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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #16: About voltage starvation of EAR-834P input stage. by Romy the Cat on 2008-06-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: About EAR 834P Modifications in Analog Playback  45 Replies 
[quote user="hagtech"]First, it seems like the tubes are starved.  They are running very low current.  The 12AX7 is also at low voltage.  I'm guessing they are running at about 0.3mA at 65V plate.  This operating point is way down...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #228: EAR polite recess by N-set on 2012-09-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage in Analog Playback  310 Replies 
As for the EAR834 Air itself, while calibrating I've noticed I always get a a delicate MF recess, no matter what I do:(neverming the HF roll-off--it's my cheap card, I'll scan it with SG505-HP400FL when I mount them)Can it be that this slight recess ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #24: EAR DAC 4 by Amir on 2016-04-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Really Expensive DACs? in Didital Things  29 Replies 
I recently ordered new EAR DAC 4 with EAR HP4 Headphone amp. I will report about it.EAR use Wolfson WM8741...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #25: The ET2+EAR-834PT and the ultra-dynamic softness. by Romy the Cat on 2008-05-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage in Analog Playback  310 Replies 
[quote user="Paul S"]I have had +/- the same thoughts about gear for some time.... [/quote]Yes, many of us in one or another state of our audio progress come to the desire to retire from specific audio desires but in my desire to retire my references...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: Phonostage: EAR-843PT-VV by Romy the Cat on 2006-02-13 
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There are many ways to deal with EAR-843PT. To my ears it works wonderfully, this in my case it coupled with Expressive Technologies ET2 transformer that probably takes in totally new league. I kind of so addicted to this transformer that I even run ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #13: ....deeper....or too deep.... by Andy Simpson on 2007-10-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Simpson Microphones thread. in Audio Discussions  45 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] (1)Interesting that you omitted in your response the “insultingly-extended HF”. I feel it one of the biggest problems as luck of “transients from distance” people foolishly substrates with a presents of bogusly-supplement...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: EAR 834P Modification Guide by Romy the Cat on 2006-02-09 
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The very much non-definitive EAR 834P Modification Guide by Loesch Thorsten Hi,Given that Romy already let the proverbial Cat out of the Bag (pun intended) I think I may have to make good here.... The EAR 834P is a very simple, but rather smartly ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: Positioning Distortion Hearing by Ronnie on 2007-05-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: About speakers Imbedded Macro-Positioning. in Playback Listening  15 Replies 
Now that you mention it, I'm not experiencing any of those distortion problems with this setup.The "breaking glass" sound seems to appear mainly when I'm listening to bandwidth limited speakers though.I have also noticed that it's only my left ear th...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: I've got one by yoshi on 2007-05-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: About speakers Imbedded Macro-Positioning. in Playback Listening  15 Replies 
I don't know what tinnitus is, but got a similar problem also on my left ear.  Sometimes it appears as ringing to certain frequency, sometimes it appears as a piercing distortion (like beaming).  First, I thought my ears got very sensi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #21: Cross Phase or simply head correct? by rowuk on 2018-10-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The open project: a lateral cross-injection. in Playback Listening  25 Replies 
When listening to stereo, we initially have 4 images to deal with. Th right speaker to the right ear, the right speaker to the left ear, the left speaker to the right ear and the left speaker to the left ear. Broader images can be made when we “cance...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #15: AMR DP-777 by Amir on 2017-02-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Abington Something = Abbingdon Music Research in Didital Things  14 Replies 
I think DP-777 sounds best when i turn off it's Jitter correction and i use bit Perfect I mode in 16bit 44.1khz mode.I think AMR DP-777 is very very good DAC but in my idea it is a-little bold sounding if i criticize tone.It sounds clear , very clear...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #34: My standing with stereo is very deliberate. by Romy the Cat on 2010-12-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A new 'chic' foolishness about mono systems in Audio For Dummies ™  48 Replies 
[quote user="AOK_Farmer"]Do you think you would lose the ability to hear stereo properly and that for the Van Gogh type person Mono is as sufficient as stereo? [/quote] Absolutely, a person with one ear do not need stereo. You can easily try it by co...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Smyth Research Realiser A8 by scooter on 2013-05-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Smyth Research Realiser A8 in Horn-Loaded Speakers  1 Replies 
I am stuck with headphones for a while. In my search for a decent system I bumped into some interesting and odd stuff. Smyth Research Realiser A8 is an sound processing product for headphones. The theme is that one can reproduce the sound of any syst...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: More transparent without volume control by Amir on 2017-03-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: EAR Yoshino DAC 4 by Tim Paravicini in Didital Things  24 Replies 
[quote user="xandcg"]For the record, and wide talking, the LampizatOr sound is on the same boat of Audio Note (UK).[/quote]Ear dac4 is not so transparent and it's volume control should be removed in my idea.I guess Audionote is good but it's sound is...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Please, stop to extend recommendations. by Romy the Cat on 2017-02-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: EAR Yoshino DAC 4 by Tim Paravicini in Didital Things  24 Replies 
