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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #64: Quad and 6C33C by KOTriode on 2012-03-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A different breed of 6C33C amplifier. in Melquiades Amplifier  84 Replies 
Forgot to elaborate the Quad system.It is actually a tri-amp Quad system, below 100Hz is the Supravox 15in Field coil in open baffle, then it's a Stacked Quad ,and about 5Khz there were 5 RTR ESL cell. I did try the 6C33C amp in a single pair Quad by...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #64: Quad and 6C33C by KOTriode on 2012-03-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A different breed of 6C33C amplifier. in Melquiades Amplifier  84 Replies 
Forgot to elaborate the Quad system.It is actually a tri-amp Quad system, below 100Hz is the Supravox 15in Field coil in open baffle, then it's a Stacked Quad ,and about 5Khz there were 5 RTR ESL cell. I did try the 6C33C amp in a single pair Quad by...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #157: F120A -- end of the game? by wchang on 2009-04-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s MiniMe or about Pilot Acoustic Systems in Audio Discussions  213 Replies 
I got my pair of F120A by-the-book bookshelves a few weeks ago and yes, in the beginning they were very much "compressed" sounding.  Things improved a bit over time, but the low treble (which gives instruments their "color") is still recessed.  So I ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #47: EAR direct-coupled amp by manisandher on 2010-11-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: To drive the 6C33C... in Melquiades Amplifier  65 Replies 
Hi Dima,Do you know if this is similar to the approach Tim de Paravicini took in his direct-coupled amp placed inside a Quad? I'm currently using Quad speakers (I gave up on the horn approach through sheer frustration) and it seems to me that this is...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #49: Direct-coupled amp by deemon on 2010-11-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: To drive the 6C33C... in Melquiades Amplifier  65 Replies 
[quote user="manisandher"]Hi Dima,Do you know if this is similar to the approach Tim de Paravicini took in his direct-coupled amp placed inside a Quad? I'm currently using Quad speakers (I gave up on the horn approach through sheer frustration) and i...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #47: Re: ShostoQuad or VitaBritten? by cv on 2005-04-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vitavox’s S2 Survival Guide. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  123 Replies 
AlloThese weren't quads but ML CLS panels (well, just the one actually, leaning against a chair, clip leaded up ). How's that for even more unethical... To be honest, *I* didn't actually like the sound; found it a bit uninvolving, and muddl...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Cats and Hifi by JANDL100 on 2008-06-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Cats and hifi in Audio Discussions  14 Replies 
A nice pic of Lara and one of my newly acquired Quad 57 esl speakers....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Re: monitors du jour by hagtech on 2006-06-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A quest for a better monitor. in Audio Discussions  97 Replies 
Romy, I thought the Ref3 mm-de capos sounded pretty good last I heard them.  No idea if they are ported or not.  I've been told the crossover is rather simple.  To me, they did a good disappearing act.  Probably expensive.For dece...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #99: CD ripping by Amir on 2016-07-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: High Quality Music Server / CD player in Didital Things  169 Replies 
about CD ripping :http://designwsound.com/dwsblog/hifi-computer-faq/cas-5-cd-ripping-for-mac-itunes/------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------“Mac Quad G5” CDDA->AIFF (Just dr...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #71: Electrostats by N-set on 2023-08-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Valve Preamplifier for Macondo/DSET in Melquiades Amplifier  74 Replies 
Paul, my headphones are electrostats that need a separate driver. I use Blue Hawaii amp with a quad EL34. The preamp has a direct output from the selector switch, which will be connected to the headphone amp....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #17: It is not so bad anymore by rowuk on 2023-06-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: High End Munich 2023 in Audio Discussions  22 Replies 
Martin Logan CLS are 85 dB efficient, so that is certainly more optimistic than ELS of old. New Quad 2912s are rated at 86 dB....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Regulation logic in amps and everything esle by Romy the Cat on 2011-09-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A different breed of 6C33C amplifier. in Melquiades Amplifier  84 Replies 
[quote user="KOTriode"] Without regulation, this amp would not work correctly due to its design: DC coupled and fixed bias. The high transconductance will make the bias current varied as much as 50-100ma due power line fluctuation without the reg...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #31: Multi-Channel vs Rear Speakers Only by Paul S on 2023-09-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Romy the Cat's Audio recommendation: the biggest bang fo... in Audio For Dummies ™  46 Replies 
Jarek, one might also consider that the "small" Auro-capable processors are 7.2 channels (larger might be 14.2). When thinking/speaking of "Auro 3D", I think we are a long way from Romy's original 2-rear-speakers "RI". It is still not clear to me if ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #50: More EQ... by Thorsten on 2010-06-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Where are our good phonostages? in Analog Playback  61 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Hold on, are you saying that manufacturers of phonostages who claim that they run RIAA curve with precision of 0.1db are full of shit? Ok, take the Fifths and do not answer this question.[/quote]There is nothing wrong with ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #14: Where's Michael K. when we need him? by Paul S on 2007-08-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: World's Finest Sounding Audio Room in Audio Discussions  16 Replies 
Wouldn't you know it, Jordi has to work weekends, too, and it can only make it tougher for him that the rest of us seem to have nothing but free time, stupid ideas and bad attitudes.Meantime, while $100s burned in my waste basket, I ran across a...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #91: S2 the holy grail of midrange by mark on 2008-02-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vitavox’s S2 Survival Guide. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  123 Replies 
