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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #24: R2 by anthony on 2022-01-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: R22 in Melquiades Amplifier  34 Replies 
R2 gets hot.  I think I mentioned earlier that it will also be hot...it is dropping 250V and running 17ma which is a bit over 4watt.  From memory, that tube should be biased to about 35mA.Bridge recitifiers will only really matter here if you are usi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #22: Primaries by anthony on 2022-01-03 
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Those both look fine, but all your voltages are hot...all of them.  From afar it seems as though the primaries are not correct for the mains supply by about 15% eg. wound for 200V primary but you have 230V, or something like that.  Where I am has nom...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #19: Was that loaded or unloaded by anthony on 2022-01-03 
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[quote user="Domidaw"] I also checked the voltage of the TR2 transformer and although the marking says 440v, it really has 508v!?!? [/quote]Domidaw, when you read 508V for TR2, was the transformer in the circuit with a load applied or was it out of ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Forty watts by anthony on 2021-12-30 
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I am sure I made a reply last night, but it is nowhere, so here it is again.44V across R22 is equivalent to 0.88A which is way too high and would require a resistor rated better than 40W.  R2 is dropping more voltage than it should.  I would look at ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: The burn by anthony on 2021-12-29 
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R22 is there to drop the B+ to the correct level and needs to be rated so it can dissipate quite a bit of power i.e. heat.  It is 12 watt in the schematic but maybe the one you are using is rated lower or perhaps you have a higher secondary voltage o...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #160: It would be a Christmas Miracle... by anthony on 2021-12-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Remedies the Beauty in Playback Listening  293 Replies 
...if a 50yo 8" woofer could do much more than 90dB at 50Hz with anything approaching 'ease'.  Remedies in this configuration are a lot like small 2-way standmounts in that we are trying to get a lot of bass output from something small and excursion ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #136: Magic Foo by anthony on 2021-11-28 
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"] .. what I am saying that playback certainly deliver sound but also it delivers let's call it at lubrication for sound which make consumption of Sonic messages to be more palatable for our conscious. This aspect, is this MS...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #117: My understanding... by anthony on 2021-11-25 
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...is that Dannoy were conceived and built in that upper box:  pull out one Scanspeak 10" and put in the Tannoy 10".  The remainder of the Dunlavy tower is redundant....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #115: I do not believe... by anthony on 2021-11-25 
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...that the Dunlavys have ever been in the mix N-Set.  Pretty sure they are parked up in the corner with the rest of Macondo/Melquiades....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #91: Constipated by anthony on 2021-11-11 
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Once had a Xindak Class A amp here on loan that was not too bad once it had warmed up,  but the first 20 minutes sounded like it needed to include a lot more fibre in its diet. ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #89: Never been my experience... by anthony on 2021-11-11 
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...that SS amps do not require significant warmup for best sound.  Class A SS in particular need time to get up to temperature to sound their best.  A 25W diy Class A that I have here does not stabilise bias for a good 40mins to an hour, more when am...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #75: These are the days of our lives by anthony on 2021-11-09 
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Dynamics and they mostly come from electric relationship between amplification and drivers. [/quote]I would certainly add to that the relationship between the driver and the enclosure.  I know I am on the other side of the ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #82: Good feedback by anthony on 2021-11-08 
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Because the Yamaha units are just not available in Aus and I do not feel paying $250 shipping for something 20yo and probably in need of a recap I ended up going with the MX400.  It is less expensive here, brand-new and while getting used to things I...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #51: Final snippet by anthony on 2021-11-05 
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... so the new drivers, particularly the S2, may not be such a bad deal given the price of older drivers.   The woofers would probably be less of a risk than the compression drivers,  and at least new cones and bits and pieces are available. ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #50: Getting to the point by anthony on 2021-11-05 
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No time,  can only post in snippets...The second hand S2 and 15" Vitavox that I have were all compromised by age and use and have been thoroughly cleaned and remagnetised and where appropriate Sent to the UK to be reconditioned by Vitavox.  ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #49: Unsure by anthony on 2021-11-05 
