GoodSoundClub's Home
Manifesto Copyright
Statistics Site Links
Site Map Surveys
Send Email to Romy the Cat
The site is back....!!!
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
» If you play a guitar…
» Tokyo Opera City Concert»
» Mr. Kleen Stylus cleaner
» The Saudi Arabia and Uni»
» The 3 things that audio »
» About audio Crashes.
» Audio Tekne driver align»
» Meitner Audio - Ed Meitn»
» The idiotism of Audio Sy»
» The “Dead Points of Live»
» The strings period: the »
» Martin-Logan, Myles Asto»
» About Harry Pearson lega»
» 6C33C socket types, wher»
» Yamaha 6681B
» Dick Burwens "low c»
» There is no need to say »
» A CD off tune? The Big C»
» Windows Based Transport:»
» Rachmaninoff PC 2: Conce»
» Expressive Technologies »
» The Norman Lebrecht’s ar»
» Tokyo (Akihabra) Audio a»
» Power Supplym for driver»
» Long Range Acoustic Devi»
» The LCR RIAA correctors
» We who are about to die.»
» Analogue to digital conv»
» Watching conductors of t»
» An Acquired Taste
» Vasily Petrenko in Bosto»
» The CES 2005
» Satisfying result: the R»
» Driver tubes, grid leak »
» A ridicules speaker cable
» RIP, Joan Sutherland, &q»
» JBL Project Array
» Micro SX8000I: noisy pum»
Bookmarked are red
Russian Music in 20th Ce»
Vintage Audio Trader
AudioTools
DaVinciAudio Labs
Michelangeli Discography
Turner Audio
Pristine Audio Direct
All Tube Testers
Musical Instrument Jokes
Western Electric manuals
ClassicalNet
Twogoodears' 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: 161, Posts: 4827    Pages: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ...


          Tip: narrow down your search criteria or select a larger number of printed results per page.


Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #50: Valve amp virgin by manisandher on 2008-09-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A quest for a better monitor. in Audio Discussions  97 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]They need a LOT of very good power, preferably in class A to sound the best and then will not last long with a lot of power.The caT [/quote]Hi,I'd like to try driving my SL600 speakers with a valve amp. Does anyone have any...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: a complex physics problem by drdna on 2006-02-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A longer turntable belt. in Analog Playback  60 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]If I would like have two platters of identical diameter of different masses (lets call it full-mass on right and half-mass on left) to be driven by a single motor, what do you feel would be the most suitable configurat...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: Sound was changing ... by unicon on 2009-10-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Tightening to loosening Screws ? no fake... in Playback Listening  13 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Unicon,  I do think that you deal not with phase but with damping and resonances…. The Cat[/quote]Romyto be saying it carefully the main sound change i encountered is the RESONANCE which surely deals with TIME . and talking...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Room acoustics by Amir on 2010-04-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Lecture on history of architectural acoustics in Playback Listening  5 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Well, Nicanor, I very much disagree that room acoustic being basically invisible to us. People who deal with sound more or less intelligent always not only pay attention to room acoustic but recognize sound ONLY in context ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #43: Looking deeper by haralanov on 2011-08-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Basic guide to advanced audio in Playback Listening  62 Replies 
Normal 0 21 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowb...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: What does exist? About the blindness of Audio by Romy the Cat on 2008-02-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The nature of "soundstage" in audio. in Playback Listening  22 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] To assess how far audio imaging from sound of a ”live” musical presentation we need to subtract visual experiences from perception, including the long-lasting visual experiences.[/quote] OK, Soundstage is a BS category and...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #66: A correction, a confusion, a mistake, an accident? Will see… by Romy the Cat on 2007-08-22 
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"] ….when it drives what it is willing to drive then the APS PurePower delivers the Sound that makes me willing to write a request to Pope asking him to canonize that damn regenerator. [/quote] [quote user="Romy the Cat"] To...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #20: Non-planned economy is a BS demagogy invention by Romy the Cat on 2009-12-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Summary: my/your audio: year by year in Audio Discussions  45 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] 1)      It is not strictly audio project but it kind of related: I need to move my audio site out of my static IP DSL line to a data center. I have high-speed ADSL but the site has a lot of traffic and my crappy DSL li...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: Driver tubes by Chirag on 2005-12-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Headphone amplifiers. Baby Melquiades? in Melquiades Amplifier  27 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Hey, Chirag, long time no see. [/quote]Hi Kitty,I always try to see whats going on on this site, but by the end of the day I'm usually too bloody tired to think clearly enough to write something of interest.  