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In the Forum: Melquiades Amplifier
In the Thread: Melquiades (D-Set) parts list
Post Subject: A cult? Where?Posted by oxric on: 4/19/2011
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 Romy the Cat wrote:

I do not exactly comfortable with oxric’s preoccupation with “parts”...There is nothing wrong with the selection of the parts that I provided; in fact I personal feel that they were the right parts at that time. So, with the parts that enumerated it will be no errors on parts side but still, each builder might have own preferences...
 
I think that “parts list” has no value for most of the people.  People who are familiar with basic amplifier construction has own suppliers and own preferences. Reading the Melquiades schematic they can easy re-interpret Melquiades to the parts that they are accustom and the do know what is important in Melquiades and what is irrelevant. In my view Rakesh treats the parts list with almost some semi-cult attitude and I feel it is wrong. 
   
The caT


Romy, I think you are wrong but I guess you knew that's what I was going to say. There is nothing in the parts list, other than the output transformers, that I considered as being either a 'cult' feature or such an important feature that it could not be changed for something else. It is true that with some of the unusual values for capacitors, sourcing these in the UK was proving difficult, just on the basis of specifications.

In fact, I went so far as to consider even specifying the output transformers from someone who offered to supply these as well as the chokes. Unfortunately when it came to deriving the values of the chokes from the schematics, he refused to do so and the person who I was hoping would build the Melquiades for me was having second thoughts about the whole project (I do not want to go into the reasons why he felt that way!).

You may find it surprising how builders take an idea and make such profound changes to it that it is barely recognisable. One person I approached wanted to change the output tubes, because he considered the 6C33s, I quote, " a dead-born idea." Two of those I contacted wanted to significantly change the output transformers specs to make winding easier...Anyway, what I am saying is I was never attached to parts, but sometimes I felt that I had to prohibit any change in terms of the parts in order not to write a blank cheque and end up with a radically different amplifier.

So, Romy, there is no preoccupation with parts and no semi-cult attitude here and I do not see how a parts list (an unavoidable part of such an enterprise, I would say) can amount to such.

Best regards
Rakesh

 

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