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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #32: Audiopax Model 5 Audiopax model 88 by Amir on 2019-09-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: My Audio Philosophy in Playback Listening  95 Replies 
finally these beautiful pre/power delivered to me and they are playing music for break-in.I will report about sound of Audiopax model 5 & Model 88.The system :   CEC TL0 3.0 Transport     Audio Note DAC 5 Special      Audiopax model 5     Audiopa...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Musical Fidelity's V-LINK, USB To SPDIF Converter by Romy the Cat on 2011-06-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Asyncronus USB in Didital Things  12 Replies 
I read a good feedback about it at Amazon, that all that I know about it.   http://www.amazon.com/Musical-Fidelity-V-LINK-SPDIF-Converter/dp/B004PH03GU So, what you do, you play your PC CDR to the V-LINK’s own driver and then feed an external DAC?  A...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #66: Best sounding version of iTunes by jessie.dazzle on 2009-06-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: High Quality Music Server / CD player in Didital Things  169 Replies 
Is it possible that there are better and worse sounding versions of iTunes?Since 2004 I've been using iTunes together with a Mac computer and the very addictive Wavelength Cosecant DAC as the main source "component" in a system consisting of horns dr...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: DA-11 landed by Antonio J. on 2009-04-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The LavryBlack DA11 Stereo DA Converter in Didital Things  10 Replies 
I got it yesterday from the Spanish distributor. First thing was bringing it here to the computer to try the USB feature. The PC recognized it immediately as USB audio device. Without reading the instructions manual, something I usually do - not read...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #736: Agree by joaco on 2011-01-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
[quote user="bernie_f"]fresh powder snow in the countryside? The zillions of crystals of water are doing a perfect job of damping noise - at least in the audible spectrum.[/quote]I used to ski a lot in a place called "Valle Nevado" , it was only 45 m...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #83: HDD sound vs CDP sound & NOS DACs by jessie.dazzle on 2009-06-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: High Quality Music Server / CD player in Didital Things  169 Replies 
Manisandher wrote : "...I am convinced that the soundcard/interface is the main cause of the inferior performance of HDD vs. CD..." Telstar wrote : "... It is..." Romy wrote : "...I disagree....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Does tube preamplifier VTL would add tube sound to system by muddasir on 2010-07-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Does tube preamplifier VTL would add tube sound to system in Audio Discussions  6 Replies 
Hi there every one.A brief about system. Marantz transport---Acustic Arts DAC II-----Krell HRC preamp-----Krell FPB 600 class A amp---B&W 802.Previously i  had a pair of carry 805 SET amps which drived Klipsch KLF 30 any how i was getting a good ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #39: Room by mats on 2014-01-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Summary: my/your audio: year by year in Audio Discussions  45 Replies 
An FM broadcast of church bells from the major cathedrals around Sweden welcomed 2014.  Blessed with holidays in my family's home in Dalarna, the miracle of a truly great room was granted.  Built with logs in 1947, spruce floor, ceiling, and since th...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #14: FM -> ADC -> DAC initial results, good news and bad news by peter foster on 2008-11-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Is anybody live in Australia with a tuner and an interest? in Off Air Audio  19 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] I am sure that recording might be implemented by different means - as long as you feel that you do not lose the quality that FM offers then any means are good.[/quote]Today I set-up FM tuner -> ADC -> DACs -> am...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #48: 4 Link Connection vs Neptune vs Anniversary by Amir on 2019-07-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Any good sounding AES/EBU interfaces out there? in Didital Things  53 Replies 
we replaced the AMR DP-777 DAC with New CEC DA 3.0 DAC (30k$) to test between three digital cables because we could not believe digital cables could have huge difference .The connection between CEC TL 1 and CEC DA 3.0 could be 4 Link (clock data ... ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #14: Headless PC plus NAS by Amir on 2017-05-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: EAR Yoshino DAC 4 by Tim Paravicini in Didital Things  24 Replies 
[quote user="xandcg"]Amir,If you are looking for a transparent DAC and it could have a built-in preamp, you may want to take a look on:Merging + NadacNadac Player, same but a built-in music server (or something).I did not listened to them, but at lea...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: My beloved Bidat is back by Romy the Cat on 2008-04-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Museatex Bidat pages. in Didital Things  57 Replies 
I admit I have too much fun lately with DACs. Whatever it is, my beloved 16bit DAC is back from the John Wright’s face lift. It is a third time when John does this specific Bidat. Interestingly that even John admits that for whatever reasons this uni...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #16: Come on, Jim! by Romy the Cat on 2007-11-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 7788 tube mic pre design in Analog Playback  38 Replies 
[quote user="hagtech"] I didn't want to steal any of your ideas. [/quote] This is very bogus notion. If the 6E5P is somebody’s idea then would be not me but Dima’s as he discovered the tube “for Sound aplicatios” in 90s while he was fixing a TV. Howe...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1892: ABB 100A by Amir on 2023-02-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
Both ABB 20KVA UPS and Pure Power 3000 are IGBT transformerless UPS and the AC output of them is not perfect Sinusoidal .like Pure Power the ABB is also sensitive to AC quality.ABB 20KVA UPS does not isolate Neutral line but the Pure power 3000 isola...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: It is in way confusing but interesting. by Romy the Cat on 2009-06-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: EMM Labs hits… the chickens. in Audio News  1 Replies 
Phil Gold wrote in his EMM review the following: http://www.enjoythemusic.com/superioraudio/ The key consideration for any external DAC is how to minimize or eliminate jitter. We've seen analog Phase Locked Loops (PLLs), dig...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #49: You are getting somewhere... by Romy the Cat on 2020-08-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Valve Preamplifier for Macondo/DSET in Melquiades Amplifier  74 Replies 
