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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #14: Gizmo, 2nd harmonic, animal frequency and meta-JBL by Romy the Cat on 2007-09-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Devid Berning amplifiers: the anti-trnsformers frenzy? in Audio Discussions  45 Replies 
[quote user="Merlin"] Indeed the linearity of the Berning in comparison with the Lamm is quite remarkable, and indeed could be disconcerting to an inexperienced listener brought up on large increases on 2nd harmonic at the bottom end. [/quote] “The ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: World's Finest Sounding Audio Room by Jordi on 2007-08-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: World's Finest Sounding Audio Room in Audio Discussions  16 Replies 
I have heard hundreds and hundreds of audio systems and mine is by far the best.  Honestly nothing even comes close.  There is a scientific reason for this. MY system starts with a PERFECTLY tuned room...something overlooked by ma...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #31: Re: ribbons/electrostats.... by Romy the Cat on 2005-11-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Passive transformer based preamp in Audio Discussions  41 Replies 
[quote user="morricab"]Well Romy, IMO they are not just tonally different they are more tonally correct, ie. they simply have less coloration than other technologies.  Just listen to a recording sometime made with a ribbon microphone and you wil...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #19: Transistors and operating temperature. by Romy the Cat on 2006-05-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Two-stages, hybrid, small, powerful class “A”? in Audio Discussions  23 Replies 
I would like to extend my last previous post a little. First off all, I would like to remind that I am very much not an expert in usage of transistor and second - I would like do not convert this thread into those DIY desecration: as you all know I h...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: Good sounding SS amplifier for horns? by Romy the Cat on 2006-08-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Cool running AB amplifier.. with good sound. in Audio Discussions  11 Replies 
Chris, I have no experience with good sounding SS amplifier that might drive high sensitive horns. I also have no expertise to build such an amp. From what I trued before I have learned that in order to sound more or less acceptable the SS should run...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #16: The year 2009. Audio Objectives by Romy the Cat on 2009-01-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Summary: my/your audio: year by year in Audio Discussions  45 Replies 
I do not see any major changes coming in 2009, nor do I feel a need for them. Recalling all my dids and my thoughts here a brief outline of Audio Projects that I will be involved in 2009 and of cause anything else might come alone in future… 1...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #48: An open letter to PS Audio’s Paul McGowan by Romy the Cat on 2007-06-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
I just received PS Audio June Newsletter and have written a reply in a format of an open personal letter to Paul McGowan. Below is the text. Paul, A new round of my experiments with curing electricity made me to write up this open letter. I did not...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #536: The Full Price of Admission by Paul S on 2010-06-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
Romy, sorry if my outspoken attitude toward Pure Power bothers you, or your own solution to the problem has blunted or greatly narrowed the focus of your current interest. I think you mostly get where I'm coming from and you just don't like it, and y...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #55: I think you are done then by Romy the Cat on 2020-08-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Valve Preamplifier for Macondo/DSET in Melquiades Amplifier  74 Replies 
Well, you can’t use Gogol Suite as some kind of reference in term of gain. The Gogol Suite was record by Pope Music at very high dynamic range they have very little compression. It feels like very soft volume recording as a result. ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #15: Wrong again ;-) by Merlin on 2007-09-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A DSET is better then an expensive SET in Audio For Dummies ™  41 Replies 
Romy, can I suggest you read about the amplifier in question before making comments? The unit uses four tubes per channel - three drivers and one output tube. The unit has zero negative feedback. It is as pure as they come. Directly heated ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #123: Options, options, options.... by Romy the Cat on 2009-01-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps in Melquiades Amplifier  397 Replies 
[quote user="floobydust"] Some very good points here... if I downloaded the correct schematic from your site for the 6-channel Melq amp (also has the term DSET in the title) then you have created a 6-channel SET amp with built-in crossover points. Yo...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: I read more about Tenor amp. by Romy the Cat on 2008-06-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Tenor amplifier and the writing waves. in Audio Discussions  6 Replies 
I read one more page from the Tenor description, before the author begun to talk about sound. A correction need to be made, from the first pages I understood that the amp use 6N6P driver but on the next pages it was not the case. Perhaps I confused s...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Opinions are like.... well, you know... everyone has one. by floobydust on 2009-07-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The DSET perspective examines the Herb Reichert article. in Melquiades Amplifier  5 Replies 
 I looked at the schematic for Herb's 300B SET many years ago. It's been copied and slightly modified by many.... personally, I would not use it for a 300B amp... then again I probably wouldn't use it for a 2A3 or 45 either (I think my input/driver d...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #75: Audio by Amir on 2019-10-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: My Audio Philosophy in Playback Listening  95 Replies 
[quote user="rowuk"] Amir wrote: rowuk wrote:Amir, I certainly will not argue that many professional musicians have „easy playback“ with no demand for audiophile artifacts in their sound. This is often because they are drawn into the music at a „diff...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #429: One of the reasons why I do not write reviews… by Romy the Cat on 2010-01-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