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I have two pair of the old 15" Vitavox: two drivers coned as K15/40 and two as another less common variant with a softer suspension and lower Fs but I cannot remember right now the name.   Shortly,  a brand new pair of K15/40 shall arrive along with ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: A little by anthony on 2021-11-01 
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I've played with this a little.  We are 230V in Australia but many years ago the standard was 240V and the power coming into our house is still a nominal 240V.  I remember playing with the Placette with a step down transformer and was not getting...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Sage advice by anthony on 2021-10-26 
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How things come into our lives can impact how we react to them over time, and playback is no different.  I was adamant that I did not want to fully develop a diy system from scratch because that could be too much learning and immersion in the "proces...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #17: I'm not buying it... by anthony on 2021-10-20 
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...well, I do not understand how a "playback that loves you whomever you are" is to sound like and cannot even imagine what sounds or types of sounds could illicit that particular emotional response.  It is not that I do not believe you Romy, because...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #98: It is always the room by anthony on 2021-10-08 
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Romy, yes it is an interesting subject and one that I have thought quite a bit about although not directly from the angle from which you are approaching it.One of Macondos great strengths is narrow directivity from high frequencies all the way down t...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #82: Red tens by anthony on 2021-09-30 
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[quote user="Wojtek"]I have a warning that 60 years old Tannoy 10" red crossover is a sealed unit you won't be able to update and that nobody has the correct diagram of that crossover since Tannoy archive was consumed by fire.[/quote]I have a pair of...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #80: I think I get it now by anthony on 2021-09-29 
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Ahhh, the penny has dropped.  Until now I've refrained from commenting because I have not felt as though I have understood the situation.  Finding any sane reasoning for your current direction, at least any reasoning that seems to make sense in my cu...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Analogy is good by anthony on 2021-08-24 
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Have not heard the Lavadin (nor heard of them to be honest) but with that analogy I think many will understand what you are trying to say.  Let's hope that the happiness continues......

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Good one by anthony on 2021-08-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Some thoughts about bass in high-end audio. in Audio Discussions  4 Replies 
Thanks for this one Romy, very interesting...it sorta ties together several things that I have been thinking about lately.  I guess I am lucky that the Bass Cannons can be run off 9w from the DSET bottom channel and from memory I get about 115dB at 1...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #77: Haha, you got me by anthony on 2021-08-14 
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Nice one with the new video.   I can recommend a good Tasmanian whisky from Lark or Sullivan's Cove.  Am partial to a rum cask finish myself during these winter months.  [quote user="Romy the Cat"] anth...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #73: Man in a suit by anthony on 2021-08-13 
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Well, one thing about the videos Romy is that they are more difficult to get through for me than the writing, but more informative I think, so thank-you for doing them.  There is no way I can find an hour to sit and watch each of these so it was done...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #62: Be thorough... by anthony on 2021-08-07 
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...you usually are quite thorough in your assessments.I use Macondo also for watching concerts and would also really appreciate any insight you may have into making surround sound successful even though this is not what you are doing here.  The Trinn...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #47: What is it we give away by anthony on 2021-08-04 
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[quote user="Bill"]     I have set up a 16 channel system with 7 floor Edgar horns, six inexpensive height, and one overhead speaker (all under $150 each) and one subwoofer channel, all controlled by a Trinnov Altitude 16 pre-pro, which is a computer...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #22: Without photos it never happened... by anthony on 2021-07-20 
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Bill, or Romy, what I am missing here is some kind of visual of the setup whether photos or a hand-drawn sketch.  I'm intrigued and would like to know more about it, especially in terms of its use with two channel and surround sound.  I am using a pa...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #87: Tuning the horn by anthony on 2021-04-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Deep End DIY - Australian take one Macondo. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  87 Replies 
Romy, it is the UB horn that I need to first tune.  Have found an earlier post of yours where you describe your process and will roughly follow it.  First thing though is to measure an impedance sweep of the horn sitting in place to get the base line...
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