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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1668: This is not voodoo by Amir on 2019-08-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
[quote user="rowuk"]We really do not need reports of voodoo or a last wet dream. If you want to be taken seriously, describe the test procedure and outcome of each test. What does „better bass“ mean in this context? [/quote]Rowukif you have Pure Powe...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #25: Koetsu Coralstone needle drop by mem916 on 2011-10-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The mystery of Koetsu Onyx Cartridges. in Analog Playback  52 Replies 
I never tried the Onyx.  I had an Urushi, then a Jade, and now a Coralstone.  No I didn't buy any of them in the US so I paid a lot less than the crazy retail prices people throw around.  I only know one person personally who did try an Onyx and he d...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: A few comments.... by Romy the Cat on 2012-06-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Andrew's new 4-way horn using Stereolabs stone horns and DIY... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  43 Replies 
Hi, Andrew Yes, the move from BLH to front-loaded is a large move but besides everything it is a very drastic way to review HOW the channels are positioned relative to each other and relative to the room. With front-loading the subject of phas...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: A Cable for Bass? I wish I would know a right cable by Romy the Cat on 2010-02-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Wiring for box speakers? in Audio Discussions  1 Replies 
 Miab, since what I became an expert in cables? I am as much as anyone else – a subject of accidental discovering... I do not use in Injection Channel any fancy cables. There is not a lot of need for it.  The Injection Channel is mixed with M...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: In search of a new good phono cable by Romy the Cat on 2010-01-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Chasing utopian better phono interconnect. in Analog Playback  6 Replies 
I am all set with my reference arm but my dally arm with SME 3009/Otophone SPU Classic severely underperforms in my view. The arm use Otophone SPU Classic that is all together is OK balanced cartridge. Nothing overly exciting but more or less neu...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: If you didn’t use it for a long time then I would “blow” it. by Romy the Cat on 2007-01-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Do not touch that used tonearm! in Audio For Dummies ™  7 Replies 
It might not be necessarily the new wire. With analog there are other billion reasons why it might not sound as it should. Still, I personally can’t stay listening “new” wire with MC cartridges.  If you recently futzed with the arm wire then you...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Any good sounding AES/EBU interfaces out there? by Romy the Cat on 2007-09-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Any good sounding AES/EBU interfaces out there? in Didital Things  53 Replies 
I reticently picked a new DAC and ADC processors. Not that I needed but they were the brand that I for years was trying to test but never had a chance, now I do. The processors use AES/EBU connectors. So, not I need to find reasonably sounding AES/EB...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #16: Pacific Microsonics vs. Lavry Gold without ego. by Romy the Cat on 2007-10-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Recording options: Pacific Microsonics vs. Lavry Gold. in Didital Things  24 Replies 
For whatever reason people expressed a lot of interest to Pacific vs. Lavry A/D and I recently got an relatively a large number of emails, including from the people I do not even know, asking me to compare identical analog tracjs and post the foundin...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Wywires – “Custom” designed cables? by Romy the Cat on 2010-09-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Wywires – “Custom” designed cables? in Audio Discussions  1 Replies 
Robert Levi from Positive Feedback posted a review about a new company from California – Wywires. The company reportedly does custom cables. It picked my interest on multiple levels. Since Purist went down in quality I do not have a cable supplie...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #58: Good lack... by Romy the Cat on 2021-04-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Museatex Bidat pages. in Didital Things  57 Replies 
Tomand, John is probably the last person who supports Bidat. I think you can get Bidat from Meitner himself; I do not see he would be keeping it as a secret.  Typically, it is not practicable to ask pro people to share schematic but Bidat is a cul...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #26: Now we are taking! by Romy the Cat on 2011-10-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The mystery of Koetsu Onyx Cartridges. in Analog Playback  52 Replies 
[quote user="mem916"]I never tried the Onyx.  I had an Urushi, then a Jade, and now a Coralstone.  No I didn't buy any of them in the US so I paid a lot less than the crazy retail prices people throw around.  I only know one person personally who...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Midbass options to consider. by Romy the Cat on 2009-07-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Midbass Horns and Real Estate. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  247 Replies 
Yes, it is certain in what I proposed there is majored disadvantage of having a suspended floor. A suspended is like a bad turntable – no matter what you do you would never be able to get proper lower octave.  The idea to have horn firing from ro...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #17: Follow-up on Music Room Options by RF at Ona on 2007-10-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Building a new music room in Playback Listening  20 Replies 
Collin,I am pleased that you found my suggestions worthwhile. I approached the issue of your music room with two questions in mind:1- How to avoid the structural angle from interfering with the sound2- Would an enlarged room be worthwhile...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #30: Not proving anything but a challenge. by Romy the Cat on 2010-06-15 
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="oxric"] Firstly, the costs involved and the real chance that this project might not work make this project statistically a horrible waste of money, time and resources which could be better spent in pursuing other solutions which are ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1787: No dedicated Ground Line by Amir on 2021-09-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
Steverino I live in a big complex (6 floor - totally 200 apartments) and I can not have my own dedicated ground . there are three phases AC Power in the building and one of them is not good, sometimes  the AC voltage goes over 230v and ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #177: Read sun is rising... by Romy the Cat on 2019-08-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Planning my DSET in Melquiades Amplifier  186 Replies 
There are some commercial preamps that have sub 10R output: Karana, Quicksilver, Rogueaudio and many others. Some of them will ship the units to you to try. It might be good to experiment with them. To have you local guy who will work with you is...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Yarlung Records at 24 bit. by Romy the Cat on 2009-06-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Yarlung Records at 24 bit. in Didital Things  0 Replies 
They offer 24/88 downloadable and thanks God they do not record the Audiophile Blues or the similar crap. This is a good part. The bad part is that they record at 4X and then outsource the file to vireos industry cretins to “master” them, pushing...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #25: Sometime a cigar is not a just a cigar.. by Romy the Cat on 2019-04-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Valve Preamplifier for Macondo/DSET in Melquiades Amplifier  74 Replies 
Anthony , having a room slightly bigger than your and the rest the same I feel that 3V I get from my frond end is just barely enough. I have some CD recordings that are have very low compression and recorded with wide dynamic range (Pop Music’s Go...
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