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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: About the LF in multi-channel DSET by Romy the Cat on 2006-08-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 5 Channel Version of Melquiades in Melquiades Amplifier  21 Replies 
Yes, Jessie, but in case you decide to go for DSET, would it be multi-channel Melquiades or anything else, then your consideration for type and topology of the lower bass would greatly dictate requirements for your DSET. If your lower bass channels r...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #20: The noise-free gas regulator tubes. by Romy the Cat on 2005-12-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Gas voltage reference 0A2 tubes. in Melquiades Amplifier  42 Replies 
If you read the post: http://www.goodsoundclub.com/TreeItem.aspx?postID=41#41 then you know that I am happily employ an interesting 65dB-gain, 7788-7721 two stages phonocorrector designed and build with air capacitors. A few days ago when I eventu...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Magnetics, dumping and etc... by Romy the Cat on 2006-06-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Building Melquiades: Chronicle of full-range in Melquiades Amplifier  44 Replies 
[quote user="hagtech"] Iwas going to ask you about that funny looking damping material.  Then you explained it at bottom of post.  Very clever to use mouse pads!  Lately I've been using cork & buna rubber sheets from McMaster-Carr....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #12: Amateur things and grounding of secondary. by Romy the Cat on 2006-06-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Building Melquiades: Chronicle of full-range in Melquiades Amplifier  44 Replies 
[quote user="hagtech"] Maybe you can do the same for the bleeder resistors and wiring bundles?  That is, once you are sure it is operational.  Wires can be like guitar strings. [/quote] Actually I do some sort of things. What I am done (I’...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: NAT Audio Magna -160 Watts of Single-Ended Class A by Romy the Cat on 2007-11-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: NAT Audio Magna -160 Watts of Single-Ended Class A in Audio Discussions  5 Replies 
I have to admit that I personally care less about powerful full-range SET amplifiers. I do not take their sound seriously, in fact I do not believe they are cable to do “right full-range sound” and what I see then I always imagine them with huge, bar...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #13: Following .... by Romy the Cat on 2008-04-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The loudspeakers for a powerful SET in Audio Discussions  48 Replies 
[quote user="Gregm"]It doesn't seem prudent to look at the speaker without considering the amplifier at all. We would be designing a speaker that would work with a theoretical amp -- but not one that's available.[/quote] You are right but the opposi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #54: V-Caps by Paul S on 2021-05-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The K&K SE hybrid phono stage: a report in Analog Playback  55 Replies 
What’s with audiophiles and their fancy, expensive capacitors, anyway? You might think I have an answer to that question, since I recently (a couple of months ago) swapped fancy new V-Caps into the output positions in my  K&K phono stage. ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #18: The new life on the old Sansui TU-X1 by Romy the Cat on 2008-02-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Sansui TU-X1 Broadcast monitor. in Off Air Audio  56 Replies 
I overly impressed with the new way or routing the antenna input with my TU-X1. This tuner with this new input get amassing sensitively (much higher than original) with a nose of a good CD player – very impressive! Way more interesting as it was righ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #128: About the Lamm ML2 updates. by Romy the Cat on 2009-11-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Initial thoughts about new/old Lamm ML2s in Audio Discussions  215 Replies 
[quote user="Paul S"]So, does anyone know anything about "good" sockets for the ML-2s? I forget when and where I saw some sort of boutique Teflon jobbies that are pretty darned expensive. Maybe DIY Hi-Fi, in Hong Kong? Also, although Teflon is a ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: Re: Further problems with interstage transformers. by Thorsten on 2005-10-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Passive transformer based preamp in Audio Discussions  41 Replies 
Roman,[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Nevertheless, if that bass was truncated between the stages then the devastations are way more severe. [/quote]That may be so, however an LF response of less than -0.1db down @ 10Hz is what is normally called "ruler f...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: The best “Die Fledermaus” on CD? by Romy the Cat on 2007-06-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The best “Die Fledermaus” on CD? in Musical Discussions  1 Replies 
You know, I frequently tend do not listen operettas on LP.  Operas are serious, dramatic, requires attention and dedication. Operettas are much lighter genre, no less wonderful but light and less “loaded”. I love operettas and I frequently liste...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Another 6C33C amp.... by Romy the Cat on 2011-09-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A different breed of 6C33C amplifier. in Melquiades Amplifier  84 Replies 
[quote user="KOTriode"] The Melquiades give me inspiration to build this 6C33C amplifier. It's on a stereo chassis that has few unique features - Vacuum tube rectifier separately for Input/Driver and Output tubes. - Regulator using the same tube ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps by Romy the Cat on 2008-11-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps in Melquiades Amplifier  397 Replies 
A few days back I posted the following post: http://www.goodsoundclub.com/GetPost.aspx?PostID=8922 …proposing the parties of interest to play along in Milq vs. DHT competition. This interst derives from the following thread: http://www.goodsoundcl...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #44: DIY by anthony on 2015-07-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Planning my DSET in Melquiades Amplifier  186 Replies 
[quote user="Paul S"]The usual "trick" to "stop inductance" of wire wound resistors is the "old double-wound trick", like those offered by Mills: http://www.soniccraft.com/index.php/resistors-mills-c-29_53 (and I think it is much the same for capac...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #45: The Macondo’s Axioms and the Tilting Excursion by Romy the Cat on 2008-04-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo's Axioms: Horn-loaded acoustic systems in Horn-Loaded Speakers  120 Replies 
