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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #80: Will see how it will work out… by Romy the Cat on 2008-01-04 
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"] Which caps exactly did you decide to try?  I don't recognize the big black jobbies.  Are they oilers?  Are they 200V? [/quote] I did not “decide” but went with what I had in my hands. They are the Ansars from the...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: Do whatever you feel comfortable by Romy the Cat on 2005-11-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Milq: Starting the project in Melquiades Amplifier  23 Replies 
I bought the Lundahl chokes for L1 and was not able to us them and they were insultingly sharp. For the L1 you would need more henries and more DCR, the higher DCR will sound better and the “bad” and “cheap” Hammond chokes worked very fine.  You...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #36: Making it more racial: why I ever need capacitors? by Romy the Cat on 2008-01-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Gas voltage reference 0A2 tubes. in Melquiades Amplifier  42 Replies 
Thanks, jk I have given a lot of thoughts to this topic lately and have a number of conversations with various people about the subject. A friend of mine from Europe, who is currently at fitness protection program, suggested that: “.. in my "real" ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #96: APS, judgment and judgments. by Romy the Cat on 2007-12-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
[quote user="Antonio J."] I really can't understand how a company selling a power regeneration device priced well over 2000 or maybe 3000 USD could send you 5 units and being al them "defective". Did I miss anything here? [/quote] Nope, you do not m...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: "Brutal Force" chassis damping... by Romy the Cat on 2006-06-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Building Melquiades: Chronicle of full-range in Melquiades Amplifier  44 Replies 
[quote user="hagtech"] Yes, steel chassis can be both good and bad.  It likes to conduct magnetic fields, so you have to treat things appropriately.  A little spacing under a choke can go a long way.  Otherise you have a 120Hz motor.&n...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: PS for DHT heaters? by Romy the Cat on 2007-02-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: DHT driver & input in Melquiades Amplifier  25 Replies 
Welll, you still did not express yourself what are the sonic verdure of DHT from your point of view. You are not obligated I juts proposed you to do it if you feel that have any observations on the subject. [quote user="guy sergeant"] I started by s...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1721: Again, how it works in my case. by Romy the Cat on 2020-11-08 
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[quote user="steverino"] Later after the PP battery was replaced hum disappeared forever. [/quote] Interesting. What made you to replace the battery? The reasons I ask is a because an old buttery would not be different for powers supply then ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #66: A correction, a confusion, a mistake, an accident? Will see… by Romy the Cat on 2007-08-22 
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"] ….when it drives what it is willing to drive then the APS PurePower delivers the Sound that makes me willing to write a request to Pope asking him to canonize that damn regenerator. [/quote] [quote user="Romy the Cat"] To...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #86: GU81M with a filter by N-set on 2011-08-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to get a LOT of SET power. in Audio Discussions  106 Replies 
I had some free time which I'd decided to waste with this "project".For some unknown to me reason (I'm an idiot when it comes to filters)the Sallen Key topology needed one more 12AX7 stage, unlikeI happily drew some posts ago. The resulting SPICE'd p...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #188: The great Midwest to the rescue by jessie.dazzle on 2010-08-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Romy The Cat's new Listening Room in Audio Discussions  478 Replies 
You might try the Foam Factory; they are easy to deal with, inexpensive, have online ordering, quick turn around and can ship anywhere.They are NOT a typical audiophile-oriented acoustic room treatment supplier. Nevertheless, they are equipped to cut...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #81: This amp is OK only if you know the resulting Sound. by Romy the Cat on 2011-05-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to get a LOT of SET power. in Audio Discussions  106 Replies 
N-set, it is nice to see that you are keep punching the idea, somebody shall, I guess.. About the filters. For the low-pass and in this application I do not use inductors and much prefer RC filter. In LC filters the band-pass flows over coil. If we a...

