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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: World's Finest Sounding Audio Room by Jordi on 2007-08-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: World's Finest Sounding Audio Room in Audio Discussions  16 Replies 
I have heard hundreds and hundreds of audio systems and mine is by far the best.  Honestly nothing even comes close.  There is a scientific reason for this. MY system starts with a PERFECTLY tuned room...something overlooked by ma...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Super Melquiades, Macondo and Class A2 by Romy the Cat on 2007-12-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Super Melquiades, Macondo and Class A2 in Melquiades Amplifier  0 Replies 
I do not know why people go into low-sensitive loudspeaker and they go crazy in order push the last drop out of the class A2 operation. From a different perspective the Macondo’s woofer towers with 97.5dB sensitivity are low low-sensitive loudspeaker...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #59: 6C33C amp/preamp follow up by KOTriode on 2012-03-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A different breed of 6C33C amplifier. in Melquiades Amplifier  84 Replies 
Wow! I did not realized that almost 4 months have passed since I wrote last. Quite a few things have happened the last 4 months that I have played with the 6C33Camp/preamp combo. I have tried at least 3 different vendors on the Ulyanovsk type, the ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: This is a dreamlist - based on real life needs that I have had. by rowuk on 2020-03-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A quests for an ultimate preamp. in Audio Discussions  8 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] rowuk wrote: A preamplifier shall be modular - the ability to insert n quantity (maybe 20?) of input cards on a backplane (for phono MC/phono MM/line level/Balanced/Single ended/TOSLink) as well as be configured for mul...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: Sometime less is more... by Romy the Cat on 2019-04-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Valve Preamplifier for Macondo/DSET in Melquiades Amplifier  74 Replies 
Anthony, I am not so thrill that you are unlashing your into this direction. Not that it is my business and you can do whatever you want. Still, I feel that methodologically it is not right way to build a playback. What I mean is that to evaluate ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: Might be... by Romy the Cat on 2020-03-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A quests for an ultimate preamp. in Audio Discussions  8 Replies 
[quote user="rowuk"] A preamplifier shall be modular - the ability to insert n quantity (maybe 20?) of input cards on a backplane (for phono MC/phono MM/line level/Balanced/Single ended/TOSLink) as well as be configured for multiple outputs. Why ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #19: I do not buy it. by Romy the Cat on 2014-07-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Lamm introduced LL1 Signature Preamp… in Audio Discussions  19 Replies 
[quote user="Stitch"]Probably that's the background to go for a 2 x mono Preamp [/quote]Hm, that is want “common sense” suggests being but I do not subscibe it. Fist is because the X-factor is not Lamm’s commodity, unfortunately. None of the Lamm’s c...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #51: 1year gone by Bill on 2023-07-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo 3.0 in Horn-Loaded Speakers  51 Replies 
I worked on the Dannoy's for about a year, first with the Vitavox bass driver, then using two tannoy red 10's using only the cone for the second unit to improve volume and bass reproduction. Changed out amplifiers, used original, English new knockoff...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #49: Thanks by de charlus on 2013-07-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Canadian Speaker Proposal in Horn-Loaded Speakers  56 Replies 
Thanks Romy,I particularly appreciate the advice on the Goto issue, although a sojourn in Japan would be delightful too, come to think of it; in my experience there's no better place for culinary and audio tourism combined. "Local" support in the cas...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Lamm hybrids: M1.2 vs. Lamm M1.1 by Romy the Cat on 2007-12-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Lamm hybrids: M1.2 vs. Lamm M1.1 in Audio Discussions  0 Replies 
Positive Feedback published David Robinson’s review of Lamm M1.2 amplifier. http://www.positive-feedback.com/Issue34/lamm_1.2.htm Frankly speaking I do have interest to see what people might say about Lamm M1.2. Not that I care about a review’s ob...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #35: APS PurePower unit: some premature thoughts. by Romy the Cat on 2007-06-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
While the APS guys trying to figure out why this unit can not handle power (which more likely involved a phone call to China :-) I decided to give another try across everything, repeating my last listening, this time in relaxed environment with diffe...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: It is accomplishable, they juts do not know what it is. by Romy the Cat on 2007-01-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The objectives of Einstein self-entertaining Preamp. in Audio Discussions  6 Replies 
Guy, I am not sure that “all audio components would ideally be transparent” as most of the audio components perform own actions: gain change or different type of conversions. Preamp, in contrary, mostly performs no actions or if it is in unity gain i...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #58: It's OK for now. by KOTriode on 2011-11-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A different breed of 6C33C amplifier. in Melquiades Amplifier  84 Replies 
I used those VPI magic brick sitting on top of the transformer, my audio analyzer tell me that these bricks helped the noise by about 1db, may be the 6 lbs or so weight does damp the xformer vibration, so I leave them on, just trying everything to ke...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #12: VR1 and 6E5P by Antonio J. on 2005-11-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Milq: Starting the project in Melquiades Amplifier  23 Replies 
Hi Romy,The builder regards VR1 more like an "offset to 0" adjuster than a bias control for the 6E5P since its working range is quite narrow. He asked me to know from you if along the 6E5P's lifespan it needs further adjustments at VR1 or if a single...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Vladimir Lamm reviews Mark Mickelson? by Romy the Cat on 2010-03-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Lamm introduced LL1 Signature Preamp… in Audio Discussions  19 Replies 
I did glance over the Mickelson’s articles and it amasses me to what level of arrogance those reviewing people are able to descent. The whole article is so remarkably about nothing that I even surprised that Lamm signed it off. (All “reviews” that th...

