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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #12: Some shades of the Micro Seiki’s bonsai. by Romy the Cat on 2006-02-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Foolishness of Analog People in Analog Playback  56 Replies 
Recently, since I‘m doing some remodeling of my turntable, there was some noise on my site about Micro Seiki turntables. I really do not want to push my site toward to becoming one of the typical audio fetish sites but in context of this thread I wou...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: It is all the Framer-like fantasies.... by Romy the Cat on 2007-02-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Low output MC? in Analog Playback  22 Replies 
When companies begin to produce crap (most of the today arms) then it is the job of various marketing whores, like Michael Fremer and the similar, to invert a theory that would justify the poor sonic results or to explain to the deaf audio-cretins ou...

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 #28: The design continuum by Paul S on 2006-11-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Michael Fremer Continuums… in Audio News  54 Replies 
Romy, I get your point that it seems like the best and most likely application of your evaluation ideas would be exactly the “high-end” designers and manufacturers we are met to disparage.  And this should be particularly true in the case of the...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: SME M2-12 tonearm by Romy the Cat on 2004-07-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: SME M2-12 tonearm in Analog Playback  10 Replies 
It is always difficult objectively deal with tonearms. The tonearms is very difficult subject, performance of which might be severally masked by thousands associative parameters. However, the biggest problem is that it is imposable to talk with peopl...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Tell me about more about Ortofone SPU Sound. by Romy the Cat on 2004-12-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Tell me about more about Ortofone SPU Sound. in Analog Playback  54 Replies 
Starboy, looking at your reply in the Denon-103 thread, and considering that you are from UK, I conclude that you are well-familiar with Ortofones. Can you tell me more about them? I never had them personally, I had in past a inexpensive Ortofone ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #15: More about the 103’s reality. by Romy the Cat on 2004-12-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Denon 103: myths and the reality in Analog Playback  29 Replies 
[quote user="Thorsten"] I did use the term "crappy" in the connection with the tonearm in an ironic sense. Have you lived so long among US Americans you lost your sense of irony? Also, i do not suggest crappy Phonostages, merely ones with low input c...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #12: Denon 103 - back to reality by Thorsten on 2004-12-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Denon 103: myths and the reality in Analog Playback  29 Replies 
Folks, This thread caught my attention, because here Romy waxes lyrically about the failings of the Denon Cartridges. Now I only consider ONE Denon worth bothering, the ORIGINAL 103, it is often inaccuratly called 103C. It has a medium compliance (ar...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #33: Ortofon MONO CG 25 Di by Romy the Cat on 2005-05-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Tell me about more about Ortofone SPU Sound. in Analog Playback  54 Replies 
Who know anything about this needle?I am playing now this CG-25 - my new Ortofon replacement. This new cartridge is turn out to be “MONO CG 25 Di”. It looks and feel completely different and this CG-25 is what I called the TRUE mono cartridge. I...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #100: My assault by N-set on 2011-08-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage in Analog Playback  311 Replies 
After going through the anal pains of the Image Gallery upload (it is sohuge now that my browser slows down 10000x times loading it and it ocasionally kicksmy router out of this world; can we do something about it?), here are some picsof my assault o...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: The Micro Seiki arms. by Romy the Cat on 2010-08-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Micro Seiki MAX 282 Questions in Analog Playback  11 Replies 
[quote user="Gibraltar"] Not sure what you're suggesting here. Are you saying that I should be able to hear some channel imbalance from the surface noise if the anti-skate is not working? I did try removing the arm tube then turning the anti-skate di...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Bass impact on Turntable: how to estimate objectively by Romy the Cat on 2010-11-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Bass impact on Turntable: how to estimate objectively in Analog Playback  4 Replies 
The lower bass configuration in my room is a bit interesting below is the bass diagram (under 50Hz) As you can see the allocation of hot bass sports is superbly favorable in the room. There is pretty much no bass anywhere in the ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: SME M2-12, V12, M2-12R and just about the tonearms… by Romy the Cat on 2010-03-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: SME M2-12 tonearm in Analog Playback  10 Replies 
Rakesh, I think no one sane would feel that a better tonearm imposable. Anything is possible “better” but it is not the point. In my view, the point of selection an audio elements for own playback is not to find what is abstractedly “better” ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: My playback: what is next? A garage sale. by Romy the Cat on 2011-05-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: My playback: what is next? A garage sale. in Audio Discussions  2 Replies 
As the last few days I dealt with final idiosyncrasy of my lower bass it was the last stoke of brash at the canvas of my audio desires. The results I am getting the last month I think let me to close my book on “design” aspect of my playback. I t...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: One of many advantages of multi-amping. by Romy the Cat on 2011-04-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: All Active! A DSET and multi-way acoustic system. in Audio Discussions  14 Replies 