http://www.computeraudiophile.com/f6-dac-digital-analog-conversion/ear-yoshino-digital-analogue-converter-4-digital-analog-converter-31735/#post638728 ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #24: Let it run run as it for a few month... by Romy the Cat on 2008-12-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: About EAR 834P Modifications in Analog Playback  45 Replies 
I do not have good-sounding high output cartridges; my most high-voltage cartridge is SPU MONO that is 3mV I believe. I have 5mV Grado $300 Platinum Ref that is high-voltage cartridge but is sounds not seriously. My desire to bring my 3mV SPU via my ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: My ways by unicon on 2010-09-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Primitive steps for standard sound in Audio Discussions  3 Replies 
[quote user="unicon"](I kindly ask to Do Not use this treat for selling purposes).Make two different cases in the way you have like tight budget and in other you have everything in hand and reasonable budget.[/quote]In my tight budget case it going t...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: Take the ear into account by unicon on 2011-08-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: About the pre-warming of playback in Melquiades Amplifier  13 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] noviygera wrote:I notice the same warming up effect on my system, takes a few hours. And I thought... could it be the speakers warming up? I tend to think that it is not speakers but electronics. At the upper MF my speaker...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: DAC 4 by Amir on 2017-02-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: EAR Yoshino DAC 4 by Tim Paravicini in Didital Things  24 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] http://www.computeraudiophile.com/f6-dac-digital-analog-conversion/ear-yoshino-digital-analogue-converter-4-digital-analog-converter-31735/#post638728 [/quote]OK, you can completely delete this post...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #23: EAR 834P without ET step up? by drdna on 2008-12-13 
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I recently could not pass up a good deal on a EAR 834P MM, so I will have the opportunity to compare it to my current phono stage. It is funny since I had planned to listen to EAR phono stage in my system about 10-15 years ago when I lived in Santa M...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #31: History of phono stage by drdna on 2008-12-14 
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[quote user="Paul S"]Adrian, I wonder how you wound up with the never-mentioned FET 10? I prefer it to the EAR 834 I heard. Is this another case where it's full of old caps? I would not be at all surprised if futzing with those caps might yield as ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: The unintended consequences of binaural things in Hi-Fi. by Romy the Cat on 2009-08-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The unintended consequences of binaural things in Hi-Fi. in Playback Listening  1 Replies 
The last year there was some chatter up about artificially created so called “digital drugs”. If you are not familiar with it get familiar here for instance: http://www.usatoday.com/tech/columnist/kimkomando/2008-08-07-digital-drugs_N.ht...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #20: Some spaghetti of thoughts: distortions, 834 by Romy the Cat on 2006-03-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: To drive the 6C33C... in Melquiades Amplifier  65 Replies 
[quote user="hagtech"] After many years, Romy has come to enjoy this style of amplification.  If I read his words correctly, the sound of these machines brings him more emotion and connection with the music and musicians.  An admiral goal.&...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #12: Re: Demoralizing Baby Melquiades Experience so far. by jamesrm618 on 2006-01-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Headphone amplifiers. Baby Melquiades? in Melquiades Amplifier  27 Replies 
I wonder if this will resemble your final results :) Regards James...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #255: Stronger preamp by ArmAlex on 2017-11-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A listening room for a domesticated Cat? in Audio Discussions  283 Replies 
Dear Romy,Try EAR 312. it may help....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Earl Geddes: I can't here you but hear is link to book by Duke on 2005-11-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Earl Geddes: I can't here you but hear is link to book in Audio Discussions  1 Replies 
i know you are saying something Romy but i cannot ear you la la la la  i am listening to my happy Sound Labs speakres and i am so peaceful la la la  maybe now you are listening too so you cannot here me either la la la la  no...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: Using Visual Aids to Get Started by Paul S on 2013-10-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: USB microscope for setting VTA in Analog Playback  18 Replies 
In another thread here, I discussed how I developed an "empirical" VTA system for my very "sharp" stylus. With it I can adjust the tonearm height relative to measured record thickness, which I found varies close to 3X, from the thinnest to the th...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #142: From an experienced TAD (TD2001) user... by Paul Butterfield on 2008-04-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The most promising “best” commercial speaker in Horn-Loaded Speakers  192 Replies 
Hi Romy, 'tis been awhile, but my friend Neil alerted me to this discussion, and thought I might contribute to it. While this segment of my TAD 'Whitepaper' deals with only the bugscreen, there are many other …" evolved results…" that, to my ear, and...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Here's where I stand now and what my future goals are by SearcherOfBetterSound on 2007-04-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Interested in reading more of your headphone experiences in Audio Discussions  11 Replies 
Hmmm...let's see, I'm pretty young, to the point where I don't have any major source of money income, so I do with what I can when I can and want to, just like many other suffering young and/or poor audiophiles. It's like this, I don't listen to any ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Cheap and decent commuter earbuds by scooter on 2015-07-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Those little headphones… in Audio Discussions  3 Replies 
Ha! Maybe I can help. I lived in Tokyo for a few years and tried to find the "perfect" commuting earbuds. Tokyo's "Best Buy" type electronics stores are huge and typically stock 100s of different models. There are also two large headphone specialty s...
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