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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: How is Leak tl 25 different from Leak tl50? by standarsc on 2019-06-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How is Leak tl 25 different from Leak tl50? in Analog Playback  1 Replies 
I think these two models are fundamentally different as they are different in capacity. Naturally the Leak tl50 is 50 watts and is stronger than the Leak tl25. In terms of sound I don't see any difference. If I use it for a 20 watt coaxial speaker yo...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: How is Leak tl 25 different from Leak tl50? by standarsc on 2019-06-02 
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I think these two models are fundamentally different as they are different in capacity. Naturally the Leak tl50 is 50 watts and is stronger than the Leak tl25. In terms of sound I don't see any difference. If I use it for a 20 watt coaxial speaker yo...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Re: Driver tubes, grid leak biasing, and fidelity by AnonymousUser on 2006-02-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Driver tubes, grid leak biasing, and fidelity in Melquiades Amplifier  7 Replies 
peter wrote: By "dynamic viscosity" do you mean the reluctance of an amplifier to be dynamic, i.e., the degree to which an amplifier sounds like it is bogged down, usually as a result of a poor rise time on transients, i.e., poor HF response, or a tu...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #58: Leak Troughline by cv on 2005-11-18 
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Allo Guy,Sounds like this one's an absolute steal - have you had the chance to compare it to other tuners?Best,cv...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #46: control that leak! Part II by jessie.dazzle on 2007-08-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Adding one more spherical to Macondo. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  92 Replies 
Romy, Forgot to mention... The same people also offer a stepper-motor-actuated version, making it possible to do what you suggested above. See it here (Scroll down to "Actuated Metering Valve") : http://www.mediaworks.co.in/beswick/products/c...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Driver tubes, grid leak biasing, and fidelity by peter foster on 2006-02-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Driver tubes, grid leak biasing, and fidelity in Melquiades Amplifier  7 Replies 
Dear Romy, I have been reading the threads on GoodSoundClub about your journey with development of the Melquiades and Super Melquiades amplifiers.  They are very interesting to me.  I am pleased that your purpose was to produce a particula...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #45: Control that leak! by jessie.dazzle on 2007-08-10 
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Try this : http://news.thomasnet.com/fullstory/489086 Miniature Cartridge Needle Valve Beswick Engineering designs and manufactures high-performance miniature fluid power devices. Beswick introduces a miniature Cartridge Needle Valve for...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Re: Driver tubes, grid leak biasing, and fidelity by Romy the Cat on 2006-02-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Driver tubes, grid leak biasing, and fidelity in Melquiades Amplifier  7 Replies 
[quote user="peter foster"] By "dynamic viscosity" do you mean the reluctance of an amplifier to be dynamic, i.e., the degree to which an amplifier sounds like it is bogged down, usually as a result of a poor rise time on transients, i.e., poor HF re...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #49: Controlling my own leak! by jessie.dazzle on 2007-08-11 
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Romy, Ok... I tried it... I backed off the screws securing the rear cover on one of the S2s I use with a pair of 180Hz horns. I backed off each screw a total of two turns, leaving a gap of 1.5mm. I also did some measuring, and had left a 400Hz ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Re: My very different objectives by deemon on 2006-02-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Driver tubes, grid leak biasing, and fidelity in Melquiades Amplifier  7 Replies 
Grid leak bias is not reliable itself . Grid current is very low and grid resistor is very big , the circuit become very sensitive to all destabilizing factors - capacitor leak , humidity , temperature . And when we apply a big input signal to t...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: Grid current "absorbers" by ml8 on 2007-03-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A resistor between screen and grid in Melquiades Amplifier  9 Replies 
Romy, Big thanks for your answers. But i've got another question :)You mentioned gas regulator as grid current "absorber".Very good point, because personally i hate to use resistor as a grid leak.Instead of it i'll use choke - almost with any tube, i...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Limited experience with ss amps by Saturntube on 2009-12-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: SS Amplification for Compressions drivers? Sound? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  19 Replies 
I have just taken out of my system a First Watt F5 clone Tim Rawson amp, It was substituted by a Telefunken PP amp with 6AQ5 tubes. Let me to explain. My system consists of 6 way horn loaded speakers.  I have a round Tactrix...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: To quote a 90's chocolate tv advert... by anthony on 2019-10-27 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo + Milq… very nice. in Playback Listening  3 Replies 
...rather than something more culturally appropriate..."it's the bubbles of nothing that make it really something"Macondo + Melq, at least in my room unfinished and still mono, plays the silences between the notes so wonderfully.  The notes themselve...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: ATH-40fs and the most interesting headphone amps to me by SearcherOfBetterSound on 2007-05-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Interested in reading more of your headphone experiences in Audio Discussions  11 Replies 
Ok, I ordered this a day before making the thread, and got them yesterday. These are overall the best headphones I've used, having neutrality, details, and natural sound. What's important to note is that when you touch the back or inside, you don't r...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: Re: Switches, an avoidable compromise? by guy sergeant on 2005-03-31 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: HELP: I’m a line-level looser. in Audio Discussions  22 Replies 
