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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: The Electrocube 950 series by Romy the Cat on 2008-01-18 
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[quote user="Paul S"]Romy, I did do a fair amount of fishing trying to find a "consumer" source for a matched pair of ElectroCube 950Ds. These puppies may not be expensive but they are "exotic" in their own way because hard to source for average chum...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #64: Electrocube by decoud on 2013-07-21 
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Quest Components have cheap 0.68uF 950s in stock, which is what I am using (the SH50s I am driving need a high pass). I have not been able to find 2uF but have not tried Roman's idea of ringing up the factory: they should send you a couple for free w...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #58: Electrocube 950 voltage variants by decoud on 2013-06-11 
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Romy, I imagine it is irrelevant but have you found a difference between lower and higher voltage versions of the Electocube 950 series in the coupling capacitor position in the full range Melq? I ask because a stock of 1000V has become available at ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #63: Electrocube 950 ...... by DA on 2013-07-21 
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decoud , have you managed to find the Electrocube 950 2uF ? I ask because ,I have been trying for the last few months to find a pair,but with no luck.Nothing on EBay ,most retailers do not carry them or shipp internationally .So if you or anybody els...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: The Electrocube 950 series by Romy the Cat on 2008-01-18 
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[quote user="Paul S"]Romy, I did do a fair amount of fishing trying to find a "consumer" source for a matched pair of ElectroCube 950Ds. These puppies may not be expensive but they are "exotic" in their own way because hard to source for average chum...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Reversal by decoud on 2013-01-09 
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I suppose at least you can give him credit for reversing the switch from electrocube 935s back to your favourite 950s.......

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #40: Nichicon failed? by N-set on 2012-09-15 
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[quote user="decoud"]Looking for a reliable one myself: a capacitor just failed. Similarly for Electrocube 950s which are obscenely priced in low quantities direct, and not on the ground this part of the world.  [/quote]Really? Did you form it before...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #128: About the Lamm ML2 updates. by Romy the Cat on 2009-11-02 
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[quote user="Paul S"]So, does anyone know anything about "good" sockets for the ML-2s? I forget when and where I saw some sort of boutique Teflon jobbies that are pretty darned expensive. Maybe DIY Hi-Fi, in Hong Kong? Also, although Teflon is a ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #12: Caps: I don’t know why you are frustrated. by Romy the Cat on 2007-06-18 
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I'am not a big fun of the entire parafeed idea as I feel that it is a way a duplicate of DC blocking but anyhow: if your preamp uses it then what are you problem with that parafeed cap? You were writing about your changing and bypassing different cap...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #15: A comparison, perhaps? by Paul S on 2007-06-18 
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I'm afraid I lack the savvy and/or the patience to figure out from those links how to buy just two matched Electrocube 950Ds, since all the distributors seem to be geared to industrial purchasing protocols.But if someone wants to send me a match...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #39: Eu sources by decoud on 2012-09-15 
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Looking for a reliable one myself: a capacitor just failed. Similarly for Electrocube 950s which are obscenely priced in low quantities direct, and not on the ground this part of the world.  ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: The Melquiades bass channels: the coupling capacitor. by Romy the Cat on 2007-08-13 
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I was contemplating the 6 Channel Super Melquiades conversion – it will quite a revision – and I am slowly inclining to make it not 6 Channel but 7 channels…Anyhow, the post will not be about the needs of extra 7th channel but rather about one of the...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #63: Electrocube 950 ...... by DA on 2013-07-21 
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decoud , have you managed to find the Electrocube 950 2uF ? I ask because ,I have been trying for the last few months to find a pair,but with no luck.Nothing on EBay ,most retailers do not carry them or shipp internationally .So if you or anybody els...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Re: Starting the project by Antonio J. on 2005-11-03 
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Dear Romy,Thanks a lot, I've forwarded to him your answers, let's see what he says. I have tried Mundorfs in some critical places in the integrated tube amp I'm using now and they are pretty good, expensive, but not at the level of those Auricaps, Ho...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: The king turned out to be naked. by Romy the Cat on 2005-03-04 
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OK, I did the experiments with my phenomenal, “hard to get”, polystyrene and foil Electrocube 410B large caps. They were very good but I still would like to stay with high quality polypropylene caps. The best polypropylene was just less Hi-Fi-ish, le...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #27: The coupling capacitors by anthony on 2015-06-15 
