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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: And if you want it to look like the Boulder and others by miab on 2008-02-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The commercial music servers. in Didital Things  36 Replies 
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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Lamm hybrids: M1.2 vs. Lamm M1.1 by Romy the Cat on 2007-12-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Lamm hybrids: M1.2 vs. Lamm M1.1 in Audio Discussions  0 Replies 
Positive Feedback published David Robinson’s review of Lamm M1.2 amplifier. http://www.positive-feedback.com/Issue34/lamm_1.2.htm Frankly speaking I do have interest to see what people might say about Lamm M1.2. Not that I care about a review’s ob...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #31: The price of excellence by Paul S on 2007-05-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: I need a “second-type” phonostage. in Analog Playback  38 Replies 
I am with you on this one.  I am also very suspicious of gigantic, 4-chassis phono stages if only because I just wonder why the need for all those damn noisy parts, along with concommitment connections?So it really pisses me off to admit that th...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: "Active" LO MC Stages by Paul S on 2013-01-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Orion Phono Preamplifier in Analog Playback  15 Replies 
Yes, it is anybody's guess how an active SS-only phono stage would sound with a low output MC, since this is usually a recipe for death (of Music).  My own cartridge, for example, only puts out .125mV.  I'm not so sure even the 2008 would work for my...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #40: Tiny Dancer by Paul S on 2009-11-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The LCR RIAA correctors in Analog Playback  57 Replies 
Who has had success with active amplification of very low level signals (like LO MC output), apart from Boulder 2008 and super-expensive lab-type equipment?It seems like the safest path (that's still reasonably affordable) for LO MC lift-off is a (pa...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Preamps that don't sound by el`Ol on 2011-09-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A new generation of full-function preamps. in Audio Discussions  4 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Let see what he have out there. I think the companies like Spectral, Boulder and Burmester are very much in position to make challenging contemporary preamps. In fact Burmester has been doing something like this for year bu...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Z Out by Ciampa on 2017-07-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A new strange but predicable Lamm LP2.1 in Analog Playback  6 Replies 
Cant really get why Lamm always underestimate the output impedance. A simple cathode follower would be of help and wont compromise the results. Boulder 1008 has 5ohm....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: The op-amp connundrum by Paul S on 2008-06-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Rohde & Schwarz EU-6201 Tuner in Off Air Audio  34 Replies 
Romy, I don't know from parts numbers, but there sure seems to be a world of difference between the stuff Guy and Boulder use versus everything else for audio out there.  I have heard that some of the better op amps have two or three "tiers...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: To check a Moron by Stitch on 2013-11-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to mitigate the expectation of assurances. in Audio Discussions  3 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]So, my question to you guys: what techniques you use to filter out just wana-to-sound-intelligent audio people what you are engage in random let say phone conversation? Did you develop any practice to recognize that the per...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #243: Line Gain by Paul S on 2017-10-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A listening room for a domesticated Cat? in Audio Discussions  283 Replies 
I suppose you have done the math on the input swamping, and/or you have run a simulation, and I suppose you know your amps sound OK with 6 dB more input.  So, ask Guy if he will send it "on approval".  I suppose it will be SS, discreet amps, or maybe...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Swell New RIAA-Only Phonostage, Only $60k!!! by Paul S on 2010-07-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Swell New RIAA-Only Phonostage, Only $60k!!! in Analog Playback  7 Replies 
It can take me months to pan randomly through a given issue of Stereophile, but Fremer's review of the SS Vitus MO-P201 phonostage caught my attention this month.Mike actually clearly states that this 2-box item is better than the Boulder 2008.  Well...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #239: Loading Up by Paul S on 2012-11-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage in Analog Playback  310 Replies 
N-set, you've certainly earned the right to enjoy your gear!  Again, which SUT will you use? No practical way to measure ESR, etc. on this, I suppose...When you first posted on the "problem" curve, I was thinking (to myself...) "RCL"/reactive load.  ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: 70k by Paul S on 2013-01-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Orion Phono Preamplifier in Analog Playback  15 Replies 
First order of business is to sell them at a high price; so, if their approach and their spiel seem familiar...Again, this sort of "balanced", "ultra-low-noise" circuitry has been around in the pro sound market for a while now, but NOT for phono stag...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: An Evolving Conversation? by Paul S on 2013-03-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: What Is The Minimum for an "Acceptable" Phono Stag... in Analog Playback  12 Replies 
Thank you for illustrating problems with the "approach".  Now that your response has become part of the dialog, I remain hopeful to get some ideas for a "simple" phono stage that might not choke up on Bruckner or Wagner with battery power, and I do t...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Other possible points of interest by Paul S on 2007-05-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The K&K SE hybrid phono stage: a report in Analog Playback  54 Replies 
Perhaps I should have mentioned before that the K&K is another spin-off of the well-received Arthur Loesch RIAA network.  Also, the K&K's gain scheme is based on "classic" microphone circuits.  While I am not say...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Finally, Features that Really Matter by Paul S on 2009-07-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: AMR PH-77: just another phonostage or more? in Analog Playback  11 Replies 
