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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: “Melquiades” amplifier: a year later. by Romy the Cat on 2006-10-05 
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I would like to share my observations about public perception of Melquiades - The Realty Reconstructions Amplifier. Melquiades, or as I affectedly-abridgedly call it “the Melq” was released to pubic exactly a year ago: http://www.goodsoundclub.com/...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Super Melquiades vs Melquiades treble channel by cv on 2005-07-17 
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Romy, Now you mention the issues here, I am thinking about what the differences in quality might be due to. I notice that you haven't explicitly said which is better, super or regular... so think of this just as brainstorming as to why things are... ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Melquiades: too early for a verdict? by Romy the Cat on 2005-03-27 
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One of the greatest and the most important things for me in power amplifiers is their ability to differentiate tones.  When you listen live music you practically never hear two identical tones. Even two identical pitches presented after the diff...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #15: The RAAL and an amplifier. by Romy the Cat on 2007-02-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: RAAL “Water Drop” tweeter for Macondo. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  77 Replies 
[quote user="Paul S"]  The "calm HF" effect is something I have long sought but seldom experienced from repro, and I have blamed the amps as much as the ribbons.  Mere HF extension is not enough.  Hard to say whether the amp or the rib...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: The ultimate buffer – light in the end of a tunnel by Romy the Cat on 2005-04-28 
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“Do you hear the people singLost in the valley of the night?It is the music of a peopleWho are climbing to the light.”Les Miserables PREFACE I would like do not shape this article as a review: I do not write “reviews” religiously and I have many re...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: It's absolutely amassing! by Romy the Cat on 2005-04-06 
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It is really amassing, how Melquiades takes recordings apart, literally and rebuild then in own manner! I never see anything like this, and I believe that I have seen something in audio. Melquiades does something entirely unprecedented: it retrofit...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Macondo – Super Melquiades: few months later. by Romy the Cat on 2006-03-01 
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Loudspeakers. For whomever who follows my dairies on this site and whoever has any real understanding what makes a horn-loaded loudspeaker to sound good it is know that Macondo Acoustic System is not juts the result of my DIY efforts or the John Hasq...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: Melquiades - the Reality trip! by Romy the Cat on 2005-03-03 
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Another “interesting” thing... Any amplifier that I know is absolutely disabled to let me as a listener to extract from music something without unavoidable loosing a perspective to the whole musical peace. The Melquiades swallows this task with ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #26: I have no idea why the skies clears for you.... by Romy the Cat on 2006-12-06 
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[quote user="darkmoebius"] Believe it or not, this very short, direct, explanation helps put everything else I have read about the Melq evolution in perspective. [/quote] Hm, darkmoebius,I really do not know why it clears skies for your in anyways. ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #14: Some anti-Melquiades propaganda by Romy the Cat on 2006-12-04 
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[quote user="darkmoebius"] That's because "off the shelf" amps can be easily resold for little or no loss of money if they are not to the buyer's liking. The Melquiades, on the other hand, leaves the builder with $3,000 worth of parts not easily reso...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #16: Cornerhorned Melquiades? by Romy the Cat on 2006-12-04 
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There is a difference between “no holds barred" implementation of a specific design end no “no holds barred design”. The later is bogusness. Still, I would insist that even the first one is very frequently is bogusness. “Expensive” implantation very ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: Considerations for 2-stage Melquiades vs. single-stage Milq by Romy the Cat on 2007-04-25 
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And email from a site’s visitor:…. “And for my full-range Melquiades, should I still try and build the original version or wait to see result of what you are working on now?” This is a complicated question about 2-stage Melquiades vs. single-stage...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #30: Amorphous cores for Melquiades spud amp by cv on 2007-04-30 
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Hi Romy,I dunno if you mean the C-core materials itself or the completed transformers... if the former (perhaps a poor term in this context), thenhttp://www.elnamagnetics.comhave what you are looking for.Seach for AMCC - these are the Metglas C-...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Planning and ordering Parts - Melquiades by RonyWeissman on 2007-10-01 
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Hi Romy, do you have any time to work on this thread?  I have found someone to help me build, and am anxious to get going.Thanks,R Weissman...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Building Melquiades: Chronicle of full-range by Romy the Cat on 2006-06-09 