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 #41: Listening to the 10y by anthony on 2020-08-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Valve Preamplifier for Macondo/DSET in Melquiades Amplifier  74 Replies 
Last night and this morning I have been comparing my favourite SS preamp with gain and the breadboarded 10y.  I've been using my dac with its low 1.125Vrms voltage output as the source because I know what it is capable of and know its (lack of) sound...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Fabulous ways to spend money and frustrate your self by Bud on 2005-11-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to record FM broadcasts. in Off Air Audio  125 Replies 
My first choice would be a Sony SACD recorder with storage in SACD format. Quite expensive, but I would not use an expensive Sony playback device. Their early models (still available new on ebay) were designed to show how much better than regular CD ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Lamm introduced LL1 Signature Preamp… by Romy the Cat on 2009-05-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Lamm introduced LL1 Signature Preamp… in Audio Discussions  19 Replies 
…and since it is in LL line I presume that it might be right along with LL2 Preamp – not particularly interesting preamp. In other words it is most likely the “positively expected” and “might be interesting” continuation of the L1 and L2 line. ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: I might unwillingly bring to my home… by Romy the Cat on 2007-11-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage in Analog Playback  310 Replies 
It is exactly what the “End of Life” means – you know all necessary answers and have no needs to prove anything to anyone. I heard from you before that you do not like 834PT’s sound, I presume that it was ether bad 834PT, or extraordinary-horrible st...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Some feline contraKondovism by Romy the Cat on 2004-08-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: My old Fi-Hi gear associations... in Audio Discussions  10 Replies 
[quote user="guy sergeant"]Some of it, (the current speakers and some of the amplifiers) are in my view, not outstanding. Other items, (the big preamp, phono stage, cartridge, MC transformer, silver cables and largest power amps are exceptionally goo...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #87: Is it typical? by Romy the Cat on 2021-11-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Remedies the Beauty in Playback Listening  293 Replies 
Are you saying that this behavior is behavior is characteristic for dried out capacitors? I need to admit that I know very little about solid state electronics and I have no idea how it ages. My amplifiers are 40 years old and certainly it would be c...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #37: Tubes (etc.) vs Phono Curves by Paul S on 2009-10-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The K&K SE hybrid phono stage: a report in Analog Playback  54 Replies 
Rooting around for manufacturers' operating curve/info on 6922s I came across a short paper I got years ago from electronics genius Roger A. Modjeski.  In a nutshell, RM talked about internal variables in tubes that affect their electrical charac...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: Air fencing by steverino on 2014-06-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The dynamic range of our playback in Playback Listening  20 Replies 
I never equated transient information with microdynamics nor did I say it was articulation. Microdynamics is not simply piano and macrodynamics is not forte. Transient (onset) noises are what give different instruments their timbral character. Of cou...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #34: The opera room machine. by Romy the Cat on 2011-10-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Opera Room in Audio Discussions  77 Replies 
I understand that with my desire to have 2-chanals instead of 34.6 channels for my video room I am bit off the bitten path but it is what it is. I am comfortable with what it is and as time goes by I more and more form my objective and my interest in...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #996: More about PP radiation. by Romy the Cat on 2011-12-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
[quote user="steverino"] Romy said "When I had my magnetic and EMI probes running with open PP2000 cover then the probes showed me that I was in the middle of Chernobyl Black Forest. I think the PP3000  even more poisoning..." Now I begin to u...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #55: I think you are done then by Romy the Cat on 2020-08-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Valve Preamplifier for Macondo/DSET in Melquiades Amplifier  74 Replies 
Well, you can’t use Gogol Suite as some kind of reference in term of gain. The Gogol Suite was record by Pope Music at very high dynamic range they have very little compression. It feels like very soft volume recording as a result. ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #136: Magic Foo by anthony on 2021-11-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Remedies the Beauty in Playback Listening  293 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] .. what I am saying that playback certainly deliver sound but also it delivers let's call it at lubrication for sound which make consumption of Sonic messages to be more palatable for our conscious. This aspect, is this MS...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #224: Bass for Dannoys? by N-set on 2022-08-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Remedies the Beauty in Playback Listening  293 Replies 
After a provisional cleaning of my crappy Yamaha C2 preamp, I got +/- balanced bass and then made a bit of discovery: Changed the parallel R in the HF circuit of the UK crossover from 50R to 25R (and switched the xcover to the treble boost mode which...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Memories of audio elements. by Romy the Cat on 2012-01-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Memories of audio elements. in Playback Listening  0 Replies 
I have written about it multiple times but the site has become so big that it is getting hard to find anything that took place in past. Anyone knows that amplifier and particularly tube amplifier need some times after they get turn on to soun...
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