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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Interesting, thankfully an engaging post. by Romy the Cat on 2009-07-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: What I am doing? in Playback Listening  15 Replies 
Replying I have to say that I am a very intelligent person. No matter how much I am able to be flown with 'kick' during my sensuous experience and how far I might be drifted with flows I always try to rationalize and to learn the nature about my ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Seem a test. by xandcg on 2016-11-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Direct to Disc: The Brahms Symphonies / Rattle · Berlin... in Analog Playback  5 Replies 
It seem a market test for that type of recording. They probably will launch a few more "luxurious" limited editions to cover everything they spent and guarantee some profit before lower the cost, and if they find out that fashion could be profitable ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #32: To me it is a deal breaker, nothing else need to be said. by Romy the Cat on 2010-02-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Schroder Tonearms in Analog Playback  61 Replies 
[quote user="oxric"] I just wished you would find it in you, out of fairness and common courtesy, to keep the thread within the boundaries within which it was raised, that is a technical discussion on the approach of Frank Shroder to the design o...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: The unintended consequences of binaural things in Hi-Fi. by Romy the Cat on 2009-08-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The unintended consequences of binaural things in Hi-Fi. in Playback Listening  1 Replies 
The last year there was some chatter up about artificially created so called “digital drugs”. If you are not familiar with it get familiar here for instance: http://www.usatoday.com/tech/columnist/kimkomando/2008-08-07-digital-drugs_N.ht...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #88: Continue by Amir on 2019-10-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: My Audio Philosophy in Playback Listening  95 Replies 
[quote user="rowuk"]Amir,In live music, we have intermodulation. Two trumpets or a trumpet and oboe playing together create sum and difference tones that change depending on pitch interval for instance. For music in major keys, this intermodulation i...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #92: Siemens SL45 vs NAD Dynaudio by Amir on 2019-10-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: My Audio Philosophy in Playback Listening  95 Replies 
[quote user="rowuk"]Amir,In live music, we have intermodulation. Two trumpets or a trumpet and oboe playing together create sum and difference tones that change depending on pitch interval for instance. For music in major keys, this intermodulati...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #35: I think you are focusing on wrong things.... by Romy the Cat on 2018-02-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The 5-ways from Germany. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  38 Replies 
[quote user="martinshorn"] I just managed after lot of time & money to get my components to copy the vox olympian.  Just before assembly i heard this Goto monster and dont want to continue anymore [/quote] Josh, Josh, Josh… come on! We are no...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #34: Do your Korean guy pay traveling refund? by Romy the Cat on 2009-01-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Aporia - Silbatone Acoustics speaker in Horn-Loaded Speakers  107 Replies 
[quote user="Joe Roberts"] Imaging...another hi-fi delusion. I used to record the Philadelphia Orchestra. The orchestra does not image.[/quote] Would it be in 80 sunder Riccardo Muti? No wonder that it did not image. To be more serious I have to say...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: Ocean Way HR-2A, HR-2B and HR-2C. by Romy the Cat on 2010-01-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A new CES 2010 loudspeaker? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  15 Replies 
I was trying to find out what drivers the Allen Sides’ speaker uses and found a lot of noise about this among the people of Guitar Center – it is not surprising considering Allen Sides background. http://www.clynemedia.com/gcpro/Ocean_Wa...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #52: "Parasitic sounds" and human perception by haralanov on 2013-07-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Canadian Speaker Proposal in Horn-Loaded Speakers  56 Replies 
[quote user="de charlus"]Could you kindly elaborate upon what you mean by "parasitic sounds", as I am not familiar with this epithet.[/quote]By "parasitic sounds" I mean Normal 0 21 false false false BG ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #45: Re: Why the lovers the WE-555 also like electrostats? by cv on 2005-04-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vitavox’s S2 Survival Guide. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  123 Replies 
Ah electrostats...I am fairly sure that problem with esls is trying to take them down to low and them not being driven properly. If you actually calculate how much current you need to drive transient peaks into an ESL, it's horrifying. I can't imagin...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: The “Melquíades” Sound - further continuation of story by Romy the Cat on 2005-03-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The “Melquiades” Sound - beginning of the story. in Melquiades Amplifier  28 Replies 
People, keep asking me about the sound of Melquíades and I feel strange as I really can’t not explain how it sounds. It does not make any sense as I initiated this thread with the objective to explain or at least to inform about the Melquíades’ sound...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: If I was doing it… by Romy the Cat on 2009-08-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The best Third Movement from “Der Titan” in Musical Discussions  9 Replies 
I do not care about the Bruno Walter’s or the Mahler’s himself comments. I care about myself and in the way how I want it to play not one plays, and I am disappointed. I am not a huge fun of Mahler First Symphony; in fact I am not a huge fun ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Lamm L1 vs. L2 comparative chart. by Romy the Cat on 2005-06-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Lamm L1 vs. L2 preamp in Audio Discussions  5 Replies 
Ethan, Since I published the article “Preamplifiers: keys to mystery” I received many emails from my site visitors asking about Lamm prams and questioning my remarks in comparing what I said to “data form other sources”. Some people disagreed or sur...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: NESPA Optical Disc Finalizer by Romy the Cat on 2006-02-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: NESPA Optical Disc Finalizer in Didital Things  4 Replies 
