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Best amplifier is the one that you just built…Yes, it is a common unfortunate law of Audio but the people who know me personally know that try do not behave according to this behavioral pattern. So, this weekend I decided to do try the new Melquiades...
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I do not remember which one I used. I remember that I was deciding if to mount them on chassis vs. to have a small board with tube sockets under the chassis and bring the tubes through the chassis. The board mounting is better as it decuples the tube...
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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...
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[quote user="drdna"] You had described the Melquiades as a "reality Reconstruction" amplifier. In my mind, I have always associated the unpredictable quality you describe with a "closer to reality" sound in my system. [/quote]
Well, I might ...
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[quote user="Antonio J."]I think I understant pretty well your descriptions and it's surprising the amp can overcome speakers flaws. Is this using the Lamm L2 or any other preamp, or just driving the Melquiades with the source directly? [/quote]
Nop...
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"]
cv wrote:
I wonder if it is the reactive components (blocking caps etc) that are to blame here, seeing as much of the problem is in the lower bass.Chris, what you said made me to think.
Loo...
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One more thing that I would like to point out in context of the recent Marc Mickelson’s review. Marc wrote:
“The Atma-Sphere amps are certainly more powerful than the ML3 Signatures, but not noticeably so unless you clip the Lamm amps. “
Here is wh...
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Hi Decoud:I cannot but help noticing that you are based in the UK (like myself presently), and since I am not the only one considering building the Melquiades at some point, it might be of interest to many readers, if you have the time and inclinatio...
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[quote user="decoud"]No, I have not abandoned the project: these are simply surplus to requirements owing to the way in which I will procure the thing ultimately. [/quote]Hi D.,I imagine I am not the only one to be wondering about this so I will ask ...
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"]
*********** From here, read carefuly because it is important ***********
The positions of the instruments are an arteffect of sound reproduction and in real "live" you do not recognize the instruments positioni...
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***********Yes, WE most defiantly should. However, we are still in process of learning how to get the best of it (for instant something “huge” was learned .... today) When everything will be mentally settled down I do not see any reasons why the info...
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I really do not what is gong on there and why. Thorsten's comment that line-level crossovers do not act like speakers’ level crossover confirms what I feel and what some other people suggested me. Yes, the reactance of the crossover component, the in...
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I will say that I agree with what you have said, Roman; that DIY'ers most likely to build the amp are probably a bit anti-Romy. Too bad, I always say liten first and then comment. Too many people in audio get wrapped up in the theory and ...
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[quote user="RonyWeissman"]Attentuators plugged directly into the RCA jacks sounds like good solution for balance control[/quote]Do not forget that you do not need the attenuators but juts one attenuator that you would plug on right OR on left. Also,...
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What Romy has done up until now is very similar to what a conductor of an orchestra does:Search for music to performBuild the ensemble to play itDecide on the venue to perform inTrain all of the forces involved to play in accordIn real time, guide th...
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[quote user="decoud"]This is a synergy horn, a topology that Danley has a patent on, I believe, and certainly the most expertise. There have been extensive discussions on this site about it, including Romy's theoretical objections to the idea. In a s...
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Ever since the Melquiades schematic was published, I have been planning to build one, because the objectives and topology seem like they would work for my system. Unfortunately I am very much not a DIY person. Even though I have built my ...
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Here is a separate thread where any questions and answers regarding how to build Melquiades might be piled up. ...
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[quote user="RonyWeissman"]Is it the new Tradition OPT for the MF channel, sorry I haven't had time to follow threads lately? If so I am curious as I need to order an OPT for my full-range melquiades project soon. (I found someone to build...
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I have finished all my frustration frustrations, connected all 12 Melquiades channel to Macondo and quickly, but not finally calibrated, the channels. I finished in the middle of the Simon Boccanegra’s prelude as they started today an hour earli...
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[quote user="ml8"]So sometimes i just wonder why do you need 6C33C at all, with your high-sensitive speakers.[/quote]
This thread is a derivation of the “5 Channel Version of Melquiades” thread:
http://www.GoodSoundClub.com/TreeItem.aspx?PostID=406...
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Yup i think i will use ac for filament,in my mind i wan't to copy and build the structure of melquiades ,so i don't need to recalculate anythink,only follow the stream, but maybe if i use 6,3v filament(i see melquiades use 12,6v) i must change someth...
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Romy, I understand that at some stage you trialled a number of different capacitors and settled upon Electrocube 950B/D not necessarily for the Melquiades but perhaps for some other project. I was wondering if you ever experimented with different co...
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forgot to mention,Melquiades Plate load 600R (into 8 ohms)'Other Condition' Plate load 820RGuy...
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I think I understant pretty well your descriptions and it's surprising the amp can overcome speakers flaws. Is this using the Lamm L2 or any other preamp, or just driving the Melquiades with the source directly? I wonder if that what you describe cou...
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Hi D,Thanks for the information and the email, but I would think you might be clearer as to exactly what's included in your offer for sale, and maybe list and add prices of what these have cost new. These are not commonly available parts with readily...
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Romy, I plan to build Melquiades. But there are couple of questions:1-One of speaker options is Gryphon Trident, it is an active bass speaker so Mel should drive MF & HF only. In your opinion can Mel drive these speakers?2-If yes then driving a...
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Connex looks similary.http://www.partsconnexion.com/product7483.htmlI bought these for my melquiades.Dominik...
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"]
Here are the basics of the 6-Chennal Melquiades DSET Amplifier complete, without secondary features.http://www.RomyTheCat.com/PDF/6-Chennal_Melquiades_DSET_Amplifier.pdf[/quote] The pre-final version of the 6-Ch Melquiad...
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Finally done! A journey that took a total of 11 years after coming across this forum and seeing the Melquiades posts and schematic. Koshka has a beautiful body and will live on in my SET implementation of a 4 box solution. Here is the left channel po...
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