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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Who is that Anton Nanut and where the hell is Ljubliana SO!!! by Romy the Cat on 2007-10-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A great conductor - but almost unknown - Anton Nanut in Musical Discussions  52 Replies 
I got the CD least night. Wow! The obscure Slovakian orchestra and THAT play of Mahler 6th?! Jerry, how did you even find it!!! It was truly wonderful, I was listening it and was wondering when they “slip” but they did not. Playing Mahler 6th orches...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: Lavry/Pacific/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 
Romy when you use your transport and DAC how do you connect them. What kind of putputs does the Lavry have, my pre only has xlr ( balanced ) or single ended inputs ,could I use something like the lavry, also do you have a link to pacific microsonics ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Specs of the Halo by AOK_Farmer on 2010-12-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: John Curl’s new phonostage. in Analog Playback  1 Replies 
         Phono Input Impedance        MM setting: 47k ohm        MC setting: 47k ohm or 100 ohm        Output Impedance        Unbalanced: < 100 ohm        Balanced: < 100 ohm per leg        Input Sensitivity at 1 kHz        MM: 4mV in for ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Stromberg Carlson by zako on 2011-01-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Forward in the past with old radios. in Off Air Audio  18 Replies 
A stromberg Carlson 1936 unit with a LABRITH horn design,,,Its a full rich sounding radio and a well balanced sound..   No you cant have it,,Go find your own,,,...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #24: The Balanced Synapses by Romy the Cat on 2009-10-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Any good sounding AES/EBU interfaces out there? in Didital Things  53 Replies 
Miab, are you juts selling them of you use then as well? The reason I ask is because if you have too many of them then you might try to make one Balanced Synapses cable from two single ended.  I know people tried - I do not know how successful they w...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Some deeper analyses of the subject by haralanov on 2010-06-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A new 'chic' foolishness about mono systems in Audio For Dummies ™  48 Replies 
Here is a VERY interesting paper http://www.anstendig.org/Stereo.htmlSTEREO: A MISUNDERSTANDINGTHE THEORY, SOUND-SYSTEMS, AND PROBLEMS OF HEARINGThere is a common misconception that the addition of stereophonic sound-reproduction was the necessary, c...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #291: SHuguang by DHT4ME on 2009-05-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps in Melquiades Amplifier  397 Replies 
I prefer the 2A3C. A single plate unit to the Bi-Plate ones.RCA NOS have a balanced sound too.Sofia are TJ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: The LavryBlack DA11 Stereo DA Converter by Romy the Cat on 2009-04-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The LavryBlack DA11 Stereo DA Converter in Didital Things  10 Replies 
From Larvy Site:Features like a USB input, programmable settings, infrared remote capability, and the proprietary >PiC< Playback Image Control™ make the DA11 more than just a great sounding DA converter. In keeping with the Lavry Engineering tr...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Manger dirver in a horn! by drdna on 2009-01-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Aporia - Silbatone Acoustics speaker in Horn-Loaded Speakers  108 Replies 
[quote user="Joe Roberts"]The Manger is very different from Lowthers and other paper fullranges. It is very balanced and not peaky at all. Lowthers are lots of fun to experiment with but it seems the Manger is less idiosyncratic sonically, although i...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #29: Re: Better among worst? by morricab on 2005-11-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Passive transformer based preamp in Audio Discussions  41 Replies 
Hi Thorsten, "I agree. I have to note that even in active preamp I/We (the we are friends from the London Live DIY Circle) tend to prefer TVC's over resistors." Hmmm....I guess I can't really see that unless you are enjoying a particular col...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: The GoodSoundClub’s ‘Ultimate Audio Dildo Award’ by Romy the Cat on 2008-07-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The GoodSoundClub’s ‘Ultimate Audio Dildo Award’ in Audio News  10 Replies 
Many audio publications grand some kind of idiotic rewards: “Product of Year”, “Editor Choose Award”, the “Best Sound at Show, “The Golden Ears” and so on. Trying to stay in the moronic awards-granting crowd I decided to form my own award: I would ca...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #17: The Bidat processors and whatever… by Romy the Cat on 2008-04-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Museatex Bidat pages. in Didital Things  57 Replies 
Yep, Telstar. The 1547 was use in Sony and Teac CD players and believe the first CD-SACD machines used that chip. I know very little about those chips and have none of my personal experience to deal with all of it. The reasons why I brought it up bec...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #14: Yes, money back guarantee by Romy the Cat on 2007-05-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1916 Replies 
[quote user="Paul S"] Money back guarantee??? [/quote] Well, my research of the subject leaded me to talk with their distributor. He turned out to be very much clueless and loaded me with a pile of incredible BS. I spoke with the guy at the manufact...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: Another Lamm LL1 review. by Romy the Cat on 2010-07-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Lamm introduced LL1 Signature Preamp… in Audio Discussions  19 Replies 
It is amassing how a guy can so much talk and to say nothing. According him Lamm invented PS and Class A operation… http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/preamplifiers/854-lamm-ll1-signature-stereo-tube-preamplifier.html?showall=1 The re...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #256: Define really quiet by floobydust on 2009-05-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps in Melquiades Amplifier  397 Replies 
 Paul, et al, I tend to agree that many DHTs can have a fair amount of AC hum output from an AC filament. In general, I've not found any tricks (like humbucking chokes) to make any significant difference. Ideally, a perfectly balanced AC filament "sh...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: More money than brain? by Romy the Cat on 2012-04-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Tree motors from one side? Buttery operated? in Analog Playback  4 Replies 
