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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #67: My field coil driver by audiofilofine on 2010-02-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vitavox S2 with Electromagnets in Horn-Loaded Speakers  91 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]  haralanov wrote:And the very same is with electromagnets. With those so widely used 12V power supplies (Fertin, Feastrex for instance) the sound is always softer than it should be in reality with severally restricted dy...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #15: The “End of Life" Phonostage and the Modification Guide by Romy the Cat on 2008-05-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: About EAR 834P Modifications in Analog Playback  45 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]That is a good question and I asked myself it numerous times. My current standing is the benefits are purely intellectual as I am not able to observe the applied benefits. [/quote] Recently I got eventually the box (th...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #12: Still only a thought bubble by anthony on 2019-04-27 
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"]Still, I feel that methodologically it is not right way to build a playback.   [/quote]No disagreement from me on this point.  This is all just a thought bubble for now.  Even if I wanted to press go on this project based ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #80: Topology vs parts by drdna on 2008-12-26 
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"]The wire, the coupling caps, the cathode resistors and many other things are superbly important but it is after the strategic topology is settled. In my view caps, resistor, wire and other things are responsible for the sou...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #100: Here she is. by Romy the Cat on 2009-01-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps in Melquiades Amplifier  397 Replies 
http://www.goodsoundclub.com/pdf/YO-186.pdfThe Cat...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Re: How to live with ½ of 6C33C? by Thorsten on 2006-03-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: To drive the 6C33C... in Melquiades Amplifier  65 Replies 
Hi,[quote user="Romy the Cat"]could I instead of trashing the tube to flip it to the left filament and continue to use the unused part of the cathode, plate and filament? [/quote]Sure you could.[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Theoretically it might be the...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #782: I thought this site was hoodlums free. by oxric on 2011-03-08 
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"] Rakesh, if you feel that theory suggests something then why don’t you discard anything that you hear from anybody and try the Equi=Tech. It is what I would do if I were you.  Equi=Tech extends 30 day trail and payes for sh...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #66: Keith, let it be the last conversation. by Romy the Cat on 2009-11-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A quest for a better monitor. in Audio Discussions  97 Replies 
Keith, you are increasingly boring with you absolutely unhealthy interests in audio. What going to be next – you will be adding the Zu loudspeakers to your product line and promote them that "the Cat did not shit on them"? If you still do not underst...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #465: Depth by Amir on 2010-03-15 
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"]So, we plugged the whole system into PP2000 with exception of bass amps. The sonic result was very exactly what I predicted. The fun part was with bass. Before, when the system was plugged into the wall the bass was reasona...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #22: Audio experiment by HookEm on 2013-04-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Lamm ML2.0 & Lamhorn/AER in Audio Discussions  25 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] ...Yes, one more thing, very important. If you use your wife for the screen holding then do not forget to buy her a pearl necklace after the experiment. This will lubricate the sound in your listening room and make it less...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #17: Mastorack cont. by N-set on 2013-07-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Mastodont DIY Rack: Wall Mount? in Audio Discussions  68 Replies 
Paul, as you write the pendulum effect is unfortnately unavoidable if one wants the levelingfreedome of spikes, so I try to live with that. I looked at Walker...tjaa....$1750 for a record clamp...I also saw how he works on his suspension (look at my ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1034: Mark Levinson syndrome by Wojtek on 2012-03-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
I bet Taiwanese got tired of getting paid cents on dollar (and usually late) for product they developed and manufactured. The real guilty character in this all affair is Romy the Cat and his rumblings . Without it Pure Power would be selling as it wa...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #13: 24bit-vs-16bit-the-myth-exploded by David on 2011-06-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Asyncronus USB in Didital Things  12 Replies 
Now I can see where you are coming from Cat your research is better than mine.http://www.head-fi.org/forum/thread/415361/24bit-vs-16bit-the-myth-exploded...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Günter Wand Interview by Romy the Cat on 2013-08-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Günter Wand Interview in Musical Discussions  1 Replies 
Bruce Duffie Interviews Günter Wand in Chicago 1989http://www.bruceduffie.com/wand.htmlThe Cat...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #21: Re: Crossovers, phraseology and the holes by Gregm on 2006-02-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Be careful: Imaging vs. Compression in Playback Listening  23 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] Even if it is possible with a given (multichannel, faulty design) loudspeaker then the DPLOS become very fragile and appears/appears too sudden, without a gradual improvement while approaching the DPLOS. The keys are phase...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #14: Copernicus, Ptolemy, and Listening by drdna on 2008-11-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Sound and How We Hear It in Playback Listening  19 Replies 