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 ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #16: The Milq's boxes by Romy the Cat on 2008-08-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Melquiades For Dummies™ - step by step. in Melquiades Amplifier  28 Replies 
[quote user="decoud"]I am getting the components together for the full range version, and I was wondering if you would be kind enough to consider making available the drawings and the manufacturer for the enclosure.  I rather like your design, a...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #23: Silbatone electronics. by Romy the Cat on 2012-05-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: High End 2012 in Germany in Audio News  36 Replies 
The el`Ol’s comments about Cessaro did not find a proper electronics to drive this TAD made me to ask: what electronics Silbatone uses? It never was part of attention of anybody and regardless if Silbatone demonstrate god or bad sound it might be int...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #18: Do you own little homework with YOUR parts. by Romy the Cat on 2008-08-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Melquiades For Dummies™ - step by step. in Melquiades Amplifier  28 Replies 
Not necessarily. Collect the large parts that you will be using (Power Transformers, Output Transformer, Plate Choke(s), Plate capacitors, etc.) put them all together on a table and try to visualize how you would like your amp to look like preserving...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #82: Diode Handoff by hagtech on 2008-01-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 6 Channel Version of Super Melquiades in Melquiades Amplifier  131 Replies 
Looks to me like the horizontal and vertical steps in the waveform are due to the diode switching.  One diode turns off while the other turns on.  Storage time on the diodes is normally short.  But it depends on the test setup!  T...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #46: 6C33C preamp - Kotriode by Matossan on 2011-10-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A different breed of 6C33C amplifier. in Melquiades Amplifier  84 Replies 
Few weeks ago, I had the chance to visit KOtriode and listen to his system but more specifically his Preamp. The preamp use half of the 6C33C per channel (one 6C33C has two triodes). It has two outputs, one is transformer coupled output, the other is...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #13: Seems I'm semi-prepared... by N-set on 2011-03-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to get a LOT of SET power. in Audio Discussions  106 Replies 
I have huge AMCC800A cores for two such transformersand good winders with HV experience. I also have a lot ofquiality coax cable, good to few kV for the chassis hook-up.Again, if somebody is willing to take care of that, I can lend.I'm myself 3000km ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #28: Drum'n'bass party amp by N-set on 2011-03-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to get a LOT of SET power. in Audio Discussions  106 Replies 
I've made an itellectuall excercise and tried to see hoe to fullfil (some of) Romy'spoints regarding the bass amp.1) To get 100+ W from 833, HT between 2.5kV and 3kV will not work.Spending some time over the curves, 1400V, 0V, 280mA loaded with6.5k s...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #726: In search of philosophical stone of electricity. by Romy the Cat on 2011-01-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
[quote user="joaco"] I think the amp is "immune" because of the nice circuit design ; condensator , choke and rectification (filtering) . [/quote]I think it is a mistaken view. There is nothing that be made in PS by chokes, rectification and filterin...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: The End of Life Phonostage’s power supply by Romy the Cat on 2007-11-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage in Analog Playback  310 Replies 
Yesterday my machinist informed me that the End of Life Phonostage’s chassis will be reedy next week. So, I desisted update the power supplies of the thing replacing the FRED diodes with those no reverse/forward recovery Silicon Carbide Schottky diod...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #177: Possible, so what? by Romy the Cat on 2011-11-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage in Analog Playback  310 Replies 
Ham-set,I think you are digging a hole in a wrong place. Regardless of any SiC alleged or actual problems I absolutely assure that the ham you have has absolutely nothing to do with type of the diodes you use but only come from grounding, shielding a...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #261: Going down the DC path by floobydust on 2009-05-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps in Melquiades Amplifier  397 Replies 
 Romy, I have some (strong) opinions on DHTs concerning filament supplies versus specific tube types. For virtually ANY 45 triode, AC is my preferred option. Still, not all 45 triodes will be acceptable for my use, hence weeding thru many of them to ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: That's what I wanted to know. Some clarification by Antonio J. on 2005-11-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Milq: Starting the project in Melquiades Amplifier  23 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]I bought the Lundahl chokes for L1 and was not able to us them and they were insultingly sharp. For the L1 you would need more henries and more DCR, the higher DCR will sound better and the “bad” and “cheap” Hammond chokes ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #31: Re: Cracking the 6C33C. by hagtech on 2006-03-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: To drive the 6C33C... in Melquiades Amplifier  65 Replies 
I think you'll have trouble adding a copper sleeve to the power tube.  The thermal coefficient of expansion for copper is probably much greater than that of the glass used.  Hence, the copper will enlarge much faster and break the glass.&nb...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Re: Input choke for Low Currents? by hagtech on 2006-03-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Input choke for Low Currents? in Audio Discussions  5 Replies 
Hi Cat.  I run the 12AX7s just a hair over 1mA each, and the 12AU7s at 6mA.  With differential pairs and bleeders, it ends up at 39mA on each +/-300V rail.  That works out to 7H minimum inductance at 60Hz, using the standard formula.&n...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: S2 repro by thierry on 2006-12-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Vitavox S2 driver made in china in Horn-Loaded Speakers  36 Replies 
The idea of making a copy of an s2 driver also intrest me, but i have some other ideas than just copying this driver.I have been thinking to make this driver with an field coil magnet a 12 volts (using a car or camping battery) and a 250 volts versio...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #20: Joining zillion audio Morons by Thorsten on 2005-07-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Super Melquiades Amplifier. in Melquiades Amplifier  29 Replies 
Roman,Well, what can I say.Different parts sound different, like it or not.I agree the topology needs to be "right" first, but once past that you will be surprised just how much difference parts happen to make.However, cogitating about your current A...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #53: A few power supply changes by anthony on 2015-08-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Planning my DSET in Melquiades Amplifier  186 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] There is no aspects of minimization of the inductor size. You can go to 30K, or 50K, or 100K input LPAD. The LPAD (which is not inductive switched attenuators with good resistors) anyhow sites behind the filter, so the ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Audio Journey to Ixtlan by Paul S on 2008-08-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Absolute Sound of Audio Idiocy. in Playback Listening  13 Replies 
Many years gone now, I have tried to keep in mind the sound of live acoustic instruments and voices as I tuned my hi-fi system, as it and I have evolved.  So far it seems that there are an infinite number of ways to "move closer" to a constantly...
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