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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #44: Romy a few years back… by Romy the Cat on 2013-08-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Bruckner and women in Musical Discussions  46 Replies 
Amy and I got today email from a local audio guy with the subject “Romy, a couple years back”. It had just one image attached....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #14: Behold the only thing greatest than yourself by Jorge on 2014-11-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Who inherit Mocondo or another Mini-Me. in Site Support Forum  42 Replies 
Congratulations to you and Amy!I have a boy 8 and a 3 year old girl, you will not belive you can love somebody this much!Be ready for a lot of sleepless nights and enjoy every minute of it....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Multiple factors.... by Romy the Cat on 2013-08-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to train respect audio listening? in Playback Listening  18 Replies 
[quote user="noviygera"]I think most people, as audience find fascination in unusually capable performance of the performers, as in a live music event. So if there is no performer there is nothing to give homage to, really. Other than good reproducti...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #377: Congratulations by Jorge on 2012-08-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Romy The Cat's new Listening Room in Audio Discussions  478 Replies 
First of all congratulations, I am very happy for you and Amy!  I think hard wood floors is a good idea,  acoustically you will find a way to deal with sound.If you put the Melqualdes in the basement you can put a smoke detector very close and maybe ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: Yes, this is an interesting angle. by Romy the Cat on 2013-11-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Trading cable elevators for spare space. in Audio Discussions  11 Replies 
[quote user="steverino"]Well, the circle is unbroken. Romy started his audio journey in a basement somewhere tinkering with this and that. He rose for a time into the light and now has descended once more. However this time it is called the Bunker. W...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #154: Macondo and wife satisfaction. by Romy the Cat on 2017-04-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A listening room for a domesticated Cat? in Audio Discussions  283 Replies 
Amy last night delivered the most brutal insult of my playback I have heard for years. Usually I very much like when stupid internet audio with audio IQ leas size of own shoe to “criticize” my playback. This is real fun to hear them and it is a re...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Prokofiev by Romy the Cat on 2021-11-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Prokofiev in Musical Discussions  14 Replies 
Why are so much don't like him. Sitting tonight at second violin concerto beautifully played by  Stefan Jackiw and just really really don't like his music. Brahms 4 going to be in the second part of the concert, I will be recovering. Amy is playing.....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #108: Space behind by Romy the Cat on 2016-08-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A listening room for a domesticated Cat? in Audio Discussions  283 Replies 
My Boston listening room was relatively high on absorption. It sounded spectacular despite of it but it was small. By last listening room was also slightly over damped, not as much as by Boston room. That was before Amy. As Amy moved with me she b...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Using chairs as phase randomizer? by Romy the Cat on 2013-05-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Using chairs as phase randomizer? in Playback Listening  1 Replies 
Amy told me that when she first time visited me my room appeared to her like an interrogation facility: large room with bunch of equipment and a single chair in the middle. I understand where she got the idea from but I loved that free standing s...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Bose SoundDock Devil Machine. by Romy the Cat on 2012-12-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Bose SoundDock Devil Machine. in Playback Listening  1 Replies 
As Amy moved in a few month back I inherited her Bose play station. http://www.amazon.com/Bose-SoundDock-Series-30-Pin-Speaker/dp/B001DLTDQC/ This radio is a platform for iPad and active speaker. Since we have two home we now own ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #73: Another incredibly stupid Lamm ML3 review by Romy the Cat on 2013-08-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Lamm Industries: a special interview with a special company in Audio News  97 Replies 
The last nigh we went to book store – the wify wanted to buy UK traveling guide and I glanced the September Stereophile magazine. It had two interesting artless – Art Dudley look like publicly was loosing his virginity about horns and Mike Framer had...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #369: Improvement by skushino on 2012-08-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Romy The Cat's new Listening Room in Audio Discussions  478 Replies 
Bravo, and well done.  Your room has taken a leap forward in aesthetics, losing the geeky bachelor audio lab look, and gaining warmth and social interaction.  I'm envious of your regular access to live chamber music via Amy and her friends.  The reso...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #234: Great Morning!!! by Romy the Cat on 2017-10-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A listening room for a domesticated Cat? in Audio Discussions  283 Replies 
God, I having fun like at “old time”! Woke up at 4am today, was not able to sleep. Turned the playback, cleaned the room and set the DAW to stream the Bayreuth festival 2017. The ABC is broadcasting tonight the August 3 live recording of Götterdämmer...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #13: They say it is 2hr ride… by Romy the Cat on 2013-08-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Kitties go to London in Audio Discussions  92 Replies 
Amy the Kitty last night was purring, purring and then asked me if I want when we have a free day in London to make a short ride to Paris. I kind of perplexed with it. I do not have a special feeling about Paris; I was there and it was a nice city, s...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #61: Bye-bye England by Romy the Cat on 2013-09-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Kitties go to London in Audio Discussions  92 Replies 
