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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: The digital attitude of mine. by Romy the Cat on 2008-03-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: About the DAW playback software. in Didital Things  10 Replies 
[quote user="el`Ol"]Sorry for being so nasty, Romy,but I meant connecting the CEC TLO with the Lavry 924 via the dCS 974.[/quote] I do not see you being nasty, where did you get this from? May I ask you- what you proposed to drive CEC TLO into dCS ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: The new D/A Treasury? by Romy the Cat on 2008-04-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Lavry Gold DA924 ++ in Didital Things  25 Replies 
A week passed since I updated my Lavry-924, what a sound! If before the DA924 was just the most advanced and the most interestingly designed multibit with excellent sound then now it is becoming the most advanced and the most interestingly sounding D...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: DACS by coops on 2008-03-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: About the DAW playback software. in Didital Things  10 Replies 
I borrowed a dcs 'Scarlatti' for the weekend and compared it to a Lavry 924 and the MSB Platinum, the DCS had the highest resolution of all three, not by a huge amount mind , particularly nice treble I thought, this was just solely with CD....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: The Lavry 924++ vs. Pacific Microsonics DAC by Romy the Cat on 2008-04-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Lavry Gold DA924 ++ in Didital Things  25 Replies 
Did I tell you that Pacific Microsonics DAC is a phenomenal 16-bit DAC? I did not lie and it is very good. Look however what the updated Lavry 924++ did with it. They are very short and small (6Meg) files, mono, 88/24 with a few seconds of opening o...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: Lavry vs AMR by coops on 2007-10-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Abington Something = Abbingdon Music Research in Didital Things  14 Replies 
Rom;s borrowed a Lavry 924 today, what a great piece of kit, it has restored my belief in digital it doesn't lack lustre! Keith ( I don't sell them in case you were wondering)!...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Stahl -tek rules by coops on 2008-05-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Lavry vs Stahl -Tek in Didital Things  22 Replies 
Romy Hi, I just mean that instruments sound more real, through the Stahl-tek whether is is the decay of a high hat or the weight of a piano, 'presence' is the same I guess when the instrment just sounds more real, re the selling part I have been look...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #107: Dual Wire by HDTT on 2009-04-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to record FM broadcasts. in Off Air Audio  125 Replies 
On my Weiss I can use dual wire mode if i record in 24/192 this is mandatory I don't know about the Lavry but have you guys ever tried dual wire ??...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #109: The Magic of Casketing or the MiniMe, Corky Edition by Romy the Cat on 2009-02-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s MiniMe or about Pilot Acoustic Systems in Audio Discussions  213 Replies 
[quote user="jessie.dazzle"]I feel a driver needs to be somewhat hard-mounted to the enclosure. Cork gives the right sort of balance between hard-mounting and floating, while still sealing, however it would be a pain to cut that many gaskets from cor...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: I have a CD transport to read CDs. by Romy the Cat on 2008-03-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: About the DAW playback software. in Didital Things  10 Replies 
[quote user="el`Ol"]Pacific Microsonics are filter kings, but if the Lavry is the best hardware, wouldn´t it be nice to let it play the CDs, too?[/quote]I did, the TL0 transport reads CD with so much more quality that any further experiments with DAC...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Lavry vs Stahl -Tek by coops on 2008-05-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Lavry vs Stahl -Tek in Didital Things  22 Replies 
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, regards Keith....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #18: Heuristics by decoud on 2011-09-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Professional sound systems in Audio Discussions  22 Replies 
The aim was to try to reproduce opera in a room, which conventional speakers seem to do so implausibly, at least the few I have been exposed to. Why the SH50 gets closer than the others I do not know: perhaps it is coherence across the frequency rang...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: Re: some thoughts on the avalable good DACs... by Romy the Cat on 2005-11-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to record FM broadcasts. in Off Air Audio  125 Replies 
[quote user="jtavan"]It looks like you're looking at the right brands for ADC. It seems likely to me that getting proper A/D conversion is as hard as or harder than getting proper D/A conversion. I'm currently shopping for a good A/D converter for a ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #104: No external clocks for me. by Romy the Cat on 2009-04-22 
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No, I do not use external clock as I have only one digital devise in case of recording. When I record I use Pacific or Lavry internal clock as master and I always slave Lynx to my A/D. I use to run it independent and it was fine but then last ye...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #45: Re: About analog broadcasts by cv on 2005-11-15 
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Allo Antonio, I think for the UK it's 2012. Also, hHere in London the only classical station worth listening to if you ask me is BBC Radio 3. So a TU-X1 and Lavry would be something of an enormous investment all things considered. I'm fairly sure we...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #47: Cache the entire Old World? by Romy the Cat on 2005-11-15 
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[quote user="cv"]I think for the UK it's 2012. Also, hHere in London the only classical station worth listening to if you ask me is BBC Radio 3. So a TU-X1 and Lavry would be something of an enormous investment all things considered. I'm fairly sure ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Listen to the files several times . . . by scooter on 2013-05-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Smyth Research Realiser A8 in Horn-Loaded Speakers  1 Replies 
