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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #34: I think I have an orchesta in my head by Murataltuev on 2015-08-16 
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="Paul S"]Murat, this latest information from you has gotten you farther along than you might suppose at this time. From what you now say, it sounds like 6 months would be a minimum amount of time for you to spend getting a sense of the S...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #629: The differences between… by Romy the Cat on 2010-12-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
[quote user="TonyB"]The differences between the battery operation and AC operation are to be expected.One case is isolated (hopefully) from AC, the other case is not. If anybody thinks otherwise,they are fooling themselves. [/quote] Tony, the fact is...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: How to manage the digital files. by Romy the Cat on 2009-04-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to manage the digital files. in Didital Things  0 Replies 
OK, folks, here are the subject that bothers me for years and if you have not an opinion but knowledge about the subject then, please, share your view and experience. My interest is: how to slice and merge digital files. I have a large file, let say ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #168: 2A3 voltages, loads and realized output power by floobydust on 2009-02-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps in Melquiades Amplifier  397 Replies 
 Adrian, Romy, (Dima), First, I most certainly agree that the textbook operating point for the 2A3 is not optimal and can be improved on, hence my own design from a few years ago. If you are sticking with a 2.5K load, you will simply not ge...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: A new Meitner? by Romy the Cat on 2012-03-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Meitner Audio - Ed Meitner's new company. in Didital Things  5 Replies 
[quote user="Canuck"]  Romy   Quit being so diplomatic and tell us what you really think.....    Incidentally, I tried the Meitner Ma-1 . It is a great dac in many ways but I think it still needs more software development as it sound quite differ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: The biggest problem is that digital can’t edit. by Romy the Cat on 2011-06-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It is all about hard surface. in Playback Listening  12 Replies 
[quote user="steverino"]Romy,  I thought it was you or maybe I read it elsewhere. SACD was originally a multibit high sample rate format. I believe Sony went to one bit for "security" reasons to prevent copying. I think it's hard to rule out digital ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: Recording FM settings by peter foster on 2008-09-20 
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 
I have been wanting to set up my components for recording of broadcasts for a while now so this would be good incentive to shift my backside into gear.My Sansui TU-X1 has been restored and improvements made.  I am very happy with the results at ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: ALE/Yamamura's Six ways system by twogoodears on 2013-08-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Yamamura's 6 ways in Horn-Loaded Speakers  16 Replies 
Hi Roman... the installation is a combined joint-venture between Endo-san of ALE (bespoke drivers and horns) and Be Yamamura's (45 W solid state Class A  amps and digital software and hardware). Jean Hiraga, like my...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Re: Tell me about more about Ortofon SPU Sound. by starboy on 2004-12-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Tell me about more about Ortofone SPU Sound. in Analog Playback  54 Replies 
Well, maybe a little cussing first to set the tone. The older SPU's are now well sought after, many will end up in collections at now over inflated prices probably in the Far-East where they are worshipped. I've heard a few older SPU's and even those...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #25: Lynix vs. Windows files playing. by Romy the Cat on 2008-12-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: High Quality Music Server / CD player in Didital Things  169 Replies 
[quote user="nycparamedic"] But you also might have overlooked some variables that frustrate many audiophile attempting this approach. Was Kmixer in Windows changing the sampling rate of your music? If you installed ASIO or that other plugin, was it ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Why do not pile it on CD? by Romy the Cat on 2007-05-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Dennis Colin's Sound Strobe in Audio Discussions  1 Replies 
op.9, perhaps I am missing something but what would be a difference between this “Sound Strobe” gismo and a regular good sound generator (that will do a lot of more).  I still do not get what this devise does and how it might be used but I wond...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: lemme rephrase that, then by stuck.wilson on 2007-08-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 'Fundamental rich' listening, or is RTA even close to accura... in Audio Discussions  9 Replies 
romy- i have resisted using RTA for the very reasons you're citing-- learning to read the visual data, as well as methods of how to get it accurately, are as equally time consuming as any other pursuit in audio.   anyone can be a reade...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: The New York Times on the subject by Romy the Cat on 2007-05-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Gould's Goldberg Variations re-played? in Musical Discussions  8 Replies 
Is It Live ... or Yamaha? Channeling Glenn Gould By EDWARD ROTHSTEINMarch 12, 2007 Was that relief I felt as the piano was playing? A feeling that some worry had been alleviated or a fear quieted? Why then was it also mixed with disappointment, as i...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #16: Voyage MPD ALSA by Amir on 2017-05-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: EAR Yoshino DAC 4 by Tim Paravicini in Didital Things  24 Replies 
Thank youxandcg do you think Voyage MPD/ALSA/Ronald Config is not bit perfect? or you think it is not good?AMR (thorsten) guys in munich 2017 recommended my friend to use Volumio . Volumio use Debian/MPD/ALSA and they claim it is bit perfect.I think ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #52: More thoughts... by anthony on 2020-08-16 
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"]Another a very valid thing to try is to see of the same difference with the same recordings happens with different DACs, preamps the you will take care of the absolute phase. [/quote]To date, my listening has been with my f...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Audio Sonar Acoustic Levelling (radical new approach for room treatmen... by atilsley169 on 2012-08-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Audio Sonar Acoustic Levelling (radical new approach for roo... in Audio Discussions  6 Replies 
