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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Better among worst? by Romy the Cat on 2005-10-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Passive transformer based preamp in Audio Discussions  41 Replies 
[quote user="dazzdax"] what is your experience with passive transformer based preamps? Is this the ultimate way to get a perfect variable gain? Or do you prefer to use an active preamp?[/quote]Chris, I think the terms of ultimate might be...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #801: Tell more about your 15KVA isolation transformer. by Romy the Cat on 2011-03-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
Mani, that is interesting. Instead of simply fixing the PP2000 you decided to try isolation transformer way. That is fine. Can you provide more details how you made your 15KVA isolation transformer? I have 3KVA and 5KVA they big, they have, the have ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Expressive Technologies transformers... by Romy the Cat on 2004-12-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Expressive Technologies SU-1 in Analog Playback  33 Replies 
Antonio, you might information about Expressive Technologies transformer at here: http://www.goodsoundclub.com/Site_images/SU-1.jpg. I have linked it form ‘My Playback’ section, also in there should be link to a Stereophile article about SU-1 from ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #204: Actually, it is not so bad. by Romy the Cat on 2009-02-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps in Melquiades Amplifier  397 Replies 
I was able to intervene with Bud closing up my inner-stage transformer and change the requirements, somebody will hate me…. Bud will do another coil that would allow remapping one side that will give me a selection of 1:1, 2:1, 3:1 of 4:1. So, the pr...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Ii is nice that you tried the bypass test… by Romy the Cat on 2007-03-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Another light for the LS tunnel: transformer-attenuators? in Audio Discussions  26 Replies 
I do not know what LF you have but, I would be very interesting how this unit will behave in context of a playback with fully developed LF as all of transformer-attenuators should kill bass. Anyhow, I will subdue any my typical criticisms about the t...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #221: Simple is good by floobydust on 2009-04-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps in Melquiades Amplifier  397 Replies 
 From my view, I would add a dedicated filament transformer for the DHT. It's clean, simple and a known performer. I'd also be inclined to drop the support of a 6A and stick to a 2A3 only. Alternately, if you have no need for a center-tap on the DHT ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: 6e5p and OP Method by Chirag on 2005-12-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Headphone amplifiers. Baby Melquiades? in Melquiades Amplifier  27 Replies 
Hi Cat,It seems the 6e5p is driving the transformer directly. I've used various versions of even simple mosfet followers to good effect at the headphone level, but never considered using a speaker level transformer.  Did you and Dmitry cons...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Sakuma’s syndrome? by Romy the Cat on 2012-06-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: LF Amplifier in biamping. in Audio For Dummies ™  10 Replies 
This Sakuma’s is kind of BS. What I mean is that it has the appeal to be “good thinking” but only in the realm of marketing hype, something that the editor of “Direct Heating” had created around Sakuma. The reality is that the Sakuma’s TWO channel Am...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: Sorry, you are wrong. by Romy the Cat on 2013-01-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Lamm’s new phonostage. in Analog Playback  11 Replies 
[quote user="N-set"] While I agree that they are typical "full of nothing" boxes and in no way I'd like to defend anything connected to them, butI doubt that the SUT-to-grid distance is such a critical layout parameter: 1) this wiring is within the b...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Unless it is a full moon night… by Romy the Cat on 2011-07-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Expressive Technologies SU-1 and cartridge output and impeda... in Analog Playback  2 Replies 
[quote user="Paul Costa"]What is the maximum output and internal impedance you recommend for cartridges when using the Expressive SU-1.  What would be too much for either.It seem manufactures are pushing the output a little higher these days, and wou...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #35: Killing two birds with one stone with the 6C33C preamp by KOTriode on 2011-09-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A different breed of 6C33C amplifier. in Melquiades Amplifier  84 Replies 
The transformer in this preamp was given from a friend who want to learn how to wind transformer. If I remember correctly it started out as UBT, they were bought (when UBT was operating in the Silicon Valley) at the company swap meet. They were rejec...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #63: Approaching the LF DSET by Romy the Cat on 2015-12-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Planning my DSET in Melquiades Amplifier  186 Replies 
[quote user="anthony"]Hi Romy, So it is time to think about the bass output transformer in my DSET.  My bass channel will be 8 x 25W/8565-00 each side set in a sealed box and will cover the frequency range below say 100Hz.  These drivers can be ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #962: Isolation transformer and PP3000 by Romy the Cat on 2011-12-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
I know it does not make any sense but it looks like the power line before PP3000 does matter. 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.  Yes, the isolation...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #18: Design Philosophy by David Berning by Romy the Cat on 2007-09-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Devid Berning amplifiers: the anti-trnsformers frenzy? in Audio Discussions  45 Replies 
 An Audio Amplifier Design Philosophy By David Berning ( Courtesy Meta-Gizmo.com ) I became interested in audio at a very young age because I liked music, but was too uncoordinated to be able to p...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #30: Placette and the damn Electricity by Romy the Cat on 2009-11-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The ultimate buffer – light in the end of a tunnel in Audio Discussions  36 Replies 
[quote user="RonyWeissman"]Romy, would you say that placette is especially sensitive to electricity to function at it's best(sensitive in relation to other equipment I mean)? My unit is 110v and I am in 220v world, so I am using a step-down trans...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #95: There is “something”… by Romy the Cat on 2011-03-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s lowest channel. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  150 Replies 
