoto soundcraft are no good for the 6c33c, whether because of insufficient ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Fostex tweeters, Lowther broadbanders on a limited range. by gordan on 2011-04-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Fostex tweeters, Lowther broadbanders on a limited range. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  1 Replies 
well, i believe that the popularity of the better fostex tweeters comes from their typical, off-shelf sound which is soft and easy on ear in comparison with super-resolunt Ti or Be diaphragm equipped competition. they very much suit any sharpness com...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: The Turntables and their Prices by Romy the Cat on 2010-01-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Audio Note new turntable and inflation in Analog Playback  14 Replies 
[quote user="tokyo john"]Audio Note has released a turntable called the Ginga which costs 60 thousand US dollars in Japan. (if you google Audio Note Ginga images you will find it very easily).My first reaction was pure cynicism, as Audio Note doe...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Some kinky goodies from HMV Japan this week. by Romy the Cat on 2006-02-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Some kinky goodies from HMV Japan this week. in Musical Discussions  0 Replies 
Japanese are very strange people and fortunately sometimes this strangeness manifest itself in very cool way. For years I fish in Japan for some interesting recordings. Sometimes the Japanese folks release something that is not available anywhere els...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #96: Some unconfirmed story of Japanese driver manufactures. by Romy the Cat on 2010-09-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: ... again on GOTO Unit drivers... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  108 Replies 
I was slowly looking for a compression driver that would go in my Fundamental Chanel down to 200Hz. The YL Acoustic 550N attracted my attention. Then I realized that it is the narrow throat type of the drivers, aka WE555, not exactly that I would...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #34: An objective indication of what is going on there by Romy the Cat on 2007-03-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Ridiculous Japa-Brazilian horn. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  54 Replies 
[quote user="Merlin"] Absolutely inadequate for desiphering the subjective sound quality yes - all we can deduce is that the system has a maximum sensitivity of 98db/w at best, and quite possibly less. As do many fine loudspeaker systems. All louds...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #14: Yoshi, I think you are missing the point. by Romy the Cat on 2008-03-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The jump-start of loudspeaker economy in Audio News  17 Replies 
What your little G.I.P Laboratry does is absolutely irrelevant. They feed already pre-buttered customers and their moves are not important. Shindo and Cogent do the electromagnets for years but they doe little events with no influence. In high-audio ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: An amp with 64 x 6C19P tubes? by Romy the Cat on 2007-11-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: More power from Melquiades? More powerful tube? in Melquiades Amplifier  19 Replies 
Nope, I am not a big friend of OTL amps generally… BTW, I have seen (did not heard) one Japanese amp that use 64 x 6C19P tubes. For whatever reasons Russians consider that 6C19P as very good sounding tube - the younger sister of 6C33C. It was not my ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #90: Audio Sashimi by twogoodears on 2009-10-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: ... again on GOTO Unit drivers... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  108 Replies 
Hi Roman...Yes, I liked it, as I liked Audio Tekne's (always based on A.L.E. drivers, by chance...), but because I "felt"  - more than hearing - the superb quality of emission, the smoothness and naturality of the music when passing through these dri...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #14: Since you have personal experience by Wojtek on 2007-08-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Sakuma's Show in Audio Discussions  35 Replies 
say how much the old man is involved in all this cult and noise around him? I've also read all the poetic stuff on the site and can't say that this mystical aproach is not appealing. I had the impression that Sakuma just entertains himself makin...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: $350.000 of audio-scripting foolishness by Romy the Cat on 2004-06-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: $350.000 of audio-scripting foolishness in Audio Discussions  1 Replies 
Last month, for fun, I decided to subscribe the Stereophile magazine.  Yesterday I got a July issue…I never thought that I might be a person who would have a reaction to the Stereophile's ordinary idiocy, the reaction that would force me to writ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: We need to get it before Japan sinks. by Romy the Cat on 2007-07-31 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Bruckner, me and the Seventh in Musical Discussions  81 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]I keep bugging Yoshi, he is in Japan now, to bring me a set of 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 by Takashi Asahina with Tokyo SO from 90s it should be very interesting… The damn Japanese have quite a price tag on the Asahina’s Buckner…&...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #14: Asahina made in 1960s… by Romy the Cat on 2007-10-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The "new" Shostakovich 10th symphony in Musical Discussions  22 Replies 
I’m very little true familiar with Asahina. I have few of his recording, Japan-pressed but the all from 90s and end of 80s. I generally do not like those performances and I do not like the orchestra. I read a few months ago in the Takashi’s forum tha...
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