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  Can any preamp be better than the final H-Cat?
I have had the final production version for two weeks now. I loved the first one I had and thought it out-imaged anything I ever had, while having neither a tube or ss sound. Then I got the new one. I was unprepared for how much better it was. There is a sonic hologram before me with realism I have never heard or even approached before. Roger Paul tells me that it will be weeks before it is at its best. Lookout for another even more rave review. In 28 years of audio experimentation, I have never heard more of an improvement by adding one component.
Tbg  (Reviews | Threads | Answers | This Thread)

07-25-03
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02-10-09   Audiofeil no! da*n it!! will you please send me yours. if ...   Bruce_weiland

02-10-09   are you now a reviewer?   Tvad

02-10-09   Norm, thanks for the support. i had read some pretty hea ...   Bruce_weiland

02-11-09   Bruce, that is what posting is supposed to be all about. tv ...   Tbg

02-11-09   Tbg, if you do that, just a note of caution: if you are writ ...   Atmasphere

02-11-09   Atmashere, i am quite mindful of what some might take as a c ...   Tbg

02-17-09   For those of you with h-cat p12s, i should say that the new ...   Tbg

02-18-09   Hokie smoke bullwinkle, that's great news. i'm waiting for ...   Audiofeil

02-18-09   It keeps getting "realer"!!!   Bar81

02-18-09   Audiofool, you were asleep at the wheel.   Tbg

02-18-09   Tbg, given that you started this thread and that you have do ...   Atmasphere

02-18-09   Atmasphere, thank you for your condescending point-of-view. ...   Tbg

02-18-09   Tbg , wow,i have read the posts on this thread and see that ...   Goldeneraguy

02-18-09   Goldeeneraguy, i was in houston to demonstrate the synergist ...   Tbg

02-18-09   Norm, while i have commented in this thread previously, sugg ...   T_bone

02-19-09   Anyone compared h-cat to some tvc pre?   Plutos

02-19-09   T_bone, thanks for your measured post. i really had not thou ...   Tbg

02-19-09   Will you be commenting on versions x13 through x99 as well? ...   Audiofeil

02-19-09   Tbg, from your response to my last post, it seems that you h ...   Atmasphere

02-19-09   Atmasphere, if you are talking about my reviewing a product ...   Tbg

02-19-09   Norm, in fairness to tas and fwiw, i think at least a part o ...   Rcprince

02-19-09   Norm, i obviously misunderstood the subject of the review. i ...   T_bone

02-19-09   Plutos, to answer your question. i have and know one other ...   Bruce_weiland

02-19-09   I have to admit i was never quite sure why atmasphere was hi ...   Tvad

02-20-09   Bruce_weiland - thanks for your ansver. as another audiogone ...   Plutos

02-20-09   Tvad, norm said he's going to be a reviewer. here. on this t ...   Atmasphere

02-20-09   Atmasphere, i said, "this has all been further improved ...   Tbg

02-20-09   Norm, having read more than i wanted to (like a bad paperbac ...   Samuel

02-20-09   Samuel, i am only recently engaged in reviewing for dagogo b ...   Tbg

02-20-09   by many who know your relationship to the manufacturer, it ...   Tvad

02-21-09   Tvad, i agree. it does also draw into question my reviewing ...   Tbg

02-21-09   The fact is, there are other friends of manufacturers who wr ...   Tvad

02-21-09   Many years ago i worked for a retailer which had an active p ...   Theaudiotweak

02-21-09   02-20-09: plutos """"bruce_weiland - tha ...   Bruce_weiland

02-21-09   It seems to me that i have read many reviews over the past 4 ...   Bruce_weiland

02-25-09   Bruce_weiland - i much appreciate your complete answer. it w ...   Plutos

02-25-09   Plutos, you are welcome. i hope you have as good a result ...   Bruce_weiland

02-28-09   Guys, as very good as the x7 is, the new x8 is much better. ...   Tbg

02-28-09   "guys, as very good as the x7 is, the new x8 is much be ...   Acoustat6

02-28-09   I'm waiting for the government bailout version of the hcat. ...   Audiofeil

03-01-09   Audiofeil, :~) dgob .   Dgob

03-03-09   Norma and roger (if you see this thread), correct me if i a ...   Bruce_weiland

03-04-09   Bruce, not norma here, but i think i have had seven version ...   Tbg

03-04-09   Norm, thanks for the reply. often times my typing skills f ...   Bruce_weiland

03-10-09   I just saw this thread in the shady forum at aa: http:// ...   Sherod

05-10-09   I haven't seen any posts here in quite awhile. my experie ...   Bruce_weiland

05-10-09   I'm sure both owners receive great service.   Audiofeil

05-10-09   Zach, the title of this thread is, "could any preamp be ...   Muralman1

05-10-09   actually, it's "can any preamp be better than the *fin ...   Tvad

05-10-09   Hmmmm interesting.......   Muralman1

05-10-09   Just like there is no final version of your own personal hi ...   Theaudiotweak

05-10-09   Yes, at the time i thought it was the final h-cat p 12. bear ...   Tbg

05-10-09   yes, at the time i thought it was the final h-cat p 12. bear ...   Audiofeil

05-11-09   All this meowing is raising my hackles, being a dog person. ...   Bruce_weiland

05-11-09   Whose "you guys"? so far, only audiofeil is the o ...   Tvad

01-04-10: Acoustat6
"The goal of sonic holography is to remove distortions in pitch caused by the doppler effect while recording and playing back audio on a sound system. While an audio source is recorded by a microphone, the membrane that picks up sound vibrations moves towards and away from the source. This results in a doppler shift that is preserved in the recording. When that recording is played through a speaker, the cone vibrates back and forth in order to move air particles and create sound. This introduces a second doppler shift, especially when the same cone is producing multiple frequencies at the same time. Both instances of doppler distortion degrade the overall quality of the output. Sonic holography attempts to remove these distortions using a proprietary filter designed by Bob Carver."

It sounds to me that the H-Cat is a reworked Carver! Which is cool as Carver is indeed innovative and has produced some great equipment.
Bob

Acoustat6  (Threads | Answers | This Thread)


01-04-10   Acoustat, roger paul should probably answer himself, but as ...   Tbg

02-23-10   Acoustat6, please check my first post of 05-03-07. "ex ...   Jmaldonado

02-23-10   Jmaldonado, i certainly grant that carver designed innovativ ...   Tbg

02-23-10   Tbg, just interested but did you ever run the h-cat and ess ...   Dgob

02-23-10   Yes, dgob, there was a semblance of a comparison in austin. ...   Tbg

02-24-10   Thanks tbg, "i thought no real comparison was made&quo ...   Dgob

02-24-10   Dgob, i think all of us thought it was a failed effort, but ...   Tbg

02-24-10   Tbg, please, just a little information about the "adve ...   Dgob

02-24-10   Dgob, i already answered this. the essential had long been i ...   Tbg

02-24-10   Tbg, thanks!   Dgob

12-10-11   I sent my h-cat to roger for an upgrade. he received it on a ...   Dawg

12-22-11   Well today i received my preamp back from roger. i want to t ...   Dawg


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