Since the “no tilting rule” is one of the Macondo’s Axioms: (#2 - “All channels shell have strictly parallel axis”) then I would like to defend it. [quote user="be"] The time alignment will depend on the geometrics of horn set up and listening posit...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #381: The LessLoss Solution for filtration. by Romy the Cat on 2009-07-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
I do not make any claims just inform about the LessLoss standing. I do not know how much BS in this and HOW they removed the “outer layer” of conductor from the pass but who knows… might be they are up to something… It is said that begin all thos...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Trading cable elevators for spare space. by Romy the Cat on 2013-11-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Trading cable elevators for spare space. in Audio Discussions  11 Replies 
A week it trashing audio. I finished with my client with wish I worked for a while, the contract with a new client kicks in 2 weeks and this week I do not work.  Well sort of. This week is a big project on my aim – to reconcile the value of my...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: The objectives of Einstein self-entertaining Preamp. by Romy the Cat on 2007-01-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The objectives of Einstein self-entertaining Preamp. in Audio Discussions  6 Replies 
Since I was wondering at Soundstage site I come across Marc Mickelson review of Einstein preamp. http://www.soundstage.com/revequip/einstein_the_tube.htm I am not familiar with this unit and but there was in there something that “attracted” me in t...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #28: A word to Silbatone. by Romy the Cat on 2011-05-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Munich High End 2011 in Horn-Loaded Speakers  45 Replies 
A site visitor sent me another video of Silbatone from the last show: Another video of the room playing barbaric music. The only missing part from this video was Joe the Archeologist , naked but wearing a ballet skirt and j...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage by Romy the Cat on 2007-11-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage in Analog Playback  310 Replies 
Recently, I made a movement toward to a project that I have been contemplating for 5 years – I would like convert my Expressive Technologys SU2 and 2x834PT tandem into a final packaging solution. For the last 5 years I have learned following: 1...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: The LCR RIAA correctors by Romy the Cat on 2007-07-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The LCR RIAA correctors in Analog Playback  57 Replies 
Keith Cooper mentioned today the AllnicAudio’s 1500 phonostage in the Cessaro thread… http://www.allnicaudio.com/E/e_pdt_ampli_H-1500%20II%20SE.html I know the AllnicAudio, I use their tube sockets, and they are very good.  The AllnicAudio use...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: We don’t necessarily know “Why”, nor do we need to…. by Romy the Cat on 2006-11-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: We don’t necessarily know “Why”, nor do we need to…. in Playback Listening  8 Replies 
A couple days ago a local friend of mine asked to let him to listen my Celestion SL600 monitors: http://www.goodsoundclub.com/TreeItem.aspx?PostID=2500  (on the second page) I brought to him the monitors with the stand (but with no LF sec...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #19: My experience with DHTs by nl on 2008-11-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps in Melquiades Amplifier  397 Replies 
I am interested that Romy has found some interest in DHT amplifiers. Many, many amp builders have used many, many tubes over the years, including many IHTs, triode-wired pentodes, etc. Japanese builders have used big transmitting pentodes driven i...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #105: The motor-regenerators that are “good for sound” by Romy the Cat on 2007-12-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
  [quote user="Paul S"]Dirty ground effects have remained a problem for me even with a special ground dedicated to my system, and I believe this is caused by varying ground potential and also inter-component "cross-talk" via the AC lines. ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #135: The APS PurePower ++ by Romy the Cat on 2008-08-03 
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"]OK, everything was fine and I might do into the sonic nuances of the PurePower unit. The PurePower drives a lot of switching nose from output. It has the filters but they help only partially. Adding capacitance to the PureP...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #190: How to cook the "uninformed" anode. by Romy the Cat on 2009-02-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps in Melquiades Amplifier  397 Replies 
[quote user="floobydust"] Romy,  As you're planning to run a 6K load, you can run less current without the transfer curve suffering as much. So, another shot at some numbers.... rather than use a RC setup to drop the voltage, Hammond (not my fa...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #17: SS->Ceramic - the only marriage made in heaven? by rowuk on 2014-12-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: SET amplifiers in Audio Discussions  30 Replies 
I have experimented with SS/SET and now DSEP for ceramic magnet horn drivers. I will agree that ceramic drivers with SETs that I have heard being suboptimal, but after a year of DSEP, at least for my use case, I am quite content. I cannot explain it ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #120: How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 or 2A3 by floobydust 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 
 First, Adrian, Thanks for your feedback on the newer designed 2A3 tubes... very interesting. I've looked at all 3 of these brands before but have not as of yet purchased any (I have a large collection of 45 and 2A3 of various NOS US brands...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #20: Melquiades Sound: a month later by Romy the Cat on 2005-03-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The “Melquiades” Sound - beginning of the story. in Melquiades Amplifier  28 Replies 
After a month of listening exclusively Melquiades and decided yestoday re-switch everything and to play Lamm’s ML2. I was quite shocked with the result and I did not anticipate the ML2 could be so way off. I will not elaborate about the a...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: DSET : Defining LF Channels & Necessary Power by jessie.dazzle on 2006-08-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 5 Channel Version of Melquiades in Melquiades Amplifier  21 Replies 
Romy, Sorry for taking so long to get back to you… (this being the summer time in a Latin country, I still have no internet connection at the new place). Quote from Romy “If your lower bass channels run from 40Hz and down then the PS, size of the c...
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