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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #59: Druid's & Frankenstein by montepilot on 2009-11-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A quest for a better monitor. in Audio Discussions  97 Replies 
I have the Zu Druid's which Romy has referred to. I purchased the speaker's based on the presumption that their high sensitivity and impedance would be perfect to run SET amps.  After having read the great success Arthur Salvatore had running the Fra...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #242: Reverb Injection by Edgar= on 2022-10-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Remedies the Beauty in Playback Listening  298 Replies 
Hey N-set are you running reverb injection?...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: A[nother] Cautionary Tale of analog maintenance by Paul S on 2008-03-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A[nother] Cautionary Tale of analog maintenance in Analog Playback  0 Replies 
You might think I'd learn by now, but over the last two days I have traced sonic problems to the following:  Dirty pins on one of the tubes in my phono stage; Loose counterweight set screw/too-heavy VTF; Loose cartridge mounting screw/...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #17: Satisfactory results by peter foster on 2008-11-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Is anybody live in Australia with a tuner and an interest? in Off Air Audio  19 Replies 
Dear Romy,I have completed testing on my machines and am now satisfied with the results.I have three output sections of the FM tuner able to be switched easily on my amplifier for instant comparison.a) [FM tuner FIXED ANALOG OUTPUT] -> [...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: SET amplifiers by noviygera on 2014-12-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: SET amplifiers in Audio Discussions  30 Replies 
Hello, I've never had an SET amplifier in my system. Having high efficiency horns (106 db on average down to 100Hz ) I have tried a number of solid state and tube amplifiers, and I am aware of their sound in my system. ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Please do not mention the OTLs…. by Romy the Cat on 2007-09-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A DSET is better then an expensive SET in Audio For Dummies ™  41 Replies 
[quote user="Merlin"]My SET doesn't have an output transformer. Just four tubes direct coupled. Bandwidth at full power is 2hz to 35khz.[/quote] Well, your SET might be able to bypass fundamentals from 2hz to 35khz but unfortunately it is all the OTL...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #36: Saturation contd. by morricab on 2007-10-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Devid Berning amplifiers: the anti-trnsformers frenzy? in Audio Discussions  45 Replies 
What I find interesting though, Romy, is that many of the SET measurements show gross distortion even when putting out very low power, which suggests that they are saturated from the high static DC current running through them as they must for a Clas...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #24: A common sense of SET power measurements by Romy the Cat on 2008-02-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The 6E5P tube data. in Melquiades Amplifier  44 Replies 
[quote user="hagtech"] I did bandwidth measurements at 1W.  ….  I should plot both 1W and 6W bandwidth responses. [/quote] I always feel strangely disturbed when I see people specify SET response from 2Hz to 150kHz. Here is a practice out ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #28: A simple SET isn't good amplifier…. by Romy the Cat on 2006-03-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: To drive the 6C33C... in Melquiades Amplifier  65 Replies 
I do not really believe in the ultimate ability of SET amplifiers to drive loudspeakers, at least any loudspeakers. I am not talking about the impedance fluctuations or the inappropriately low impedance dives. Those are well know issues. The people w...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Celibidache 12 disc set by scooter on 2013-10-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Celibidache / bruckner in Musical Discussions  12 Replies 
Ironically I picked that set up in Tokyo a few weeks ago where a store had a bunch of used copies for about $25. I don't think they were used as the sets were in perfect condition without outside wrap. I listened to the set a few times but wasn't esp...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: The loudspeakers for a powerful SET by Romy the Cat on 2008-04-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The loudspeakers for a powerful SET in Audio Discussions  48 Replies 
The Lamm ML3 made me to think about this subject. Since my negative expectations about the ML3’s Class A2 operation turned out to be wrong  and since we go into expense and efforts (totally unnecessary in my view as DSET make it worthless) and m...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #56: The misleading about the Zu Druids’ SET friendliness. by Romy the Cat on 2009-11-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A quest for a better monitor. in Audio Discussions  97 Replies 
[quote user="manisandher"]As I alluded to before, I'm at risk of becoming a DSET convert - it's all very well having a nice low-powered amp, but what the hell do you use with it? Are there any decent high-sensitivity FR speakers out there? Or is ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #71: Zu Druid by KLegind on 2009-11-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A quest for a better monitor. in Audio Discussions  97 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]  manisandher wrote:As I alluded to before, I'm at risk of becoming a DSET convert - it's all very well having a nice low-powered amp, but what the hell do you use with it? Are there any decent high-sensitivity FR speaker...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #26: Vacuumstate by Bill on 2010-08-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: My feelings about new exciting audio products in Audio Discussions  25 Replies 
I never heard the Vacuumstate. A pair of 300B in the “differential SET” application… Hm, would it sound different then a regular 300B? Juts kidding… The last “SET tandem” that I head was with a pair of 6C33C in “differential SET” pushing 45W. The amp...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #15: SET and SS by Jorge on 2014-12-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: SET amplifiers in Audio Discussions  30 Replies 
Hello Gera,First thing I  would do is get rid of the active Xover, in my experience they mud everything up. preamps are very important and this is like a double preamp with a lot of gain stages.  For bass you can maybe use it.  I use a separate Xover...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #22: DSET, a DIY venture by drdna on 2007-09-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A DSET is better then an expensive SET in Audio For Dummies ™  41 Replies 