Well, I guess that about covers it, all right!But how do they get the 12AT7 input noise down 147 dB?!?They do mention something about using "quantum particle research", which might mean Bybee filters, or op amps, or both.So is this thing 2-stage ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: My views about PH-77 phonostage by Romy the Cat on 2009-07-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: AMR PH-77: just another phonostage or more? in Analog Playback  11 Replies 
I am not a big fun of Dvorak 9th under Ancerl. I’m not big fun nether the orchestra’s balance nor the recording quality.  Anyhow… I do not think that that you need to worry PH-77’s accuracy of curves or the comfort to switch them. It looks lik...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #12: Oh, yeah... the sound of the Thing Itself... by Paul S on 2009-07-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: AMR PH-77: just another phonostage or more? in Analog Playback  11 Replies 
Points about the self-sound of the PH-77 are well taken, not that I'll be spending 8K on anything any time soon, regardless of its "value".My own K&K phono stage is totally Spartan, just to avoid all the circuitry that typically facilitates the s...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Stepping up by Paul S on 2007-05-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The K&K SE hybrid phono stage: a report in Analog Playback  54 Replies 
If you try/find an acceptable active MC step-up, please share your experience.  I think the (stupid) Boulder op amp is the only one I've heard so far that does not sound severely "compressed" to me, and it really pisses me off that I have n...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #14: Parker, Fremer and other evils... by de charlus on 2013-07-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How would you handle it? in Playback Listening  24 Replies 
Value can exist at pretty much any price, yes. I should certainly have qualified all that with a "before Robert Parker came along", shouldn't I? He of course brings an added absurdity that hasn't (yet) infected audio reviewers, which is that damnable...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #53: Rowland Cadence with Battery PS by Stitch on 2013-10-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Where are our good phonostages? in Analog Playback  61 Replies 
Last year I had the chance to listen to the Vitus SP-102 Phono Stage. When I remember right, it was ok, some of the better modern Phono Designs. It wasn't as thin and dead as Pass Phono for example, but it was also not able to go out of the way in re...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #49: Thanks by de charlus on 2013-07-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Canadian Speaker Proposal in Horn-Loaded Speakers  56 Replies 
Thanks Romy,I particularly appreciate the advice on the Goto issue, although a sojourn in Japan would be delightful too, come to think of it; in my experience there's no better place for culinary and audio tourism combined. "Local" support in the cas...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Ben Dover, the Utopia reseller by serenechaos on 2008-10-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Focal-Jmlab – the Utopia of the Utopias in Audio News  11 Replies 
Yes, Utopia was demoed in a large room.  However: 1) Amplification: and yes, Boulder amplifiers were used.  Good observation, but I don't understand why you think they would be a bad choice.  I thought they quite complemented the Gra...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #47: Cost projection by de charlus on 2013-07-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Canadian Speaker Proposal in Horn-Loaded Speakers  56 Replies 
Romy,I merely thought that you felt I was riding roughshod over your advice, when it was in fact a degree of naivety requiring extensive clarification that may have made it appear thus. Regardless of your indifference to praise and/or criticism, I'd ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #24: Motor type? by Wellington on 2016-01-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Copper Mat on a Micro Seiki Gun Metal Platter in Analog Playback  122 Replies 
Retrofunk,Interesting observations. With regard to the speed variations with the flywheel, I have to wonder about your motor. I don't recognize particular unit. Do you have the original RY-5500 motor that came with the RX-5000? The RY-5500 has a buil...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: The "Least" Approach by Paul S on 2013-03-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: What Is The Minimum for an "Acceptable" Phono Stag... in Analog Playback  12 Replies 
Rowuk, we do not disagree about the "battery/dynamics" equation.  As you know, the "accepted notion" from the pundits is that "battery phono stages lack dynamics", and the one expensive unit I've heard did seem lethargic, albeit in a "salon".  Howeve...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Long time due: Digital Phono Converter by Romy the Cat on 2013-08-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Long time due: Digital Phono Converter in Didital Things  1 Replies 
Paul McGowan look like will be releasing soon PS Audio new devise NuWave Phono Converter. Read the release and see what it is. http://www.psaudio.com/shop/nuwave-phono-converter/ Unquestionably it is a very proper product, or I would say a family of ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #15: Micro by Amir on 2013-05-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Audio vs. Musical pitch in Playback Listening  17 Replies 
[quote user="rowuk"]Hi Amir,your english is just fine.I think that there is an additional factor that your formula needs. Sense of pitch is not determined acoustically by "Q" unless we are talking about pure sine waves. When we add the overtones foun...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: If you didn’t use it for a long time then I would “blow” it. by Romy the Cat on 2007-01-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Do not touch that used tonearm! in Audio For Dummies ™  7 Replies 
It might not be necessarily the new wire. With analog there are other billion reasons why it might not sound as it should. Still, I personally can’t stay listening “new” wire with MC cartridges.  If you recently futzed with the arm wire then you...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: The powerful SS V-FET shootout? by Romy the Cat on 2009-11-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Yamaha B-2 V-FET amplifier. in Audio Discussions  19 Replies 
Last few days listening MiniMe with B-2 my patients was running out. With all more or less OK sound my B-2 had wondering eye about imaging. The amp has a minor fluctuation of gain between the channels and this fluctuation can be addressed by …kic...
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