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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: The Church of Denon 103C by Ed on 2005-07-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Church of Denon 103C in Analog Playback  8 Replies 
Hello Romy,Just thought I'd post my latest re-visit to this cartridge.I've played with this overthe last 2 years on and off between Helikon/VDH MC10. It was ok but did not make a big deal,so I carried on with the Lyra which was finebut not what ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: Re: Alcons et alia by Gregm on 2006-10-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Tweeter for Vitavox S2. High-sensitively ribbons? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  64 Replies 
By looking at it this looks like a magnetostatic (isodynamic?) design rather than a ribbon. There's a Danish guy who has done good research on the subject: http://www.soundimage.dk/Different-col/Magneto.htm (you can click on "ribbon" for more in...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: Denon 103 by starboy on 2004-11-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Denon 103: myths and the reality in Analog Playback  29 Replies 
Well I'll 'fess up to the possible reason that this thread has had so many hits, I linked it to a thread on another site that has a few 103 owners (and remember for every owner there are many reading/waiting to become disciples due to the "...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #31: my take on the 103 by Chirag on 2004-12-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Where are our good phonostages? in Analog Playback  61 Replies 
Hi All, 103 or 103R + mass loaded SME headshell + 3012 or a 3009 + Seiki 1500 + hagerman opamp phono stage (good only with select parts and battery power) or an EAR 834 (with some mods) and some old Altec mic t...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #14: Re: Some notes on the S&B TX-103 "sound" by Romy the Cat on 2005-01-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Expressive Technologies SU-1 in Analog Playback  33 Replies 
[quote user="Thorsten"]Then it does exactly what is asked of it, I asked JB to design it for me PERSONALLY as a "wire with gain". I have been on previous occasions been unconvinced of many stepup transformers, be they sowter, amplimo, EAR or jensen. ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #13: Re: The "bad" S&B resellers... by Thorsten on 2005-01-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Expressive Technologies SU-1 in Analog Playback  33 Replies 
[quote user="Antonio J. "]MFA e-mailed me aknowledging that I was perhaps going to try the DIY way getting a "raw" transformer from S&B and offered me assistance. The "problem" is that their unit with a gain selector and load selector is way too ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #38: EARwax mods by Chirag on 2004-12-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Where are our good phonostages? in Analog Playback  61 Replies 
Hi Guy, HAHAHA! yeah, I can see how you can say its similar to burnishing fecal matter.  i still think its overly pleasant slow sound (which is still ok through my headphone setup and denon 103) can be improved upon with major sup...

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 #15: The TX-103 optimization kits... by Romy the Cat on 2005-01-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Expressive Technologies SU-1 in Analog Playback  33 Replies 
T, although I am not in disagreement with what you suggest but I have to admit that your expectation of user applications dose not make sense to me. I’m taking the use of a transformer in a system and getting a result out of it instead of building a ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Re: Melequiades PSU by Wojtek on 2006-02-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Melequiades PSU in Melquiades Amplifier  8 Replies 
Thank You I'll experiment with the PSU a little. The transformes have only 1 Ohm DCR and total supply impedance for a channel would be ~ 45 Ohm (with two chokes in series) Imput choke looks like can take 1 A current!All Iron is mil quality and p...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #14: Avantgarde Trio and Fane Studio by Romy the Cat on 2008-02-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Bye-Bye, Fane in Horn-Loaded Speakers  108 Replies 
[quote user="jessie.dazzle"]Do I understand correctly: AG used Fane 8Ms in the Trios upper bass horn?[/quote] Oh, no! AG in Trio’s upperbass horn used similar 8” driver with 103 sensitivity. That driver was bad and it made me to look for a replacemen...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Centenary Edition - 100 Years of Great Music by ayebee on 2005-06-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: EMI rollercoaster across 20 century. in Musical Discussions  4 Replies 
Hi!The cuts are from a bonus disc that came with EMIs "Centenary Edition - 100 Years of Great Music", a 10 CD set issued in 1997. Each CD was dedicated to a decade long span, beginning with 1897-1907.I bought the set when it came out, and I...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #16: DAB+ vs. HD Radio by Romy the Cat on 2009-05-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: What to do in office? in Off Air Audio  33 Replies 
Thanks for information, Gordon  I am a skeptic about this DAB+. Whatever amount of kBits they select it will be still digitally compressed format. So, it will be one of the versions of our HD format. I presume it will be better then HD but I down tha...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #88: Tribute MC iron by N-set on 2011-02-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage in Analog Playback  310 Replies 
Hi all,I'm slowly progressing with my assault on the pussyfied 834.I'm looking around for an interesting step up.I've happily eliminated SU-1 (I'd rather daydream about a night withMonica Belluci instead of those ugly steel boxes), said fuck off to S...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #37: Tweeter too low, mid too hot... by Gregm on 2007-05-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: RAAL “Water Drop” tweeter for Macondo. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  77 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]I had today a conversation with RAAL’s Alex and he pinched to me a very interesting idea. He feels that I attenuate the outpit of my “Water Drop” too much. I have no doubts that I attenuate it as much as necessary and Alex ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Looking at "vintage" integrateds by Antonio J. on 2006-08-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Cool running AB amplifier.. with good sound. in Audio Discussions  11 Replies 
