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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #55: Zu Druid and SET by manisandher on 2009-11-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A quest for a better monitor. in Audio Discussions  97 Replies 
Yes, I totally agree. In my old place, I had the Druids working in FR with the Berning Siegfried 300B, and they sounded exactly as you say.But I'm hoping that the Berning will cope better driving the Druids with a high-pass filter set to around 150Hz...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #15: Are DHTs any good? by be on 2007-03-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: DHT driver & input in Melquiades Amplifier  25 Replies 
DHT amps can sound good or maybe charming is the right word, but I believe it is due to an error related to the concept of oops described elsewhere on this site. This is the result of the filaments resonating and contributing with a sense of life an...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: ok, me too. by RonyWeissman on 2007-02-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: I do not know what else are you looking. in Audio Discussions  12 Replies 
I'm going to try and build a Melquiades type amplifier (with some help from friends) following the advice given above  to make it as simple as possible.  I could spend more money for "different" transformer, but I will ask you for advice on...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #108: High Level Input SS "Plate Amp" by Paul S on 2019-06-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Aporia - Silbatone Acoustics speaker in Horn-Loaded Speakers  107 Replies 
Years ago, when I visited the Cogent guys, Rich was working on one of their big drivers. The diaphragm was big and even thick and heavy, as compression driver diaphragms go. Of course they used 300B amps, and the bottom end had the "sewer pipe" type ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1836: More wandering in the AC forest by rickmcinnis on 2022-08-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
Thanks for your thoughts.What is the TESLA battery?  You mean the monster thing they use in the cars?  Now that would be one hell of a battery!If I do it i will get SLA SGMs - gigantic LiFePo makes me nervous - I try to stay as far away as I can from...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: I do not see it as “clever as Hell”. by Romy the Cat on 2007-05-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The single-stage Milq and power Supplies. in Melquiades Amplifier  10 Replies 
It is done with own vision and very consistant with own vision. However, I’m not position to assess how it might sound. This guy drives Lowthers and believes that he is a belly-button of universe. I do not case about nether 300B sound not Lowthers so...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #16: I hope you will talk about the amp sound. by Romy the Cat on 2008-02-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The 6E5P tube data. in Melquiades Amplifier  44 Replies 
Jim, what is operational point of the 6E5P, what it drivers (how it coupled) and how do you bias the 5E5P? BTW, the clipping at the bottom is very good, very symmetrical. Try to measure which stage clips first: the driver or the output stage. One m...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #27: Avaton in Munich by manisandher on 2017-05-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Greek Anima Loudspeakers in Horn-Loaded Speakers  33 Replies 
In case there's any confusion, it was the Avatons in Munich (and not the Animas). I took a good listen to them on Friday, and wasn't overly impressed. I spent a long time there yesterday though and thought they sounded better than anything else I'd h...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #14: The magnets and loading. by Romy the Cat on 2009-05-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Another electromagnet driver: Great Vintage Loudspeakers. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  17 Replies 
[quote user="electronluv"]are you asking if i like higher impedance tubes with my drivers  i  have always love the sound of imac tubes round plate triodes !!! i change amps alot right now i im running 75tl amp for highs and a 300B for bass drivers . ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Yes, good sound is possible with DRs by manisandher on 2010-09-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: “Why horns”, years later. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  4 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]In fact you can model the great sound for very, very small rooms (headphones) with existing direct radiators, have great result and no need for horns.[/quote]Yes, this is exactly what I've attempted to do. The rooms in the ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Margin by Paul S on 2010-12-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Engström & Engström Lars.... in Audio Discussions  2 Replies 
Could anyone here get through the whole spiel?  I found it rough going at first and then impossible once I saw the pictures of the product.  The immediate sense I could not escape is that it is (at this point, anyway) more about a "total marketing pl...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #695: Pure power- no problems by Bill on 2011-01-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
Either my ears have gone bad or I must be the luckiest user of pure power regenerators. Have been using three for four months now and am still bowled over the improvement in my system. No matter what time of day I listen it sounds superb, but I do no...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #51: Brewing, thinking and heating by Romy the Cat on 2008-12-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps in Melquiades Amplifier  397 Replies 
[quote user="nl"] Gordon Rankin of Wavelength Audio did a series of one-stage DHTs with a step-up transformer input about ten years ago. I think they were called the Mercury series. By all accounts, they sounded good, but of course had limited gain, ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #23: Results... a few days late by Gregm on 2008-04-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The loudspeakers for a powerful SET in Audio Discussions  48 Replies 
and not very encouraging. The set up was as follows: a Lowther ex4 playing from ~12k down in a big ~100Hz tratrix. A Murata up on top, and a 15" Beyma on the bottom. The Beyma is in an Onken so the results may not be fully indicative of performance i...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #36: most promising new speaker by coops on 2007-05-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The most promising “best” commercial speaker in Horn-Loaded Speakers  192 Replies 
