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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: That fried 2A3C.... by cv on 2009-05-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The DHOFT topology? Do not try it home. in Melquiades Amplifier  3 Replies 
I have some theories...*please* keep this tube safe, we will have to run some curves on it...More importantly, it's a good thing the output transformer wasn't damaged, though I'd imagine the tube would have struggled to pass more than around 600mA an...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #366: The YO-YO tube and "fundamentals" channel by Romy the Cat on 2009-09-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps in Melquiades Amplifier  397 Replies 
[quote user="serenechaos"]Would YO 186 be appropriate to use in "fundamental" chanel?  Over narrower band width, to color, "spice," "flavor" more?  [/quote]It would depend how the Fundamentals Channel is used. The YO186 has phenomenal lower MF, n...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Come on ... by jorsan on 2016-06-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: New Bamboo Speakers Feedback in Audio Discussions  3 Replies 
VERY nice response, why not just let it pass .... you are not exactly the nicest person in the world right? .... come on rowuk ......

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Dusting off the books by Paul S on 2007-08-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Melquiades bass channels: the coupling capacitor. in Melquiades Amplifier  11 Replies 
Thanks for the link, Romy.Very interesting.I need to run the numbers for 150 Hz, both high and low pass, 2nd order.Cement type resistor?  Mills have gone to the dogs...Variable inductance OK (it might be handy...)?Have you tried s...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Entry level DSET Melq? by mark on 2008-01-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Entry level DSET Melq? in Melquiades Amplifier  10 Replies 
i am currently gathering parts for a pr. of full range melq.i would like to have the option to add a single stage to do 550 hz and up.then to switch the full range to do below 550hz.what transformer do you suggest for the high pass(i am ordering...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #37: There is nothing extraordinary so far. by Romy the Cat on 2007-09-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 6 Channel Version of Super Melquiades in Melquiades Amplifier  131 Replies 
  [quote user="Paul S"] Romy, on Fundamentals channel did you leave the 20uF cap at speaker level or did you re-configure that band pass at line level? [/quote] Nope, it is hoe it depicted the 20uF cap at speaker level. I see no problems with ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: I take the Fifth. by Romy the Cat on 2005-07-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Super Melquiades Amplifier. in Melquiades Amplifier  29 Replies 
[quote user="Alex Yakovlev"]  Can you pass me transformer parameters? What about tubes and sockets? Caps?[/quote]Alex, when the Mild become public then all specification and sources will be reviled. Meanwhile I have no further comments and ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1815: Even better by Bill on 2022-03-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
Try the “AYRE Irrational But Efficacious v. 1.2” cd. Works great to clear up grunge and noise in electronics and speakers. I think it probably acts to demagnetize equipment and soften speaker surrounds. Just need to run it one pass at moderate level....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1849: HF/UHF at +30 dB by Paul S on 2022-08-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
Not to over think it, but just tossing it out there: Most tweeters/super tweeters do not have low pass filters to take care of +30 dB at 22k Hz. If your RTA uses a microphone, and your number is above the tweeter's natural output, adjusted for mic cu...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: Tragedy by unicon on 2024-01-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A passive but elegant presentation in Audio Discussions  8 Replies 
The answer could be simple .to round it up fast it(sound quality) equals to any PROBLEMATIC FREE playback system. That said being problematic free is not easy for any playback system or what you call high end thats why a cheap headphone may pass the ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #80: Correction by DA on 2014-02-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Bias help in Melquiades Amplifier  96 Replies 
DA wrote  "The second question has to do with how to unload the Milq from low  frequency  < 60hz ? How to or where to install a low pass filter ? "Correction-  it should read "How to or where to installation high pass filt...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Coincidentally by coops on 2009-12-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: SS Amplification for Compressions drivers? Sound? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  19 Replies 
Mainly because of my young daughter I have been listening to mostly solid state amps, I have enjoyed 'Digital DoMain's' B1-a VFET, and am now listening to a German 'Audioprojeckte' CA10, 10 watt class A design, ( I will post a link later as their sit...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Wrong questions? by rowuk on 2015-07-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Tractrix Bass horn vs Spherical Wave Horn - Bass loading in Horn-Loaded Speakers  11 Replies 
I am not sure if the questions are wrong. Maybe they are just too early. There are plenty of audio people that pass around opinions as fact. That is a problem and most DIY pride is not in the absolute quality of sound, rather that it works, has wide ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #25: From A to AB by el`Ol on 2009-08-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: SS Power Amps - the FoxNews of Audio. in Audio Discussions  25 Replies 
I never listened to Pass amps, neither class A nor class B, but I think I know a counter-example:The new powerful AB amps from Martion in my opinion play in the same league as the small class A amps in the Orgon active horn system concerning freedom ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #731: Electricity and low temperature by Jorge on 2011-01-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
I think it would have to do more with power lines conductivity under low temperatures than with industry pollution:"Even among the materials considered conductive, there can be vast differences in how much electricity can actually pass through. I...