On the line stage I currently use I haven't got around to fitting a selector switch so I really do have to change the cabling arrangement each time I want to listen to a different source. As I only really use 2 sources and occasionally an fm tuner wi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #12: 6S45P zero bias by ml8 on 2007-04-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The one-stage Melquiades. in Melquiades Amplifier  74 Replies 
[quote user="be"]ml8, could you tell what voltage and anode load you used the 6s45p without bias? What about grid stopper, etc.?[/quote]Kinda of 100-110 V on a plate. I didn't measure current cause by looking at curves i was confident that i'm not ov...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: I think that you are confused by rowuk on 2019-06-04 
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Maybe there is no difference when you take a Leak... An amplifier can only be viewed in the context of the complete system. Watts say nothing about sound and capacity is relative.In any case, if you are looking for your own system, the amplifier mode...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: A few things is needed to be to reviewed. by Romy the Cat on 2009-12-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: SS Amplification for Compressions drivers? Sound? in Horn-Loaded Speakers  19 Replies 
[quote user="Saturntube"] The difference soundwise in this half range 180hz and up horn module between the Leak TL12.1 amps and the First watt F5 clone was big,  mainly the tonal balance is very different with the midrange sounding thin.  Highs w...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #46: Misc tuna fishin' by doug s. on 2008-12-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Sansui TU-X1 Broadcast monitor. in Off Air Audio  56 Replies 
romy, there is a tuna freak in los angeles who insists that the only way to get the best sound from the l-02t is to use kenwood's proprietary cabling.  i dunno, i have never tried one.  i have tried two earlier analog kenwoods; my experienc...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Eq for 78's by guy sergeant on 2005-12-20 
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Hi Romy,Due in part to your enthusiasm for the older 78 rpm recordings and in part to my own curiosity I have decided to add the facility to play these to my system. It also helps that an old aunt has given me a large quantity of classical recordings...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Compensatory Elixir? by Paul S on 2021-11-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Bermuda Triangles of Audio in Playback Listening  5 Replies 
Romy, you specifically mentioned Shindo, and this is a well-known example of the "Old Parts School" that seems to be able to channel It. Examples I have heard have all been simpler Music via simpler speakers, so I don't know how it works with big sym...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #439: Magnet Discharge and/or Chemical Warfare by Paul S on 2013-06-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s Midbass Project – the grown up time. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  455 Replies 
Romy, it is rare for Alinco magnets to drop a charge "just like that", although time and/or physical shocks can diminish the magnetism considerably.  If you happen to know how much charge your drivers started out with, then you already know more than...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #60: Re: Troughline Tuner by guy sergeant on 2005-11-18 
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Of course I haven't compared it with the Sansui, which appears to be a very serious machine but the Leak sounds more natural to me than the other highly regarded tuners available over here (in the UK) such as the various Naim models, the Audiola...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #70: Re: The LPs and CDs garage sale is coming... by guy sergeant on 2005-11-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to record FM broadcasts. in Off Air Audio  125 Replies 
Hi Romy,Can you describe how your vinyl playback and conventional CD playback fall short of what you are getting from FM? Is the FM playback of 'non live' material still sounding better than your vinyl and cd?  Have you tried recording vinyl wit...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #57: Re: FM Bandit by guy sergeant on 2005-11-18 
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Both of these short excerpts sound very natural from what I can hear on my PC's speakers. I'll have to burn them onto a cd and see if I can coax the sniffy Teac into playing it!What's the position with regard to this (or any other) material that...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #152: Its about noise by anthony on 2019-01-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Planning my DSET in Melquiades Amplifier  186 Replies 
[quote user="N-set"] Congratulations on the build! anthony wrote:  Yours uses all toroids, or mostly so, which are more efficient than the EI that I use. Why have you chosen EI vs toroids? The latter emit less. Cheers, Jarek ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: I am not an electrician. by Romy the Cat on 2006-02-17 
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[quote user="peter foster"] My understanding had been that biasing method is a method of setting up a given tube so it works with the wanted anode current at idle with the wanted anode voltage and these conditions are met by somehow applying a correc...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Can't describe it exactly... by ml8 on 2007-03-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A resistor between screen and grid in Melquiades Amplifier  9 Replies 
...but resistor between screen grid and plate, to my hearing, makes sound slightly unnatural, especially in highs.But this may be not true in your case (i didn't try to use this resistor with 6E5P, only with other power tetrodes), so i think i'll sug...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Re: Driver tubes, grid leak biasing, and fidelity by AnonymousUser on 2006-02-17 
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peter wrote: By "dynamic viscosity" do you mean the reluctance of an amplifier to be dynamic, i.e., the degree to which an amplifier sounds like it is bogged down, usually as a result of a poor rise time on transients, i.e., poor HF response, or a tu...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #17: It's idiocy that gives men wings... not Redbull by op.9 on 2016-06-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: My Audio Philosophy in Playback Listening  95 Replies 
[quote user="Amir"] you do not critic my idea , you just call me "moron" , you call me "black sheep" , i do not see any critic in your posts.i do not care you, over 1000000 people in the world are like you , no problem , i ignore them.haha[/quote]I a...
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