GoodSoundClub's Home
Manifesto Copyright
Statistics Site Links
Site Map Surveys
Send Email to Romy the Cat
That posting bug has been addressed. Hallelujah!
Audio Knowledge Tree ™
Romy's "Audio Rules"
Audiophile Satire
Melquiades SET Amplifier
Macondo Acoustic System
End of Life Phonostage
Audio Demoronizator AD-1
My Exotic Audio Leftovers
My Playback System
» Micro RX 5000
» An interesting Russian p»
» 1st Guitar Thread
» The road to less dummine»
» How to evaluate playback»
» Hildegard von Bingen on »
» Prices in High-End Audio.
» Beautiful Mahler Lieder
» The WHRB’s Rimsky-Korsak»
» Crossover or non-crossov»
» Focal-Jmlab – the Utopia»
» "Appeal to the Grea»
» Vertical Axis Midbass Ho»
» The realty of UHF and LF»
» Goodbye to EMI?
» Ghorbani&Hamdani sin»
» Help FM Broadcast
» Dreams about Audio
» It is possible to elimin»
» The best “Die Fledermaus»
» Yo-yo Ma live on the int»
» I'm omnivorous... am I i»
» Mitigating Undesired Hig»
» Try something unusual an»
» Chostakovich: Concerto »
» High Quality Music Serve»
» Mahler 3 and BPO.
» Basic guide to advanced »
» My new horn systems
» Speakers: a hi-fi disast»
» REL Precedent Tuner - An»
» How playing an instrumen»
» The ULF cannel for my ne»
» Tweeter for Vitavox S2. »
» Wilsons, EMM, Ozawa, Sa»
» UHF capable tweeters and»
» Tedeska Cartridges.
» A big subwoofer vs. an a»
Bookmarked are red
Valves Collection
Austria's Musical Exiles
Musical Musings
WGBH's “Keeping Score”
Lockwood Audio
Dolmetsch Online
Elliott Sound Products
Solid State Electronics
The Victor Victrola Page
Spinning Dog Records
George Szell discography
Norman Lebrecht's blog
More Links »»
Romy the Cat's personal site dedicated to advanced audio and evolved music reproduction techniques

Posts Authors:  Listed only members with posts
 Posts Period :    to      Format: Year/Month/Date
Search Phrase:   
Search in Forum: 
Print Results per page:  Separate words by empty space
 