The visitors of my site who have read my observations about the CES 2005 http://www.goodsoundclub.com/TreeItem.aspx?postID=1918 are familiar with my very positive impressions about NESPA Optical Disc Finalizer. http://www.goodsoundclub.com/TreeIte...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #27: Notes of Romy's comments by peter foster on 2007-11-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: K-Stereo Ambience Recovery Processor in Didital Things  29 Replies 
Dear Romy,The tracks are correctly listed.Yes, the tracks are varied and some are not good recordings at all.  BUT if you want to listen to Billy Bean play guitar or you want to hear Louis Stewart's first recording as an 18 year old then you hav...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: Christmas gift from... Lavry? by Romy the Cat on 2005-12-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A littlie D-War: Bidat vs. Lavry Gold in Didital Things  14 Replies 
Hm, some very mysterious things are going on today similar to the observance of the Bethlehem star… :-) I was commenting before that Lavry 924 is very slightly brighter then I feel a neutral peace of equipment should be. Once again it is not HF disg...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Analogue to digital converter comparison by Romy the Cat on 2007-03-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Analogue to digital converter comparison in Didital Things  6 Replies 
ANALOGUE TO DIGITAL CONVERTER COMPARISON by Kostas Metaxas Procedure: In all cases except for the KORG MR-1000, SOUND DEVICES SD744T and METRIC HALO[used with an Apple Laptop], I fed the outputs of the Stellavox SM8 to the A-D converter inputs [...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: A need for Resolution /Sampling Assessment Test by Romy the Cat on 2009-10-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A need for Resolution /Sampling Assessment Test in Didital Things  1 Replies 
In the time of silver photography, when we shoot on E6 film, we use grayscales on the first image to let the print shops to correct chromic aberration of film, development or lighting. Looking at the amount of BS the today is going on with high-r...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: A DAC as event or a State of Digital Union. by Romy the Cat on 2014-09-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Berkeley Audio Design's Alfa Reference DAC. in Didital Things  4 Replies 
Well, leaving aside my "grinding axes", namely my habitual love to remind people and myself that there are plenty Morons in audio I do think that Berkeley's parley to Reference DAC is interesting. It is interesting not by the DAC as a unit but rather...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: Paul McGowan cries about SACD by Romy the Cat on 2010-04-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Today’s SACD - music for oscilloscopes. in Didital Things  8 Replies 
Paul McGowan, the head of PS Audio send his newsletter with his comments about SACD. The comments are childish and in many way absolutely ignorant. I hate what the industry professionals twist the facts and go into pure falsification in order to ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #12: Experiments with computers as a source and getting good results from v... by Currawong on 2012-08-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Why I hate computer playback. in Didital Things  17 Replies 
I saw this topic and it prompted me to register and reply, rather than just read, which I've been doing on and off for years now.  While I would love to have the time, space and patience for ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #98: Perfect or good by Amir on 2016-07-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: High Quality Music Server / CD player in Didital Things  169 Replies 
it seems even Thorsten do not believe computer source could be perfect and he just guide us to reach max from computer." The computer is a great music server but also a source of jitter ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #167: Computer audio does not sound good by Amir on 2022-05-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: High Quality Music Server / CD player in Didital Things  169 Replies 
it seems the computer audio problem is not bit errors and even correct bit-perfect digital data (from computer) does not give us good sound. the wadax new server (computer) does not use digital processing and it onl...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: New York Times article from a few years ago by JJ Triode on 2008-02-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The sound of Concert Halls in Audio Discussions  7 Replies 
There was a good article about this very subject in 2004. You have to pay to use the NYT's archives, but one of Michael Green's disciples quoted it on their website, and they didn't get sued for copyright, so I guess it is OK to post it here: If ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #25: The driving principles… by Romy the Cat on 2009-06-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Classical Music Café syndrome... in Audio Discussions  43 Replies 
Reggie, let to be clear that I use definition of kitsch in reference to audio installation. The Camerata as a cultural event is out of my criticism; in fact I applauded to what they did. The Camerata video did not bring me to the idea of perceivi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #239: Reduced frequency response range, sort of. by Romy the Cat on 2010-10-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Romy The Cat's new Listening Room in Audio Discussions  478 Replies 
I think my new room and new midbass horn will give me an opportunity to play at the NEW LEVEL with a notion that I have been chasing for years. I am taking about perceptual shrinking of frequency response. I need to admit that most of the ugliest...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Impossibility of commercial seriousness? by Romy the Cat on 2011-02-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Impossibility of commercial seriousness? in Audio Discussions  5 Replies 
I recently dealt with two manufactures that produce music . I noted that both of them stated with good result but nowadays, years in operation, they produce despicable crap. This correlates with a famous amplifier manufacturer, very much not stup...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #339: Ambient noise and how I would minimise it by oxric on 2012-05-31 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Romy The Cat's new Listening Room in Audio Discussions  478 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Interesting the stressing the importance of the listening room Rakesh went into depth of discussing reference clocks and YL drivers that are very irrelevant to the subject of the rooms. The Rony’s comment about the expressi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #160: Some comments... by Romy the Cat on 2017-07-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A listening room for a domesticated Cat? in Audio Discussions  283 Replies 
I think 8-8-1 will be very good configuration all together. Make sure it stays sufficiently far from back wall. Point the axis toward to your shoulder and I think it would be fine setting. Turn off tweeters and Fundamentals channel and set right b...
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