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That just about sums it up, all right. You'd think it would be obvious that cartridges are not a viable subject for DIY/boutique building and/or modding; but, apparently, they are yet approached in this way by a small "underground" army of hopefuls,...
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Here is an idea from Walker Audio that actually makes some sense in some cases:http://walkeraudio.com/?product=valid-points-resonance-control-kitTo be sure you understand, I am NOT suggesting you spend anywhere near 625USD for something like this. R...
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What is it, abiout a year simce I started down this road? Time is such a swirl. During most of this time I have listented to music mostly in terms of driver "evaluations", with very little of my usual deep listening just for pleasure. Ugh. But th...
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How great it would be if there was some kind of "breakthrough" every so often, in order to make linear "progress" with the driver evaluations and speaker development! In fact, it is almost impossible to keep meaningful "controls" in place between eva...
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Again, not to make a "formula", but I was thinking about the possible roles of the speaker in "offsetting" the typical upward-tending tone/harmonics of hi-fi. Sure, there are lots of strategies to "deal with" the upward tendency. These ideas mi...
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hi mikei heard the avalons at the factory of a manufacturer of wonderful tube amplifiers in italy, http://www.angstromresearch.com/pre_ita.html ( certainly these guys would make big success in the states, if they were able to produce more than 5...
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Yes, the laconic clarity is too rare and too worthy to let go. My limited experience suggests that the 45 may have this very special ability, taken alone. Conversely, the "good" 6SN7 is wonderful with respect to tonal...
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>N-set, you
said that switching of my diodes has a lot of room to be better; could
you elaborate could/should I manage it? Thanks.Romy, I have only a very limited experience with vacuum diodes, not with sand. The kink is a bit worrying.I b...
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"]
You are saying that in Germany you guys have the US-type (or vice-versa) hi-fi circulation pattern...
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I did not know that there are any modern V-FET designs. As I understand, the V-FET transistors were available in 1970-1980 and were not produced since there. From what I heard that the DIY people who try to do V-FET amps buy old Sony and Yamaha machi...
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LaurentAlthough I have whined that the ML2 requires "tweaking" to get its best, the truth is that it is closer to the dream of acceptable "plug and play" performance than any amp I have ever used. Which is a long preamble to saying I am hardly an ex...
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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/...
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[quote user="Jorge"]Using the Fane 8M is interesting mainly if I get a better sound, Gravitas and size![/quote] Well, the “promised” the gravitas and size but it need to understood that it will not be coming from fane for from extra length of the ho...
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Silbatone made a Demo with those Horns (the big ones)They said, it is one of three existing WE Horns, made 1935/36 (only mod is the addition of the tweeter you can see there). One Horn is made for 3500 Visitors, so we got a 7000 People Demo with them...
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[quote user="Markus"] ….other people had tried to make sense of your construction and pointed out that your interpretation is wrong.[/quote] I do not think that it is an honest argument. The “other people” is never an argument as it immediately brin...
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Hi Romy, I ended up using a TAD 1101h 11 inch driver, 97db, 38fs, and is what I believe a stronger cone than the Goto 8 inch. The DIY mid bass horn is a 1/2 space 53hz hyperbolic horn with 5in x 5in square throat. Length is about 8'6", height of mout...
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There was some kind of hi-fi show in Gernany and it looks like Cessaro showed off a new version of Gamma. They look like change the frame. I really do not like what they look now. They look heavier with new frame and much less elegant. They looks lik...
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Yes, it looks not particularly sexy but it I was made to fit and it is for sure very functional. You shall not worry about attractiveness as when I pile up on this thing TT and whatever else will be located on it then it will have completely differen...
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Ham-set,I think you are digging a hole in a wrong place. Regardless of any SiC alleged or actual problems I absolutely assure that the ham you have has absolutely nothing to do with type of the diodes you use but only come from grounding, shielding a...
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Last time we wrote you thought I should focus less on tweeters and more on midbass.I am not done yet, but I have found a very nice midbass solution. Somewhat unorthodox, maybe.I have come to love police sirens! Without having A/B compared it to a pai...
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hi RomyI don’t feel much friction with your response. Thats mostly fine. But I replied assuming such a question is raised by someone who has experienced DIY background and basics how to „design sound“.This is of course a precondition. Of course we ca...
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hi Romy. Agree, didnt talk too much to him but you can feel having bit of empathy that hes a very warm hearted, relaxed and polite decent personality. Looks like a righteous guy. Also wish him best. Why im still writing this here? I dont think theres...
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A friend of mine showed this 5 way system at the annual enthusiasts event at Scalford Hall here in the UK.[IMG]http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh107/pure_sound/25917877386_6d44490768_o.jpg[/IMG]This comprises Lab Subs for LF, Some straight 80 Hz h...
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Dear blue,I think that you are reading this site incorrectly.Romy has done an incredible job of documenting his personal audio travels. Consider this site to be a diary in that respect. It has absolutely nothing to do with DIY, except perhaps as moti...
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Romy's recent post on the trials of 12-channel DSET hi-fi made me feel a little better, but his point about maintaining performance is well taken, none the less. One simply must have an aural reference and some rigorous methods for keeping things son...
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Somebody "KCCT82" from Devil Audio site posted information about own installation.
Channels:
TAD ET-703 compression driver <12k-20k> (107db 8 ohms)TAD TD-4002 compression driver on 400hz tractrix <1.9k-12k> (110db 16 ohms)GOTO...
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Being a Russian by birth and inheriting all typical for Russian masochism I sometime visit the High Efficiency Speakers Asylum, laughing me sick tail off. Between the fresks in there patting each other and the mercantile cretins who pose themselv...
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Interesting….. It is interesting to think about the relational of Melquiades slow take-up. I think that major contributing factor is that guy who calls himself Romy the Cat. Really, I think it’s it. The people who are capable to build amplifiers more...
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"] anthony wrote:I woke up this
morning ….
It was funny that you named it “In my dreams”. Whan I was “designing”
and building the Milq I had a lot of dreams about the problem I had. I am not
am amplifier designer or some ...
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Scooter, thank you for the warnings. I already own O2 MkI for +/-2 yrs and got to know them a bit. As I said I do not like headphones in generalbut I have no other choice. I own 2 more staxes: Sigma and Lambda Pro and Omega can do things others canno...
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