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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Endorsements in High-End Audio? Come on! by Romy the Cat on 2011-06-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Ortofon MC Anna cartridge “Inspired” by Netrebko in Analog Playback  6 Replies 
[quote user="zako"]It is not unusual for famous people to use there name for ENDORSEMENT,,SPORTS MEN HAVE MADE MILLIONS that way..  AMPEX used Frank Senatra..JBL used Benny Goodman...Its easy mony standing next to a product for photo Op and getting p...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #31: Audio Desk Systeme ultrasonic record cleaning machine by mem916 on 2011-12-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Sensible record cleaning: vinyl piranhas and record Vaseline in Analog Playback  56 Replies 
I just received mine on Friday.   I am amazed at how easy to use and this machine is and how convenient it is compared to my old VPI.  I always dreaded cleaning records with the VPI.  With the audio desk I put the record in, push a button, come back ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #33: Audio Desk System Vinyl Cleaner: Analogue rip-off of 2011? by oxric on 2011-12-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Sensible record cleaning: vinyl piranhas and record Vaseline in Analog Playback  56 Replies 
[quote user="mem916"]I think there must be something to the theory that there is debris down in the grooves that the VPI and other similar machines cannot get out, based on the difference I hear after cleaning with the new machine.  I admit that I ha...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #13: Bruckner as audio anti-idiocy tool. by Romy the Cat on 2012-04-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to play Bruckner Sound in Audio. in Playback Listening  16 Replies 
There was a guy as one musical forum. His name is William Sommerwerck and for all intended purpose he is an idiot. He was posting more or less lucid comments about music but he also fancied himself as some kind of expert on audio.  He insisted th...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Audio as “a valuable solution providing method”…. by Romy the Cat on 2012-05-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to make a music person to “get” Audio? in Playback Listening  5 Replies 
Jorge, I am not out of my mind to let her know about audio gear. My interest not to educate her about audio methods but rather to educate her about the opportunities and benefits that “properly structured audio” might offer. The “properly structured ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: What is High-End Audio? by Romy the Cat on 2011-12-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: What is High-End Audio? in Playback Listening  7 Replies 
I come across to an interesting thread at I think British site: http://www.wiredstate.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=2047The thread discusses the definition of “HIGH-END Audio”. I am not sure that I agree with all of it.  For sure the trims and de...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Audio vs. Musical pitch by Romy the Cat on 2013-04-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Audio vs. Musical pitch in Playback Listening  17 Replies 
There are many conversations out there about the fact that many music people do not “get” audio.  In most cases this is correct. They are many conversations, we had some of them at this site and the reasons of the phenomena that were brought are ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Audio vs. sound vs. scale by noviygera on 2013-05-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Audio vs. Musical pitch in Playback Listening  17 Replies 
I've been thinking about this matter for a while but could not find a better excuse to formulate my theory then in this topic. My simple theory is that if we reduce our concept of "music" the more fundamental concept of "sound" as point of reference ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: What would be left in audio if…. by Romy the Cat on 2011-08-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: What would be left in audio if…. in Playback Listening  0 Replies 
I wonder what will be left in audio for many audio people if 3 conditions exist in audio: 1)      The subject of “one piece of equipment vs. another piece of equipment” is prohibitive. 2)      You are blind from birth, never were able to see or read....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Basic guide to advanced audio by Jorge on 2011-07-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Basic guide to advanced audio in Playback Listening  62 Replies 
Romy,  I have been trying to explain to myself what happened and how I got to it and trying to recreate this wonderful boiling point. I tried to make a write up of all the steps needed in order to make it happen,  but it is ever so elusive. I ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: About the Critical Audio Tune ™ by Romy the Cat on 2009-08-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: About the Critical Audio Tune ™ in Playback Listening  5 Replies 
I reread my posts at http://www.goodsoundclub.com/Forums/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=11547  and http://www.goodsoundclub.com/Forums/ShowPost.aspx?postID=3981 and http://www.GoodSoundClub.com/TreeItem.aspx?PostI...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Targeted Audio Listening is like a high-end cooking, or the Dis-Qu che... by Romy the Cat on 2009-12-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Targeted Audio Listening is like a high-end cooking, or the ... in Playback Listening  13 Replies 
The Targeted Audio Listening has nothing to do with general music listening and it is just an ingredient of a very narrow audio evolutions.  It might be as stupid as just brainless acknowledgment of individual sound or as complex as assessment of...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: This is very interesting subject: the cure of audio anti-Brucknerism by Romy the Cat on 2010-05-31 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Listening rooms and composers. in Playback Listening  15 Replies 
[quote user="Lbjefferies7"] In my new room, I can't find the patience to listen to Bruckner.  I can now listen to concertos and pieces with content in the tone and space, but if the music takes too long to get into it, I become impatient, then feel l...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: Physics and Audio Adventure Tourists by Paul S on 2010-07-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Some Observations about Science and Bass in Playback Listening  12 Replies 
It is almost ironic, in the context of your original post, that you've refered me to "Physics" as a sort of generic introduction or prerequisite to practical musical ULF.  But I do appreciate your applied thoughts on the evils of feedback loops, and ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Audio Cost by Amir on 2010-12-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Audio Cost in Playback Listening  3 Replies 
