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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1667: The voodoo or not the voodoo. by Romy the Cat on 2019-08-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
I do not defend Amir’s observations and I also do not take his comments seriously. I have no idea what he is taking about ground loop, not sure that he has an idea BUT I do agree that separation of power cables from each other after the generato...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #47: Gryphon Trident 3way EAR 861 Amplifier AMR DP-777 CEC TL1 by Amir on 2019-07-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Any good sounding AES/EBU interfaces out there? in Didital Things  53 Replies 
[quote user="Wojtek"]In regular off the shelf hi-fi system , be it a total lack of LF in your speakers or the "pinch"  of dome tweeters or the midrange mud. Romy like all of us throws money on the problem and he usually chooses  well regarded and...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #22: I think you have a HF loop… by Romy the Cat on 2009-04-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Lavry Gold DA924 ++ in Didital Things  25 Replies 
Jp, I think what you do is wrong. The ferrites that you use on the picture are worthless as they will not be having much coupling between the cable and ferrite cores. You need to block entry to Sansui for HF noise. The noise might enter via power cab...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Debuging a completely unknown system... by Axel on 2009-08-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Attempt of a playback systems debugging. in Audio Discussions  5 Replies 
can this be anything else but futile?1) If analogue the first thing be the cart, if digital the payer?2) If analogue the phono cable being the MOST important one in the whole system, and could yield some noticeable improvement.3) Has the system got a...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #328: Some winter observations. by Romy the Cat on 2011-11-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Romy The Cat's new Listening Room in Audio Discussions  478 Replies 
This year is the first winter that I live with this new listening room. Last winter the playback was up and I still was playing with minor arrangements of my ULF channels, cable and a few other things. For many months I do pretty much nothing with my...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1231: Risky business by N-set on 2014-02-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
Thanks all for the replies! Looks like a very risky business.Given the work involved and highly unsure effect, I'll happily skip the shielding. Your comments suggest that the high capacitance line to ground (which the shield would happily provide) is...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1899: Yes Sure by Amir on 2023-02-20 
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[quote user="rowuk"]The whole idea of an earth wire is a path to ground if something fails in the unit. In most countries the (metal) case is attached to this pin on the power connector.It is incredibly stupid (and in many countries illegal) to lift ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1710: Hum by PurePower on 2020-11-06 
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Almost all such hum finds its way into your audio signal path through a ground loop, although it is technically possible for AC 50/60 cycle hum to enter from adjacent unshielded power cables. Make sure the AC cable to the phono is well shielded and i...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #25: I use them happily by miab on 2009-10-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Any good sounding AES/EBU interfaces out there? in Didital Things  53 Replies 
Yes I do use them for both my Bidat and battery power Idat/M both reworked by John (BTW Idat/M has some performing benefits over the Bidat in my experience). The Synapse cable does have the special qualities mentioned in this thread.I had considered ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #18: Higher power cpu by Amir on 2017-03-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Why I hate computer playback. in Didital Things  17 Replies 
[quote user="manisandher"] Amir wrote:Please share more information about your PC.Amir, I have two PCs for purely audio purposes - one for my main listening room and one for my home office. The former was built commercially by Phasure (http://www.pha...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Mistery by Jorge on 2014-12-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Does high-sensitivity speaker need a high-sensitivity tweete... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  4 Replies 
Tweeters are a real mistery.  Some should sound great and they dont, and some never will.I think you do need a lot of dynamics even at 10khz in order to get those sparkling highs that really jump out like the real cymbals and other crashing metals! O...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Hagerman's got other great tools... by darkmoebius on 2007-01-31 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Do not touch that used tonearm! in Audio For Dummies ™  7 Replies 
"Jim Hagerman that is posting at this site has an absolutely ridicules devise...The ridicules in this devise its amassing effectiveness and absolutely insulting price. In fact over my entire audio life I hardly had so many benefits for $50 I spent...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Good one by anthony on 2021-08-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Some thoughts about bass in high-end audio. in Audio Discussions  4 Replies 
Thanks for this one Romy, very interesting...it sorta ties together several things that I have been thinking about lately.  I guess I am lucky that the Bass Cannons can be run off 9w from the DSET bottom channel and from memory I get about 115dB at 1...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #16: Signal strength by peter foster on 2008-07-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Where the FM quality comes from? in Off Air Audio  22 Replies 
The station that I most listen to is 105.9 MHz that broadcasts from one location 50 miles away at 100kW power and that is detected by 2 FM aerials mounted as a parallel array with rotator and ~ 40 feet of coaxial cable to the TU-X1.  T...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Re: Grid bias power supplies by Romy the Cat on 2006-02-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Grid bias power supplies in Melquiades Amplifier  3 Replies 
Floyd, Regardless your preamp uses output coupling cap you would still need a positive supply. Positive supply compensates the negative DC voltage at the amp’s input. Theoretically if you do not connect or disconnect the cable between your preamp an...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Melquiades For Dummies™ - planning and ordering parts step. by Romy the Cat on 2007-10-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Melquiades For Dummies™ - step by step. in Melquiades Amplifier  28 Replies 