This is very interesting, Anthony. I do think that absolute polarity has own role to play. Also, do check the DC that might be sent out of your preamps, certainly with Placette and with your 10Y before the transformer. Chas it with disconnected Milq ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #21: Please excuse the mess by anthony on 2017-07-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Deep End DIY - Australian take one Macondo. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  87 Replies 
Romy, thanks for the explanation.  I was not sure if you still kept an eye on that thread Romy.  As far as I know you need to be logged in to view the images in the diy threads so I will post a couple here to show where...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: More AES/EBU frustrations – the AES/EBU to S/PDIF adapters? by Romy the Cat on 2007-09-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Any good sounding AES/EBU interfaces out there? in Didital Things  53 Replies 
I sound as moronic as it could be but I found myself straggling with new thing. I am experimenting now with a new AD/DA processor in my system and to my big surprise my addiction to the Synopsis digital cables is nailing me down. As now I have 4 AES...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #26: Another might be interesting option: Weiss new DACA by Romy the Cat on 2008-02-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The commercial music servers. in Didital Things  36 Replies 
Many companies recently began to offer options for raw VAW-players – that God. I hope the CD/DVD.SACD all will die and go to hell. Playing the row files is the way to do. Even the raw 16/44 VAW is so far beyond then any crap put in disk that it is no...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #19: The benefit of compression or the good compression. by Romy the Cat on 2007-09-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Attention Sound Engineers (compression and loudness) in Playback Listening  47 Replies 
[quote user="hagtech"] Aw crap.  Does that mean I'm responsible for everything Bush does? [/quote] From historic perspective, yes we Americans are more responsible for what Bush does then Mozambiqueans for instance. A hundred years from now peo...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #41: ...his damn Pacific + LSB code + his attitude... by Romy the Cat on 2009-07-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The BSO and Digital Music. in Didital Things  44 Replies 
It would be nice if somewhere exist a community of Pacific users with some kind of knowledge base about different ways to used this processor, but I think this time has gone as the HDCD time has gone… In the world of 16.44 only the HDCD was good....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1455: JohnR Contact by TonyB on 2015-11-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
John, how can I contact you? TonyB [quote user="JOHNR"] The system starts as a commercial multi voltage smps unit, 48 volt output from Meanwell.I place this in a box because I have to equip the unit with a multiple pole filter card.The outpu...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Computer Audio - like everything else - Keep it ultra thin optimized t... by wlowes on 2012-11-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Computer Audio - like everything else - Keep it ultra thin o... in Didital Things  2 Replies 
My journey with computer audio offers me reason to be optimistic. I think it is like everything else in the audio chain. Everything counts. Keep it as simple as possible. The power for every consumer is important. Keep the number of parts and transfo...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #112: Some updates by Amir on 2016-12-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: High Quality Music Server / CD player in Didital Things  169 Replies 
these are my findings about computer audio after some trial error:1. computer audio is very very hardware/OS/software dependent. computer structure is multi task (time sharing) and using it as a real time single task processor is not easy.even small ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #22: Then and now by steverino on 2014-07-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A CD player of today… 20 years after TL0 in Didital Things  32 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] Here is what I think. If Marc Lavry would like to fill his father shoes, of even become better than his dad (that would be ultimate benefit for us the consumers and for legacy of his family) then Marc need to open his mout...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #166: A hallucinations? by Romy the Cat on 2015-11-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Another time aligned 5-way horn project in Horn-Loaded Speakers  189 Replies 
[quote user="Murataltuev"]I believe that delay is easy to organize in digital domain without influence to the signal.I have custom DAC project and may be I'll use separate DAC for this channel with USB data buffer to organize delay.Another simple...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: A deconstructionist approach by jessie.dazzle on 2008-01-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The commercial music servers. in Didital Things  36 Replies 
I can't see what advantage one of these "music servers" might potentially offer over a small portable computer sitting on the hifi rack next to a couple large external hard drives and a good outboard DAC. As for quality of sound : Such a laptop-dr...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #18: Current by anthony on 2017-04-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Deep End DIY - Australian take one Macondo. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  87 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]BTW, I was kind of saying it many times in past but I think it high possible that it was no lost in translation. Anthony, if you are trying to implement with your version of Milq the same multi-amping with line level fil...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #13: Very interesting... by Romy the Cat 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="anthony"]My preferred source is a Phasure NOS1a G3 dac.  The thing has no discernible sound of it's own.  It outputs 1.25VRMS SE and I run it at -6dB because it needs a little attenuation to sound its best which means 0.625VRMS.  I d...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #36: The time foe RBRX1 still is coming. by Romy the Cat on 2011-06-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Where are our good Tuners? in Off Air Audio  43 Replies 
[quote user="mats"] Inspired in part by Romy's  results and excitement with FM, I wanted to try. Restricted by apartment living, I had difficulties achieving a quiet stereo signal. I was also concerned about the a/d conversion for digital recordi...
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