It was not so long ago that the Super Milq was a twinkle in Romy's eye,and now it has come to the point he is a strong proponent of DSET (not to be confused with DH-SET). I am always a big believer in the power of topology.  I was thinking about...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #49: "Big" tweeter by Paul S on 2006-11-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Tweeter for Vitavox S2. High-sensitively ribbons? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  64 Replies 
That's one big tweeter, Romy, and, typically, it was made that big only because they intended for it to go low.  I keep wondering about the effects of the extra mass, if nothing else, but also about dispersion and window blind effects ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #14: If not then all bets are off by Romy the Cat on 2010-10-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: More 6E5P-6C33C amps. in Melquiades Amplifier  22 Replies 
[quote user="Cosmos"]Indeed it took me a very long time to decide upon regulate or not. I ended up with regulation option to save some chassis space and weight, otherwise I would need at least 10 kilos more and 30% bigger space that would make the wh...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #17: Masters? by rowuk on 2022-04-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Music and WW3 in Musical Discussions  24 Replies 
https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=6255410684486911&set=a.134994539861920 ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #21: Re: autoformers and OTLs .... by morricab on 2005-11-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Passive transformer based preamp in Audio Discussions  41 Replies 
Hi Romy,Not sure exactly what you mean by SET-minded speakers.  Please elaborate on that issue.  I don't quite see what about your horns would make an OTL perform any worse than a SET.  What I proposed to you, the concept of a OTL SET ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: The new releases from "Music and Arts" by Romy the Cat on 2005-12-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The new releases from "Music and Arts" in Musical Discussions  2 Replies 
Music and Arts Programs of America, Inc. www.musicandarts.com info@musicandarts.com Tel 510-525-4583 or Fax 510-524-2111CD-1063(2) IN MEMORIAM HANS HOTTER (1909-2003). A selection of Lieder from the Raucheisen project of the German Radio Sy...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: The objectives of the exercise. by Romy the Cat on 2008-04-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The loudspeakers for a powerful SET in Audio Discussions  48 Replies 
[quote user="miab"] I'm curious as to why the preference to paper cones as opposed to carbon/poly/kevlar/ceramic/.... With weight and stiffness advantages of other materials, would advancing technology not be well implemented towards drivers?  [...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: A powerful full-range SET? What a bogus idea! by Romy the Cat on 2007-11-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: NAT Audio Magna -160 Watts of Single-Ended Class A in Audio Discussions  5 Replies 
Looking again at the NAT Audio Magna amp, the amps around the 833A, GU81, 50TH, 1000TH, GM100 and many other SETs that try to use powers transmuting tubes I feel that the entire endeavor of powerful SETs shoot itself in a leg. If a person has too de...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #175: SET usable power and making the most of it by floobydust on 2009-02-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps in Melquiades Amplifier  397 Replies 
 Well... tis for all reading/following this thread. As Romy pointed out, having high gain is not the same as power. And as Adrian hinted at... the overall system paradigm is important. If you're only barely cracking the volume control on yo...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: A good question. by Romy the Cat on 2014-12-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: SET amplifiers in Audio Discussions  30 Replies 
Well, Gera, a good question in context of your playback. How a person who has multichannel 106db playback with SS amplification and active crossover to explore SET domain? It is not so simple and if you do then probably it would require bringing ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: The low-power SET and dead speakers by Romy the Cat on 2009-01-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The low-power SET and dead speakers in Audio Discussions  3 Replies 
We all know how low-power SETs sound driving low-sensitively ported speakers. The Morons feel that it they have “enough volume” then their SET is good to go. Of course it is not the case and low-power SETs shell not driver dead speakers. However, I ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Speed, control and SET harmonics by Paul S on 2008-03-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: “Harmonic Speed”- friend of foe? in Playback Listening  6 Replies 
I also find SET bass to be the overall best I have heard - at its best, and this has been, as you observe, when the amp is well within its comfort zone.  And this seems to remain true even when Z out and speaker load "matching" are har...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: The season is wide opened. by Romy the Cat on 2008-04-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Dual channel SET in Audio Discussions  8 Replies 
I went today to Srajan’s site check the news and saw the following: “April 08 - New HalfNote Audio brand: The latest addition to Mr. Barnum's growing stable of import/export products are the $70,000/pr 50-watt parallel 845 Grail SET monos by Chalice...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #45: Not really H HF by Paul S on 2006-10-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Tweeter for Vitavox S2. High-sensitively ribbons? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  64 Replies 
Like I said before, I found the silk domes best below the highest frequencies, just like your Vitavox, so it's another case of pick your poison.  And I'm not sure about matching dissimilar driver types/efficiencies to mo...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #34: The Lamm and OPT core saturation by morricab on 2007-10-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Devid Berning amplifiers: the anti-trnsformers frenzy? in Audio Discussions  45 Replies 
Merlin here is the Stereophile measurements on the Lamm ML2.1http://stereophile.com/tubepoweramps/1004lamm/index4.htmlAs you can see the rise in distortion vs. frequency shows only a small rise in distortion even down to 10Hz.  This is an indica...
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