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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: DIY by scooter on 2010-02-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: To move audio equipment in another home. in Audio Discussions  16 Replies 
Good points. Romy, you can throw as much money at this problem as you like but you need to face the reality that some of your gear is going to get trashed in a move. If I were you, would make a quick list of the stuff that needs to be moved, noting t...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: Only with a preamp by anthony on 2019-04-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Valve Preamplifier for Macondo/DSET in Melquiades Amplifier  74 Replies 
[quote user="Paul S"] Anthony Do I remember that a big part of Romy's choice for a pre-amp was based on the specific needs of his DSET Milq, with it's inter-stage X/Os?  And do I remember the Placette Active Pre-amp has consistent, fu...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #240: DC coupling and killing 13db and driving 6e5p miller and.... by cv on 2009-04-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps in Melquiades Amplifier  397 Replies 
Sorry I'm a little late here, but anyway... here's something that may worth trying. Apologies that I can't provide a schematic at the mo - I can sort this out later if you like. In the meantime, you'll need a pen and napkin to help visualise this:The...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: The “ultimate preamp” is going for tune up. by Romy the Cat on 2007-12-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The ultimate buffer – light in the end of a tunnel in Audio Discussions  36 Replies 
My active Placette is gone back to Guy Hammel for minor changes that I requested recently. 1)      Install more input lines 2)      Install absolute polarity phase switch While Guy will be doing it...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #32: Kitty is chasing the firebird. by Romy the Cat on 2011-10-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The mystery of Koetsu Onyx Cartridges. in Analog Playback  52 Replies 
Below is the very same fragment from the very same LP (also not original but re-issue).  The file is 88/24, FLAC compression.  http://www.mediafire.com/?bpgxdbru87fkx8x The sequence of signal is following: Ortofone Jubelee in SME 3012R ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #128: FM and electricity, sources and electricity by Romy the Cat on 2008-05-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
[quote user="Paul S"] I wonder how many cities have good FM programming and broadcasting?  Los Angeles was great, back when I lived in Venice, with interesting stuff going on around the clock.  San Diego is quite limited, and I get Bupkis f...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: The ultimate buffer – light in the end of a tunnel by Romy the Cat on 2005-04-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The ultimate buffer – light in the end of a tunnel in Audio Discussions  36 Replies 
“Do you hear the people singLost in the valley of the night?It is the music of a peopleWho are climbing to the light.”Les Miserables PREFACE I would like do not shape this article as a review: I do not write “reviews” religiously and I have many re...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Oh, low voltage sources... by anthony on 2019-04-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Valve Preamplifier for Macondo/DSET in Melquiades Amplifier  74 Replies 
[quote user="rowuk"]How many sources do you currently have? If you are building a phono corrector, make it for 4 volts output. If you have a PC for digital playback, there are good DACs with more than 2V output. That would leave a tuner to pimp - cer...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #38: Nice by anthony on 2020-08-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Valve Preamplifier for Macondo/DSET in Melquiades Amplifier  74 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Hm you are true in the “terra incognita” territory as far as I concern. The preamps are mystery to me. All my attempts to make any decently sounding preamp or even buffer failed. To me Placette was truly God sent and if I g...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #63: The known good solution by anthony on 2022-06-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Valve Preamplifier for Macondo/DSET in Melquiades Amplifier  74 Replies 
[quote user="N-set"] Hi Anthony, trying to copy a known good solution - too little time for experiments recently.[/quote]Well, Romy had great results with the Placette and his Dannoys, so that is the known good solution as far as I am con...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: It is simple and not. by Romy the Cat on 2019-04-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Valve Preamplifier for Macondo/DSET in Melquiades Amplifier  74 Replies 
[quote user="anthony"]Exactly that, my sources do not play loud enough through the Melquiades or DSET.  Like your OPPO, they only put out about 2V RMS which seems to be the modern standard and I need more.  Can you remember what input voltage ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #831: Electricity Analyses: Sonic Data by Romy the Cat on 2011-04-10 
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"]Those who do not know how audio sound during the Super Electricity Days they do not know. I do know and I wonder: are the Super Electricity Days have own after-mark. I kind of pissed that it did not hit me early as I mi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #25: Pacific Microsonics vs. Lavry Gold in D/A mode. by Romy the Cat on 2009-07-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Recording options: Pacific Microsonics vs. Lavry Gold. in Didital Things  24 Replies 
In continuation to the "A new round of Pacific’s DAC listening" post.... I have a number of revisions of this little contest between two DACs in this thread and in other threads. In all of them the Lavry 924 has a little edge over Pacific Microso...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #62: Some more on my needs by N-set on 2022-06-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Valve Preamplifier for Macondo/DSET in Melquiades Amplifier  74 Replies 
Hi Anthony, Thank you for your reply & explanations. I actually need only a buffer, perhaps 2x as my Yamaha B2 is very sensitive, but I need a good one. I have right now Yamaha C2 just to have anything and I ...

