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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Balance Control by Amir on 2018-09-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A quests for an ultimate preamp. in Audio Discussions  8 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]1) A preamp shall have right Sound. I would not even comment on it. A preamp shall sound better then any other source a system has.2) A preamp shall have a remote control. I have expressed a well found view that a Remote Co...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #235: Avicenna’s first sound. by Romy the Cat on 2009-01-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
I played the full system today driven from Avicenna possessor.  It was interesting and in way different. The full system (Milq + digital front ends) draw 685W from Avicenna in buffer mode and 800W from the wall, so the efficiency was very good f...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #95: The cass D amps and the Plummer Joe's rubbery butter. by Romy the Cat on 2009-01-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s MiniMe or about Pilot Acoustic Systems in Audio Discussions  213 Replies 
[quote user="Lbjefferies7"] If you are really interested in moronizing your room, GTT Audio & Video are selling some Kharma Class-D's on audiogon.http://www.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?ddampstran&1237509628&demo&3&4&Looks like...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #13: Re: Holly cow! The Pussy might go digital? by TonyB on 2005-11-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to record FM broadcasts. in Off Air Audio  125 Replies 
Hi Romy,You wrote: Also, I remember that in 1998 or something like this when the first Sony SACD machines were only about to heat the market I was given a demo of SACD played directly form the original hard-drive and recorded via the original ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: 6E5P, the resistors... and the load. by Romy the Cat on 2007-03-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A resistor between screen and grid in Melquiades Amplifier  9 Replies 
[quote user="ml8"]...but resistor between screen grid and plate, to my hearing, makes sound slightly unnatural, especially in highs.But this may be not true in your case (i didn't try to use this resistor with 6E5P, only with other power tetrodes), s...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: The Oppologies transports… by Romy the Cat on 2011-09-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Oppo DVD player as a transport. in Didital Things  10 Replies 
[quote user="Serge"]Well, I always noticed that 'universal' transports which spin the CD at 4x, 8x, 16x, 32x (faster each year) sound much muddier and grainier then the dedicated CD ones. Unfortunately nowadays there are hardly one or two commerc...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #390: I was talking about it many times… by Romy the Cat on 2009-07-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
Petrasescu_Lucian, I perfectly understand your sentiments. There are unquestionable differences in operation between 1050 and 2000 but I do not know if it is the differences due to the topological differences or due to implantation differences...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Building the Zarathustra II by nautilus981 on 2010-04-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Building “Zarathustra II” amplifier in Audio Discussions  8 Replies 
Hello, would it be possible for us to see the diagrams and schematics behind the Zarathustra II in the same spirit as the Melquiades was conceived, noting that the best of ideas are formed with the purest of sentiments?[quote]It is Dima’s and my stro...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: I was not taking about DAC but about the review by Romy the Cat on 2014-12-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Shopping for DSD Converters? Here's One From the Lampizator.... in Audio News  18 Replies 
[quote user="xandcg"]I don't know if you was being sarcastic on that quote but Lampizator does the DSD conversion in a R2R way, using a power tube instead of a DAC chip.[/quote]I am not sarcastic and the "review" above does not extend any of my kn...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #166: A hallucinations? by Romy the Cat on 2015-11-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Another time aligned 5-way horn project in Horn-Loaded Speakers  189 Replies 
[quote user="Murataltuev"]I believe that delay is easy to organize in digital domain without influence to the signal.I have custom DAC project and may be I'll use separate DAC for this channel with USB data buffer to organize delay.Another simple...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #16: Collecting user requirements for Vitavox fieldcoil… by Romy the Cat on 2006-01-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vitavox S2 with Electromagnets in Horn-Loaded Speakers  91 Replies 
Lately the Vitavox electromagnet project looks like moved to a fruitful direction. Well, I do not know if the direction would be a real fertile but it will be going somewhere instead of talking… that is always fruitful. I have quite good support form...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: How to make amplification without an unnecessary waste. by Romy the Cat on 2008-07-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Incorporating active crossovers into DSET in Melquiades Amplifier  2 Replies 
Mumford, Let clear first with terminology. You post said about “Incorporating active crossovers into DSET” and I think it is not what you are interested; at least it is not what I am practicing. An active crossover implies a use a dedicated active s...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #24: The Best Tuner project? Oh, not again! by Romy the Cat on 2009-08-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A tube tuner? REL Precedent 646C in Off Air Audio  24 Replies 
[quote user="doug s."] if you have good reception in your area, the sherwood will be fine.  but the sound is where these things excel, really.  as they are so dirt-cheap, and even pretty-cheap when completely refurb'd, you owe it to yourself to a...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Lamm ML3 snick preview. by Romy the Cat on 2007-01-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Lamm Industries: a special interview with a special company in Audio News  97 Replies 
The Audio Fedirection guy got a new camera? I bet he did. Anyhow, the pictures are courtesy of Audio Fedirection blog. http://audiofederation.com/blog/archives/271 As I said above - I was as queries to have a preview of that ML3 amp as I was wonder...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #92: Some thought about Lamm ML3 desing. by Romy the Cat on 2013-10-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Lamm Industries: a special interview with a special company in Audio News  97 Replies 
[quote user="Paul S"]Lamm did choose to use some of the driving ideas from his proven SET amp…[/quote]Yes and no. ML3 design wise, as I understand is, in fact is not as interesting amp and it might be otherwise. Vladimir went for the target marke...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #15: Bypass that sound card? The Cosecant DAC? by Romy the Cat on 2008-09-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: High Quality Music Server / CD player in Didital Things  169 Replies 
