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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: Talking about the Audio Esperanto… by Romy the Cat on 2005-01-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Speakers: a hi-fi disaster. in Audio Discussions  22 Replies 
Max, if you do admit an existence of “higher order language” then why you disagree that “a serious playback might generate a “very serious semantics”? An exposure to a “very serious playback” is an experience and we human tend to react to own spark...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #68: Yellowish vs.blueishness and Vivaldi. by Romy the Cat on 2005-08-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vitavox’s S2 Survival Guide. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  123 Replies 
[quote user="Bud"]I actually prefer the essence from the other end of summer, that wet, clear water running sound, so exuberant and hopeful ... though autumnal music has its own joys.. you only need encounter Vivaldi's  Four seasons portrayed by...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Fremer's blindness and Graham’s objectives… by Romy the Cat on 2005-12-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Eq for 78's in Analog Playback  5 Replies 
[quote user="guy sergeant"]The highly recommended one over here is the Graham Slee Jazz Club.  http://www.gspaudio.co.uk/preamps/jazzclub.htm[/quote]Hm, this Graham is certainly sounds attractive but there is something in there that very-very mu...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #20: Re: Better among worst? by Thorsten on 2005-11-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Passive transformer based preamp in Audio Discussions  41 Replies 
Hi,[quote user="morricab"]the unit I tried (the Sonic Euphoria passive) did not live up to my hopes.[/quote] Given my somewhat loose but existing ties with S&B and with Music First Audio I need to be careful what I am saying. But let me suggest...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: The "wrappers" and the DpoLS-Readiness... by Romy the Cat on 2005-11-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Be careful: Imaging vs. Compression in Playback Listening  23 Replies 
[quote user="hifitodd"] I am interested in how you personally discovered dpols for your own personal reference.  You Say:  If this is the case, then how did you first come about dpols?  Given that DPoLS cannot be "stumbled upon". [/quo...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #14: a healthy divide by Dominic on 2006-12-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It takes balls to shop (never mind the nuts) in Playback Listening  24 Replies 
"Once again, it would not be the unified answer and it all depends HOW YOU USE IT. " You might built better audio or learn to develop more sensitive perception and you end up with the same results. This why I, staring from a certain level, refuse ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Summary: my/your audio: year by year by Romy the Cat on 2006-12-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Summary: my/your audio: year by year in Audio Discussions  45 Replies 
The good thing of having own dairy-oriented site is that I can look at what I was positing during the year and to have good grip of what was going on over the passed year. Still, although everything is on the surface, I would like to bring up few bri...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Observation from 2006: Super Milq advancements by Romy the Cat on 2007-01-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Summary: my/your audio: year by year in Audio Discussions  45 Replies 
First major audio observation that I made is that my Super Melquiades should be revised. After a year and a half of using the amp I came across to some conclusions that outlined the prospective changes in my DSET. 1) The phase inverters after...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Jerk’s reply by Romy the Cat on 2007-02-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: hello cats...meow. in Site Support Forum  2 Replies 
[quote user="enjoy_the_music"]Evening cats on the tiles,What a great website...first post here, if i am supposed to post elsewhere then apologies!Hopefully i can learn a lot here! CheerioRichard[/quote]Richard, welcome. If you fell that this site is...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Tannoy Red 1960s: some sober reality by Romy the Cat on 2007-02-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Tannoy Red 1960s: some sober reality in Audio Discussions  10 Replies 
As some of you know I’m playing last couple days with Red 10” Tannoys from 60s. My selection of 10” was not accidental -I would like to get as less as possible of that “Tannoy bass” but I did run very far  the “Reds” turned out to have 27Hz open...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #47: The leaked S2, one step forward & two back by Romy the Cat on 2007-08-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Adding one more spherical to Macondo. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  92 Replies 
Thanks, Jessie. I just will buy that Beswick Engineering valve, it looks like it is the right size and it look like it will do what I need I made some experiments applying large gaskets to cover of the back chamber. I used a gaskets up to 12 mm but ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: The Sound assessment recordings. by Romy the Cat on 2007-05-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Sound assessment recordings. in Musical Discussions  0 Replies 
“…stop by and bring some of your music….” – how many times we hear when we invited to listen someone’s playback.  I am sure all of us have a selected favorite recording to assess playbacks and I would like to share some of mine that I have been ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Cessaro speakers and some other tidbits by morricab on 2007-06-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: My feelings about new exciting audio products in Audio Discussions  25 Replies 
Hi Romy, I recently heard the smallest Cessaro and while I felt that the bass was not adequate for long term satisfaction it was also not a total disaster.  From the midbass on up; however, the speaker is simply superb and one of the very best h...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #13: moreover by Dominic on 2007-02-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Starting from scratch - new amps new system in Audio Discussions  18 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]No, you did not do before and you are not doing it still. I think the problem with that you are expressing is that you have no desire to EXPLAIN FOR YOURSELF what you do.  Forgot about the amplifiers, speakers and the ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: What the Audio Neutrality deals with. by Romy the Cat on 2007-04-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: About the Audio Neutrality. in Playback Listening  12 Replies 
It is absolutely amassing how many audio people misunderstand Audio Neutrality. The Audio Neutrality is one of the most import moments of audio reproduction and still it is misunderstood. Not good! The very first step to begin understanding of real ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: “Easy come, easy go” sound... by Romy the Cat on 2006-03-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Fun with transformers? in Melquiades Amplifier  7 Replies 