[quote user="drdna"] I can tell you already it will work. I have experimented extensively with adding lengths of metal to cables. It works well, but you can do a lot more by fine-tuning the amount of metal and in fact adjusting it slightly from l...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #36: The Mantis Shmantis…., Stressing and tuning… by Romy the Cat on 2008-09-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Buying a last cartridge. in Analog Playback  80 Replies 
[quote user="starboy"]I would have left this alone but the facts and truth will out... 1) The Mantis was well known to me and others around me before Andre joined V.E. though maybe not to you Americans. 2) There are possibly 2 owners other than mys...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #100: Series: RE2/PLC2 and SLC Link by Romy the Cat on 2007-12-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
[quote user="Antonio J."]You can find a brief description here: http://www.salicru.es/index.php?id=1678&L=2 My unit is a RE-1009 2T, which means has double transformer, but it's not the extra noise filtering model which they call NS. Looking at t...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1728: Pure Power Ground Loop by drdna on 2020-11-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
[quote user="N-set"] They have figured out a way to eliminate this but it requires making a new PCB to replace one in the PP2000. So they say they are going to make these and hopefully the replacement PCB will be given to me in a month." [/quo...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: HT contenders by oxric on 2010-09-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Opera Room in Audio Discussions  77 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]This is a whole point with the screens. I spoke with the guys who practice HT and the gave a whole lot of information about screens p I kind of find it ridicules that they are expensive and I find it not true that they are ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Matching pre to multiple power amps by KLegind on 2010-01-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Saying goodbye to the digital crossover. in Didital Things  8 Replies 
[quote user="noviygera"]Kris,thanks. Here's what I have:>>There is a caveat: The combined input impedance of the power amps must be at least 10 times the output impedance of the preamp. Otherwise the load will kill the sound of your playback...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1348: No bypass as a virtue? Sounds stupid to me. by Romy the Cat on 2014-09-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
[quote user="steverino"] Unlike other online units the AG1500 is extremely quiet making it suitable for where high quality power is required but without the noise, and unlike other systems the bypass is disabled by default ensuring that raw ma...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: You must NOT do class "B" with horns. by Romy the Cat on 2007-02-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo copying: Horns troubleshooting in Horn-Loaded Speakers  24 Replies 
[quote user="Ronnie"]"would it mean that your use the same type SS receiver for MF channels as well?"<BR><BR>-Da! I'll do better.[/quote]Ronnie, I did not realize that you drive all your horns with those cheap SS receiver. You absolutely...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #193: Last night by Bill on 2022-02-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Remedies the Beauty in Playback Listening  297 Replies 
While the pure power units are the best I’ve heard at removing ac grunge, they are still not 100% effective. Last night my listening and video session was unbelievable. We had about a foot of very light soft snow during the day. As soon as ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1304: Sad state of class-D regenerators for audio. by Romy the Cat on 2014-06-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
Well, it is sad  but all across internet, and at this site (http://www.goodsoundclub.com/Forums/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=20851) there are comments about pure Purepower service and problems with  Purepower units that they "improve". I kind of sympathize w...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1232: Risky Business and Pure Power by eli8888 on 2014-02-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
HI all, my first post, although have been reading for a long long time and have contact with some members. Great site.Wanted to share with you my experience with a PurePower order. and my huge problem... I have read terrible things here before but I ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: Looking at the tapped horn further… by Romy the Cat on 2009-04-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The tapped horns: cons, pros and Sound in Horn-Loaded Speakers  57 Replies 
[quote user="serenechaos"] I do not know of importance of enemys death to this topic. [/quote] Oh, this is a sheer pleasure but do not call that dirt enemy. He is not enemy but way beyond it, he is the person about whom I have a death-wish as ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: About rationalism of twin-units isolation efforts. by Romy the Cat on 2008-10-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: About rationalism of twin-units isolation efforts. in Audio Discussions  1 Replies 
Audio people frequently go astray in their thinking and actions and this creates a good breeding ground for all possible audio sale opportunists. I would like to explore one moment that has not a lot of public attention and to look at the moment slig...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #13: What? by Merlin on 2007-09-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Devid Berning amplifiers: the anti-trnsformers frenzy? in Audio Discussions  45 Replies 
Sorry Paul but your post makes no sense. Firstly one minute you were clearly unfamiliar with the circuit and amplifier in question, and now you are suddenly really au fait with it's sonic characteristics. Forgive me if that takes something of a qu...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Wilsons, EMM, Ozawa, Saint-Saens and... by Romy the Cat on 2005-10-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Wilsons, EMM, Ozawa, Saint-Saens and... in Audio Discussions  4 Replies 
... other salad of dairies during the “Lost Saturday”…. Morning… Clark Johnson pitched a few days ago the Dino Ciani’s Beethoven sonatas… http://www.goodsoundclub.com/TreeItem.aspx?postID=1468 The Ciani’s Beethoven is unquestionably wonderful but...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #92: Siemens SL45 vs NAD Dynaudio by Amir on 2019-10-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: My Audio Philosophy in Playback Listening  95 Replies 
[quote user="rowuk"]Amir,In live music, we have intermodulation. Two trumpets or a trumpet and oboe playing together create sum and difference tones that change depending on pitch interval for instance. For music in major keys, this intermodulati...
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