we communicate with all things in the world and audio is one of them.i think audio is a game that is interesting for audiophiles and and it's meaning differ for audiophiles.some just enjoy paying money on components in stereophile top list, some thin...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: What to read in audio? by Romy the Cat on 2011-05-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: What to read in audio? in Playback Listening  1 Replies 
It is interesting, I kind of feel that I do not mind to get some subscription of some kind audio publication, would it be mail deliverer of internet delivered. I do not subscribe anything for a number of years sometime I do buy a magazine juts fo...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Audio equipment vs. live orchestra by Romy the Cat on 2011-06-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Audio equipment vs. live orchestra in Playback Listening  0 Replies 
[quote user="zako"]l find that the posessions of grand audio equipment never came close to the presentation of a live full orchestra concert[/quote] I am sure you have seen zillion of the similar comments and many discussions on the subject at...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #17: To serve that “signature” in audio... by Romy the Cat on 2008-02-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: New sample 24/96 downloads from HDTT in Didital Things  20 Replies 
[quote user="HDTT"] Just some clarification on a few points: I really don't care what people say about my recordings or how they sound I master my sound to what I feel is closest to the source and also "I think" I have no "signature" that is my goal....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #24: The digital audio future... by nycparamedic on 2008-12-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: High Quality Music Server / CD player in Didital Things  169 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Even though I do understand that advantages to run dedicated operation system but it do not automatically implies that the result will be better.[/quote]No, not automatically. But I believe using a minimalist open source op...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: Berkeley Audio by coops on 2008-12-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Reference Recordings “digital master” and Berkeley's new DAC in Didital Things  13 Replies 
It is also ben reviewed by Robert Harley , I am supposing that you would also condsider him an 'idiot' ?...

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...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #73: Amarra : Supported Audio Formats and $ by jessie.dazzle on 2009-06-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: High Quality Music Server / CD player in Didital Things  169 Replies 
In digging through the support section of the Amarra Music Player web page, and finally ending up on the FAQ, http://www.sonicstudio.com/amarra/faq.html I came upon this :Supported Audio FormatsNOTE: Amarra only supports uncompressed PCM files (AIFF,...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Meitner Audio - Ed Meitner's new company. by Romy the Cat on 2011-06-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Meitner Audio - Ed Meitner's new company. in Didital Things  5 Replies 
Ed Meitner after Musatex ran his celebrated EMM Lab Company.  I never liked the EMM Lab products. Although each with trash in audio loved to like EMM Lab ADCs but I found that this D/A converters were horrible. The entire Meitner parley in SACD w...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #47: Replace all audio coupling... by Romy the Cat on 2008-12-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Sansui TU-X1 Broadcast monitor. in Off Air Audio  56 Replies 
Doug, it is a lot of tuner went over your hand. I wonder what drove you to do so.  Was any specific quality of sound that you were looking and the tuner that you own did not serve you? [quote user="doug s."]romy, there is a tuna freak in los a...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: PS Audio PowerPlays by Romy the Cat on 2009-03-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Remote System Management in Off Air Audio  13 Replies 
In my search for remote activation of my FM recorders  came across the PS power play solution. http://www.psaudio.com/ps/products/description/powerplay-8000?cat=power Did anyone have any practical experience with this thing? Can all internal f...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Bach D Minor Piano Concerto, me and the audio catastrophe by Romy the Cat on 2008-02-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Bach Piano Concertos, 1, 4 & 5; Edwin Fischer and His Or... in Musical Discussions  2 Replies 
Bach D Minor Piano concerto is probably the greatest Piano Concerto ever was composed and I have a mental problem with it. I had my favorite performances of Bach PC1… until I head Glenn Gould did it with Leonard Bernstein leading the Columbus Symphon...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: This is all very emblematic for audio herd. by Romy the Cat on 2012-12-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Holly Proscenium idiocy! in Analog Playback  23 Replies 
Stitch, you see, the presence of that unintelligent audio glitter  that run across web sites and drool saliva about that or this product is very unfortunate thing that actually makes very hard for  sensible audio people to get any more or less releva...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #100: Cars vs. audio by ArmAlex on 2013-01-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Ultimate Turntable in Analog Playback  220 Replies 
Stitch wrote: Or let's go to the real world, there are endless high powered cars outside. 99,5% of their owners aren't able to handle them. Yes you are right, the problem is almost n...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: Abu Ghraib of Audio by Romy the Cat on 2005-01-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Digital recorders: what the "big boys" use? in Didital Things  15 Replies 
Yes, and particularly what enjoy with Patricia Barber (which is perfectly fine artist, BTW) that then when I go to the homes of an ordinary American audiophile then they have $90.000 worth of recommends Stereophile components and no more then entire ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #13: The computer audio gold standard... IMHO by manisandher on 2012-08-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Why I hate computer playback. in Didital Things  17 Replies 
Hi Currawong, thanks for sharing your experiences.My own computer playback journey goes back some 9-10 years ago when I started using a MOTU 896HD to interface a PC to my then Esoteric D70 DAC. And in the passing time the one thing I've learned about...
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