This week...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #21: The last nigh stupid DIY apathy… by Romy the Cat on 2007-04-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The one-stage Melquiades. in Melquiades Amplifier  74 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Still, doing whatever crazy and Macondo-dedicated things I will be doing with one stage I will have my full-range Milq as a tested reference trying to get result no worse then the one that I got from a “default” Melquiades ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #64: Many thanks by anthony on 2015-12-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Planning my DSET in Melquiades Amplifier  186 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Output transformer. Here is what the thing become complicated. Of you drive ultra-low impedance with step down transformer then your secondary turns will decrease. They primary will have whatever they have for all case b...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Yes, it is about my sources by anthony on 2019-04-20 
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"]  I do not know why Placette does not work in your situation. You do not have enough volume? If it is the case then you might have too low gains in your front end. All my front ends have very high gain: Bidat, Lavry, my...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #146: Facts by dkarmeli on 2014-05-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Ultimate Turntable in Analog Playback  220 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] dkarmeli wrote:It depends on the product and the company, not all are thieves! As of now they are selling 50 - 60 units/year and cheaper AF2 will also be available shortly.You seem to be obsessed with the $100k price, as I...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #166: ??????? by dkarmeli on 2014-05-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Ultimate Turntable in Analog Playback  220 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] dkarmeli wrote: What I called mental masturbation was the pretense to design of the ultimate turntable, not the musical experience or sound! Well, neither you, nor me, nor anybody else at this site, nor anybody else who de...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #82: Cost benefit analysis of midbass horns v/s compromised ULF by oxric on 2011-03-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s lowest channel. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  150 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]I do feel that a playback sound has to be built first...The way how I trained myself is to disconnect channels. While I was making Macondo, installing it, moving it and experimenting with it I was frequently disconnecting c...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: An unexplored way to deal with the sound/music perception by haralanov on 2011-06-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: An unexplored way to deal with the sound/music perception in Playback Listening  39 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Some of you who follow my site know about the coming Macondo 7th Channel. The inventor of the concept is Russian audioalogist. Considering a great novelty and a lot of controversy in the subject I would be interested to sit...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Re: jitter-shmiter... by Thorsten on 2006-03-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Myth of CD clocking = True/False in Didital Things  15 Replies 
Hi,[quote user="Romy the Cat"]I heard 4 (!!!!) complete contradictory descriptions how high level of jitter manifest itself subjectively – interesting that they all derived from the engineers whose credibility is very high (not juts the audio-tweaker...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #396: Hm, what the hell is going on? by Romy the Cat on 2013-08-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps in Melquiades Amplifier  397 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]That sucks. I use to have a box of perhaps a dozen of YO186 but I did not see it for a while, pretty much from the time I moved to new house. I was listening today some of my “critical” reference stuff and concluded with ve...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: Re: The clock upgrades: my proposals by Thorsten on 2006-03-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Myth of CD clocking = True/False in Didital Things  15 Replies 
Hi,[quote user="Romy the Cat"]it is highly possible that you are correct but it was exactly the point of my in initial post - the people worship the clock upgrades but 99% of then just throw in the new clocks, or do exactly what I did. [/quote]And I ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #25: BNC termination by manisandher on 2009-06-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Pacific Microsonics Model 2 in Didital Things  85 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Yes, Lynx has 75R clocks in and out.[/quote]Yes, understood. But does it self-terminate? If not, you will need to use a T-connector and a 75 Ohm BNC terminator at the wordclock input.[quote user="Romy the Cat"]... all that ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: More on the plots and the whole philosophy by N-set on 2012-06-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Turntable speed analysis. in Analog Playback  17 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]I have no idea why you are surprised that I submitted my test. Anyhow, I do not know what to look at and how to interpret what I see when I analyze the result of this test. The feedback that Paul R forwarded to me did inter...