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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: No flywheel effects so far... by Romy the Cat on 2006-04-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: My Analog Playback: the fat lady has sung in Analog Playback  9 Replies 
[quote user="guy sergeant"]Did you notice any difference in the performance of records played on the SX8000 platter once the 5000 platter was running with it? Did the additional flywheel effect manifest itself in any way?[/quote]Guy, you are referrin...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #165: I did not buy. by Romy the Cat on 2014-05-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Ultimate Turntable in Analog Playback  220 Replies 
[quote user="dkarmeli"] What I called mental masturbation was the pretense to design of the ultimate turntable, not the musical experience or sound! [/quote]Well, neither you, nor me, nor anybody else at this site, nor anybody else who design turntab...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #30: apologies by guy sergeant on 2006-02-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A longer turntable belt. in Analog Playback  60 Replies 
Sorry, I have a better understanding of the purpose of this exercise now.Are you making 2 new platters or is one to be the existing Micro Platter?Given that your RX 8000 appears to have a platter made of phosphor bronze (gunmetal) what is your s...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #31: The revision is in a progress by Romy the Cat on 2006-02-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A longer turntable belt. in Analog Playback  60 Replies 
[quote user="guy sergeant"]Sorry, I have a better understanding of the purpose of this exercise now.Are you making 2 new platters or is one to be the existing Micro Platter? [/quote] Nope, juts adding RX-5000 platter and base to the existing RX-8000...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Fremer vs. Einstein vs. Ockham by Paul S on 2021-08-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: "New" TechDas Air Force Zero in Audio News  5 Replies 
I have a lot of respect for several TT designs, including the Micro 8000, for example; but I am very suspicious of this particular TT. The reason is that this TT appears to be more of an intellectual exercise than a "best solution" for the greater pr...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Micro Seiki RX-5000 Recommended Belt by rom661 on 2022-11-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Micro Seiki RX-5000 Recommended Belt in Analog Playback  3 Replies 
Hi.  I acquired and spent a lot of time on this guy over the last few months. I've installed a Dynavector 507 MK II tonearm and a Dyhavector XVS-1 cartridge.  I read Romy's comments that in his experience with the 8000 the belt doesn't affect the sou...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #73: Copper, assymetrical wearing and the theories. by Romy the Cat on 2008-06-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Ultimate Turntable in Analog Playback  220 Replies 
[quote user="hagtech"] I'm not convinced a constant side load on bearing is good.  It causes assymetrical wear.  Just seems to me a center balanced bearing with no lateral loads would be better.  Merely an intuitive hunch. [/quote] Ye...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #13: The Avocation by c1ferrari on 2014-04-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Another (outdoorsy) sweat spot? in Audio Discussions  17 Replies 
[quote user="steverino"]...reserved for the empyrean.[/quote]The...quixotic...quest ;-)...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Hypex user here by kodomo on 2017-07-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Hypex for ULF? in Didital Things  15 Replies 
I use hypex amp on my tapped horn (so ULF) and it is great. I use a plate version specifically built for sub duties. It has a 18db filter as well as a rotary phase knob which comes in handy! I have had no problems, and can not say its doing anything ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #51: Almost 4" driver by serenechaos on 2008-10-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s MiniMe or about Pilot Acoustic Systems in Audio Discussions  213 Replies 
How about the 4" Fostex FE108E?  http://www.madisound.com/catalog/index.php?manufacturers_id=131&sort=3a&page=1 It's only too big by 0.080", and if that bothers you, it would be easy to chuck by the magnet, & turn that off ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #46: Raw file Size vs Ripped Aiff file Size by Amir on 2018-08-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Windows Based Transport: A quiet and capable Source? in Didital Things  47 Replies 
un-compressed RAW file -> optical Disc -> Ripped File   putting RAW files on optical Disc is a process (it may be lossy, I don't know, Mark claims A disc containing 74 minutes and 33 seconds of music contains 6.3 billion bits. Of all those bits...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1523: For John by TonyB on 2016-01-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
John, Please drop me a line at tbombera (at) gmail (dot) com My previous attempts to contact you failed. Tony [quote user="JOHNR"]Paul,It would be improper for me to write down what I have worked on over almost 40 years in the telcoms busi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: I do not think so. by Romy the Cat on 2014-05-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: High End Munich 2014 impressions .... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  36 Replies 
[quote user="Stitch"]Well, there are different Models from Rockport out there .... and I also listened to the latest version Sirius III. Based on the technical specs (heavy 30 kg platter, air bearing horizontal, vertical) I thought it must be super s...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: Granite Sirius 3 by guy sergeant on 2014-05-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: High End Munich 2014 impressions .... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  36 Replies 
[quote user="Stitch"]Well, there are different Models from Rockport out there .... and I also listened to the latest version Sirius III. Based on the technical specs (heavy 30 kg platter, air bearing horizontal, vertical) I thought it must be super s...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #13: Audio always as a combo, never a list of components by twogoodears on 2008-08-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: ... again on GOTO Unit drivers... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  108 Replies 
Hi all... yes, a clean power is paramount for a clean sound... I run my turntable and pre-amp on batteries and the difference in sound is amazing, while I never used outboard filtering on amps, BUT I have a public mains transformer at 10 meters from ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #18: There is no such a thing as Walker sound. by Romy the Cat on 2012-12-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Holly Proscenium idiocy! in Analog Playback  23 Replies 
