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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #90: The MiniMe – the first assault. by Romy the Cat on 2009-01-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s MiniMe or about Pilot Acoustic Systems in Audio Discussions  213 Replies 
Ok, I did play today with the MiniMe. I have to tell that then it turn black I kind got soften with it does not look to me as large and violent as I initially thought. I made some measurement and some listening. I peaty much know what I want to be an...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: An amplifier for Tweeters by Romy the Cat on 2006-09-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: An amplifier for Tweeters in Audio Discussions  17 Replies 
Following my recent “new objectives” with tweeters (partially covered in the last posts of the following thread) http://www.goodsoundclub.com/TreeItem.aspx?PageIndex=2&postID=2791#2791 I lately made quite a few very interesting and very educati...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: The “blending integrity” vs. “dynamic viscosity” . by Romy the Cat on 2006-11-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Initial thoughts about new/old Lamm ML2s in Audio Discussions  215 Replies 
Paul, I re-mapped your post to your older thread; I hope you do not mind… Anyhow, I find absolutely nothing in the older ML2’ sound related to L1/L2 “X-Factor”. As I suggested in the second post of the flowing thread: http://www.goodsoundclub.com/...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Oleg Rulit’s take on the subject by Romy the Cat on 2011-07-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Ultimate MF compression driver? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  45 Replies 
Yes, Rulit does try to push envelop of something. He does exiting projects but I do not know how all of it manifests itself in actual results. I said that he  pushes the “envelop of something” as I do not know what this “something” is.  I never h...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #12: bias continued by cv on 2007-08-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Melquiades bass channels: the coupling capacitor. in Melquiades Amplifier  11 Replies 
Hi Dima,Thanks for your comments; please forgive the chaos of what follows as I have to rush! Agreed on all counts - the dc bias point would need adjustment and monitoring; I supposse it depends on how stable the electricity is from the wall; anothe...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: It is not so straight forward with tubes damping. by Romy the Cat on 2007-09-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Herbie's Hal-O Tube Dampers in Melquiades Amplifier  10 Replies 
JJ, yes, I got Hal-O dampers a few years ago and I do use them but it would require more say then just “I use” them. I have them for a long time. I initially bought then to use with 7788 tubes that I am employing as an input tubes in my phonocorr...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #45: The APS PurePower vs. good electricity. by Romy the Cat on 2007-06-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
A friend of mine asked my last night if I feel that PurePower’s Sound as good as a playback during those extremely seldom moments when electrify is good. It was a good question and I feel that it is worth to cover. First off all I can not say about ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: The Tenor amplifier and the writing waves. by Romy the Cat on 2008-06-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Tenor amplifier and the writing waves. in Audio Discussions  6 Replies 
I was pointed out today to 6Moons review of Canadian Tenor amp: http://6moons.com/audioreviews/tenor/m350.html written by Mike Malinowski -I do not know who the guy is. I have to admit that I treat anything that come from 6Moons with certain grain ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: One way to learn is to try... by Romy the Cat on 2006-05-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Two-stages, hybrid, small, powerful class “A”? in Audio Discussions  23 Replies 
[quote user="Chirag"] Well..my first question would be regarding the application.  The big Melq tube is already doing the bass towers...is it not enough current?  [/quote] Chirag, I’m not planning to use this power amp in my system.  ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #54: Don't waste time being "creative" by nl on 2008-12-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps in Melquiades Amplifier  397 Replies 
There is no "one tube DHT amp." There are only amps with gain in one box or two boxes. Your 6E5P tube is not so special. People have been making WE437 spud amps since the 1960s. There is a class of amps that use a high-gm tube driver and a DHT out...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #86: The Lamm ML2 regulation from different angles by Romy the Cat on 2007-10-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Initial thoughts about new/old Lamm ML2s in Audio Discussions  215 Replies 
[quote user="morricab"] The one thing that the Lamm ML2 does differently than nearly all tube amps is regulation of the output stage.  They do this with the 2nd 6C33C that is on the chassis.  Even the KR amps don't do this and I think it is...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #242: I need some volume… by Romy the Cat on 2017-10-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A listening room for a domesticated Cat? in Audio Discussions  283 Replies 
This morning  we all: Amy, kids, nanny, cats were watching  Schleswig-Holstein festival from 2000 where Gunter Wand was leading  his North German Radio Symphony Orchestra with Bruckner 8.  The kind were playing with my laser rangemeter, women wer...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #229: The Milq DH DSET, the further thoughts in progress. by Romy the Cat on 2009-04-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps in Melquiades Amplifier  397 Replies 
Ok, I made some further experiments driving this time my S2 driver from Milq DH DSET. The hell of the sensitively - it was too much.  So, I went for 4:1 inner-stage ratio. The result was very successful and the amp looks like was able to get more...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #26: Super Milq 6-channels diaries: the honeymoon nigh by Romy the Cat on 2007-09-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 6 Channel Version of Super Melquiades in Melquiades Amplifier  131 Replies 
After many hours and much efforts I have connected the new 6-channels Super Milq to my 6-channels Macondo, with omission of tweeters for now.  I made some measurements and initial adjustments and then was trying to listen it briefly. I did not l...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #39: 6-channels Milq: the design phase is over. by Romy the Cat on 2007-09-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 6 Channel Version of Super Melquiades in Melquiades Amplifier  131 Replies 