[quote user="AnonymousUser"]Fourth - What DCMB has achieved ?  a) simplicity  b) speed   c) no frequency discrimination  d) wider frequency range  e) suppression of the PSU noises ( I owe this claim to a Canadian fr...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: More of the keys for High-End by Romy the Cat on 2006-06-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: High End Audio and musical content. in Playback Listening  8 Replies 
[quote user="deemon"]But here we have an interesting question . Imagine two persons - the first man likes classic music and don't likes rock , and the second - likes both . And they tries to make their systems using this concept - "good performa...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #16: Speakers positioning and listening objectives by Romy the Cat on 2006-02-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Be careful: Imaging vs. Compression in Playback Listening  23 Replies 
[quote user="Hugh"]The rewards of ideal speaker placement is something I've experienced as well and perhaps is related to DPLOS or possbily audio-moronism.  While not easy to find or predictable between speaker brands the result is consistant.&n...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #32: Re: Better among worst? by Thorsten on 2005-11-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Passive transformer based preamp in Audio Discussions  41 Replies 
Hi,[quote user="morricab"]Hmmm....I guess I can't really see that unless you are enjoying a particular coloration you are getting from the TVC.[/quote] Nope. On this you are wrong. Based on direct bypass tests the TVC's I USE (that is the specif...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #26: K-Stereo vs. not K-Stereo: some notes. by Romy the Cat on 2007-11-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: K-Stereo Ambience Recovery Processor in Didital Things  29 Replies 
Eventually I spant last nigh 3 hours to listen the Peter’s K-Stereo processed CD’s and took some notes, Below are some real-time comments of this listening session. Playlist 06; Song 01.Track 1; 17:27.Serge Koussevitzky, Boston Symphony Orchestra.Tc...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: The mystery of reversed imaging. by Romy the Cat on 2007-11-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The mystery of reversed imaging. in Playback Listening  2 Replies 
I have been observing these phenomena for years and I have no explanation for it. Not that I requires any explaining, BTW… Pretend that you have a stereo installation where right and left channels produce absolutely symmetrical acoustic output. A sl...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #38: Near end-of-the-project gift. by Romy the Cat on 2007-09-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 6 Channel Version of Super Melquiades in Melquiades Amplifier  131 Replies 
This weekend the new 6-chenal Milq is not finished yet design-vise but functionally is already “there”. The amp was good enough to play with other 3-chenal Milq. Firstly for the last month I was able to listen full stereo from Macondo…. I spend some ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: Computer transport and DAC by Telstar on 2008-02-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The commercial music servers. in Didital Things  36 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] Yes, the enclosure something like this, thanks for tip, miab, but it opens a door for desire more. A good box with fanless operation, 1920 x 1200 pixels touch-screen, 6 hard-drives, remoter control, $650 price tag is...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Forget about music. by Romy the Cat on 2008-01-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How we "think" about audio in Playback Listening  2 Replies 
James, forget about music, music and audio are separate entities in they should be treated separately. I have written a lot about it before. In the realm of pure audio “it” exists as a moment of realization. The entire truth however about the “it” ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Montreal, the Avantgarde and those French Canadian petite.. by Romy the Cat on 2008-03-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Festival “Son & Image” in Montreal in Audio Discussions  17 Replies 
[quote user="Alex Yakovlev"]I am going. Driving from NJ, can pick you up on my way. That is if you can tolerate audio nut with a stick shift.[/quote] Thank, Alex.  I have no problems with stick shift, I drive myself stick shift. As I understand...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: The foolishness of multiple playback systems. by Romy the Cat on 2008-04-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The foolishness of multiple playback systems. in Playback Listening  0 Replies 
Glancing a few days back over the latest TAS magazine I come across at the first pages Robert Harley’s article about a Asian guy who has zillion turntables, speakers setups and listening rooms in his home… Robert, wrote in his blog about that guy: “T...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #30: Different animals all together… by Romy the Cat on 2008-07-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: We who are about to die... (a cable thread) in Audio Discussions  54 Replies 
[quote user="Gregm"] Why on earth would anyone want to attempt that? First of all, the only sensorial connection between reproduction & actual event is auditory. Not one of the other senses participate in the reproduction! Moreover, you do not ha...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: The Music! by scooter on 2008-07-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Philosophical approach to build up a good audio system in Playback Listening  4 Replies 
Dear Romy and Adrian: Thank you for taking the time to contemplate my inquiry and respond in such detail. I am just outside of Boston, and agree that the local FM menu is quite good and is a great way of discovering new music; reception is always...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: My today’s views on LP culture and my audio habits. by Romy the Cat on 2008-08-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: My today’s views on LP culture and my audio habits. in Analog Playback  24 Replies 
It has been changed. Looking at the extend of my record collection, the efforts I went with my TT setup and my “End of the Life Phonostage” it would be hardly expected from me to be somebody else a die-hard vinyl dude but it is what it is. Those feel...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Audio or porn? by twogoodears on 2008-08-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: ... again on GOTO Unit drivers... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  108 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] Yep, Stefano, it looks like we do have similar views about the subjects we touched. Let go back to exploring one of the terra incognito of compression driver – the sound of Goto. The reason I ask is because no one talk a...
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