Audio Sonar Acoustic Levelling (ASAL) As an engineer, I’ve been intrigued by the various room treatment systems out there…most of which are sound (excuse the pun). My own 4-way front-loaded playback system is very dynamic…and suitable room...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #14: Re: the sound of real life by guy sergeant on 2005-01-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Speakers: a hi-fi disaster. in Audio Discussions  22 Replies 
For a relatively small outlay I can go and listen to some chamber music, a jazz band, a choir or, for a little more, an orchestra. The quality of 'realness' I hear is consistent regardless of how good the performers are and how great the merit o...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #17: Very interesting. by Romy the Cat on 2019-04-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Valve Preamplifier for Macondo/DSET in Melquiades Amplifier  74 Replies 
Ok, thanks for explaining. I few things I would like to note.   If your preamp, being incorporated between you front-end and you power amps degrades sound in any way or does not make sound better then it is not a good preamp. Period, there is n...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Music at CES 2005 by Romy the Cat on 2005-01-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The CES 2005 in Audio Discussions  16 Replies 
Music presented at CES 2005 was a disastrer. No one single room that I visited (and I foolishly visited all of them, I think) played any content-loaded music. I’m not talking about the tastes but about value of musical content and the intention of th...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: When the recordings will be coming? by Romy the Cat on 2008-09-19 
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="rwjp"]I live in Melbourne Australia and happened to listen to this live broadcast last night, at a low level due to having two young kids. Although i don't listen to a lot of classical music, with a new tuner in my system i am finding m...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Ergonomically and functionally done very stupidly. by Romy the Cat on 2008-01-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The commercial music servers. in Didital Things  36 Replies 
[quote user="jessie.dazzle"]Control everything from anywhere in the house : The newest version of the Mac OS (sorry!) gives you complete wireless remote control over a second Mac, allowing you to see the screen of the other computer, and execute ALL ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #74: Right again... by jessie.dazzle on 2008-07-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Jessie Dazzle Project in Horn-Loaded Speakers  172 Replies 
Ok, it turned out that I had all caps and coils "in stock" necessary to adjust the filters very close to Romy's recommendations.Its still not perfect, and I had the mic 1m from the membrane of the driver (had not yet rea...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: I would like to have is ability for self-cataloging.... by Romy the Cat on 2007-05-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Software for collection classification in Musical Discussions  3 Replies 
I do not know the available programs but I have a feature that I would like to have. I would not mind to write it myself…. What I would like to have is ability for self-cataloging. I would like when I play something and feed analog line into my DAW,...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #35: Of the vaguest specifications but, of course, the best intentions... by nycparamedic on 2008-12-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: High Quality Music Server / CD player in Didital Things  169 Replies 
[quote user="alexd"]Hi all.We are small company, dedicated to creation of highest quality audio products. Analog and Digital. We have auditioned many music servers on the market.[/quote]Wait! Let me guess. You're gonna tell me the way it *should* be ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #16: Midbass followup by ulf on 2007-09-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Phase plug for midbass in Horn-Loaded Speakers  23 Replies 
Dear Malinowski,   Here are the input data used in the HornResp simulation for the tractrix midbass.This is a 117cm long tractrix horn with the TD-1201. Throat area 84 cm2, mouth 10000cm2 with 5,6 liters back cavity.Ang: 1Pi; FTA 89,80; S1 84;...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #15: About the fear of the “free advertisement”. by Romy the Cat on 2009-11-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Greek Anima Loudspeakers in Horn-Loaded Speakers  33 Replies 
[quote user="Morfeas"] Wouldn't comment because using a public forum for free advertisement is not my cup of tea. [/quote]  Morfeas, you of cause might do whatever you wish but I would like to point out that the concept of “free advertisement”...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: Computer transport and DAC by Telstar on 2008-02-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The commercial music servers. in Didital Things  36 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] Yes, the enclosure something like this, thanks for tip, miab, but it opens a door for desire more. A good box with fanless operation, 1920 x 1200 pixels touch-screen, 6 hard-drives, remoter control, $650 price tag is...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #55: It does work!!! No Kidding? by Romy the Cat on 2005-11-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to record FM broadcasts. in Off Air Audio  125 Replies 
[quote user="Ronnie"] The music links don't work for me. They're pointing at http://localhost/...? I'd love to hear some music.[/quote] Yep, shame on me! My 10-second deployment strategy did not work, did it? :-) Anyhow it should be fine now. Do not...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #81: Abstract Audio? by Max Shatsky on 2006-12-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to record FM broadcasts. in Off Air Audio  125 Replies 
Romy,You say that the digital read from your transport is better than the multiple reads of CD-Rom with EAC software?Thats interesting!!! It means that it is better to read once in a 'good' way than ten times to read garbage and average it.So, all th...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: High End -THE ULTIMATE KEY by Stitch on 2013-07-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: What is High-End Audio? in Playback Listening  7 Replies 
Found some interesting comments on an independent web site, Twogoodears. I'll copy it, it is from 2009 with original lines from Arthur Salvatore and a comment from Stefano Bertocello - Twogoodears owner -, we will n...
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