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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: The level was fine during recording. by Romy the Cat on 2010-02-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Analog Transfer: the first draft. in Didital Things  19 Replies 
[quote user="manisandher"]You beat me to it. I was going to post that I've never seen so many red LEDS light up on the Model Two! [/quote] This is the whole point of the experiment. I have absolutely no LEDS light during recording on Pacific a...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #35: BidaWright 2010? by Romy the Cat on 2010-01-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Museatex Bidat pages. in Didital Things  57 Replies 
Form email I got from John Wright “PS, In case you care, the Bidat gets better all the time with fresh updates ….I mean it will sound broken in comparison. I have made some very good changes to the power supply and the output stage that ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #104: No external clocks for me. by Romy the Cat on 2009-04-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to record FM broadcasts. in Off Air Audio  125 Replies 
No, I do not use external clock as I have only one digital devise in case of recording. When I record I use Pacific or Lavry internal clock as master and I always slave Lynx to my A/D. I use to run it independent and it was fine but then last ye...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #28: The 75R termination. by Romy the Cat on 2009-06-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Pacific Microsonics Model 2 in Didital Things  85 Replies 
 I see, I did not understood what you said as I was under impression that ANY I/O clocks must be conventionally 75Ohm terminated. Sure, Lynx id 75R terminated.  The page 24 … http://www.lynxstudio.com/manuals/AES16eUserManual.pdf ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #32: Kitty is chasing the firebird. 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 
Below is the very same fragment from the very same LP (also not original but re-issue).  The file is 88/24, FLAC compression.  http://www.mediafire.com/?bpgxdbru87fkx8x The sequence of signal is following: Ortofone Jubelee in SME 3012R ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #128: FM and electricity, sources and electricity by Romy the Cat on 2008-05-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
[quote user="Paul S"] I wonder how many cities have good FM programming and broadcasting?  Los Angeles was great, back when I lived in Venice, with interesting stuff going on around the clock.  San Diego is quite limited, and I get Bupkis f...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #880: The new PurePower 3000 by Romy the Cat on 2011-10-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
Ok, looking at the flawless performance of my PP2000 I decided to get the PP3000, which was ordered today: http://www.purepoweraps.com/pdf/USprices.pdf As I turn my entire playback on (phonostage and Pacific) I suck 96% from PP200...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #24: The mastering fools use… by Romy the Cat on 2009-06-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Pacific Microsonics Model 2 in Didital Things  85 Replies 
[quote user="manisandher"] Yes, please try this - I would be very interested in your experience. (Does your Lynx have built-in 75 Ohm termination?) .  [/quote] Yes, Lynx has 75R clocks in and out. http://www.lynxstudio.com/pop/produc...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #76: Computer transport by Telstar on 2009-06-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: High Quality Music Server / CD player in Didital Things  169 Replies 
[quote user="scooter"]* Regarding playback, I misspoke in my original post of an "Audiophile music server." Upon further reflection, this is an oxymoron, if not a moronic phrase. I think it is highly unlikely that a dedicated audiophile CD player w...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #80: PC grounding. by tuga on 2009-06-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: High Quality Music Server / CD player in Didital Things  169 Replies 
[quote user="Telstar"] scooter wrote:* Regarding playback, I misspoke in my original post of an "Audiophile music server." Upon further reflection, this is an oxymoron, if not a moronic phrase. I think it is highly unlikely that a dedicated audioph...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #14: My view over Analog vs. Digital... without BS. by Romy the Cat on 2009-04-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Analog vs. Digital... without BS. in Didital Things  23 Replies 
As I said: most debates on the subject that I ever heard so far are not accurate representation of Analog vs. Digital dilemma.  The same as the discussion in this thread about the “natural continuous process”, the “discrete process” and the “brain re...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: Some aged thoughts about TU-X1 by Romy the Cat on 2008-11-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: TU-X1 setup in Off Air Audio  16 Replies 
[quote user="drdna"] Honestly for now, the character of the tuner is unobtrusive enough that I notice mostly the problems I have with the preamplifier and the electricity. However, I would be interested about what you had thought at this point to be ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #22: Another 'boring' day with FM by Romy the Cat on 2011-04-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The best audio source EVER! in Off Air Audio  34 Replies 
I was sitting quietly and without bother anybody, listening my new discovered and wonderfully-different played Tosca by MTT and Hungarian State Symphony and suddenly I realized that it was Thursday evening and WCRB shall be broadcasting live from...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #24: Again and again, I am amassed. by Romy the Cat on 2011-06-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The best audio source EVER! in Off Air Audio  34 Replies 
I wrote about it many many times but it keep shook me, primary because it very much violates all intellectual provision I can extend against what I am saying. Today FM again flew my socks off and it was not special FM but objectively crappy FM. ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #37: A testimony from a site’s visitor. by Romy the Cat on 2010-01-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Museatex Bidat pages. in Didital Things  57 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] Form email I got from John Wright “PS, In case you care, the Bidat gets better all the time with fresh updates ….I mean it will sound broken in comparison. I have made some very good changes to the power supply and ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Re: You're probably looking in the right direction by jtavan on 2005-11-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to record FM broadcasts. in Off Air Audio  125 Replies 