[quote user="RF at Ona"] Romy,I might have overlooked something on your site but I understand that your ULF amp is driven directly by the preamp line stage. If that is the case, you may want to consider an old technique for integrating subwoofers...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Ari Polisois’ Direct-Coupled Simplex by Romy the Cat on 2006-03-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Fun with transformers? in Melquiades Amplifier  7 Replies 
[quote user="Resorob"]I realise that this is a very old post, but you might want to take a look over here=>> http://www.valvediy.com/simplexpg1.htmlThe article can be downloaded as PDF, the writer Ari Polisois developped a new kind of transform...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Ultimate HF output transformer? by Romy the Cat on 2005-07-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Ultimate HF output transformer? in Melquiades Amplifier  7 Replies 
This thread is a derivation from the thread: An ultimate transformer within a narrow bandwidth? Since my Super Milquades is up and running I’m wondering what can I do with the output transformer at HF channel in order to push the envelop of “possi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #25: I thought to drive the 6C33C harder. What a Moron I was! by Romy the Cat on 2006-07-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Building Melquiades: Chronicle of full-range in Melquiades Amplifier  44 Replies 
Jim, I did try the anti-phase transformer in the secondary but I felt that it did something to sound. I can not do it on primary as I have the pate coil for the first stage sitting on the same transformer. Regarding the sweet spot of the 6C33C - I ha...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #64: Many thanks by anthony on 2015-12-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Planning my DSET in Melquiades Amplifier  186 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Output transformer. Here is what the thing become complicated. Of you drive ultra-low impedance with step down transformer then your secondary turns will decrease. They primary will have whatever they have for all case b...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #143: Beats and pieces. by Romy the Cat on 2011-11-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage in Analog Playback  310 Replies 
[quote user="rogier"]It could be dirt (dust) in the aircaps..[/quote]Hm, a good point, I never consider how dust in aircaps might sound. I presume that it will be no difference as dialectic is air anyhow, it is beside the point that there. Still, the...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #39: The expressed perfect operation point is a fiction in a way. by Romy the Cat on 2010-11-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: To drive the 6C33C... in Melquiades Amplifier  65 Replies 
[quote user="N-set"]Risking that the topic has already been discussed and that I postin a wrong category (Romy feel free to (re)move this post:Is there any sense in trying 6C33 at higher volatges and lower currents?More precisely, I've been wondering...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: Re: An ultimate transformer within a narrow bandwidth? by Thorsten on 2005-02-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: An ultimate transformer for narrow bandwidth? in Melquiades Amplifier  14 Replies 
Hi,[quote user="Romy the Cat"] I lately have some reasons to think about optimum requirements for SET’s out transformer if the amp handles juts a narrows bandwidth. For instance let pretend that we have 2 monoblock and each of them drive: LF <10...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #985: Unmanageable. by Romy the Cat on 2011-12-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
[quote user="Bud"]All transformers are phase inverting. The lowest leakage point of primary and secondary windings relationship to conventional E/I and C core is the physical start of the helical spiral winding. This is assuming more than one layer o...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: The Super Milq bass channel loading correction by Romy the Cat on 2007-08-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Output transformer for bass-channel of Super Melquiades. in Melquiades Amplifier  2 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] Currently I have Jack Elliano’s made 450mA, large, single section LF transformer that begin to roll somewhere around 800Hz. The transformer ha s a lot of core mass and at full Melquiades’ LF power (~20W) it begins to clip ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #51: Brewing, thinking and heating by Romy the Cat on 2008-12-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps in Melquiades Amplifier  397 Replies 
[quote user="nl"] Gordon Rankin of Wavelength Audio did a series of one-stage DHTs with a step-up transformer input about ten years ago. I think they were called the Mercury series. By all accounts, they sounded good, but of course had limited gain, ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #77: Bais and filament voltage by DA on 2013-08-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Bias help in Melquiades Amplifier  96 Replies 
Well, it looks like I got fucked by the transformer company.that realy sucks !!!  I have not talked to them yet ,but even if they agree to replace them it will take at least 6-8 weeks plus international shipping cost , import tax , VAT .Filament tran...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: A single-stage 120W DSET? 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 
[quote user="drdna"] The subwoofer still needs a substantial power source. Right now it is being driven by a solid state amplifier.  It would be interesting to see what impact the SET could have here if any.[/quote] I see, I did not know that ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #71: Something more about the “hot magnet” theory. by Romy the Cat on 2010-02-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vitavox S2 with Electromagnets in Horn-Loaded Speakers  91 Replies 
I would like to expense a bit on my post above. If we presume that a warmed up, hot magnet (electromagnet) radiate a magnetic field of different type and those “hot filed” have some kind of positive effect to sound then there is a possibility of mode...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Reading about Malquiades amplifer and the DSET concept: check ! by devo_yan on 2018-05-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 250 watts Parallel S.E. advises in Audio Discussions  13 Replies 
I already have some PY500 (it's a sign =))) ) and I have 836 too.I read about Malquiade amplifier threads.So it seem peoples on this forum like horn speakers (I love them too) and are looking for fast transient response, it's exactly what I like.But ...
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