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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 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: “Melquiades” amplifier: a year later. in Melquiades Amplifier  33 Replies 
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 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Melquiades: too early for a verdict? in Melquiades Amplifier  6 Replies 
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 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The ultimate buffer – light in the end of a tunnel in Audio Discussions  36 Replies 
“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 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The “Melquiades” Sound - beginning of the story. in Melquiades Amplifier  28 Replies 
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 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: “Melquiades” amplifier: a year later. in Melquiades Amplifier  33 Replies 
[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 #11: Considerations for 2-stage Melquiades vs. single-stage Milq by Romy the Cat on 2007-04-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The one-stage Melquiades. in Melquiades Amplifier  74 Replies 
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 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The one-stage Melquiades. in Melquiades Amplifier  74 Replies 
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 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Melquiades For Dummies™ - step by step. in Melquiades Amplifier  28 Replies 
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: 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 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 6 Channel Version of Super Melquiades in Melquiades Amplifier  131 Replies 
[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 #40: The 0D3 in Melquiades. by Romy the Cat on 2009-09-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Gas voltage reference 0A2 tubes. in Melquiades Amplifier  42 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Did anyone ever see the ready to do tube sockets adapaters that would let to pit the large gas tubes ingot the small sockets? Melquiades use 7-pin small 0A2 tubes but I would like to try the 0D3. They are the same 150V tube...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Melquiades (D-Set) parts list by oxric on 2011-04-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Melquiades (D-Set) parts list in Melquiades Amplifier  4 Replies 
Hi,Every so often, someone contacts me and asks for some information about my plans (presently on hold) to build Melquiades Full-Range or D-Set, and whether I have a list of parts etc. My experience of trying to find a builder for Melquiades has not ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Full range Melquiades implementation by decoud on 2011-02-23 
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For anyone interested in building a full range Melquiades I have a spare set of drilled aluminium cases, output and power transformers, offered at below cost. Apologies for sub-optimal photography. Please contact for more details.Regards, d ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #60: Melquiades resistor question by DA on 2013-04-26 
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Finalizing parts ordering for full range Melquiades and I have one thing with is unclear to me,  the plate to grid resistor on the 6E5PIs   R23  50R is this correct ?There is another R23 in the driver power supply .http://www.goodsoundclub.com/PDF/Me...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #74: Melquiades debugging by DA on 2013-08-19 
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Well two power supply's ready and one full range amp hooked up.Nothing blew up so that's good!1) output stage 200mA /187V2) driver stage 205v (test point A) and -4.3v bais3)setting 0.000v on input is ok but not stable,some DC drift4) bais lines are l...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #83: First Fullrange Melquiades power supply is done... by anthony on 2017-02-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Planning my DSET in Melquiades Amplifier  186 Replies 
It looks good to me.  As you can see I have left plenty of room to add a couple of more channels.The bottom level contains the power transformers and relays.  The diode bridges hang from the the middle shelf and the chokes and filters are on the top ...

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 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Melquiades: too early for a verdict? in Melquiades Amplifier  6 Replies 
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 
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 #28: Melquiades continuing to create surprises! by Romy the Cat on 2005-03-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The “Melquiades” Sound - beginning of the story. in Melquiades Amplifier  28 Replies 
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 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Super Melquiades Amplifier. in Melquiades Amplifier  29 Replies 
Romy, how do I get permission to repeat original Melquiades?...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Super Melquiades sound - first take. by Romy the Cat on 2005-07-17 
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It hard at this point to sat anything defiantly about the Super Melquiades sound. Positively to derive the speakers directly from amp with no speaker-level crossover does provide multiple and multiple benefits. So, Even if to subtract all other “diff...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: A litile war with Super Melquiades. by Romy the Cat on 2005-07-17 
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Chris, at this point it is hard to say anything defiantly. Subjectively it sounds like the Super Milq has slightly less HF extension and transient then the regular Milq, although the output transformer of the HF channel of Super Milq runs higher and ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: Re: A little war with Super Melquiades. by cv on 2005-07-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Super Melquiades Amplifier. in Melquiades Amplifier  29 Replies 
Allo,Well, the divider may certainly be responsible for some softening of transients - in particualr, what values are you using there?Also, the received wisdom is that silver micas are created far from equal; no experience with them myself but I beli...
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