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Sine my call for somebody builds for me a full range Melq was not answered: http://www.goodsoundclub.com/TreeItem.aspx?postID=2492#2492 I decided to put it together myself. Now I understand that letting the first amp to go  was a mistake....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: Building the Melquiades: #4 by Romy the Cat on 2006-06-22 
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Spent quite a few hours last day to connect the transformers, rectifiers, chokes, filters, decided do not got for the bleeders but for more henries in the chokes. It works fine so far. Ironically and very much contrary to my expectations I do enjoy t...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: Building the Melquiades: #5 by Romy the Cat on 2006-06-23 
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Ok, the one channel of the Milq is up and running. The first assembly went fine, no bugs or problems – it worked fine juts after the build. All voltages, delays and heating are normal; this I would need to inspect everything again after it will work ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Re: Getting started : Melquiades by jessie.dazzle on 2006-07-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 5 Channel Version of Melquiades in Melquiades Amplifier  21 Replies 
Romy, I too was thinking the subject had evolved to the point where the thread needed splitting off. I agree with you regarding the need to start off by constructing of a pair of “normal” Melquiades as a reference. I don’t mind the fact that...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #26: Re: New Melquiades: A new run... by Romy the Cat on 2006-07-28 
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Eventually I fed the new Melqs with another pair of power transformers for output stage. I ended to run the 6C33C very-very moderately at 180V and 200mA or at 36W. I think it is little bit low and I could add 3-6W but I prefer to keep it for a time b...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Lack of Melquiades? by Romy the Cat on 2006-10-05 
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Interesting….. It is interesting to think about the relational of Melquiades slow take-up. I think that major contributing factor is that guy who calls himself Romy the Cat. Really, I think it’s it. The people who are capable to build amplifiers more...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Super Melquiades, Macondo and Class A2 by Romy the Cat on 2007-12-05 
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I do not know why people go into low-sensitive loudspeaker and they go crazy in order push the last drop out of the class A2 operation. From a different perspective the Macondo’s woofer towers with 97.5dB sensitivity are low low-sensitive loudspeaker...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #89: The mystery of Ansar capacitors in Melquiades. by Romy the Cat on 2008-01-12 
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"] [/quote]I really do not know what is going on and how to explain the phenomena; I just dump it to you “as is”.  Because of multiple reasons I decided to drain the Milq’s power supply when the amp shits down. I have a...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: Summer Melquiades by Ronnie on 2008-05-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo – Super Melquiades: few months later. in Melquiades Amplifier  10 Replies 
http://www.rotel.com/UK/products/ProductDetails.htm?Id=14&Tab=2&Pic=1Auto Turn On Level (with all inputs) 3 mV input signal Standby: 2.6 Watts I don't know, but doesn't it seem kind of nice? Just glue a couple of 6C33C to...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #245: Melquiades HD MF DSET, Draft13. by Romy the Cat on 2009-04-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps in Melquiades Amplifier  397 Replies 
Ok, here is what I end up with. This version is something that I am planning to give some listening, the fist listening as I this filtered down the intellectuals reasons do not listen it. The amp is fully operational, bit made as a test amp inside th...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #18: Melquiades amp by Dominik on 2009-05-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Bias help in Melquiades Amplifier  96 Replies 
Hi,I try to find some set amplifier for my system, with one is not horn system (in futhure it will by)right now It is:Open baffle:Rall 5khz-30khzlowther pm5 1khz-5khzaltec biflex lowpass at around 1-2 KHz No HipassAK151 in infinite baffle Lopass at 2...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #55: The Super Melquiades is a Perfect Load. by Romy the Cat on 2007-07-15 
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"]I kind of like that APS stay behind of their regenerator and that they are trying investigate what went wrong. Who knows, perhaps when the APS unit arrive back to me (after some changes in the unit state) it will be effecti...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Melquiades: too early for a verdict? by Romy the Cat on 2005-03-27 
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One of the greatest and the most important things for me in power amplifiers is their ability to differentiate tones.  When you listen live music you practically never hear two identical tones. Even two identical pitches presented after the diff...

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 
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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 #28: Melquiades continuing to create surprises! by Romy the Cat on 2005-03-24 
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The Melquiades amplifiers practically dally demonstrate so much “interesting” behavior that it is not even funny. My relationship with this amp reminds me that bird for the Montaigne's “An Apologie Of Raymond Sebond”: “But the tale of the plot is v...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Re: Super Melquiades Amplifier. by Alex Yakovlev on 2005-07-16 
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Romy, how do I get permission to repeat original Melquiades?...
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