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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: Somewhat similar question about bearing on 1500 by chaslieb on 2016-02-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Micro RX 5000 in Analog Playback  9 Replies 
I just acquired a Micro RX-1500. Without the platter on, the bearing unit turns very slowly suggesting a highly viscous oil. The spindle turns freely, but the feel to my fingers is like turning a spoon in honey. It undoubtedly will turn much more...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Fishing for Sound. by Romy the Cat on 2012-01-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The invisible sound barrier in Playback Listening  6 Replies 
Haralanov, What you are experiencing in my view is an inconsistency and confusion between listening of playback presentation vs. content of musical message. I know that it is fashionable among audiophiles to claim “not listening to audio but l...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: The Foolishness of Analog People by Romy the Cat on 2006-01-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Foolishness of Analog People in Analog Playback  56 Replies 
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 the preoccupation...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #231: Getting there... by Romy the Cat on 2017-10-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A listening room for a domesticated Cat? in Audio Discussions  283 Replies 
Spend a good few hour moving the boxes, connecting the cables and do other sort of things. Was looking for elegance and more symmetry. The objective was to put midbass channel between the main horn islands and set the horns, the midbass and LF in ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Dialog with Industry Rain by Romy the Cat on 2008-10-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Dialog with Industry Rain in Audio Discussions  3 Replies 
There were few exchanges in Lamm’s thread with Mike from Audio Federation referred here: http://www.GoodSoundClub.com/TreeItem.aspx?PostID=8460 http://audiofederation.com/blog/archives/502 The exchanges are nothing specials but I do feel that Mike...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: How to USE “Resonating Oops” in loudspeakers by Romy the Cat on 2007-02-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to USE “Resonating Oops” in loudspeakers in Horn-Loaded Speakers  184 Replies 
During the 2002 CES, late at night, a friend of mine demonstrate me something that was tying to address for a few years. It was a very different “tone” form a loudspeaker or I would rather say a different relationship between reproduced and auditable...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #19: Continuum turntable. by Romy the Cat on 2006-11-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Michael Fremer Continuums… in Audio News  54 Replies 
Mike at AudioFederation.com posted in his blog something that I feel should be expended upon. http://audiofederation.com/blog/archives/52 I meant to reply there but I never was able to find out how his login is working, so I decided to dump my comm...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #18: No title by Michaelz on 2007-03-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to USE “Resonating Oops” in loudspeakers in Horn-Loaded Speakers  184 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]  Michaelz wrote: Where does this come from? It coming from a danger that we all under what we think about those things. With all our desire to equate loudspeaker with a musical instrument this co...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #22: The double-layering horn speakers. by Romy the Cat on 2009-08-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The absolutely “best” material for horns construction. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  41 Replies 
I have no comments about it besides assuring that the company that state all of it does crap in term of Sound. Still, I find that the way in which they think about construction of the walls of their back-loaded horn worth very much attention. Tak...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Part 2 – Description and explanation by Romy the Cat on 2009-11-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Getting more from MF channel: AMI™ solution in Horn-Loaded Speakers  4 Replies 
Part 2 – Description and explanation Anyone who have ears and a rudimental mind to understand what ears register, and anyone among them who played with MF channels driven by SET, know that subject of SET loading is imperative. Let take for...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1593: PurePower, PurePowerAPS.com and Richard Janzen is a complete fraud by OracleAV on 2018-07-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
Contacted PurePower early 2017 and got a money-back guarantee to audition their PurePower+ 3000 Hooked up my Audio Research mono amps and powered on.   With the first mono amp on, PurePower started to generate this loud buzz from...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #22: A warning and disbelive... by Romy the Cat on 2017-07-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Deep End DIY - Australian take one Macondo. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  87 Replies 
[quote user="anthony"] You can see the little 2-way standmounts that I am currently listening to behind which are the 'wings' onto which I will build the DSET.   [/quote] This is perfectly fine but if you willing to experiment with any low pow...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #28: Disappearing digital players by steverino on 2019-06-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A CD player of today… 20 years after TL0 in Didital Things  32 Replies 
I agree with Romy that unfortunately playing files from the computer (regardless of how they were produced) is sonically worse than playing disks through high quali...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Copper Mat on a Micro Seiki Gun Metal Platter by Wellington on 2015-10-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Copper Mat on a Micro Seiki Gun Metal Platter in Analog Playback  122 Replies 
My first post here, although I have read some of the discussions on this site over the years. I wanted to share my experience with my Micro Seiki RX-5000 and resonance control of its heavy platter. I have seen posts here befo...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #33: Monday night :-) by haralanov on 2011-08-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Basic guide to advanced audio in Playback Listening  62 Replies 
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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1601: Regarding my terrible experience with Richard Janzen and PurePower, pu... by OracleAV on 2018-07-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
hi folks, especially drdna, Has anyone actually bothered to read my bad experience with Richard Janzen and PurePower, in https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/bad-experience-with-purepower-of-canada, before calling...
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