Well to pile up superfluous things into audio components in order to make products more expensive is not alien thing in audio. My question was not about to mock the Raven company.  It might be fine TT, I do not know anything about them and I do not p...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #195: Lamm L2 jacks and ML2 pins. by Romy the Cat on 2011-01-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Initial thoughts about new/old Lamm ML2s in Audio Discussions  217 Replies 
[quote user="jessie.dazzle"] One did; in reviewing the L2 preamp, John Atkinson (Stereophile) wrote:"...The absolute polarity was preserved from both sets of outputs with the front-panel switch set to "0 degrees," confirming that the XLR jacks ar...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: VONK by zako on 2010-12-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Hans Vonk Legacy in Musical Discussions  3 Replies 
Hans Vonk is also my favorite... It was Slatkin that built up the St Louis Symphony orchestra,,and passed the batton on to Vonk when he left,,  VONK and the STL.,,,did a special concert for PBS TV of Carmina Burana,,,The chorus and soloists really ha...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #176: The sail test try. by Romy the Cat on 2010-08-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Romy The Cat's new Listening Room in Audio Discussions  478 Replies 
I tried yesterday a test sail. It is a single sail that I ran a bit ahead of listening position.   The sail is polyester foamy material, hairy and light: 15 years is about 5 ounces. The effect is generally positive and expected but I have to say that...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #215: I am nowhere near DPoLS by Romy the Cat on 2010-10-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Romy The Cat's new Listening Room in Audio Discussions  478 Replies 
Zanon, My playback is nowhere near the state where I might think about the DPoLS, I am trying to set up a very rudimental basic balanced sound in the new room, approximately defining where would be the speakers, what they will be doing and how they w...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #581: 2 Grounds per PP? by Paul S on 2010-10-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1916 Replies 
Romy, even though code-conscious electricians install your special ground rod for you, they will still in all likelihood want to tie the neutral wires from your dedicated 30A lines back to the ground bus in the breaker box where they get their 30A fe...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #871: An unknow parenthesis by joaco on 2011-06-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1916 Replies 
... this last time ive been doing some "ear" experiments and trying different setups of filtering . Just a question regarding a phenomena that im having , ive tried some ups/on-line regenerators and I think they tend to "smooth" all music but they do...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #872: What is the definition of your quotes? by Romy the Cat on 2011-06-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1916 Replies 
[quote user="joaco"]... this last time ive been doing some "ear" experiments and trying different setups of filtering . Just a question regarding a phenomena that im having , ive tried some ups/on-line regenerators and I think they tend to "smooth" a...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Availability vs. Price by Paul S on 2011-08-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A new generation of full-function preamps. in Audio Discussions  4 Replies 
No question the thing needs a good buffer, anyway, and I would prefer to have it single-ended, just so I don't have to change everything over to balanced to make it work.  As far as features, including the number of inputs, why not have a +/-modular,...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Available Blenders and Splitters? by Paul S on 2011-08-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Available Blenders and Splitters? in Audio Discussions  3 Replies 
Something I see a lot of in studios is the "distribution amplifier", that joins and splits the audio (and/or "video") signals into any number of channels.  I believe I want buffering, but I am not ready to track and impliment the "balanced" configura...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: In search of a new good phono cable by Romy the Cat on 2010-01-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Chasing utopian better phono interconnect. in Analog Playback  6 Replies 
I am all set with my reference arm but my dally arm with SME 3009/Otophone SPU Classic severely underperforms in my view. The arm use Otophone SPU Classic that is all together is OK balanced cartridge. Nothing overly exciting but more or less neu...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Pacific Microsonics Model 2 by manisandher on 2009-05-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Pacific Microsonics Model 2 in Didital Things  85 Replies 
Hi,I've just taken receipt of a Model 2 to use as a DAC in my study (using the ADC occasionally for recording live from a mic). I would like to feed the balanced XLR outputs of the Model 2 into the single-ended RCA inputs of my Berning Siegfried amp,...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #16: Bellini’s “I Puritani” with Beverly Sills. by Romy the Cat on 2008-11-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Performance of a week. in Musical Discussions  87 Replies 
I picked recently a newly-premastered version of “I Puritani” from 1973 (Universal MCAD3-80356) . Julius Rudel leads London Philharmonic with Ambrosian Opera Chorus. The lead singers are, Ricardo Cassinelli, Nicolai Gedda and of course Beverly Sills....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #216: Screw "HF" by Paul S on 2008-12-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1916 Replies 
Wouldn't it be nice if the PP2000 finally allowed a "qualified" system to produce realistic HF, where the treble sounds clearly originate down where they are supposed to and the highest frequencies are "inaudible", like they're supposed to be?&n...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: High efficiency and distortion by drdna on 2009-01-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The sound compromises of high efficiency direct radiators. in Audio Discussions  8 Replies 
[quote user="Markus"]I have recently been thinking about efficiency. Apart from enabling you to use low power amps, is there really any reason why high efficiency is better than low or medium efficiency, all else being equal?[/quote]Fundamentally, al...
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