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 #89: The MiniMe First draft by Romy the Cat on 2009-01-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s MiniMe or about Pilot Acoustic Systems in Audio Discussions  213 Replies 
Sure I was not able to do not listen it as the pain dried. It was incredible ad-hog sting of the drivers. All woofers are series. I know, I know but they are 4R each and I wanted to drive it with 2A3 just for the first test. The post is tuned - I hav...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Re: ....just purely fishing. by deemon on 2004-12-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Crossover or non-crossover help need. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  11 Replies 
Of course , if you need low pass , the chamber won't help .... but in seems to be that there are no good solution in this case . Too narrow bandwidth , and it will sound like a barrel :-) . Dima...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #18: The horizontal ark with Aurum Cantus? by Romy the Cat on 2006-10-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Tweeter for Vitavox S2. High-sensitively ribbons? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  64 Replies 
Chris, I did ask myself the same question: perhaps my given PTR9 is demagnetized. I called the last night to the owner of the tweeters and he said that he uses them for 7 years and they driver should be fine. He also expressed a lot of doubts if the ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #33: Second Stage Half-6C33C impedance by anthony on 2015-06-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Planning my DSET in Melquiades Amplifier  186 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Anthony, I think you take the right this in a wrong way. Sure the quality of the coupling caps is important but you truly shall not be worry about it. Make the amp, get comfortable with it and then change the damn cap. I...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #316: DSET vs. the “better tubes”. by Romy the Cat on 2009-05-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps in Melquiades Amplifier  397 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] Spending some time listening carefully my new setup after fine-calibration I recognize some inaccuracies in my previous comments and some mistakes of my original objectives. Here are some observations I would like to m...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: I suspect the crossovers by rowuk on 2023-05-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Yamaha ns1000m speaker problem in Audio Discussions  3 Replies 
The electrolytic capacitors in the woofer low pass circuit are certainly dead. They look perfectly normal when old, just lose capacity in a serious way. The NS1000 had ferrite magnets that don't need remagnetization....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #18: Much clearer now, thanks by Paul S on 2007-09-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 6 Channel Version of Super Melquiades in Melquiades Amplifier  131 Replies 
Just 1 attempt to explain dumb questions, then a sleeping pill:OK, mistook the interstage couplers for speaker level caps, as though all channels were single stage, and from there projected the "active" band pass at speaker level (wrong turn at ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #36: Line level/speaker level, and OPT by Paul S on 2007-09-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 6 Channel Version of Super Melquiades in Melquiades Amplifier  131 Replies 
Romy, on Fundamentals channel did you leave the 20uF cap at speaker level or did you re-configure that band pass at line level?Are the RC feeds you mention pre-driver or interstage for A, B and C?Is everything still 1st order?Can you say already...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #52: Super Milq 6 channels diaries: I am through by Romy the Cat on 2007-11-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 6 Channel Version of Super Melquiades in Melquiades Amplifier  131 Replies 
Ok, now it is done and it is official as I see nothing available for conceptual improvement in the crossover circuit. Interestingly this version offers the most interesting sound as well, since the circus was tune for sound, not vise-versa, it is wha...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #53: Subharmonics and undertones by Jorge on 2011-09-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Constructing LF modules to the limits in Audio Discussions  54 Replies 
Just how important are  subharmonics and undertones in audio, and how they affect tone? I played around for a while with the Townshend supertweeters,  this is a ribbon tweeter that you can barely listen to:  you plug it in and put it next to your...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #63: About the TwoGoodEars new crossover. by Romy the Cat on 2012-01-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Crossover Design in Audio Discussions  69 Replies 
I am not completely thrilled with TwoGoodEars new crossover. http://vinylsavor.blogspot.com/2012/01/making-of-line-level-crossover.html First of all , Stephano has a preamp with tube out stage.  The guy in his post says that the l...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Hørning prøblems. by Romy the Cat on 2005-04-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Hørning prøblems. in Audio Discussions  5 Replies 
I stopped by yestoday ay NY show for a couple hours. Somewhere in there SRA’s Kevin Tellekamp fished me and told me that he wants to show me something very interesting. He brought me into a room where Hørning loudspeakers were demonstrating. (http://...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #34: Considerations about Melquiades’ layout. by Romy the Cat on 2006-12-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: “Melquiades” amplifier: a year later. in Melquiades Amplifier  33 Replies 
[quote user="jessie.dazzle"]As a way of forcing myself to see the thing as a whole, I will start by converting this schematic to a 3D CAD model, illustrating each component and its relation to the others (with more distance between the parts than in ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #166: Upper-bass as a system's fulcrum: Part I by jessie.dazzle on 2010-03-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Jessie Dazzle Project in Horn-Loaded Speakers  172 Replies 
First off, I forgot to mention an interesting observation: Before running the sweeps (previous post), since the drivers in the upper-bass horns are new, I decided to verify/optimize rear chamber volume (they are easily adjustable)... I wasn't expecti...
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