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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #47: To finish with the Weiss by Romy the Cat on 2010-02-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Schroder Tonearms in Analog Playback  61 Replies 
Rakesh, the subject of Jonathan Weiss is not worth for me to argue it. I too much know on the Weiss to have an interest about it. All that I will say to finish it that the asshole was spending days and night reading my site, stealing positions and vi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #36: Having achieved what? by Romy the Cat on 2010-02-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Schroder Tonearms in Analog Playback  61 Replies 
An interesting question. What kind achievement one can expect from a person who claims that Schroder Tonearms are distinct by the Mark of Devil due to their association with Jonathan Weiss? If I have some kind of idiotic delusion and would tell story...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #31: Weiss DAC1 vs. Larry Engineering DA-924 by Romy the Cat on 2007-08-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Audio critique – open your mind! in Playback Listening  44 Replies 
I always said that regular audio-freaks, who mostly unprovoked bend themselves in demonstration of the excessive and stupid devotion to audio manufactures, are the worst case. Ironically that “devotion” is not what the manufactures demand but the obs...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: Here we go again. by Romy the Cat on 2009-11-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Digital Volume Control self-assessment in Audio For Dummies ™  12 Replies 
[quote user="tuga"] I should have added that this explanation refers to volume control by software and it's probably the worst case scenario. [/quote]Tuga, any digital volume control is software based. This defines the nature of the digital volume co...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: How the menacingly-empty idiots design audio. by Romy the Cat on 2010-03-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Bookshelf Horns in Horn-Loaded Speakers  3 Replies 
I do not know, I do not see a lot of sense on bookshelf horn construction. The core of topology resets to bookshelf configuration. A horn but it very basic nature is bandpass devise. As soon you introduce a horn then you automatically truncate th...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: "Beautiful” but themselves. by Romy the Cat on 2010-12-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Adding one more non-spherical to Macondo. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  23 Replies 
Paull, the horns might be “beautiful” but only themselves. When they are jointed with the rest Macondo spherical chennals then I do not like how it all looks together.  Regarding the drivers, I do have a few options, I might slowly exercise them and ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: The remote seems to be... by bernie_f on 2012-01-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Weiss MAN301 Music Server in Didital Things  3 Replies 
a full monty iPad from Apple. It is becoming a kind of "industrial standard" for commercial DAW remotes or for playback-software.http://tempuri.org/tempuri.htmlbernie...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #40: You still think in term of stupid 'Seals of Approval'. by Romy the Cat on 2007-08-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Audio critique – open your mind! in Playback Listening  44 Replies 
[quote user="guy sergeant"]Romy. I understand the dilemma.  People sometimes lend things to me to listen to them. I like having the opportunity to hear these things and sometimes to broaden my understanding.  Publically available or not, I ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #15: Model Two and 24/88.2 HDCD by manisandher on 2009-06-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Pacific Microsonics Model 2 in Didital Things  85 Replies 
Romy, just a quick response for now... a longer one another day.The Model Two definitely detects HDCD in the BSO files (just as the Esoteric D70 does). I have the PMI set to DD88-88 and am monitoring DIG_IN (with the word clock set to Master).But the...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #35: Ah, my site has a therapeutic impact on me! by Romy the Cat on 2007-08-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Audio critique – open your mind! in Playback Listening  44 Replies 
[quote user="guy sergeant"] Thousands of other people make comparisons like this every week but manage not vent their feelings publicly about what they find.  [/quote] And it is exactly why there is no common sense in audio. Those “thousands co...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Audio equipment recommendations at this site. by Romy the Cat on 2007-06-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Audio equipment recommendations at this site. in Playback Listening  6 Replies 
I hate to provide what the audio people call “equipment recommendations”. Whoever has sent me private emails asking me about buying or trying one of another audio component know that I usually suggest do not bother me or propose to them going to hell...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #13: Weiss Passive Volume by perrew on 2009-11-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Digital Volume Control self-assessment in Audio For Dummies ™  12 Replies 
If you do not like digital volume by Weiss there is always the passive alternative: http://www.designwsound.com/dwsblog/?p=1699...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: 176.4/192 in Master Mode? by manisandher on 2009-09-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The optimum Sampling Rate for bass. in Didital Things  3 Replies 
Romy,I've wanted to do this comparison for a while now. Apart from just not having the time recently, the biggest obstacle has been not being able to use the Pacific in Master mode above 96KHz. As you know, it will only output a clock at 1x/2x 44...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Lynx can handle up to 200.000Khz by Romy the Cat on 2009-09-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The optimum Sampling Rate for bass. in Didital Things  3 Replies 