We left England, talking a long route to Scotland across Cambridge, York  and all the way north to Loch Ness. Love England and absolutely fall in love with London. The last few days we spent in London did explained to me why Amy consider London the b...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #65: Scots terminolgy by JJ Triode on 2013-09-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Kitties go to London in Audio Discussions  92 Replies 
Romy, the world is kilt.  Not skirt. Kilt.  The Scots will turn YOU into a haggis if they catch you mixing that up.Seriously, It's nice you posted a picture with Amy.  Now when you mention her we'll have an image to go with the name.You mentioned bag...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #17: Dood eyes! by Romy the Cat on 2017-06-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Bruckner Ninth and the War. in Musical Discussions  20 Replies 
Yep, that was the Kitty, good eyes.  She played the last viola chairs. This position is not exactly the reflection of her play but rather the status she negotiated for herself in the orchestra. In contrary to most of the BPO musicians she does not ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: A “pocket version” of Bruckner. by Romy the Cat on 2017-11-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A “pocket version” of Bruckner. in Musical Discussions  6 Replies 
Last week Amy and I went to listen BSO under Andris Nelsons to play Bruckner 4. It was OK concert. BSO is not really Bruckner-type ensemble and Nelsons is too young to be “interesting” Bruckner interpreter. Still, there were some good moments t...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #21: The lovable Romy by rickmcinnis on 2018-04-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Bruckner Ninth and the War. in Musical Discussions  20 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]JJ, do not even think that you can find Amy by investing 30 seconds of picture standing. It took for me 44 years to find her.[/quote] Made me smile.  Sorry i did not notice this thread before....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #28: My woman is getting closer... by Romy the Cat on 2013-07-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Bruckner and women in Musical Discussions  46 Replies 
God! I am opening a new perspective in the site:  I can get the tobacco recommendation. :-) Funny, funny, as now I am in JFK, expecting my fly to Rochester, NY. Amy emergency dispatched me to help her to couple with some kind of problems that he is e...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #12: Congrats by steverino on 2021-10-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Boston and Bruckner in Musical Discussions  13 Replies 
Best wishes for Amy, Unfortunately Bruckner did not write great parts for violas generally. ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: Another great thread here by clarkjohnsen on 2013-08-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to train respect audio listening? in Playback Listening  18 Replies 
Hey Romy, does Amy read this? That would be a nice way of communicating the problem.Hmmm.... RoAmy?Roamy?Ramy?Anyway... I have a friend who's arranged a signal for his wife to leave him the f. alone -- a hat or cap on while in the house. She had some...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #64: ATTN: free Bruckner 7 tonight in NY - Concertgebouw in Carnegie by Romy the Cat on 2013-02-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Bruckner, me and the Seventh in Musical Discussions  81 Replies 
We upgraded our seats for Valentine's Day - two free tickets balcony center up for grabs if anyone can use them. Email the site. Cheers, Amy the KittenPS Romy says offer only good if you didn't vote for Romney....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #22: It might be good Bruckner 4 tomorrow… by Romy the Cat on 2013-03-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Bruckner and women in Musical Discussions  46 Replies 
That  Bruckner 7 on Valentine Day was not good. Mariss Jansons does not “get” Bruckner and Royal Concertgebouw played not well. However, tomorrow the retched Carnegie Hall has an opportunity to recover itself.  Amy and I visit tomorrow New York with ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Buckner and Sun by Romy the Cat on 2013-06-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Buckner and Sun in Musical Discussions  0 Replies 
Kitty and me are spending time in Arcadia National Park. We just returned from top of Cadillac mounain were we saw a wonderfu Arcadia sunset. Sure, being us we played Bruckner and Amy, considering the sunset picked the adagio from the Seventh. What s...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: No risk but fun by Stitch on 2011-06-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Ortofon MC Anna cartridge “Inspired” by Netrebko in Analog Playback  6 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]It is interesting to see where the Ortofon new move will lead and if it has any following.Rgs, Romy the Cat[/quote]I think, it is special for European marketing. They think Classic music is normally for a Listener, who does...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #399: The comming weekend by Romy the Cat on 2012-09-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Romy The Cat's new Listening Room in Audio Discussions  478 Replies 
This weekend I will eventually setup the playback back to the operational state. It has been for 2 weeks and I am not playing my Bruckner on the big system and I kind of missing it. I am still not at ease with the new speaker positioning. Amy wants t...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #429: Domestic games by Romy the Cat on 2014-10-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Romy The Cat's new Listening Room in Audio Discussions  478 Replies 
The last month was strange. We undergo a minor house overhaul. It started from the fact that we looking around the house and discoed two extra bedrooms that we did not exist. The result was kind devastating – we completely remap the rooms of the h...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #14: Very nice… by Romy the Cat on 2014-05-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Another (outdoorsy) sweat spot? in Audio Discussions  17 Replies 
This is what I did: got 75 feet of 3.5mm cable and put the Bose SoundDeck radio in this cable, running it from my main system’s preamp. I need to tell that the sound of that Bose radio when it run by line input is not even near the same as running it...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Compromise Bayreuth by Goetz on 2013-02-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Wagner and loudness. in Playback Listening  5 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Wagner subject is very interesting. I never was inBayreuth. Amy kind nagging me that we need to go to inBayreuth but if we got o that part of the world then there is so much wonderful places in there that I would love to vi...
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