Jessie, I have two comments/questions. Are you sure that using the USB you do not use the sound card? I am a software guy not a hardware guy and with my limited understanding I presume that an application that reads a file must talk to so kind of dr...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #44: The Lamm ML4 and the 7-points by Romy the Cat on 2007-10-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Lamm Industries: a special interview with a special company in Audio News  97 Replies 
Yesterday I got two emails asking me about Lamm ML3. I replied as I usually do, saying that I that I do not practice in satisfaction in audio-consumer curiosity.  Still, it made me to think again about a hypothetic amp around GM-70.I am not a fa...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #72: Bias with attitude, bass and transformers... by Romy the Cat on 2012-03-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A different breed of 6C33C amplifier. in Melquiades Amplifier  84 Replies 
[quote user="KOTriode"]Romy, in the contrary, it is very unfair to compare my 845 amp with the 6C33C. The main reason is the 845 amp used the best output/interstage transformer available, while the 6C33C's output xformer is pretty good but far from b...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #48: Lamm ML3 as a sad idea, at least for my needs. by Romy the Cat on 2007-12-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Lamm Industries: a special interview with a special company in Audio News  97 Replies 
[quote user="jessie.dazzle"] I don't have a problem with what Lamm has done in offering the ML3 (ignoring the price)... If I have a problem it is more related to how the product is being represented. Representations aside, depending on how it sounds,...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: Re: Further problems with interstage transformers. by Thorsten on 2005-10-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Passive transformer based preamp in Audio Discussions  41 Replies 
Roman,[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Nevertheless, if that bass was truncated between the stages then the devastations are way more severe. [/quote]That may be so, however an LF response of less than -0.1db down @ 10Hz is what is normally called "ruler f...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #14: It reminds me an old joke about a guy falling form a skyscraper…. by Romy the Cat on 2007-03-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Another light for the LS tunnel: transformer-attenuators? in Audio Discussions  26 Replies 
[quote user="George"] Recently I had a brainstorm (very small) and bounced it off Guy (who is a terrific person to talk to) and he thought it would be worth trying. Since I was driving such a relatively long length of RCA cable (thus subject to noise...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: A new generation of full-function preamps. by Romy the Cat on 2011-08-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A new generation of full-function preamps. in Audio Discussions  4 Replies 
In the past there was such a concept of full-function preamplifiers that included MM and MC inputs. With time such devises die out and nowadays it is VERY difficult to find a full-function preamplifier generally and a good sounding full-function ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #22: An audiophile grade server: The Linux Solution by nycparamedic on 2008-12-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: High Quality Music Server / CD player in Didital Things  169 Replies 
[quote user="scooter"]Gentlemen: ...*Regarding playback, I misspoke in my original post of an "Audiophile music server." Upon further reflection, this is an oxymoron, if not a moronic phrase. I think it is highly unlikely that a dedicated audiop...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: On using Pro Audio Digital Crossovers (PADXO) in domestic HiFi setting... by Thorsten on 2005-03-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Horns and digital crossovers. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  16 Replies 
Hi,[quote user="Romy the Cat"]This subject of digital crossovers became quite popular during last few years and many audio-people give up and go for a simplicity and painlessness of digital crossovering.[/quote]Well, digital X-Overs would appear to o...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: The Melquiades bias: some history. by Romy the Cat on 2005-12-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Headphone amplifiers. Baby Melquiades? in Melquiades Amplifier  27 Replies 
[quote user="Chirag"]The 6E5P is an interesting device (I did some research after you dropped the "tetrode" hint and bought a few :-)), but the bias scheme with the OA2's is still incomprehensible to me.  [/quote]Ok, I will try to explain. The...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Output transformer for full-range Melquiades. by Romy the Cat on 2007-02-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: I do not know what else are you looking. in Audio Discussions  12 Replies 
First of all: I have moved this thread into the Milq Forum….. [quote user="RonyWeissman"] I'm going to try and build a Melquiades type amplifier (with some help from friends) following the advice given above  to make it as simple as possible.&n...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Some transformer ranting. by Romy the Cat on 2005-10-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Passive transformer based preamp in Audio Discussions  41 Replies 
[quote user="Thorsten"]I wonder, which specific line level interstage transformers have you tried, it would have to be ALL of them in order for your statement "there are non" to hold.......But, what specifically do you object to in these transformers...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #24: The Allnic’s Mystery and class “F” operation by Romy the Cat on 2009-10-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The LCR RIAA correctors in Analog Playback  57 Replies 
It is not a the thread about Allnic but LCR RIAA correctors, still there was something expressed in here about the Allnic LCR phonocorrector… and  I feel bad about it. It is not that I don’t think that Allnic LCR phonocorrector deserve positive m...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: The typical BS from Lamm by Romy the Cat on 2011-01-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Lamm ML2.1 "No longer available"? in Audio Discussions  16 Replies 
I think I need to make some commentary in here as BS will be swallowed as usually and somebody shall take stand on it. Before is a small prelude. Sometimes back in his comments about RMAF 2010 Show Report the Federated Mike wrote in his blog: ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #62: Some more on my needs by N-set on 2022-06-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Valve Preamplifier for Macondo/DSET in Melquiades Amplifier  74 Replies 
Hi Anthony, Thank you for your reply & explanations. I actually need only a buffer, perhaps 2x as my Yamaha B2 is very sensitive, but I need a good one. I have right now Yamaha C2 just to have anything and I ...
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