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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #24: Hammers as the only solution by Bud on 2008-06-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: We who are about to die... (a cable thread) in Audio Discussions  54 Replies 
Romy,Try wrapping a copper wire around a power cable, then "inject" it into the power line through an isolation transformer. The wrapping only to help defeat the antenna event of other signal sources that only have one vector.et all,For cables, the m...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #848: Not surprised by steverino on 2011-04-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
Dear Romy,  I'm not surprised at your disappointing results as I have experienced the same with a variety of power filtration or generating devices. Your surmise is correct that such devices work much more easily with AV equipment or computers than t...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #120: How many stages and why... and who makes that 45 or 2A3 by floobydust on 2009-01-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps in Melquiades Amplifier  397 Replies 
 First, Adrian, Thanks for your feedback on the newer designed 2A3 tubes... very interesting. I've looked at all 3 of these brands before but have not as of yet purchased any (I have a large collection of 45 and 2A3 of various NOS US brands...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #711: Pure Power regenerator vs. Pure Power regenerator by Romy the Cat on 2011-01-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
At this point I am absolutely confident the there is difference in Sound between the properly sounding PP2000 that I had before and the “new” version of PP2000. Let juts for sake of illustration I will call it PP2011. The PP2011 is better soundin...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #922: Message from dc by joaco on 2011-12-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
Hello all , i know this topic is almost about pp experience but since im experimenting with electricity i like to share some thoughts here . I builded a dac using very high quality components . As you know the power supply is critical . So i decided ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #966: Isolatiom transformers etc by steverino on 2011-12-26 
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CJ Yes I have assessed AC polarity in my system.Romy says "I took today my large 3kW isolation transformer and place it between my dedicated line and PP3000. I lost my lower bass, simple as that.  "Speaking of isolation transformers, I have not h...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #384: The Agony of ignoring..... by Bud on 2009-07-15 
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So, what you would have to do is buy a bunch of #9 AWG solid copper wire from China, so it is only 99% pure,acid etch the surface, paint it with tar and wind it up in a snake sex twist. Or pay them to do it for you.The idea is sound, the application ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #927: Too complicated but who knows by joaco on 2011-12-03 
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Yes , romy I understand completely about how you feel with dc i feel the same way when thinking on all my system , to put dc on an amp , directly can be great but not practical , will requiere lot of space , a big battery bank etc etc , so not practi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #280: The same path? by floobydust on 2009-02-20 
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 I think we're on the same path... maybe from opposite directions. I agree that if one can identify multiple devices that provide clean power without impacting the sound quality then thru some level of analysis one could hope to determine what f...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1195: Oh, my God, that faulty and noisy PP2000 stokes again! by Romy the Cat on 2013-09-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]I made the 543rd remodeling on the Opera room and move the video playback equipment to the new, I hope the last location. As I connected everything into PP2000 as it use to be (not PP2000+) but older not “Plus” version than...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1316: What else? by steverino on 2014-06-06 
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 It certainly seems that once sinusoidal shape gets within a certain spec range  its differential effect becomes negligible. This doesn't necessarily mean that more drastic deviation of sinusoidal shape would be inaudible.The only other factors I can...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1543: Off The Shelf Power Cords by Paul S on 2017-02-20 
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Jarek, please re-read my previous post, also Romy's recent post on this subject, carefully.  I'm afraid you are in for it once you start effing with power cords, for all the reasons we've listed.  Here in the US we have a company that sells used cord...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1161: Bypass mode by Romy the Cat on 2013-06-13 
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My own playback is not operational from PurePower for now but last night I visited a local audio guy who run him playback from two new PurePower+ units (right and left channels) and one old PurePower (LF section). It was very fine sound, probably the...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #18: Distortions sound good by hagtech on 2006-03-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: To drive the 6C33C... in Melquiades Amplifier  65 Replies 
I think there is a definate trend here regarding distortions that cannot be ignored.  Guy, you pointed out some excessive 2nd order harmonics with the Melq bias point.  Hey, maybe so.  I haven't really looked into this tube - but I jus...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #419: If Only... by Paul S on 2009-12-27 
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Hard to say for sure where all the trouble reported with regenerators comes from, but I absolutely agree that the opportunity is still there to make a simple and straight-forward success of a model (not just one example...) that actually consistently...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #12: Experiments with computers as a source and getting good results from v... by Currawong on 2012-08-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Why I hate computer playback. in Didital Things  17 Replies 