[quote user="RonyWeissman"]I heard this TT, it was magnificent, almost no coloration to speak of, dead dead quiet. Of course it wasn't plugged in and there was no tonearm or cartridge yet but man I loved the sound! Really whatnthe hell is everyon...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #102: The American swallowing? by Romy the Cat on 2013-01-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Ultimate Turntable in Analog Playback  220 Replies 
[quote user="Stitch"]1. No real world sorrows2. Next toy from the Adult Toy Store3. Satisfaction for the Ego for whatever reasonsIn a way you find all answers in your Article of "Foolishness of analog People" ....The big Seikis were never common ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: Trojan Horse Turntable by Lbjefferies7 on 2008-11-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Dynamic viscose stabilization of turntable’s platter. in Analog Playback  15 Replies 
A turntable that is attractive to Morons that just so happens to kill them off...HA!  Reminds me of the tantilizing glow of a bug zapper.  ZZZAP! There goes another one.It seems that a liquid driven/suspended platter would have to oppe...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #38: To talk or compare turntables.... by Romy the Cat on 2012-11-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Foolishness of Analog People in Analog Playback  56 Replies 
Stitch, I am not too familiar with the sound of contemporary TT and I am not necessary would discard them juts because they are contemporary. I still have that fantasy about some kind of flimsy, paper-made TT that for whatever reason do sound very go...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: TL-0 spare parts, investment by tokyo john on 2011-02-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: CEC TL0-X: by no means an in-depth review in Didital Things  17 Replies 
I came across a used TL-0 for sale yesterday (black version - looks nicer than current in my eyes). I listened to it through some 20k Accuphase amps and B&W 800D speakers, and the sound was very poor. Fortunately it sounded even worse when the TL...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: The Mocando and non-extended midrange. by Romy the Cat on 2010-05-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: "Seamless extended midrange" in Playback Listening  4 Replies 
[quote user="msaudio"]…. but it will never sound good until you have everything in the line of playback as close to original as possible. [/quote] This is very faulty premise, I multiple times objected it. The people who play live music, record i...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #141: A Few Points by dkarmeli on 2014-05-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Ultimate Turntable in Analog Playback  220 Replies 
1- Romy, a $200 microscope was shit 30 years ago when I bought mine and is still a piece of shit today. Manufacturing 5-10 SX-8000 type tables a year is inexpensive, its when you go to 50-100 units a year, AF1 market, that cost of operations escalate...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Money makes the world go round by Stitch on 2014-05-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: High End Munich 2014 impressions .... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  36 Replies 
Well, there are different Models from Rockport out there .... and I also listened to the latest version Sirius III. Based on the technical specs (heavy 30 kg platter, air bearing horizontal, vertical) I thought it must be super sonically. But when I ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #72: AF-1 by jam on 2017-10-29 
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 would agree that the RX-5000 has some advantage to the SX-8000 and I put the differences down to mainly the air bearing and construction of the platter which will cause softness and a lack of focus (some people may like this). To understand the u...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #188: Rolling the Dice by Stitch on 2019-04-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Ultimate Turntable in Analog Playback  220 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]It is interesting that you call $30.000 plus dollars  "super expensive". A few days ago somebody sent me a link to a review of a new TechDAS  turntable with a price tag of $380.000.  I wonder what kind adjectives would you ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #113: Try it first! by dkarmeli on 2014-05-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Ultimate Turntable in Analog Playback  220 Replies 
[quote user="Paul S"]This actually LOOKS like a well-thought-out TT. Too bad the "review" is so over-awed/fawning. I can hardly read it. My suspicions rise uncontrollably and cloud my thinking as the cost-is-no-consideration "solutions" are meticulo...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #13: Preorder your Hindenburgs by Romy the Cat on 2008-11-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Dynamic viscose stabilization of turntable’s platter. in Analog Playback  15 Replies 
[quote user="Lbjefferies7"] I do have an interest turntables now as I am looking to upgrade my sources (digital too). It is doubtful that I will go in such an insane direction...It would probably be much more valuable to dredge up an old RX-5000 or 8...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: The Turntables and their Prices by Romy the Cat on 2010-01-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Audio Note new turntable and inflation in Analog Playback  14 Replies 
[quote user="tokyo john"]Audio Note has released a turntable called the Ginga which costs 60 thousand US dollars in Japan. (if you google Audio Note Ginga images you will find it very easily).My first reaction was pure cynicism, as Audio Note doe...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Nothing will hurt those Micro Seiki by Romy the Cat on 2010-10-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: RX-5000 Thread tension. in Analog Playback  3 Replies 
[quote user="Ciampa"]Good anoon everyone,I am currently running an RY-5500/RX-5000 trough aramid thread. Was wondering wht wd be the ideal thread tension for the system. Wd it be better being tight or loose ? Both cases I get constant platter speed, ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #51: The Analog Manifest by Stitch on 2013-11-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Foolishness of Analog People in Analog Playback  56 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Epigraph"…just buy a used Micro Seiki and don’t worry about turntables anymore; built like a tank and sounds better than TTs costing over 30K USD.” Mr. Ikeda, of Ikeda / Fidelity Research The Main bitching It amasses me how...
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