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Romy, I understand that at some stage you trialled a number of different capacitors and settled upon Electrocube 950B/D not necessarily for the Melquiades but perhaps for some other project.  I was wondering if you ever experimented with different co...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #31: Caps at high frequencies... by anthony on 2015-06-18 
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"]When you are taking about “caps at higher frequencies”, then what do you mean? The line level, the speaker level, the line level between? Do not forget that a RL filter is always preferable over C filter.[/quote]It was re...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Milq: Starting the project by Antonio J. on 2005-11-03 
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I'm in touch with a reliable technician who is going to build the Melquiades monoblocks for me. He has suggested some changes which I'd like to comment, he's having trouble to find some of the parts. I hope you can help with this:- Regarding C2 the 2...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #120: Only if you have specific complains… by Romy the Cat on 2008-10-03 
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It does not sound right to me. If I am not mistaken then it has 2 X2uF caps. What 10uF coupling cap can do there and what 1000V cap does in ML2. The 1000V cap is almost $6 more expensive – Lamm would kill himself but would never allow such a waste of...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: Re: A little war with Super Melquiades. by cv on 2005-07-18 
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Allo,Well, the divider may certainly be responsible for some softening of transients - in particualr, what values are you using there?Also, the received wisdom is that silver micas are created far from equal; no experience with them myself but I beli...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #119: Curiosity (and bad AC) prompts discovery by Paul S on 2008-10-03 
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Finally looking under the hood, for the first time, my immediate observations are similar to those expressed by Romy and others who've checked and reported earlier: Top-Flight construction; "more than adequate" (but not "premium") parts.  My amp...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Large Polystyrene Caps by Romy the Cat on 2005-03-01 
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Sine recently I got accidentally (though as I feel  that it is sp far justifiably) converted into an idiot-builder I kid of hunt for certain things… So, he it comes... I recently grabbed a run of large “never available” Electrocube 410 Polystyre...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #28: To a great degree it depends where the Cap is used. by Romy the Cat on 2015-06-15 
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[quote user="anthony"]Romy, I understand that at some stage you trialled a number of different capacitors and settled upon Electrocube 950B/D not necessarily for the Melquiades but perhaps for some other project.  I was wondering if you ever expe...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Well, they are "different" by Paul S on 2007-08-06 
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It seems like lots of folks use parts to try to tune/voice their systems, and the V-Caps are just another option, IMO.  No matter what people think of new parts as they break them in, they will eventually tire of the overall sound from...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: No credit is given and the subject is wider then Lamm. by Romy the Cat on 2013-01-09 
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[quote user="decoud"]I suppose at least you can give him credit for reversing the switch from electrocube 935s back to your favourite 950s....[/quote]Nope, I do not see any reason to extend any credit in there. I have no idea where those caps are ins...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #308: Who knows.... by Romy the Cat on 2021-03-07 
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Alex,   I cannot answer your questions objectively. It was over 15 years ago when I was working with this phonostage and since I built the last version, I did not make any experiments with it. I do feel the design is spectacular, and I am lu...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Re: quotations, leads to source, the caps.... by Romy the Cat on 2005-11-03 
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[quote user="Antonio J."]Thanks a lot, I've forwarded to him your answers, let's see what he says. I have tried Mundorfs in some critical places in the integrated tube amp I'm using now and they are pretty good, expensive, but not at the level of tho...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #12: High voltage air-caps by Paul Scearce on 2005-07-19 
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Romy, There are transmitter air caps available which can handle several killovolts. They aren't cheap, though, and may also be impractical due to their size. http://www.cardwellcondenser.com/PAGES/jcd.html Check out the Johnson capacitors, ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: A litile war with Super Melquiades. by Romy the Cat on 2005-07-17 
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Chris, at this point it is hard to say anything defiantly. Subjectively it sounds like the Super Milq has slightly less HF extension and transient then the regular Milq, although the output transformer of the HF channel of Super Milq runs higher and ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #13: Following .... by Romy the Cat on 2008-04-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The loudspeakers for a powerful SET in Audio Discussions  48 Replies 
[quote user="Gregm"]It doesn't seem prudent to look at the speaker without considering the amplifier at all. We would be designing a speaker that would work with a theoretical amp -- but not one that's available.[/quote] You are right but the opposi...
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