I listened to these files for two (2!) hours last night. Over and over again. Don't ask why. The choice of music is unfortunate but it is what it is. There must be some physiological activity going on with the A8 box as I became somewhat accustom...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #160: It screwed me again. by Romy the Cat on 2008-11-10 
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"] Well, I figured out – if digital is dead then I need to put the heavy artillery in the fight I begin to spin records. With my TT setup I have an interesting tool - I run my input-choke powered “End of the Life” Phonostage ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #20: More on firewire audio (my opinion) by Telstar on 2008-02-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The commercial music servers. in Didital Things  36 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] You are not exactly correct about Lynx. First of all my card had no DACs aboard it is just a digital I/O, channels re-mapper and the card’s software. Before I got the card I interviewed quite many technical people about t...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #44: The stunning sound of the phonocorrector. by Romy the Cat on 2008-06-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage in Analog Playback  310 Replies 
[quote user="Brian Clark"] Whereas I do. deParavicini's worked on designs in Japan over several years and became familiar with the  research going on there in the Seventies which culminated in identifying the HD decay-spectrum as a key indicator...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #109: Single/dual wire modes by Romy the Cat on 2009-04-22 
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I use dual wire mode from Pacific and single wire mode from Lavry. I do not think that there is a difference between single and dual wire modes if the mixer is done properly. I prefer dual wire modes as Lynx clock slaving works very stupidly in dual ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #33: A perfect evening. by Romy the Cat on 2012-04-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The best audio source EVER! in Off Air Audio  34 Replies 
It is truly perfect evening here, in the Romy the Cat’s castle. The weather today in Boston is phenomenal, temperature just spot on, with no wind of humidity. I woke up just 15 minutes before the BSO broadcast, warmed up the Milqs, Schwarz and Lavry....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #12: Kindergarden and all that. by coops on 2008-05-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Lavry vs Stahl -Tek in Didital Things  22 Replies 
Romy Hi, I completely understand your feelings towards the Hi-Fi trade and reviewers , I  now ( since I started to represent cessaro ) grasp how the system works and it is often not  a particulary noble or honest world , all I want is a dec...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #19: Milan Top Audio by Telstar on 2008-09-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Lavry vs Stahl -Tek in Didital Things  22 Replies 
[quote user="coops"]Romy Hi, I just mean that instruments sound more real, through the Stahl-tek whether is is the decay of a high hat or the weight of a piano, 'presence' is the same I guess when the instrment just sounds more real, re the selling p...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #91: Well, FM, here it is. by Romy the Cat on 2009-03-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to record FM broadcasts. in Off Air Audio  125 Replies 
Juts to give an idea of what is going o… Here is a fragment from today’s glorious performance of BSO… The fragment has slightly less brilliance and slightly more noise than the ordinal file and it was resaved in 32 bit WAV format (originally recorded...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #42: It is nice to live in 21 century. by Romy the Cat on 2013-07-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The new FM Classical scene in Boston in Off Air Audio  47 Replies 
I was laying in the beach of update NY’s Keuka Lake, smoking Samuel Gawith’s Commonwealth from my churchwarden, browsing internet and learned the today BSO started this Tangelwood season with all Tchaikovsky program by Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos.  I r...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #45: Model Two clock slightly off by manisandher on 2009-08-31 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Pacific Microsonics Model 2 in Didital Things  85 Replies 
Related to posts on other threads, I recall noting that the Model Two's clock frequency is slightly off 44.1 KHz.With the Model Two in Master mode, the Weiss AFI1 reads the clock frequency as something like 44.08 KHz (I'm not in the UK right now, but...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #42: Bidat with new midbass and proper performing purepower by miab on 2011-01-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Museatex Bidat pages. in Didital Things  57 Replies 
Romy, My Bidat being extremely sensitive to incoming electricity and now with Purepower in my mix I am getting to know my Bidat in a new light. I did think I had a grasp of what the Bidat could and couldn't do but feeding it through Purepower it has ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #14: A transparent delay for Macondo? by cv on 2008-06-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 45Hz Bass Horn in Horn-Loaded Speakers  23 Replies 
Romy,I'm not sure how "transparent" you find the Lavry etc AD/DAs, but since you have them, it might not be difficult to throw in an adjustable digital delay; eg these chips from TI http://focus.ti.com/paramsearch/docs/parametricsearch.tsp?family=ana...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Happy to see this thread by montepilot on 2009-06-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The contra-ridicules solution for a good DAW? in Didital Things  1 Replies 
After hearing what a well designed FM station recording setup could deliver I became a believer.  The question was what would be the cost involved to implement a good setup.  After doing some research on the cost of Romy's components to capture fm br...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #15: Deutsches Requiem by mats on 2009-04-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The BSO and Digital Music. in Didital Things  44 Replies 
AIFF to Mac pro, made a 16/44 disc, and wow, even in this format it is very enjoyable,and shockingly dynamic!  (I guess it is time to call Lavry.)This is such a moving piece, and to think how much more music can become available, a new era seems to b...
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