The people who use a single driver speaker believe the while their driver move back and forth for it also radiates a problem-free MF and HF. Near the same people believe that if an amp has capacitors with precious metals foil then it not only do ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #155: Bean counting? by dkarmeli on 2014-05-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Ultimate Turntable in Analog Playback  220 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Oh, David, come on! Can you for a second to stop to be a pretentious been counter and look at the picture from slightly more elevated perspective? I am glad that you do not worship the expensive parts, unique design, and pr...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Links in the Knowledge Tree don't work by rowuk on 2014-12-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Links in the Knowledge Tree don't work in Site Support Forum  3 Replies 
I am a Mac user with Safari and Firefox- I can click in the knowledge tree on the links, but nothing goes anywhere. The table of contents are not even showing as a link. Looking at the source, I don't understand why this doesn't work: <tr> ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: You are all wrong. by Romy the Cat on 2015-10-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Copper Mat on a Micro Seiki Gun Metal Platter in Analog Playback  122 Replies 
I got a number emails informing that I am fool and that skating force is so called because it causes the tonearm to push over the record from the outside to the inside. I went online and looks at all imaginary references. Yes, you are right that i...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: A nice solution found by Romy the Cat on 2011-02-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: I good spot-light for a turntable? in Analog Playback  15 Replies 
I found very nice solution for my TT light.  What I discovered is that I do not like those light and flimsy lights that I have tried but I like the regular heavy bench light fixture. In addition they are very easy to position to light up the TT u...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Tritium Turntables by Romy the Cat on 2011-11-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Tritium Turntables in Analog Playback  9 Replies 
A site visitor sent me email today: "Just in case you have not seen the turntables we have manufactured for about 15 years.www.beercityaudio.com " Ended the company looks like has two Turntables: http://www.beercityaudio.com/index....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #28: Let see how it goes. 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"]Hi Romy, Yes I would love to hear the same segment from your analog setup for comparison.   I think it would be very interesting even though there are so many variables that it probably doesn't tell me much in an absolute ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: Monaco Turntable: interesting read by Romy the Cat on 2007-12-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Ultimate Turntable in Analog Playback  220 Replies 
I disagree with many concussions and methods that those guys use but still I appreciate that people took the task and tied to attach is as good as they know of: “After carefully reviewing the marketplace and the technology currently being used we be...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: The Absolute Tone Impotency and New Jersey Symphony by Romy the Cat on 2007-04-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Low output MC? in Analog Playback  22 Replies 
[quote user="Stringreen"] The New Jersey Symphony purchased a number of high priced instruments - Strads, Guanaris, etc. in what they called "The Golden Collection".  They paid way too much money for the collection, but thought that the better s...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Allnic Verito MC Phono Cartridge by Romy the Cat on 2009-10-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Allnic Verito MC Phono Cartridge in Analog Playback  3 Replies 
The last couple days, having some controversy with Allnic’s preamp , made me to go few times to Allnic web site. In here I was reading the information about Allnic Verito MC Phono Cartridge. http://www.allnicaudio.com/eng/products/view.h...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Configuration from Italy: multisell++ and double model 19. by Romy the Cat on 2010-01-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Configuration from Italy: multisell++ and double model 19. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  8 Replies 
Stefano Bertoncello's posted at his blog a comment about Tony’s playback. I do not know him; I guess he is an Italian fellow or somewhere near Italy. http://twogoodears.blogspot.com/2009/12/goto-again-visiting-my-friend-toni-and.html ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #20: Growing With The Loudspeakers by Paul S on 2023-09-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Loudspeaker (Troels Gravesen project); Finally! in Audio Discussions  46 Replies 
Today was a good day in The Loudspeaker Land. I’ve been using The Loudspeakers to do some targeted listening, with excellent results. I already mentioned at the start of this thread that I had lost my cartridge/tonearm synergy a while ago, and...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #16: Up Where Ambiance Lives by Paul S on 2024-07-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Thank you, Sir! May I have another (MC-3000 II)? in Analog Playback  15 Replies 
I have told in this thread that it took me many years to get the best from the MC3000II/T3000 combo, and I have shared my findings that random tracking parameters result in random Sound, and only optimal adjustment results in optimal Sound. Wh...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #43: Rambling thoughts on a rambling thread. And moving generally. by oxric on 2010-02-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Schroder Tonearms in Analog Playback  61 Replies 
Hi everyone, As I said, I never intended to be the advocate of the devil. Now that this thread seemed to have resolved that the Shroder tonearm is either over-hyped, or at any rate that its  manufacturer is beneath contempt because of his asso...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #25: Vulgarity and Romy by oxric on 2010-02-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Schroder Tonearms in Analog Playback  61 Replies 
Writing anything on this site is akin to playing Russian roulette, which is a real shame as I find Romy's website generally very informative and a fascinating read, although my limited exposure to horn loudspeakers suggests that they might not be...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #35: The random phono-thoughts… by Romy the Cat on 2009-11-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The LCR RIAA correctors in Analog Playback  57 Replies 
Perrew, LCR is not active at all; it is the very same passive EQ as your RC? I think you a bit confused with terminology. The main logical explanation (there are many of them) is that capacitive filtration is very bad one and need to be minimi...
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