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Alas we will never know by Nicanor on 2010-04-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Lecture on history of architectural acoustics in Playback Listening  5 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Well, Nicanor, I very much disagree that room acoustic being basically invisible to us. People who deal with sound more or less intelligent always not only pay attention to room acoustic but recognize sound ONLY in context ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #36: 6c33 swing voltage by Celsius on 2013-11-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The 6E5P tube data. in Melquiades Amplifier  44 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Why do you think I bout a 1000 of them and closed to the rest of my life my interest in driver tubes?Still, the 6E5P should not be measured as a driver but heard as a driver – the beauty in this tube is in its sound.I do no...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #16: As I said, this was for future reference by oxric on 2011-09-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A different breed of 6C33C amplifier. in Melquiades Amplifier  84 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]If I were you then I would not pursue for any amplifier and particularly DSET. If you are building the building a multi-way horn system but build it, drive it from whatever amplifier your have now, get a good sound and good...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #411: Midbass bloating - the weather is clearing up… by Romy the Cat on 2010-12-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s Midbass Project – the grown up time. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  455 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] When I have my old transformer 11:1 then I had the midbass horns calibrated so perfectly that you can tune a large symphonic orchestra by it sound. It was spectacularly stop-on setting with any type of music if played it n...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #203: Listening different drives with midbass horn by Romy the Cat on 2010-08-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s Midbass Project – the grown up time. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  455 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Yes, they are Fane 24” bass driver with 24Hz primary resonance. I am waiting for the final sound check; the final is long time away. I will be testing today different back chamber size and different drivers. I have a few Al...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #665: Great news and great update. by Romy the Cat on 2010-12-17 
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 got a contact from PurePower this morning and they requested some times to look into what is going on. It was not exactly pleasant that they took my behavior as my personal attack against them – it was absolutely not my i...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Re: Romy...thoughts on Lamm ML1? by justaute on 2006-03-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Romy...thoughts on Lamm ML1? in Audio Discussions  3 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Well, “everything is a compromise” it is true, but when you talk about compromises you are talking about purchasing decisions not about abstract sound. So, I really do not know where ML1 would be in your scale of your compr...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: An interesting comment, worth replying: Feeding Cats and objectivism. by Romy the Cat on 2013-01-31 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: An interesting comment, worth replying: Feeding Cats and obj... in Playback Listening  2 Replies 
[quote user="pure sound"].... the most interesting aspect to me is reading about how he makes the appraisals he does ie assessing equipment by the impact that well understood, "content loaded" classical music can/should have on the listener. Whil...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Well, Merry Christmas by Stitch on 2010-12-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The industry-embraced audio and classical music. in Playback Listening  5 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]In fact in today world there is a very interesting phenomena - very low-end audio,  literally mass-produced table radio that on can buy for $50 sound hugely more musical for classical repertoire then the mega-dollars playba...
All context of this site except the Forum's posts Copyright © Roman Bessnow 2004-2024
All messages within the Site’s Forum Copyright © by authors of the posts
Last 24-hours posts:  4  
Total human visitors:  42,946,838  
   
      Search Site Forum
     Search Site via Google
 
Login:
Pass:
    Create a New Account
    Forgot your Account
AUG 1 Borromeo String Quar»
AUG 1 Cantos y Suspiros in»
AUG 1 Danish String Quarte»
AUG 2 Les Delices in Vario»
AUG 2 Borromeo String Quar»
AUG 2 Boston Pops in Lenox»
AUG 3 Brahms & Dvorák: Son»
AUG 3 Boston Pops in Lenox»
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»
5 minutes that will make y»
it’s (almost) business as »
the lost pianos of siberia»
leon fleisher, 92, dies; s»
leon fleisher, 92, dies; s»
classical music news. augu»
opera goes on in salzburg,»
rhiannon giddens to lead s»
barenboim and elgar: a mus»
his name is joseph boulogn»
More Music News »»
Terradellas, Domènec »
Schumann, Clara (13 Septem»
Fitelberg, Jerzy (20 May 1»
Koetsu Onyx Platinum Ca»
SME M2 - 12" Tonearm wi»
Hillock TV-2 tube tester
Ortofon Mono CG 25 Di c»
Tribute Output Amorphou»
Pacific Microsonics Mod»
Rohde & Schwarz MSDC Mu»
Sansui TU-X1 Tuner
Micro-Seiki air-suspend»
“Tree Blind Mice” colle»
Musatex-TP Bidat 20-Bi»
More Leftovers »»