     Pages: 1, Posts: 17    Pages: 1 


Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Some reels experiments…. by Romy the Cat on 2006-10-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Transfer: The reel-to-reel operas wanted. in Didital Things  8 Replies 
Today I was trying to make some experiments. I made some recodings to my reel-to-reel machine from LP.  I did not go crazy and ran fairly poor cables just off my preamps. It was BASF 486 at 15ips ½ track. It was not bad, in fact quite good....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. by Romy the Cat on 2006-10-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1916 Replies 
People use to that I keep bitching about electricity. Practically anyone who developed playback to a more or less capable level and who has ears know that quality of electricity hugely affects sound. I personally do not fight with electricity - I def...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Tape Machines by Amir on 2023-06-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Tape Machines in Analog Playback  5 Replies 
We know the Tape Albums are less than 100 titles and we can not use this format for music listening but sometimes we prefer to have a Tape Machine in home.  Tape Machine Summury : what make Tape Machines worse :- replacing ori...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: To Wind Up Where? by Paul S on 2010-05-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s Midbass Project – the grown up time. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  455 Replies 
Romy, are these drivers going to wind up in the ceiling horns?  I currently use 15" Audax PR380M2 paper drivers in conservatively-tuned BR bins, X/O'd 3rd order at ~ 125 Hz. I do this because I need the gain with my current amp set-up. These drivers ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: SOUND of time aligned GOTO by serenechaos on 2008-08-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: ... again on GOTO Unit drivers... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  108 Replies 
I have only heard GOTO drivers one time, and in that system they were time-aligned:http://www.goodsoundclub.com/Forums/ShowPost.aspx?postID=7467#7467 The closest I could come to describing the SOUND, when the source was right; (Ch...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #84: Let the things to be much easer… by Romy the Cat on 2009-03-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to record FM broadcasts. in Off Air Audio  125 Replies 
[quote user="Hyperborean"]Am I going nuts or all these posts around digital recording just crazy? Digital is not even near that point to consider it as a recording medium, specially at home. There is only one way to do it right - analog! Seems like y...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: GOTO, electricity and me being 'insulted'. by Romy the Cat on 2008-08-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: ... again on GOTO Unit drivers... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  108 Replies 
[quote user="serenechaos"] The closest I could come to describing the SOUND, when the source was right; (Charles King's Stellavox) & good electricity (JJ filter) was …. being exceptionally smooth [/quote] Yep, the strange smoothnes was something...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: I do have interest in tape but… by Romy the Cat on 2007-11-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Reel-to-Reel Tape vs. Raw Better Digital in Didital Things  13 Replies 
The issues with tape speed are complicated. I have no recordable NAB equalized headblock for my Stellavox SU8 and I can only play NAB tapes: 2 and 4 track.  My recording headblock is IEC equalized 2 track only.  As I said I n...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #16: Pacific Microsonics vs. Lavry Gold without ego. by Romy the Cat on 2007-10-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Recording options: Pacific Microsonics vs. Lavry Gold. in Didital Things  24 Replies 
For whatever reason people expressed a lot of interest to Pacific vs. Lavry A/D and I recently got an relatively a large number of emails, including from the people I do not even know, asking me to compare identical analog tracjs and post the foundin...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Transfer: The reel-to-reel operas wanted. by Romy the Cat on 2006-09-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Transfer: The reel-to-reel operas wanted. in Didital Things  8 Replies 
To facts: 1) A few weeks back Robert Witrak. The owner of http://www.highdeftapetransfers.com/ http://www.goodsoundclub.com/TreeItem.aspx?postID=2692 sent me example of the original 24/96 files that he is greeting after his AD processor. The resul...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #31: The tweeter and Sound (#4) - the Water Droped Stokowski by Romy the Cat on 2007-03-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: RAAL “Water Drop” tweeter for Macondo. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  77 Replies 
I was listening light night the Charles Ives’ Fourth Symphony by the kids of American Symphony Orchestra and Members of Schola Cantorum under the baton of probably 180 years old Leopold Stokowski. Ives music is not exactly my cap of tea but I hardly ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Metaxas-Wolfson ADC with Sound Devices SD744T by Romy the Cat on 2007-02-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Metaxas-Wolfson ADC with Sound Devices SD744T in Didital Things  2 Replies 
An email that I got from Kostas Metaxas, (posted with Kostas’ permission): //****************************** BEGIN *******************************I wanted to share some of my preliminary findings using my newly developed A-D [Wolfson chip] to bypass...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: A tube tuner? REL Precedent 646C by Romy the Cat on 2008-07-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A tube tuner? REL Precedent 646C in Off Air Audio  24 Replies 
A couple months back I sent to Dima a link with a wonderful collection of audio articles from first part of the 20s century: http://www.one-electron.com/Misc_Docs.html In next couple days, talking with Dima he asked me: “Roma, what is REL Company a...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: Summary: my audio, year 2007 by Romy the Cat on 2007-12-31 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Summary: my/your audio: year by year in Audio Discussions  49 Replies 
It was an audio eventful year and I have experimented and discovered many fascinating things. Here is a brief summary of the 2007 audio-events and a short look what my audio happening will might take please in 2008. 1)    In the very ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Analogue to digital converter comparison by Romy the Cat on 2007-03-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Analogue to digital converter comparison in Didital Things  6 Replies 
ANALOGUE TO DIGITAL CONVERTER COMPARISON by Kostas Metaxas Procedure: In all cases except for the KORG MR-1000, SOUND DEVICES SD744T and METRIC HALO[used with an Apple Laptop], I fed the outputs of the Stellavox SM8 to the A-D converter inputs [...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Tape Machines (New Production) by Amir on 2023-06-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Tape Machines in Analog Playback  5 Replies 
These are New Tape Machine Manufactures: https://www.ballfinger.de https://www.thorens.com/ New Reference https://www.horch...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #221: Techdas Designer Hideaki Nishikawa R.I.P by Amir on 2023-06-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Ultimate Turntable in Analog Playback  220 Replies 
It is with great sadness that Stella Inc. and Zephyrn inc. announce our mentor, colleague and former-CEO Hideaki Nishikawa passed away on the morning of 28th June, 2023 surrounded by his loving family. Hideaki was ...
All context of this site except the Forum's posts Copyright © Roman Bessnow 2004-2025
All messages within the Site’s Forum Copyright © by authors of the posts
Last 24-hours posts:  1  
Total human visitors:  46,586,980  
   
      Search Site Forum
     Search Site via Google
 
Login:
Pass:
    Create a New Account
    Forgot your Account
AUG 1 Chamber Music in Bru»
AUG 2 Elim Chan, conductor»
AUG 3 Fiddlers Four in Gre»
AUG 3 TCHAIKOVSKY 5 in Bos»
AUG 3 Chamber Music in Woo»
AUG 3 Gryphon Trio in Rock»
AUG 3 Chamber Music in Bru»
AUG 4 Chamber Music in Bru»
lang lang: tiny desk (home)»
marin alsop on her swing or»
mahan esfahani: tiny desk c»
cellist lynn harrell has di»
npr music's top 14 albums o»
anthony davis wins pulitzer»
augustin hadelich: tiny des»
c.p.e. bach: mercurial dive»
classical music news - leo»
classical music news - aug»
is bach better on harp?»
julian bream, maestro of g»
a woman takes the podium a»
he wasn’t toscanini, but h»
9 things to do this weeken»
classical music news. diab»
another trump blunder»
from concerts to cartoons:»
classical music livestream»
how to diversify orchestra»
ethel smyth, a composer lo»
classical music attracts o»
‘the lost pianos of siberi»
More Music News »»
Finck, Heinrich ( 1445-9 »
Tomkins, Thomas ( 1572-9 »
Boulogne, Chevalier de Sai»
Nicolai, Otto (9 June 1810»
Gibsone, William Ignace (8»
Nielsen, Carl (9 June 1865»
Magnard, Albéric (9 J»
Kauder, Hugo (9 June 1888-»
Journeau, Maurice (17 Nove»
Oboussier, Robert (9 June »
Donatoni, Franco (9 June 1»
Wuorinen, Charles (9 June »
Vigulf, Roger Arve (9 June»
SME M2 - 12" Tonearm wi»
Lamm L2 Reference pream»
Sansui TU-X1 Tuner
Lamm Industries M1.1 Mo»
Rohde & Schwarz MSDC Mu»
Musatex’s Bidat Model "»
REL Precedent 646C tuner
Micro-Seiki MAX-282 To»
Vitavox S2/S3 diaphragms
Vitavox AK151 15" bass »
LF Transformer for 6C33C
More Leftovers »»