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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #718: The depth and longetivity of PurePowering. by Romy the Cat on 2011-01-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
I would like to offers some thoughts about possible avenues for Pure Power 2000 improvements.  Those thoughts are no specific to the recent November-December events and have broader generic implication. I initially intended to write it to Pure Po...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #526: Nonsense! by Romy the Cat on 2010-05-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
[quote user="PurePower"] In the world or audio you learn new and interesting facts every day.   AC caps (ceramic, electrolytic, polyester and polypropylene metallized foil types) can buzz at various frequencies. This is not nonsense, and is quite...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Cartridges, responses and whatever…. by Romy the Cat on 2007-05-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: What is the difference between the cartridges? in Analog Playback  6 Replies 
[quote user="morricab"] Interesting test you have conducted.  Were the responses mostly unflat near the frequency extremes or was there variations even in the midrange?  The reason I ask is because if you look at most of the published curve...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #31: OK, it is over. Some preliminary follow ups. by Romy the Cat on 2008-05-31 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage in Analog Playback  310 Replies 
I spent a bigger part of day today to finish the “End of Life" Phonostage, there were many things to do but it is now over. Done! Complete! Amen! I it closed up and sat in it’s permanent place. A few observations looking back. First, I spent a LOT...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #16: I just got into the apartment by Domidaw on 2022-01-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: R22 in Melquiades Amplifier  34 Replies 
And The first thing I did was I grabbed the multimeter and started measuring what JJ suggested. I think we're on the trail of "something". I discharged all the capacitors in the amplifier and with the amplifier turned off, when I put the red tip ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Idiocy by Romy the Cat on 2014-02-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Avantgarde method of cap biasing. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  2 Replies 
[quote user="hoan da ox"]Hello to all, After following the comments of Romy for some time (have learned a lot, thank you), I would like to ask a question on this subject.This circuit is built with resistors, diodes and capacitors. Could someone elabo...

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 #10: TU-X1 modifications by drdna on 2008-12-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: TU-X1 setup in Off Air Audio  16 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]My attitude with my main TU-X1 is “do not harm” as I pretty much have no complains of frustration to it’s sound and I would be pity to loose what I have now from this tuner. I have some people told me about specific mods bu...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #128: Agree... by Romy the Cat on 2021-11-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Remedies the Beauty in Playback Listening  293 Replies 
Wojtek, this is the whole astonishment of the story. There are no space flying technologies, no 30 years of research and investigation in a secretive lab which specialize on a submarine sonars, there's no capacitors made from unobtainium deelectr...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Van den Hul 's Grail by Romy the Cat on 2010-09-30 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Van den Hul 's Grail in Analog Playback  0 Replies 
Van den Hul released a new “interesting” phonostage: the Grail. http://www.vandenhul.com/p_GA41.aspx The apprentice of filtering caps certainly makes is very appearing but at this point it is not know the validity of the Van den H...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: More questions than answers! by guy sergeant on 2010-03-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: New speaker system in Horn-Loaded Speakers  6 Replies 
Here are a few answers1.   a, 84 Hz      b, 4.8 inches square      c, Hyperbolic exponential, T 0.8 1/2 Pi      d, none so far on upper bass horn. S2 and 2405 have series capacitors feeding them.      e, Eminence Kappa 12.  4.  Both tweeter and S2 ca...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #228: Design compensation for bad electricity by drdna on 2009-01-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
[quote user="Paul S"]how many LCs does one need , given perfect, quiet AC to begin with?[/quote]Probably correct, considering the physical vibrations etc. that large capacitors can create. There may be the potential for added distortions. However, ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #11: What is wrong with silver? by Richard on 2004-08-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: My old Fi-Hi gear associations... in Audio Discussions  10 Replies 
To my ears silver has a potential advantage over copper that unfortunately seems difficult to achieve. I've read that the advantage may come from the lower DC conductivity, and the problems from higher inductivity and skin effect, and lower internal ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: The crossovering Messiah is coming...air capacitors by Romy the Cat on 2004-11-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The crossovering Messiah is coming...air capacitors in Audio Discussions  6 Replies 
I am getting a dedicated third amp to drive my upper bass channel and I just figured out that when I go with my midrange channel at the line level passive filter then I would need 0.0000302uF capacitor against the amp's input stage, that means… 30pF…...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #85: Capacitors by AlexBerger on 2010-04-23 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage in Analog Playback  310 Replies 
Romy,I used second tube grid resistor, 1.8Meg Holco. (I couldn't find 2 Meg chip and good quality resistor: Dell RN60D or Holco or even Caddock MK-132.)But I felt the deep bus was cut. I tried 1.8Meg Holco & Riken 220K in serial. The deep bus inc...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #30: The Placette has died by anthony on 2019-05-10 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Valve Preamplifier for Macondo/DSET in Melquiades Amplifier  74 Replies 