I owned a Luxman LV-117 which I found pretty "right" musically driving some 93dB/w/m JBL's I had eons ago. In its time, there was a LV-103 which was also well regarded, but that I never listened to, so I cannot talk about it. They can ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Good question! by Antonio J. on 2005-01-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: More about step up transformers in Analog Playback  4 Replies 
Well, I have to plan carefully my purchases. I'd rather spend my dough on discs than in gear, any piece of electronics I buy are less discs I can buy, my income is limited :-( So once I have decided that getting the SUTs might put my vinyls' sou...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #12: Re: More scattered points by Bud on 2005-07-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Electro-Voice T350, T35, + Fostex tweeters. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  34 Replies 
I have a really barbaric suggestion... of course. I can set you up with 8 lLinaeum, soft, live horn, dipole tweeters. Stacking 4 per side should see you at 103 dB sensitivity and 8 ohms of impedence. You can stack them without interference diffr...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: A nice report by Wojtek on 2007-05-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The K&K SE hybrid phono stage: a report in Analog Playback  54 Replies 
Since I occasionally listen To K &K rakk dac unit and like it quite a bit I was looking at their phono stage for a long time. This phono stage is a little scaled down (in PSU) version of ART Audio Vinyl One unit which is very well regarded. Kevin...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: To See All the Cones Stacked on the Shelves by Paul S on 2013-04-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: An educational Eugenie’s installation. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  15 Replies 
may be to hear them in this case.  While there is actually some Tone, the whole does not seem to equal (let alone exceed) the sum of the parts.  Or, perhaps it does!  I would like to hear something more rigorous and complex than "the usual" music the...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: More about step up transformers by Antonio J. on 2005-01-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: More about step up transformers in Analog Playback  4 Replies 
I'm still puzzling about the thing of the TX-103. I've been talking to a friend who shares this absurd passion and I think is not a moron, and less ignorant than myself. He doesn't know the S&B stepup, but is using some Bertolucci transformers. D...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #12: Some notes on the S&B TX-103 "sound" by Thorsten on 2005-01-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Expressive Technologies SU-1 in Analog Playback  33 Replies 
Hi Roman,[quote user="Romy the Cat"] the S&B unfortunately does just gain, nothing else) but for the money S&B do OK. [/quote]Then it does exactly what is asked of it, I asked JB to design it for me PERSONALLY as a "wire with gain". I have be...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #12: Sceleton plinth TT by N-set on 2013-04-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: An educational Eugenie’s installation. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  15 Replies 
[quote user="Paul S"] I would like to hear something more rigorous and complex than "the usual" music the DIYers use to "prove" a design/system.[/quote]Was my thought too--"a girl with a banjo" audiopedophile(tm) crap.[quote user="Paul S"]Unusual TT!...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Guess what ,I built those too.... by Wojtek on 2007-05-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Zigmahornets Speakers: come up with a title on this topology... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  4 Replies 
Some years ago I've read on AA how great Ratt Shack 1197 (fostex f-103) drivers are (for whooping $2 a piece ), and some high-end German guys refuse to listen anything else than those Zigmahornet pipes. They are OK for background music and maybe for ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #29: The world is a disc by Stitch on 2009-10-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Denon 103: myths and the reality in Analog Playback  29 Replies 
I never knew, that the 103 fanatics are ruling the world (ok, not really, but they try) until I made the following: One of my friends had someone in his area who is a cartridge maker (or repairs them), I ordered 4 Denon 103 R w...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Matacic's non-complete discography. by Romy the Cat on 2006-12-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: If you are in Bruckner: Lovro von Matacic in Musical Discussions  18 Replies 
As far as I know the Matacic discography never was made available. A few weeks ago a fellow at other (more amorphous) forum – Mr.  Makopolus - published his list that I find worth to be preserved and publicized. So he is it: the Matacic discogra...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Real world 24 bit recording by tuga on 2009-03-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How many Bits needed for FM, the Accuphase T1000 dilemma. in Off Air Audio  6 Replies 
Hello Romy, While discussing SACD’s and DVD-A’s aledged superiority in a webforum a recording engineer posted his description of real world 24 bit recording. I don’t really feel like translating the whole thing but I’ll try to sumarize it in numb...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Re: Expressive Tech query by guy sergeant on 2004-08-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: My old Fi-Hi gear associations... in Audio Discussions  10 Replies 
Can't say I share your abhorrence of all thing silver. My experiences have been somewhat different. I wouldn't however want to be accused of blinkered partisanship towards any particular brand though so I'll say no more about (some of ) the AN s...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Musical (U)LF in the Home by Paul S on 2020-02-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Perception of bass? in Playback Listening  9 Replies 
Robin, your explication already includes a great sense of where you are and what you are after, and this should save you a lot of time. I like Romy's ideas as time savers, as well. On the hardware front, given what you say you are looking for, I thin...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #83: What to record? by manisandher on 2010-05-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Pacific Microsonics Model 2 in Didital Things  85 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Anyhow, start to record and you will love this processor even more.[/quote]I'd love to give this a go... I just need something worth recording!I have a good FM antenna on my roof and a half-decent tuner in the guise of a Ro...
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