OK, it took for a while but at this point I have nailed down all design aspects of the new 6-channels Super Milq, and particularly its input stage. I have listen and evaluated all solutions that will be implemented in there; selected, appraised and o...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #135: Try to debug more. by Romy the Cat on 2019-01-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Planning my DSET in Melquiades Amplifier  186 Replies 
[quote user="anthony"] Firstly, the -200V Bias supply takes ages to come up to voltage but it does get there...no issues for the +200V side, it charges is 200uF caps almost instantly, but 9,000uF on the negative side takes almost 90 seconds to ge...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #124: The New Milq DSET, some comments about Sound by Romy the Cat on 2008-02-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 6 Channel Version of Super Melquiades in Melquiades Amplifier  131 Replies 
Something had changed very positively with multi-amping. I am not quite sure if it is because the full multi-amping of the specific of the implementation but it is what it is. The entire dynamic relationship between volume of a given tone and the ton...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Still have no answer by Romy the Cat on 2013-07-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Is it the time to change those tubes? in Melquiades Amplifier  11 Replies 
As much I did not answer back then as much I do not have it now. The gas tube I never changed. Well, as I moved out of city in 2010 I did changed them but not because I need but because I was “reviewing” the system sort of speaking. The 12AX7 in p...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #21: Lamms, Tenors, Melq, others... and a big room. by Romy the Cat on 2006-06-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Milq: Starting the project in Melquiades Amplifier  23 Replies 
[quote user="AnonymousUser"] Sorry for the delay but my computer is down! I would like you to tell me squarely why your amp sounds to your ears better than the lamms tenors and the likes! what is if you prefer the impact of yur driver stage compared ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Some thought about 5-Channel Version of Melquiades by Romy the Cat on 2006-07-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 5 Channel Version of Melquiades in Melquiades Amplifier  21 Replies 
This thread is split from the following thread: http://www.goodsoundclub.com/LatestPosts.aspx?ThreadID=2665 Jessie, I hope you do not mind that I pulled it to the forum explicitly dedicated to the Melquiades Support. 5-channels Melquiades is ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #14: Aha! But you're getting ahead of myself by dl on 2015-01-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: To Milq builders: corrections, simplification, modifications... in Melquiades Amplifier  16 Replies 
Right. I do not mean to suggest that my own solution for arriving at an acceptable global result using the Milq full-range was not a short-cut with regrettable new weaknesses (or just missed or postponed opportunities). But I am curious (wary)...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Second round of questions... by anthony on 2015-05-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Planning my DSET in Melquiades Amplifier  186 Replies 
Romy, thank-you for your help so far.  Unfortunately I now have some more hopefully simple questions regarding the "pre-final" schematic from your "6 Channel Melquiades" thread (see below).  1.    Do you have a “final version” of the schematic any...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Melquiades' message. by Romy the Cat on 2014-10-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: To Milq builders: corrections, simplification, modifications... in Melquiades Amplifier  16 Replies 
Vincin, thank you for appreciation of my work.  A few comments and thoughts about the direction you went.   I do think that to compare 300B with your version of Milq is not proper way to demonstrate or to learn anything about sound, particularly ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #143: Keep dong what you do... by Romy the Cat on 2019-01-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Planning my DSET in Melquiades Amplifier  186 Replies 
[quote user="anthony"]Looks like I spoke too early.  When I made that statement I'd only tested the voltages in the DHT Channel and they were pretty close to correct...but when I put a tube in there it glowed a little too hot so I quickly shut it ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Answers.... by Romy the Cat on 2015-05-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Planning my DSET in Melquiades Amplifier  186 Replies 
[quote user="anthony"]I plan to build a fullrange Melquiades for a friend and then if that works out the DSET 6 or 7 channel version for myself. [/quote] That is very good approach in my view. The problem is in this approach that you have t...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #161: It is all good. by Romy the Cat on 2019-02-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Planning my DSET in Melquiades Amplifier  186 Replies 
[quote user="anthony"]First was the issue with the 6e6p  for the HF Channel not being able to draw enough current.  I checked the bias and it was fine and the potentiometer allowed plenty of adjustment so I changed nothing in the circuit.  A new ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #142: So far so good... by Romy the Cat on 2019-01-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Planning my DSET in Melquiades Amplifier  186 Replies 
[quote user="anthony"]Thanks for your thoughts Romy.  Last night I roughly wired in some random crossovers….[/quote]I wrote a loooong replay to you after that post but my 2.5 yo son turned off my computer while I was posting it. Hate to rewrit...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Planning my DSET by anthony on 2015-05-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Planning my DSET in Melquiades Amplifier  186 Replies 
Hi Romy, I am planning my own DSET build.  I have based my speakers on your Macondo and am busy turning MDF horns in my spare time.  Once that is over I will move onto amplifiers.  I plan to build a fullrange Melquiades for a friend and the...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: The answers.... by Romy the Cat on 2015-05-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Planning my DSET in Melquiades Amplifier  186 Replies 
[quote user="anthony"]Do you have a “final version” of the schematic anywhere? [/quote] I think that the one you have might be recognized as final. The Rev2 was without DHT in MF and Rev3 was with it. I did not do anything else with the amp af...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #15: Everything about everything by Romy the Cat on 2015-01-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: To Milq builders: corrections, simplification, modifications... in Melquiades Amplifier  16 Replies 
[quote user="dl"] But I am curious (wary) about what you mean by the “one-sided” results of using a DHT for the upper midrange (if I misread you correctly). [/quote]   What I meant is that practically no one uses "a good DHT...
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