Well, probably not up in smoke, but it is just not functional any more.  I was away for a few days and came back to my room to find the Placette refusing to change volume or select a source input, so something is amiss.  Perhaps something has been am...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1507: Charged Up on Batteries by Paul S on 2016-01-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
It is true that a given battery will have "special" requirements for optimal charging. Also, where the battery is in a circuit and the specific demands of use can influence how and/or how quickly it "wants to be charged", not to mention different ba...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #104: The Super Milq’s Power Supply by Romy the Cat on 2008-01-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 6 Channel Version of Super Melquiades in Melquiades Amplifier  131 Replies 
Here is a semi-final draft of 6-chennals Melquiades Power Supply. Since I use my site pretty much as a notebook would like to have the diagraph posted in this thread for my personal references. http://www.RomyTheCat.com/PDF/6way_Melquiades_PS.pdf A...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #16: RE: What's the deal with Tantalum Caps? by Romy the Cat on 2008-07-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Rohde & Schwarz EU-6201 Tuner in Off Air Audio  34 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] I do some very interesting experiments with Rohde & Schwarz tuner. Dima and I have discovered a way to use the Schwarz without the wide bandwidth amplifier, driving the Multiplex Decoder from the Schwarz’s preamps. Bas...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Content vs. Context vs. Majority Rule by Paul S on 2018-03-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A great article from Peter Qvortrup in Audio News  4 Replies 
I appreciated a couple of things, probably for different reasons than Q put them forward, I think.  For one thing, I more or less discount his timelines, and also the idea that certain audio components reached a high-water mark as "complete" achievem...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #853: It has nothing to do with isolation. by Romy the Cat on 2011-04-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
[quote user="clarkjohnsen"] The sales guy was insisted about the super-isolation quality of adeptResponse but it is all BS, he did not understand what he was talking about. You are arguing that the unit can't be much good because the sales guy was ta...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Re: Starting the project by Romy the Cat on 2005-11-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Milq: Starting the project in Melquiades Amplifier  23 Replies 
[quote user="Antonio J."] - Regarding C2 the 2000uF/450v cap, he suggests to replace it with 5 x 200uF/200V by Mundorf (he can get them for a good price, probably better those five caps than a single 2000/450). I'm not sure about this replacement, it...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: Actually this is something what I am planning to do. by Romy the Cat on 2010-02-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: To move audio equipment in another home. in Audio Discussions  16 Replies 
scooter, actually this is something what I am planning to do: to have a few selected items that I will moive myself in my car and then let the rest to be move in by movers. The place is not far from Back Bay. It is West Woburn, right equidista...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #10: couldn't be more chuffed... by stuck.wilson on 2007-07-01 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Additive capacitance: mixing oils and films? in Audio Discussions  10 Replies 
yep-- i always measure first to get as close as i can get to a matched set (within a % or 2 at least!).  luckily, for this application, i got 4 extras.. so i should be able to get close, and for all the sub- 1uF caps i have around for all the ot...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #12: The only hope that I have… by Romy the Cat on 2010-02-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: More power from Melquiades? More powerful tube? in Melquiades Amplifier  19 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"] I have a feeling that if I have extra 6dB of gain and 4 times more power then I might be able to deal with new room. Sure, the only measurement in location would show. What I know is that I VERY much willing to preserve my...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #906: To shunt or not to shunt. by Romy the Cat on 2011-11-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity. in Audio Discussions  1910 Replies 
I kind of thinking about it and I am not sure that I have an opinion. In the former PP2000 I stunted buttery with over 100K capacitors, presuming that it will driver DCR of buttery lower and therefore improve the day-to-day decoupling of PP2000 from ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: RL filters and AA by KLegind on 2010-01-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Saying goodbye to the digital crossover. in Didital Things  8 Replies 
[quote user="Romy the Cat"]Good link, Kris. What is missing in the link is the RL filters. The RC Low-pass filters are fine as the capacitors are not in the band-pass mode.  It is arguable what would be better – a subtractive shunting cap or a few mi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #13: A5 vs Old Versions by Amir on 2019-06-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: T.H.E. Show, Newport, 2015 in Audio News  14 Replies 
@ montesquieu  yes , the informations are from Silvio , this is the full text ?? Some technical information regarding the different versions o...

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 #3: Formation of capacitors or the "cable memeory" by Romy the Cat on 2006-03-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Training amplifiers in Melquiades Amplifier  16 Replies 
I do not think Genn is close to an answer, he spent too much time to read the Lehnitsky’s brain-massage that made him to feel this way. I am sure that there are some kinds of very pragmatic, predicable and manageable explanations for the effect that...
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