It looks like you're looking at the right brands for ADC. It seems likely to me that getting proper A/D conversion is as hard as or harder than getting proper D/A conversion. I'm currently shopping for a good A/D converter for a number of purposes...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #22: Shedding some light by manisandher on 2009-04-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The BSO and Digital Music. in Didital Things  44 Replies 
I've just received a really interesting email from Mark Donahu,  Chief Mastering Engineer at Soundmirror. I really appreciate his taking time to reply to my query - they're obviously a decent bunch of guys there...PS. Sorry if this post is full of sm...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Much ado about upsampling ... by Romy the Cat on 2008-05-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Credibility of digital information in Didital Things  5 Replies 
[quote user="el`Ol"] ….I can´t say much about the dCS upsampler, because I only heard it in combination with a Lamm/Wilson combination that in my ears showed some surrealistic saccharine sweetness I found quite annoying. You mentioned some time that ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: The Lavry Gold DA924 ++ by Romy the Cat on 2008-03-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Lavry Gold DA924 ++ in Didital Things  25 Replies 
Wow, it is worth to live in Boston and have a day of miserable rain. I really like what I was getting with CD and I have a few very interesting results coming that should be even more exiting, at least one of them is more defiantly is very exciting ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: The truly amassing result with the New Lavry. by Romy the Cat on 2008-03-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Lavry Gold DA924 ++ in Didital Things  25 Replies 
I never hit such a huge jackpot as I just did with the Lavry DA-924. The most funny in that even that I did it absolutely blindly. I had some minor beef with DA-924 sound: upperbass/lower midrange and the slightly too much extended HF (very very clea...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #18: A controversial subject, at least to me. by Romy the Cat on 2009-06-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Pacific Microsonics Model 2 in Didital Things  85 Replies 
[quote user="manisandher"] What I'm having more difficulty with is playing 176.4/192KHz sample rate files with the Model Two in Master mode. The Model Two can only output a clock at 1x or 2x 44.1KHz or 48KHz. My AFI1 cannot double the clock frequ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #31: OK, it is over. Some preliminary follow ups. by Romy the Cat on 2008-05-31 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage in Analog Playback  310 Replies 
I spent a bigger part of day today to finish the “End of Life" Phonostage, there were many things to do but it is now over. Done! Complete! Amen! I it closed up and sat in it’s permanent place. A few observations looking back. First, I spent a LOT...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #28: Good Compression: Low Level Extension by Pacific? by Romy the Cat on 2007-09-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Attention Sound Engineers (compression and loudness) in Playback Listening  47 Replies 
I have to admit that I was experimenting last night with Pacific’s Low Level Extension and it was not bad at all. It would not be my last words as I would need the whole system up and running to see what is going on – the region where the Low Level E...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #20: Digital thoughts by peter foster on 2007-10-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: K-Stereo Ambience Recovery Processor in Didital Things  29 Replies 
Dear Romy,K-Stereo receives a digital data feed, performs a bit-rate conversion in preparation for internal processing, then as a last step optionally performs dither for the reduced word length digital output.  The machine contains an internal ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Does Reference Recordings go franchise? by Romy the Cat on 2015-02-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Does Reference Recordings go franchise? in Didital Things  0 Replies 
There was a Reference Recordings company that did some nice sound and sometimes, unfortunately much less frequently, some good music. The premises behind the Reference Recordings that they were pure PCM recording, uselessly done in 4x with Pacific...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #25: My PC Audio: the first summary. by Romy the Cat on 2005-11-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to record FM broadcasts. in Off Air Audio  125 Replies 
OK, it now looks like my dive in the world of PC is over and I pretty much know where I am staying. A well of so ago I was completely ignorant about the subject but now I could at least to understand what the common buzz-worlds means and able to ask ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: Some FM recording mambo-jambos by Romy the Cat 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 
[quote user="peter foster"] I would probably start testing using TU-X1 FM OUTPUT (FIXED) as a first option. [/quote] If you have the FIXED output then it is all “tweaking” that you need to do. Bothe of my TU-X1 were export version and both outputs w...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: FM and … cables… by Romy the Cat on 2009-04-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: FM and … cables… in Off Air Audio  4 Replies 
If you read my site or talk to me then you know that I am very much not a proponent to dummy idea of balancing specific problems of playback system by using specific complimentary cables. I always tend to use individually neutral components with ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #12: Re: Endless more digital .... by Romy the Cat on 2005-11-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to record FM broadcasts. in Off Air Audio  125 Replies 
[quote user="jtavan"] I would be interested to hear your reaction to the same CD ripped properly on a CD-ROM drive rather than recorded from SPDIF stream. If your transport is VERY good, they should be equivalent... but on damaged discs, or with bad ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Downgrading the Digital Multiplexing… by Romy the Cat on 2008-05-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The FM Stereo and Multiplex MPX decoders in Off Air Audio  12 Replies 
After exploring the options for Multiplexing decoding on digital domain I decided to downgrade this perspective for now. Here are some cone and prose of Digital Multiplexing as I can see them Pros: Ability to have better noise performance. This i...
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