[quote user="manisandher"] I've wanted to do this comparison for a while now. Apart from just not having the time recently, the biggest obstacle has been not being able to use the Pacific in Master mode above 96KHz. As you know, it will only output a...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #54: Weiss AFI1 does not conform to dual-wire standard by manisandher on 2009-09-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Pacific Microsonics Model 2 in Didital Things  85 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Lynx has internal dabbler that activated as soon dual-wire inputs activated. So, when Pacific outputs in dual-wire configuration a half of the sampling speed then is done in accordance to the dual-wire specification.[/quote...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #49: Do an experiment. by Romy the Cat on 2009-09-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Pacific Microsonics Model 2 in Didital Things  85 Replies 
[quote user="manisandher"] This is very interesting and something that I have not noticed. Because I cannot double the clock frequency going into the Weiss AFI1, I have tended to ignore playing/recording 4fs files. But, I've kept the second AES/E...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #51: Ok, this time I was a Moron. by Romy the Cat on 2009-09-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Pacific Microsonics Model 2 in Didital Things  85 Replies 
[quote user="manisandher"] And I can indeed replicate this effect... but only with my RME FF800 and not with my Weiss AFI1. With the FF800 (slaved to the Pacific), changing the Pacific's wordclock does indeed change the speed of any audio/vide...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #32: To me it is a deal breaker, nothing else need to be said. by Romy the Cat on 2010-02-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Schroder Tonearms in Analog Playback  61 Replies 
[quote user="oxric"] I just wished you would find it in you, out of fairness and common courtesy, to keep the thread within the boundaries within which it was raised, that is a technical discussion on the approach of Frank Shroder to the design o...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Weiss Engineering DAC202 by Romy the Cat on 2010-06-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Weiss Engineering DAC202 in Didital Things  5 Replies 
Denial Weiss just released a new DAC: http://www.weiss-highend.ch/dac202/index.html It looks like a versatile DAC, reasonably priced. There is not information about architecture, I am sure it be coming.  Goggling the DAC202 bring ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #14: The Internet-inspired, brawn-track delivered Messiah. by Romy the Cat on 2009-12-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Schroder Tonearms in Analog Playback  61 Replies 
[quote user="Stitch"]What is the main difference in High End today and 10 years ago? Today it is possible to launch average products into the market via Internet Hype from DIY groups. [/quote] Yep, you are spot on. All that you need to sell a ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #31: This is about music reproduction, right? by oxric on 2010-02-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Schroder Tonearms in Analog Playback  61 Replies 
Romy,   As with all such matters, ‘Tis dangerous when the baser nature comes Between the pass and fell incensed points Of mighty opposites. (Hamlet) I should leave aside matters tha...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #44: Some clarification. by Romy the Cat on 2010-02-15 
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Rakesh, before everything: you use MS Word to type messages and it has some strange styling formatting that My Word cleaning server scrip cannot clean. As the result your posts screw formatting of my site. I was trying to research what style item...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Digital Volume Control-Daniel Weiss by Lbjefferies7 on 2009-11-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Digital Volume Control self-assessment in Audio For Dummies ™  12 Replies 
http://www.weiss-highend.ch/computerplayback/Digital_Level_Control.pdf Here's Weiss's paper on the subject.  It features a cat, so it must be right ;)  All of the explanations are beside the point, however, as there really is no reason to ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #50: Can software be slaved to firewire device? by manisandher on 2009-09-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Pacific Microsonics Model 2 in Didital Things  85 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]If you do not have the same effect as reel tape of 15ips played at 9ips then your software is not truly slaved by Pacific/ AFI1 chain.[/quote]Yes, I totally agree.And I can indeed replicate this effect... but only with my R...

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 #15: Process for enhancing the existing ambience, imaging, depth, clarity a... by peter foster on 2007-10-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: K-Stereo Ambience Recovery Processor in Didital Things  29 Replies 
Dear Romy, The engineering basis for the K-LEVEL feature of the K-Stereo machine is described in Bob Katz's US Patent Number 7,076,071 "Process for enhancing the existing ambience, imaging, depth, clarity and spaciousness of sound recordings". ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #20: Cogent at RMAF 2007 by Romy the Cat on 2007-10-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Satisfying result: the RMAF Show + Cogent in Horn-Loaded Speakers  22 Replies 
Another Rocky Mountain Audio Show went  on and Cogent dragged this filed-coiled asses :-) to the show. I was wondering is any changes with Cogent during the last year took place. The unfortunately-famous whore : Jonathan Weiss - has become ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #30: Oh, come on, Frank, get life, will you! by Romy the Cat on 2010-02-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Schroder Tonearms in Analog Playback  61 Replies 
[quote user="berlinta"]..."your boyfriend from Oswalds Mill"... Absolutely superfluous, meant to insult only choice of words. My wife, if I'd show her this thread, would yell at you like a drill seargent. Her fuse is short. [/quote] Come on...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Attenuation by coops on 2010-06-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Weiss Engineering DAC202 in Didital Things  5 Replies 
I thought we were just discussing attenuation, regarding connectivity the Weiss sounds best via it's firewire input,just a bit sharper, I find everything is a little more clearly defined than AES /s/pdif.Keith....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Weiss interview by mr.onion on 2011-06-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Interview with Daniel Weiss in Didital Things  6 Replies 
I can just picture Mr Weiss now, in his living room enraptured by his playback system, except there's no physical system there, he's just got the brochures in front of him, and he's drooling all over the specs!...
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