Romy Hi, Raplh uses a 300b push pull, but the power supplies are massive,  parts alone 15K Euros, each channel has a separate supply, the pre-amp again two massive power supplies , he prefers to use eight of the horn loaded bass bins, although I...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #43: 30H & EL34 by N-set on 2010-11-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: To drive the 6C33C... in Melquiades Amplifier  65 Replies 
Paul, would you think 6336 will be more stable/predictable?Have you had any experience with it?30H: sorry, forgot to mention that the PP pair is autobiasedwith a common 900R resistor...EL34: indeed it's a very popular tube for driving Stax electrosta...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Re: 7788 - love the tube! by hagtech on 2006-02-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 7788 tube mic pre design in Analog Playback  38 Replies 
Yeah, so the closeness of the grids results in a higher current gain.  So what?  What is the relationship between gain and sonics?  Are you saying that all high gm tubes sound better than low gm tubes?  And does that include 300B ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: The life is really too short to deal with idiots. by Romy the Cat on 2006-12-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Shock-absorbing tube sockets. in Audio Discussions  9 Replies 
I always do call and speak with people. This is Internet and they write whatever they want! I always would like to confirmer that behind the web proclamations there is something else then proclamations. BTW, this Denis sounded perfectly complement an...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Here we go again by rowuk on 2019-12-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: HELP on a Custom 3 Way Horn with Beyma TPL150 in Horn-Loaded Speakers  11 Replies 
Merry Christmas!Nice woodworking job on your speakers.I have a couple if questions:Why did you select the drivers that you did?What made you select one horn for the midrange but for nothing else?What process did you use to select the crossover points...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1901: AC shared between 200 apartments by Amir on 2023-02-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
If I am working on AC quality because the AC quality in the big building is very very bad.My apartment is in a big complex shared between 200 apartments + 7 big elevator and ...This Building has three phase AC power , in most homes the AC is better b...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: V-caps, AN, Jensen, Siemens, Mundorf by Muse on 2008-02-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: What is the buzz: the V-Caps? in Audio Discussions  19 Replies 
Hi to everybody,I have used those caps: teflon V-caps, AN copper, Jensen copper, Siemens at the signal path of a tube power amplifier (300b SE) application. V-caps are technically very good, very clear, less microphonics, but missing s...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #261: Going down the DC path by floobydust on 2009-05-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps in Melquiades Amplifier  397 Replies 
 Romy, I have some (strong) opinions on DHTs concerning filament supplies versus specific tube types. For virtually ANY 45 triode, AC is my preferred option. Still, not all 45 triodes will be acceptable for my use, hence weeding thru many of them to ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: Do not do it. by Romy the Cat on 2017-10-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Do the Filament Transformers Require a Center Tap? in Melquiades Amplifier  12 Replies 
Iraschwips, I do not think that it has anything to do with impedance at all. You might have sub 1R impedance of your loudspeakers and perfectly compensate it by wiring a custom transformer that will perfectly work against lower impedances. I would...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #71: The lower power handling by Romy the Cat on 2009-08-31 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: ... again on GOTO Unit drivers... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  108 Replies 
Paul, Ok, I would agree with this. The power handling is the factor that I forgot to mention. The Japanese home drivers are rated for a few watts vs. the pro driver are rated for hundreds watts.  BTW, some of older pro drivers (like my Vitavox) wer...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #16: Fishbowl amping by RennieB on 2010-03-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: More power from Melquiades? More powerful tube? in Melquiades Amplifier  19 Replies 
Hi Romy,Great site, got lost here for a while now searching WE13a after building a WE91a 300B set, quess have to reconsider sell and wil look in to the Melq's for the near future... Also it even got me a little in to horns...For now i have a question...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #62: Goto's Advance Stage by twogoodears on 2011-04-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Eventually - a reasonable midbass horn from GOTO in Horn-Loaded Speakers  97 Replies 
Thanks, Roman... I strangely (?!?) feel me like a schoolboy at his first primary schoolday... virtually ALL my (limited) audio knowledge, vanished... and I'm dealing with brand-new problems, like a crossover with fixed slopes and cut-off frequencies ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Cart, horse... chicken, egg... by Paul S on 2006-10-31 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Satisfying result: the RMAF Show + Cogent in Horn-Loaded Speakers  22 Replies 
I recieved and accepted an invitation to hear an earlier version of the Cogent speakers, and I was subsequently asked for a considered opinion of the sound.  I guess the designers had read from my posts various criticisms of horns in genera...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: Re: 5651 vs 0C2 by morricab on 2005-09-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Gas voltage reference 0A2 tubes. in Melquiades Amplifier  42 Replies 
Hi, I have a phono stage from the Korean company Silvaweld that uses the 5651 tube in the power supply as a voltage reference.  It also is using a Russian 6C19Pi tube along with EF86 pentode as the high voltage regulator.  The rectifier is...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Drz by vuki on 2009-07-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: More 6E5P-6C33C amps. in Melquiades Amplifier  22 Replies 
Hi!Sorry for not spotting this thread before. I'm the member of this forum and I read it from time to time. I don't know what do you mean with "he is from diyaudio.com site"? I'm member of a few formums and newsgroups but I wouldn't say that I'm from...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #15: SET and SS by Jorge on 2014-12-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: SET amplifiers in Audio Discussions  30 Replies 
Hello Gera,First thing I  would do is get rid of the active Xover, in my experience they mud everything up. preamps are very important and this is like a double preamp with a lot of gain stages.  For bass you can maybe use it.  I use a separate Xover...
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