my vitavox S2's finally arrived today.i was not expecting great results with all the warnings i read on this site,especially with the klangy stock 4 cell 330hz vitavox horn.i know refinement when i hear it.i have heard avantgarde's duo, trio,i even h...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Compare 1950's Ribbon-Horns by Horn Savant on 2010-08-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Electrostatic Sub Horn in Horn-Loaded Speakers  4 Replies 
I note English Mfgrs tried low power ribbon Midrange horns in the 50's (Decca, Kelly & Quad also made one!).These were probably inspired by the hi pwr prewar? Klangfilm ribbon horn (would like to hear one of those!) But, after Peter Walker moved ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #18: Who know…. by Romy the Cat on 2011-08-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A Moscow setup with Horns/Lowther in Horn-Loaded Speakers  33 Replies 
I do not know the “USSR made 2A9”. My feeling is that all USSR-made driver were crap but who knows, might be three is something did exist in there. It is hard to presume that if the guy changed from dual GOTO SG146LD to basically direct radiators wit...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: the converse can also be true by guy sergeant on 2005-06-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Why horn-loaded loudspeakers are bad. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  9 Replies 
"So many people today are interested in audio only to make money, or for show, or as one of their many passing hobbies"I occasionally go to the meetings of a recorded music society. A group of maybe 50 mainly older (50+) people gather in one of the l...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #189: My five cents by twogoodears on 2010-02-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Midbass Horns and Real Estate. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  247 Replies 
Dear Roman and all... also unrequested/unsolicited, MUST give my opinion on the above... I had to translate my 2,3 meters from my Gotorama speakers system, and obtained 7,6 or so feet... it's angled 110° in front of my head, placed on 5,3 meters long...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #47: Whatever It Takes (And Less Is More) by Paul S on 2023-10-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Romy the Cat's Audio recommendation: the biggest bang fo... in Audio For Dummies ™  46 Replies 
Never used the old Hafler (quad) much, mostly because I had so many mono LPs at the time, and that system (if I remember correctly) worked best with hard-panned stereo. Basically, I agree with you, and whatever I wind up with will be fairly easy to u...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Somewhat different route(s) by Gregm on 2006-08-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Cool running AB amplifier.. with good sound. in Audio Discussions  11 Replies 
This would involve some researching... thus introduing (possibly unecessary) complexity: look for a Sony or Yamaha or Sansui "power j-fet" amp. These were produced s/where in the mid '70s and should be very cheap now. I have listened to a Yamaha...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #152: The General Electric 12AX7 tubes by Romy the Cat on 2010-01-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Initial thoughts about new/old Lamm ML2s in Audio Discussions  215 Replies 
[quote user="miab"]I'm about to place an order for some 12AX7 tubes. The GA 12ax7 tube you mention doesn't seem to come up in my search. Is there other info regarding this tube?[/quote]I am not sure but it is possible that General Electric never ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #63: It will wary with implementation….. by Romy the Cat on 2012-03-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A different breed of 6C33C amplifier. in Melquiades Amplifier  84 Replies 
I see now. Quad can’t be driven by single 6C33C. This is well know fact and I did a lot of experiments with Quads and Lamm ML-2.0. For whatever reason as ML-2.0 drives Quads it produces Stingy Sound. I can’t explain it but it is not the sound that ML...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #23: As Time Goes By by Paul S on 2023-09-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Romy the Cat's Audio recommendation: the biggest bang fo... in Audio For Dummies ™  46 Replies 
Edgar, of course I am not interested in blanket "recommendations" out of context. After all, it's a Big World out there, and time grows short for me. Do you know that there are several GSC threads where RI has been discusssed, going back some time? S...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #33: 6C33C as single triode. by KOTriode on 2011-09-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A different breed of 6C33C amplifier. in Melquiades Amplifier  84 Replies 
The preamp has the classic tube regulated power supply using 5R4, 6AS7, 6SJ7. It is transformer coupled output and has no capacitor in the signal chain, the gain is about 8db, so it is not a buffer. For convenience, it does has a remote control. It i...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #23: At every SPL by Amir on 2023-06-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: High End Munich 2023 in Audio Discussions  22 Replies 
[quote user="Paul S"]It seems like many speakers that might be acceptabe at low to mid volume with simple music begin to compress and otherwise screw up when "pushed", either dynamically or with more complex music. Of course, plenty of people really ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #92: AFI1 now works 'properly' in dual-wire mode by manisandher on 2009-11-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: High Quality Music Server / CD player in Didital Things  169 Replies 
[quote user="manisandher"]The only issue that I have with it is that I can't use the PMII in Master mode at rates of 176.4 and 192KHz... the AFI1 cannot double the clock frequency from the PMII.[/quote]The latest firmware 'fixes' this issue. The AFI1...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #29: Not the Same by Paul S on 2008-11-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Horn loaded ribbons and other Vasyachkin’s tangents.... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  33 Replies 
I found the frequently-power-starved Sound Lab A1s and A3s to be audibly more amp-connected than some other speakers, including some that do not get as loud in absolute terms.  Although horns -generally speaking - may "need" SET to get...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #74: Left channel photo by noviygera on 2015-12-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Good midbass is complicated, if not unobtainable. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  74 Replies 
This is left channel. Right channel is mirror image.I am using 6db active crossovers all around.The subs are pair of 18" Aurasound 1808 per side. The current midbass is the white color horn you see. It is Funktion One DS15.  The issue with this one i...
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