I saw this topic and it prompted me to register and reply, rather than just read, which I've been doing on and off for years now.  While I would love to have the time, space and patience for ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1003: Romy is far too modest by steverino on 2012-01-24 
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Romy said "then I would do my version of CES stunt.During the first 3 days what the show is close to public walk around the room and offer the PurePower units to loan for free.. The people at the show do not know that with PP3000 the sound they d...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Some horn writing by Thomas Dunker. by Romy the Cat on 2006-01-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Some horn writing by Thomas Dunker. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  0 Replies 
All below is written by Thomas Dunker Yeah, "sound consistent independent of signal level" is a very precise way to sum up my whole speaker philosophy. Anything that is assumed to be constant, but which actually changes with signal dynamics is what ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Maybe I will not order the Pure Teflon capacitors after all. Or the up... by oxric on 2011-11-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Memory Player Box? in Didital Things  2 Replies 
I thought I would look at the Memory Player specs and was surprised to be greeted by what is in my books an obscene price list. But it may be quite cheap for others. These things are all relative of course.Best regardsRakeshThe Memory Player 64 T...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #746: Little more information ... by joaco on 2011-01-29 
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[quote user="Paul S"]Joaco, all this will probably be moved back to the "Electricity" thread, which is not really an APS Forum, as it has appeared for a while, now. Paul[/quote]Yes , I made a mistake ... it will be much better in the Electricity thr...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #788: The Black Gates effect on PP2000 by Romy the Cat on 2011-03-09 
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[quote user="Lx_"] Well, this is consistent with the behavior I have. I can hear electrical devices behind the PP, especially those of the switching PS type: computer screen, laptop charger, DSL box, printer, SAT decoder... Good luck finding electron...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #721: What I am wondering. by Romy the Cat on 2011-01-17 
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I never heard people shunted battery with caps in order to change sound. In case of battery power unit it does not make sense as there is no HF noise some in the picture. Yes, battery has own noise but it usually no where hear what the audio circuitr...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #694: Analysis in progress by Lx_ on 2011-01-04 
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[quote user="PurePower"]I'm happy that I found out about LX_'s problem in France with his PurePower 2000 230 volt model. I'm sorry we had to hear about it on Romy's forum so long after the fact because his problems would have been solved long ago. Un...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #76: Wetness is about more than reflections by zanon on 2010-05-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Romy The Cat's new Listening Room in Audio Discussions  478 Replies 
I like your comment about LF being too dry and this not being because room is untreated.In the past, I have tried to "wet up" sound by making room more reflective ("live") and I am guessing that your room is fairly live now as untreated rooms usually...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Another high power triode option. by Romy the Cat on 2009-05-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: More power from Melquiades? More powerful tube? in Melquiades Amplifier  19 Replies 
There was a cool Russian-made tube GU-48. It is high-gain, high power pure direct heated triode with 300W on plate and 10A on carbonized tungsten cathode.  I did not hear but it looks like something in the class of RCA 833 tubes. I think Japanese sel...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #52: No such luck by N-set on 2018-02-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Sensible record cleaning: vinyl piranhas and record Vaseline in Analog Playback  56 Replies 
I must be somehow unlucky here. I recently added a US cleaner from Audiorevita +DIOY 1micron filtering. I use Rushton's recipe with 5% IPA +0.13% Photoflo + Deionezed water, 15mins, 35C, 1.5" spacing, 60% power@40kHz, 3rpm (yes, the motor is quite fa...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #379: Tubes and kids by JJ Triode on 2012-08-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Romy The Cat's new Listening Room in Audio Discussions  478 Replies 
Putting the Pure Power in the basement might be fine, but I don't think you need to banish the Melqs down there, at least not yet.You don't know yet if there will be kids, and if so it will still be a couple years before one arrives and becomes mobil...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #328: Some winter observations. by Romy the Cat on 2011-11-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Romy The Cat's new Listening Room in Audio Discussions  478 Replies 
This year is the first winter that I live with this new listening room. Last winter the playback was up and I still was playing with minor arrangements of my ULF channels, cable and a few other things. For many months I do pretty much nothing with my...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #791: I'll have to ponder this by Lx_ on 2011-03-09 
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Possibly that you are right but it might be something else. My last year unit did inject back to power line a LOT of dirt. I just measured my new fixed unit and I was VERY surprised the it out back to the wall significantly...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #692: LX solution by PurePower on 2011-01-04 
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I'm happy that I found out about LX_'s problem in France with his PurePower 2000 230 volt model. I'm sorry we had to hear about it on Romy's forum so long after the fact because his problems would have been solved long ago. Unfortunately his dealer w...
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