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 #1: Rohde & Schwarz EU-6201 Tuner by Romy the Cat on 2008-05-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Rohde & Schwarz EU-6201 Tuner in Off Air Audio  34 Replies 
The Rohde & Schwarz EU-6201 tuner was made for German Ultrakurzwellen (ultra short waves or FM) Broadcast Network. The idea was to have a chain of wide-bandwidth composite signal receivers that feed re-transmitters. I made an attempt to accommoda...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #18: Amplifier Speaker Matching by Amir on 2023-10-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Marantz MA-9S2 Monoblock Amplifiers in Audio Discussions  36 Replies 
Paul I do not know what happen between amplifier and speaker but I think matching of amplifier and speaker is one of the most important things is audio. matching is not just about dynamics/driving or having enough power , it is about perfec...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #13: A custom live wire in low viscosity fluid? by Romy the Cat on 2008-05-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Purist Audio Design vs. Purist Audio Design in Audio Discussions  25 Replies 
Moved Reply to the linked thread:[quote user="glaesemann"]In the past you've referred to current loading in the context of cable length. I recently experienced this when I experimented with moving my amps. I needed to increase the IC length from 1 me...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: As good as any other obsession… by Romy the Cat on 2007-11-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Reel-to-Reel Tape vs. Raw Better Digital in Didital Things  13 Replies 
Well, I did not mean to express any specific attitude to Bottlehead people - the only experience I had to them was a few years ago visiting their meeting right here in Boston (I did not know what Bottlehead wa all about at that time). The meeting was...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #55: I think you are done then by Romy the Cat on 2020-08-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Valve Preamplifier for Macondo/DSET in Melquiades Amplifier  74 Replies 
Well, you can’t use Gogol Suite as some kind of reference in term of gain. The Gogol Suite was record by Pope Music at very high dynamic range they have very little compression. It feels like very soft volume recording as a result. ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: My Analog Playback: the fat lady has sung by Romy the Cat on 2006-04-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: My Analog Playback: the fat lady has sung in Analog Playback  9 Replies 
Sometimes ago I received an email from a NY guy that I know: “I borrowed a friend's Sansui TU-X1 and just like I heard them at your place it sounds fantastic! What is it about this tuner?  There is such an ease to the presentation and no distra...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #24: It's 1.25VRMS output by anthony on 2019-04-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Valve Preamplifier for Macondo/DSET in Melquiades Amplifier  74 Replies 
Rowuk, a couple of corrections, but I am certainly not arguing.  First, the dac outputs 1.25VRMS, or thereabouts...I am going to measure it.  The 0.6VRMS is because I run it at -6dB into the Placette because for some strange reason it sound...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: The Mr. McGowan's type of question... by Romy the Cat on 2018-08-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Paul McGowan. tubes in preamp in Audio News  12 Replies 
Wolfy, first of all your question is based upon wrong supposition. I never asserted that tubes belong in the power amplifier and not in preamp section. I never remember made this comment and why I know it is because it is never was a part of my be...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #85: Create an integrity cheat-list. by Romy the Cat on 2021-04-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Deep End DIY - Australian take one Macondo. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  87 Replies 
Anthony, it feels like more of less comprehensive solution. I like that you make the mid-bass horns to have the same externals profile as lower midrange horn, this is making is visually very complete. If it was mine, then I would use less gloss on...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #133: The power saga, another round by Romy the Cat on 2008-08-02 
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"]I did not say how my saga with APS Pure Power regenerator finish but it never finished. Since the end of the last year the regenerators is sitting in my closet and I have sent the unit’s main board to APS people for the “re...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #154: Macondo and wife satisfaction. by Romy the Cat on 2017-04-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A listening room for a domesticated Cat? in Audio Discussions  283 Replies 
Amy last night delivered the most brutal insult of my playback I have heard for years. Usually I very much like when stupid internet audio with audio IQ leas size of own shoe to “criticize” my playback. This is real fun to hear them and it is a re...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: This is a dreamlist - based on real life needs that I have had. by rowuk on 2020-03-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A quests for an ultimate preamp. in Audio Discussions  8 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] rowuk wrote: A preamplifier shall be modular - the ability to insert n quantity (maybe 20?) of input cards on a backplane (for phono MC/phono MM/line level/Balanced/Single ended/TOSLink) as well as be configured for mul...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #64: Yes but... by N-set on 2022-07-01 
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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #224: Some listening today. by Romy the Cat on 2017-10-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A listening room for a domesticated Cat? in Audio Discussions  283 Replies 
Spent great time and with happy with result. Not the results are so spectacularly good but the playback is back to be operational that I was missing for a while.   Starting with films. The damn OPPO has not enough output for my Milq. I decided to...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #21: You may well be right... by anthony on 2019-04-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Valve Preamplifier for Macondo/DSET in Melquiades Amplifier  74 Replies 
...especially about the difficulty of making a transparent preamp.  It seems to be a general concensus.   But I need gain for most of my sources apart from perhaps the FM ...
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