Here is the general specification for the parts that I used. The selection of the parts implies some liberty of course. It will be your amp after all, not mine - do whatever you wish. In some case when I feel that requirement is critical I will stres...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: The Melquiades’ loading resistor. by Romy the Cat on 2007-10-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Bias help in Melquiades Amplifier  96 Replies 
[quote user="cb"] Also i stick a 30k resistor in R3 and the results are very good.  [/quote]R3 is Milq’s loading resistor and it hardly to do anything with amp itself. Milq has own input loading is floating on the bias chains  and it has a ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #23: My Bidat experience by Vance on 2008-04-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Museatex Bidat pages. in Didital Things  57 Replies 
I was so glad to stumble on to this site. It's amazing!I've been a Bidat owner since 1995 and I had the latest mods done by John Wright a year ago. Romy, it takes several months for those blackgate caps to fully calm down, but you are in for a t...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Disregard Digital with Vacuum Tube output by Romy the Cat on 2007-12-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Disregard Digital with Vacuum Tube output in Audio For Dummies ™  3 Replies 
I not juts actively hate this configuration but also actively abhor the rational that made people go for this direction. The Morons use horrible power amplifiers and sonically impotent speakers and suffer from harsh and cruel Sound. Instead of tras...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #377: AKA, Servo? by Paul S on 2010-10-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s Midbass Project – the grown up time. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  455 Replies 
Romy, I probably have it wrong, but this "negative impedance" scheme sounds a lot like "Servo".  If it's anything like this, then no, i have never seen this applied to mid-bass, but only to "subs".  But how would a very small tube amp "control" a mot...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #108: CEC TL0X vs Berkeley Alpha USB by Amir on 2016-09-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: High Quality Music Server / CD player in Didital Things  169 Replies 
on Friday I will test CEC TL0X with MAcbook Pro/Berkeley USB to SPDIF Converter.The Berkeley Alpha USB use the Wavelength Streamlength asynchronous code. Mr.Gordon Rankin programmed these codes and sold the patent to some company like Ayre, Berkeley,...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #849: I think you had different result and from different reasons. by Romy the Cat on 2011-04-24 
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[quote user="steverino"] I'm not surprised at your disappointing results as I have experienced the same with a variety of power filtration or generating devices. Your surmise is correct that such devices work much more easily with AV equipment or com...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #367: So it is the same but different by drdna on 2009-07-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Last night I have an interesting “event”. I accidently unplugged the PP from power line and did not know about it. Also, that was very interesting: when I put the power cable back to power line then the first minutes the PP...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #14: It reminds me an old joke about a guy falling form a skyscraper…. by Romy the Cat on 2007-03-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Another light for the LS tunnel: transformer-attenuators? in Audio Discussions  26 Replies 
[quote user="George"] Recently I had a brainstorm (very small) and bounced it off Guy (who is a terrific person to talk to) and he thought it would be worth trying. Since I was driving such a relatively long length of RCA cable (thus subject to noise...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #13: Leaving in the hart of the Beans City by Romy the Cat on 2007-05-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
[quote user="RF at Ona"]Reading about the sensitivity of your system to electrical power supply problems reminds me of the days when I used to make my own equipment as much for the learning experience as for the final result.One of the mundane things...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Where to stick my filter? by Romy the Cat on 2007-01-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Passive line level crossovers - re:pre amp in Audio Discussions  5 Replies 
Dominic, I personally do not believe into nether non-powered preamps nor into autoformers volume controls. In my world as soon a any voltage dropper begin to drive any cable it calls trouble. A volume radiating voltage divider or transformer should ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #639: Solar power by Jorge on 2010-12-11 
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I talked for a couple of hours today with a local Solar Power technician,  I sort of told him all the gear I have that would need to run on batteries and we got a shaky number; from that number he started calculating a bunch of panels and batteries a...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #701: The vampire effect by Lx_ on 2011-01-06 
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This evening I took myself to performing additional tests with the entire system completely disconnected from utility ground. Following Romy's considerations about different grounds, and Richard's absolute belief in the capacity of a properly working...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: Re: Computer digital storage by jtavan on 2005-11-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to record FM broadcasts. in Off Air Audio  125 Replies 
Romy, I've been storing all my digital music on a computer located fairly far from the audio system for quite some time now. You've brought up a few issues that are worth discussing. 1) Storing the digital stream - I assume you mean either (...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #20: Solid state class A & compression drivers and horns by twogoodears on 2010-11-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: SS Amplification for Compressions drivers? Sound? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  19 Replies 
Hi Roman, hi all... intriguing post and interesting questions, as I've been for about 20 years a triode and, before, a tube user and a glowing-in-the-dark maniac.My experience...I purchased - years ago - an Hiraga 20W which I used as a bass enclosure...
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