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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #70: Naturally suck-sounding playback or Karaoke Playback Assessment by Romy the Cat on 2010-05-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Romy The Cat's new Listening Room in Audio Discussions  478 Replies 
Today is the last day of BSO season and the first day what my antenna is up and I might listen the BSO in it’s full glory. The azohen-vey Glory! I was listening the programs today before the live broadcast. It is not that I do not like the sound. The...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #13: Souls of tubes, Tone Control and midrange forwardness. by Romy the Cat on 2007-08-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Sakuma's Show in Audio Discussions  35 Replies 
[quote user="dazzdax"] Sakuma's idiosyncratic and esoteric way of thinking (he believes for example that tubes have a "soul") is not to everyone's liking. He is projecting his mind into a sort of tone control. At least for him this tone control bring...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #13: The computer audio gold standard... IMHO by manisandher on 2012-08-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Why I hate computer playback. in Didital Things  17 Replies 
Hi Currawong, thanks for sharing your experiences.My own computer playback journey goes back some 9-10 years ago when I started using a MOTU 896HD to interface a PC to my then Esoteric D70 DAC. And in the passing time the one thing I've learned about...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #629: The differences between… by Romy the Cat on 2010-12-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
[quote user="TonyB"]The differences between the battery operation and AC operation are to be expected.One case is isolated (hopefully) from AC, the other case is not. If anybody thinks otherwise,they are fooling themselves. [/quote] Tony, the fact is...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #337: The ultimate music room and the sound of silence. by oxric on 2012-05-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Romy The Cat's new Listening Room in Audio Discussions  478 Replies 
[quote user="RonyWeissman"]This is one of my favorite topics.  [/quote]I completly share this sentiment.There is clearly nothing nearly as important as the listening room itself and having the possibility of building a listening room from scratch is ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Who keeps the standards? Rise up! by N-set on 2011-07-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The mono cartridges paradox. in Analog Playback  11 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Did you try to buy a cartridge, recognize that you do not like something and to try to return it back? Good luck with it.I think in today would we lost the battle for cartridge QA and we need to knowledge that the industry ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #12: Nietzsche and Carnauba Waxes by Romy the Cat on 2009-07-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: What I am doing? in Playback Listening  15 Replies 
[quote user="Axel"] …  you have put one of his quotes under your post, so I guess you do. Despite not being inclined to take much note of anything other then your own 'philosophy', (which is fine), at least in this case you seem to do go with som...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: The commercial music servers. by Romy the Cat on 2008-01-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The commercial music servers. in Didital Things  36 Replies 
It is shame that in 21 century we have such mediocre, not to say moronic, park of music servers. Whoever does music servers t know stat a file server with uncompress 24-bit files is a phenomenal source of music. So, why we have not a lot of well-per...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #105: Virtual visit to Romy's setting up (part 2) by scooter on 2016-08-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A listening room for a domesticated Cat? in Audio Discussions  283 Replies 
This week Romy was kind enough to invite me over for a few days for some Apprentice work and philosophizing. As I alluded above, my Apprenticeship contribution consisted principally of moving some audio gear, searching for some esoteric stuff hidden ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #83: MTM and vertical hearing by drdna on 2009-02-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Aporia - Silbatone Acoustics speaker in Horn-Loaded Speakers  107 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]However, in audio the coordinate system is not geometry but hearing and human hearing is not equally-dimensional. Humans, juts because the position of ears on heard have much higher sensitivity to horizontal sound source he...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: Altec 19 in my home. by Romy the Cat on 2010-03-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Altec Model 19 in Boston. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  61 Replies 