Firstly I do very much agree with the fundamental idea of the seven levels of audio perception, but my view on them is slightly different. [quote user="Romy the Cat"]Also, it is not up to the listener to select the depth of the levels listens.[/qu...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Rooms can serve music or composers by unicon on 2010-05-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Listening rooms and composers. in Playback Listening  15 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]My ultimate wet audio dream was to have Bruckner Room. But so far it turning out that I got another big B room. Since 3 days back I stopped the intellectual masturbation with my room my playback up for the whole week and li...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Contemporary audio-map is mostly gray in color by haralanov 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...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #198: Choke ringing again by N-set on 2012-02-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage in Analog Playback  310 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]In my view the Ringing of chokes is a BS reason that was invented by manufacturers who do not want to spend money for input chokes. Any book has formulation to calculate the critical inductance and if you are meeting the co...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #12: FM tuners of processed sound/whatever by mjloudspeaker on 2009-09-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Where are our good Tuners? in Off Air Audio  43 Replies 
[quote user="mjloudspeaker"] Romy the Cat wrote:A2A, at this site only I have permission to write posts that no one, including myself, can understand. :-) So, might I ask you: what were you trying to say? Mjloudspeaker, This is a thread is about a cu...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #14: Maybe it's a nostalgia game by Gregm on 2009-06-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The mystery of Koetsu Onyx Cartridges. in Analog Playback  52 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] I know at least 3-4 other people who very much like me bough in the Koetsu hype and bought the top of the line Koetsu needles. All of them hate it. The point that I try to make is that if the vintage Koetsu were so good th...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #30: Free concert tickets in London by Romy the Cat on 2013-08-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Kitties go to London in Audio Discussions  92 Replies 
Hey, Londoners’, we have change some of our traveling arrangements and we will be hitting only Bruckner.  The September 1 and 2 we will be out of London and therefore we have 3 pairs of tickets to give up. The concerts are: Proms: Arvo Part / Britten...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #164: It sucks! Literally sucks. by Romy the Cat on 2009-05-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s MiniMe or about Pilot Acoustic Systems in Audio Discussions  213 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] .... I was/am afraid this effect too. I discovered it a few years back when suddenly my bass picked some odd harmonics. After a few days I realized that the harmonics came from an acoustic guitar that was sitting in my lis...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #220: I am calm and happy by Romy the Cat on 2008-12-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
Yes, the HF do slowly return with PurePower 2000 where they shell be. It very slowly the PP2000 look like dials itself back to “neutrality”. I begin very leisurely to roll back my tweeter and the plate current on my MF channels. The Cat ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #37: That was a big hint by Antonio J. on 2008-09-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: My (Amplification + Acoustic System): what is next? in Audio Discussions  41 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Nope, it will be done at electro-magneto-acoustical domain. No helmet will be involved ether. The Cat [/quote]I suppose you'll use an electro-magnetic driver instead of a fixed magnetic field one, whose magnetic field would...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: Honestly by coops on 2009-11-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Digital Volume Control self-assessment in Audio For Dummies ™  12 Replies 
L[quote user="Romy the Cat"]  Lbjefferies7 wrote:http://www.weiss-highend.ch/computerplayback/Digital_Level_Control.pdfHere's Weiss's paper on the subject.  It features a cat, so it must be right   All of the explanations are beside the point, ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #110: …. Ignore the company's claim of using the ceiling and adjacent walls ... by Paragon on 2009-09-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Midbass Horns and Real Estate. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  247 Replies 
CaT,what a come-back :)  a camel LOL !I don't know the Company,I was just making a point ,on how easy we knock around others that have new ideas,that was all...But the Cat with the camel,I'm still rolling on the floor over that one...... The Pledge...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #14: Tax's COGNITIVE ORDER OF SUCCESSION continues by Tax on 2013-10-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Cerebral and psychological evolution of amp matching for the... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  15 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]The Tax’s shoes bring a few very interesting points. The Cat[/quote]Tax's  COGNITIVE ORDER OF SUCCESSION has continued in silence in a land downunder.Today after a period of more than two years Tax returns to this forum hav...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #164: Don't buy it! 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:If the rest of the setup is up scratch then all you get is the recording and you'll forget about they system. Your body and mind will relax and allow you to have the same emotional connection with the music ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #30: A young but mature horowitz by shannon on 2015-03-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Denon 103: myths and the reality in Analog Playback  29 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] A few months ago I bought the first pressing of the same album… only sealed (paid $60 - love Horowitz in the end of 40s begin of 50s)... and you know what? Suddenly the entire album could be perfectly tracked with the cont...
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