OK, I have the Altec 19 delivered in my second un-useful living room. I plan to do nothing with them now and will play with them sometime on winter or if somebody will come with pre-payment. Altec 19 has one (ONLY ONE) sonic positive quality (bes...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: YL audio, ALE, GOTO, and Onken... good post. by Romy the Cat on 2006-09-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Orphean horns of bd design in Horn-Loaded Speakers  6 Replies 
[quote user="angeloitacare"] Of course, Avantgarde with their price tag never will be for mass consumption. I offered Holger then to see If I could commercialize his horns in japan, Do u know how much was the dealer price for a pair of trios at that ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: 176/24 track by DOT*SYSTEM on 2010-02-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Analog Transfer: the first draft. in Didital Things  19 Replies 
Romy I downloaded your file and burned a DVD-A which includes 176/24 Reference Recordings HrX demo files they once made available.   I listened to these on my OPPO SE which has an info display that verifies the recording sample rate, and also...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Some incomplete thoughts…. by Romy the Cat on 2011-12-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: What is High-End Audio? in Playback Listening  7 Replies 
The question I ask is a bit more loader than what appears at surface. When people who do not know me ask me what I do I say that I involved into (or practice) High End Audio but saying it I feel that myself I have different definition than it com...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #81: Interfaces, interfaces by Telstar 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="Romy the Cat"]  Telstar wrote: I am convinced that the soundcard/interface is the main cause of the inferior performance of HDD vs. CD. I disagree. The main cause of the inferior performance of HDD vs. CD is not the soundcard/interfac...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: How to start Classical Music by Romy the Cat on 2005-10-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to start Classical Music in Musical Discussions  3 Replies 
For Starters of Classical Music.By David King (Amphissa) SuggestionPick up a copy of a good introductory overview book, like Goulding's Classical Music: The 50 Greatest Composers and Their 1,000 Greatest Works which discusses many (not all) of the...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: CES and the "BEST digital on the planet". by Romy the Cat on 2005-12-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: CES – constant but fortunately final pain. in Audio Discussions  2 Replies 
Thanks, Steve, though I believe you forget to mention to the room number where Alex Peychevs will be demonstrating. [quote user="smilin"] His ideas, and products differ from yourself, but, ya gotta hear it to believe it.  He HATES all existing...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Re: Avantgarde, BMS and Orphean. by angeloitacare-idiot on 2006-09-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Orphean horns of bd design in Horn-Loaded Speakers  6 Replies 
Hi Romy a good sound in a room does not depend only on the speaker chain, but essencially also of the room acoustics. Probably many of the Trio systems didn’t sound right just because of that…. I was at Holgers Home in Lautersbach back in 94. He ha...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: The distortion of intention by Romy the Cat on 2020-02-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: More or less pleasure: wider implication in Playback Listening  7 Replies 
I think to a degree we misguided with our expectations as we feel that the answer is in directly heard sound. We attributed to sound some properties and we evaluating the properties are trying to make judgments about sound. I am taking now strictl...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #102: Mechanical differences Altec 288 versus Vitavox S2 what makes them tic... by morespeakers2 on 2013-02-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vitavox’s S2 Survival Guide. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  123 Replies 
So in an effort to learn something about the way the 288 and S2 sound the way they do, what do you suppose the mechanical differences in the construction of each driver that causes the differences in sound as they look so similar physically?  ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Understanding Line Array Systems by Romy the Cat on 2006-10-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Understanding Line Array Systems in Audio Discussions  0 Replies 
Understanding Line Array SystemsBy John Murray Behind the buzz, there are a lot of factors at work in line arrays. An explanation and comparison of current models. This discussion can’t be contained in just a few paragraphs, so we must start with th...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Belar fms-2 Vs. r&s msdc 2 fm stereo mpx - your thoughts by Eradikal on 2018-11-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Belar fms-2 Vs. r&s msdc 2 fm stereo mpx - your though... in Analog Playback  0 Replies 
Hi ,  Try to be short , so i will not bore you... I have  DISCOVERED fm  STEREO 2-3 YEARS AGO, i am not a tech guy , had rotel michi -10 ( nice but thin sound good highs though)  I had Grundig RT-50 ( marvelous SPECIAL SOUND ...
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